As a preview of next week's Composer of the Week tribute to the great pianist Bill Evans, Geoffrey Smith concentrates on his work as a swinging interpreter of other composers, including Cole Porter and Sonny Rollins.
Two startling string quartets, Nos 5 and 6, by Swede Wilhelm Stenhammar and Brahms's Second Piano Concerto is in the hands of Ronald Brautigam. Presented by Jonathan Swain.
Quartet for strings no. 5 (Op.29) in C major "Serenade"
Quartet for strings no. 6 (Op.35) in D minor
Piano Concerto No.2 in B flat major, Op.83 (Allegro non troppo; Allegro appassionato; Andante; Allegretto grazioso)
Ronald Brautigam (piano), Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, Bernhard Klee (conductor)
Swider, Józef (b. 1930)
Bette Cosar (soprano), Delia Wallis (mezzo-soprano), Edd Wright (tenor), Gary Dahl (bass), Alexander Skwortsow (violin), Vancouver Bach Choir, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Bruce Pullan (conductor)
Berliner Konzert: Hartwig Groth (viola da gamba), Christoph Lehmann (harpsichord)
Henderson, Ruth Watson (b. 1932) [Text Winston Harrison]
De kleine Rijnkoning (1906) - suite for symphonic orchestra after the opera De Rijndwegern arr. by Frits Cells
Smutna rzeka (Sad River) op. 74/3
Balthasar-Neumann-Chor, Balthasar-Neumann-Ensemble, Detlef Bratschke (conductor), Johannes Happel (bass).
Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring the Musical Map of Britain and listener requests.
For Martin Luther's 530th birthday, Rob Cowan marks the occasion with part of Bach's Lutheran Mass in G minor. He also focuses on English delights by Elgar and Vaughan Williams. Marta Infante sings the week's Telemann cantata and the final hour includes Brahms's String Quintet No 1 in F major.
Martin Gayford has a passion for painting and music, and has spent his career writing about artists - Constable, Van Gogh, David Hockney, Lucian Freud - and thinking about the connection between art and music. His new biography of Michelangelo is published in this month, and in this edition of Private Passions he explores the musical worlds of some of our greatest painters. He begins with the choir that Michelangelo heard as he lay high up on the scaffolding, painting the Sistine Ceiling - there were complaints he banged around too much, interfering with the music.
Martin Gayford then moves on to talk about the painter Constable as a musician (he was a flautist) and to tell the story of Van Gogh's attempt to learn the piano - in order to experience synaesthesia, and paint the music he played in bright colours.
Apart from his biographies of great artists, Martin Gayford is famous because his portrait was painted by Lucian Freud ('Man in a Blue Scarf'), a process that took 18 months. During that time they visited jazz clubs together, and the programme includes some of Freud's favourite music. There's also a food theme running through the programme - Gayford is a keen cook - and the programme ends with one of Toulouse Lautrec's favourite recipes, designed to be bright orange. As always Michael Berkeley's programme is perfect timing for cooking Sunday Lunch.
Music choices include: Debussy, Duke Ellington, Haydn, Arcadelt, Thelonius Monk, Stravinsky's 'Rake's Progress' and Billie Holliday.
The Endellion Quartet play the fourth quartet from Haydn's ground-breaking Op 20 set, and Beethoven's last quartet, the F major Op 135. Recorded at a concert at LSO St Lukes in London in 2008
Lucie Skeaping makes another visit to the Brighton Early Music Festival with a concert of sixteenth-century songs and popular tunes by performed by Philomel directed by Emma Murphy.
Philip Thorby, David Hatcher, Alison Kinder, Sharon Lindo and Emma Murphy ? collectively known as Philomel ? perform a programme of secular and sacred Renaissance music from Josquin, Palestrina, Victoria, Rore, Lassus and Certon in this lunchtime concert recorded at Brighton University's Sallis Benney Theatre.
It's more than thirty years since a UK choir took home the top prize from the European radio 'Let the Peoples Sing' competition. This year, after a nationwide contest, Wells Cathedral School Choralia earned the chance to travel to Luxembourg for the 2013 event. Mary King introduces highlights from the Youth and Open categories, and finds out whether Wells managed to fight off rivals from across Europe in the battle for the Silver Rose Bowl.
Plus, composer and arranger Alexander L'Estrange talks about the challenge of reshaping classics from the American songbook for the quintessential English vocal ensemble. The King's Singers have just released their disc of songs from the likes of Cole Porter, Irving Berlin and George Gershwin, but can they really hit the mark when it comes the soul of American swing?
Money and its lack provides the theme for this edition. Sarah Smart and Nathaniel Parker read poems and prose about the Bohemian life, the dream of getting rich and life at the bottom of the pile by Thomas Hardy, George Orwell and U A Fanthorpe. There's music by Handel, Ligeti and Prokofiev.
Michael Goldfarb explores the development and enduring appeal of the piano across social and geographic divides from Austrian aristocracy to the aspiring middle classes of China.
The piano has always been more than a mere instrument. It doesn't hide away in a case, because the case is what makes it as much a piece of furniture as an instrument. It can be orchestra, accompanist, soloist and backing band, always maintaining, through the regimented keyboard and pristine mechanism, a sense of precision and decorum.
And as Michael Goldfarb discovers, throughout its development, from its origins in Italy and Austria to its astonishing success in 21st century China, it has been making a mark way beyond the niche world of the professional musician. Michael talks to people who play, work on, fettle and sell these most expensive of instruments and gets a sense of their place in the aspiring societies of 19th-century Europe, 20th-century America and Asia and modern China.
Is there such a figure as a 'piano person?' What keeps the sales of these space-consuming instruments going and what impact has the movement eastwards had on the cultures who have now taken the piano to their heart? Is it really, as many parents would have their offspring believe, the key to intellectual and artistic stimulation in later life? Michael visits piano showrooms, workshops, museums and - with due reverence - a piano knackers yard to come to a greater understanding of an instrument that many thought wouldn't survive the onslaught of modernity.
And all the time he measures the story against his own fondness for an instrument that his Uncle Morty introduced him to and which he still cherishes in his north London home on Piano Road, a place amidst the ghosts of what was once the heart of London's, and therefore the world's, piano making business.
Britten's War Requiem live from the Royal Albert Hall on Remembrance Sunday with the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Semyon Bychkov.
Benjamin Britten's War Requiem interweaves the poetry of Wilfred Owen with the words of the Requiem Mass in a deeply moving and powerful work. Written for the consecration of Coventry Cathedral after its destruction in the Second World War, this great work remains as relevant today as ever. Semyon Bychkov conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the BBC Symphony Chorus and superb soloists in a performance of the work in Britten's 100th anniversary year, on Remembrance Sunday and in an iconic building whose association with remembrance goes back nearly a century.
Followed by music from the younger generation of pianists, recorded earlier this year in concert halls across Europe.
In Brian Friel's classic play, an Irish faith healer tours Scotland and Wales avoiding a return to his native land. Finally he, his wife and manager make the fateful journey home.
Alexander Goehr: .... a musical offering [JSB 1985] conducted by Richard Davis
Kalevi Aho: Sieidi - percussion concerto, performed by Colin Currie, and conducted by John Storgards
MONDAY 11 NOVEMBER 2013
MON 00:30 Through the Night (b03h3n85)
Music for Poland's National Day
On Polish National day, a Chopin recital by Polish pianist Janusz Olejniczak.
With Jonathan Swain.
12:31 AM
Chopin, Fryderyk [1810-1849]
Nocturne in C sharp minor (Op. posth); 2 Mazurkas (No. 13 in A minor; No. 14 in G minor (Op.24/1) and Polonaise No.3 in A Op.40/1
3 Mazurkas: E minor (Op.41/1); in C (Op.24/2); in A minor (Op.68/2)
12:56 AM
Chopin, Fryderyk [1810-1849]
Scherzo No.2 in B flat minor (Op.31)
1:05 AM
Chopin, Fryderyk [1810-1849]
2 Waltzes: in A flat (Op.69/1); in E major (Op.posth); Ballade No 1 in G minor (Op.23)
1:21 AM
Chopin, Fryderyk [1810-1849]
Nocturne in C minor (Op.48/1); Waltz in C sharp minor (Op.64/2); Polonaise in A flat (Op.53)
1:38 AM
Schumann, Robert [1810-1856]
2 excerpts from Fantasiestücke (Op. 12)
1:44 AM
Chopin, Fryderyk [1810-1849]
Nocturne No.19 in E minor (Op.72/1)
Janusz Olejniczak (Erard piano 1848)
1:49 AM
Moniuszko, Stanislaw (1819-1872)
Piesn wieczorna (Evening song)
1:52 AM
Moniuszko, Stanislaw (1819-1872)
Sen (A Dream)
1:55 AM
Moniuszko, Stanislaw (1819-1872)
Przyczyna (The Reason)
1:57 AM
Moniuszko, Stanislaw (1819-1872)
Lirnik wioskowy (Country Lyrist)
2:03 AM
Moniuszko, Stanislaw (1819-1872)
Niepewnosc (Uncertainty)
2:05 AM
Moniuszko, Stanislaw (1819-1872)
Czy Powróci (Will he return?)
Urszula Kryger (mezzo soprano), Katarzyna Jankowska-Borzykowska (piano)
2:10 AM
Paderewski, Ignacy Jan (1860-1941) arr. by Stanislaw Wiechowicz
From 6 Lieder (Op.18)
Polish Radio Chorus, Wlodzimierz Siedlik (conductor)
2:22 AM
Karlowicz, Mieczyslaw (1876-1909)
4 Songs
Jadwiga Rappé (contralto), Ewa Poblocka (piano)
2:31 AM
Dvorák, Antonín (1841-1904)
Symphony No. 8 in G major
National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Gabriel Chmura (conductor)
3:09 AM
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)
Tragic Overture (Op.81)
Sinfonia Varsovia, Tomasz Bugaj (conductor)
3:23 AM
Desprez, Josquin (1440-1521)
Miserere
Camerata Silesia, Anna Szostak (conductor)
3:38 AM
Zulawski, Wawrzyniec [1918-1957]
Suite in the Old Style
National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Miroslaw Blaszczyk (conductor)
3:50 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791); arranged by Busoni
Fantasy in F minor (K.608) arranged for Piano Duet
Martha Argerich and Lilya Zilberstein (piano 4 hands)
4:00 AM
Wieniawski, Henryk (1835-1880)
Polonaise in A major (Op.21)
Piotr Plawner (violin), Andrzej Guz (piano)
4:10 AM
Moniuszko, Stanislaw (1819-1872)
Ballet Music from Hrabina ('The Countess')
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lukasz Borowicz (conductor)
4:25 AM
Chopin, Fryderyk [1810-1849]
Etude no.11 in A minor (Op.25)
Lukas Geniusas (piano)
4:31 AM
Gorczycki, Grzegorz Gerwazy (c.1665-1734)
Qui habitat
Olga Pasiecznik (soprano), Piotr Lykowski (countertenor), Wojciech Parchem (tenor), Miroslaw Borzynski (bass), Sine Nomine Chamber Choir, Concerto Polacco, Marek Toporowski (chamber organ/director)
4:36 AM
Chopin, Fryderyk [1810-1849]
Nocturne in C minor Op.48, No.1
Nelson Goerner (piano)
4:43 AM
Lutoslawski, Witold [1913-1994]
Splize, spij (Sleep, sleep) (1951)
Lucy Crowe (soprano), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner (conductor)
4:45 AM
Szymanowski, Karol (1882-1937)
6 Piesni kurpiowskie for chorus
Polish Radio Choir, Wlodzimierz Siedlik (conductor)
5:02 AM
Elsner, Józef Antoni Franciszek [Joseph Anton Franciskus, Józef Ksawery, Joseph Xaver] (1769-1854)
Overture to the opera-duodrama "The echo in the Wood"
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Andrzej Straszynski (conductor)
5:09 AM
Lipinski, Karol Jósef (1790-1861)
Concerto No.2 in D major for violin and orchestra (Op.21) 'Military'
Albrecht Breuninger (violin), Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Wojciech Rajski (conductor)
5:42 AM
Chopin, Fryderyk [1810-1849], arr. Wim ten Have
Fugue in A minor, arr. for strings
Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century, Frans Brüggen (conductor)
5:48 AM
Pekiel, Bartlomiej (?-c.1670)
I Missa senza le cerimonie
Camerata Silesia, Julian Gembalski (positive organ), Anna Szostak (conductor)
5:59 AM
Dobrzynski, Ignacy Feliks (1807-1867)
Andante and Rondo alla Polacca (arr. for flute and orchestra)
Henryk Blazej (flute); Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra (orchestra); Ryszard Dudek (conductor)
6:11 AM
Maliszewski, Witold [1873-1939]
Festive Overture in D (op. 11)
National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lukasz Borowicz (conductor);
6:22 AM
Noskowski, Zygmunt [1846-1909]
Mazurka in F minor (Op.23 No.2)
Elzbieta Karas-Krasztel (piano)
6:24 AM
Chopin, Fryderyk [1810-1849]
Etude Op.10'1 in C major
Daniil Trifonov (piano).
6:27 AM
Bacewicz, Grazyna (1909-1969)
Concert Oberek
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jan Krenz (conductor).
MON 06:30 Breakfast (b03h3n87)
Monday - Sara Mohr-Pietsch
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, marking Armistice Day with recordings of George Lloyd, Douglas Guest and Butterworth. Also, featuring works performed by Deanna Durbin, Sir Colin Davis, The Parley of Instruments and The Sixteen, and compositions by Scharwenka.
Email 3Breakfast@bbc.co.uk or text 83111 with your music requests and Musical Map suggestions.
MON 09:00 Essential Classics (b03h3nwy)
Monday - Sarah Walker
With Sarah Walker and her guest the author, Philip Pullman. Also, at
9:30am, our brainteaser: Who's Dancing?
9am
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: Murray Perahia: Songs Without Words
10am
Artist of the Week: Hungarian pianist, conductor and composer, Zoltan Kocsis.
10.30am
In the week of BBC Children in Need, Sarah's guest is the multi-award winning author Philip Pullman, best known for the fantasy trilogy, His Dark Materials. The final instalment, The Amber Spyglass, won the 2001 Whitbread Prize for best children's book and the Whitbread Book of the Year prize in January 2002, the first children's book to receive that award. In 2005 Pullman won the biggest prize in children's literature, the annual Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award from the Swedish Arts Council. Many of his works have been adapted for screen including I Was a Rat!, The Butterfly Tattoo, The Ruby in the Smoke and a film adaptation of Northern Lights, titled The Golden Compass, was released in December 2007. In 2012, Pullman was asked by Penguin Classics to curate 50 of Grimms' classic fairytales, from their collection of over 200 tales.
11am
Sarah's Essential Choice
Tchaikovsky
Symphony No 4 in F minor, Op 36
Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra
Evgeny Mravinsky (conductor)
DG.
MON 12:00 Composer of the Week (b03h3nx0)
Bill Evans (1929-1980)
Bill Evans Works with Miles Davis
He was called the Poet of the Piano, and the Chopin of Jazz, this week Donald Macleod delves into the life and music of Bill Evans. Although Evans started off in the world of classical music, it wasn't long before he got the Jazz bug. His classical training wasn't wasted though, for it went on to influence the way he performed for the rest of his life. His touch at the piano became legendary, and his preferred ensemble for performing his own compositions, and those by others, was the Jazz trio combining piano, bass and drums. Evans came to prominence when invited to work alongside Miles Davis and, in time, Evans would go on to perform with the likes of Tony Bennett, Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, Stan Getz and Monica Zetterlund.
Family was very important to the composer Bill Evans. His earliest musical influences came from his mother, and his most famous work, Waltz for Debbie, was inspired by his niece. Evans won a scholarship to Southeastern Louisiana University, and around the same period he composed his earliest known composition, 'Very Early'. After a brief spell in the army, and by the time he was twenty-six, Evans recorded an album called New Jazz Conceptions, which included his new work, 'No Cover, No Minimum'. Bill Evans was starting to make quite a name for himself, and then came the call from Miles Davis offering Evans the chance of performing alongside the legendary trumpeter and his ensemble.
MON 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b03h3nx2)
Wigmore Hall: Takacs Quartet
Live from Wigmore Hall, London.
The award winning and popular Takacs Quartet, Associate Artists at Wigmore Hall, perform works by Mozart and Beethoven.
Mozart: Quartet in E flat major, K428
Beethoven: Quartet in C minor, Op 18 No 4
Takacs Quartet
Presented by Louise Fryer.
MON 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b03h3nx4)
European Music in the USA
Part 1
Katie Derham presents a week of US Orchestras in European repertoire. Including international soloists Lang Lang, Christian Zacharias and Christine Brewer.
Lorenzo da Ponte, librettist of Don Giovanni and Cosi fan tutte, ran a bookstore in Manhattan and Beethoven's family line ended with his great-nephew who worked for the Michigan Central Railroad Company in Detroit.
Transatlantic musical travel has been going on for centuries, and Afternoon on 3 begins a three-week survey of this "Special relationship". In this first week Afternoon on 3 features USA Orchestras in European repertoire. Next week the direction of travel is reversed with American music performed by BBC Orchestras, and in the third week the programme focuses on composers who sought refuge in the USA in the twentieth century.
This week features the New York Philharmonic, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra and the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra - and watch out for the Dallas Wind Symphony.
Each day we feature music by Beethoven, and a performance by a world-class soloist.
Beethoven
Ah, Perfido!, scene and aria for soprano and orchestra, Op 65
Christine Brewer (soprano)
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Ward Stare (conductor)
2.15
Liszt
Piano Concerto No 1 in E flat, S124
Lang Lang (piano)
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Jun Märkl (conductor)
2.40
Holst
Suite No 1 in E flat
Dallas Wind Symphony
Jerry Junkin (conductor)
2.55
Brahms
A German Requiem, Op 45
Jane Archibald (soprano)
Kyle Ketelsen (bass-baritone)
San Francisco Symphony Chorus and Orchestra
Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)
4.10
Stravinsky
Firebird Suite (1919)
New York Philharmonic
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (conductor).
MON 16:30 In Tune (b03h3nx6)
Alec and Emily Dankworth, William Berger, Alexander Pereira
Sean Rafferty's guests include the latest member of the famous Dankworth dynasty to be making a stir: jazz singer Emily Dankworth, currently studying at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, will be performing live in the studio with fellow Guildhall School of Music and Drama students and double-bassist father Alec.
Live music from baritone William Berger, and the Salzburg Festival's Artistic Director Alexander Pereira will talk to Sean about the challenges which lie ahead as he takes over the reins at La Scala.
MON 18:15 Composer of the Week (b03h3nx0)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:00 today]
MON 19:15 Opera on 3 (b03h3nx8)
Beethoven's Fidelio
Ivan Hewett introduces Beethoven's Fidelio in a new production by Calixto Bieito, recorded last month at the English National Opera in London. The soprano Emma Bell takes on the title role as the brave Leonora who, disguised as young man Fidelio, rescues her unfairly jailed husband Florestan, sung by the tenor Stuart Skelton. The stage at the Coliseum is transformed in this contemporary setting into a big prison of metal and plastic, a truly claustrophobic labyrinth in which all characters are prisoners, one way or another. The orchestra and chorus of the ENO are conducted by Music Director Edward Gardner. And there's a dramatic cameo by the Heath String Quartet too.
Leonora ..... Emma Bell (Soprano)
Florestan ..... Stuart Skelton (Tenor)
Rocco ..... James Creswell (Bass
Marzelline ..... Sarah Tynan (Soprano)
Jaquino ..... Adrian Dwyer (Bass)
Don Pizarro ..... Philip Horst (Bass)
Don Fernando ..... Roland Wood (Baritone)
First prisoner..... Anton Rich (Tenor)
Second prisoner ..... Ronald Nairne (Bass)
English National Opera Orchestra
English National Opera Chorus
Edward Gardner, conductor
The Heath String Quartet - Oliver Heath and Cerys Jones, violins; Gary Pomeroy, viola; and Christopher Murray, cello.
MON 22:00 Free Thinking (b03h3p4n)
2013 Festival
Why Are Maps Still So Powerful?
Can a map reveal too much? How do they direct our thinking? From ancient atlases to satnav and Google, maps continue to be a key planning tool.
Rana Mitter hosts a discussion recorded at BBC Radio 3's Free Thinking Festival at Sage, Gateshead between Vanessa Lawrence CB, head of Ordnance Survey and Professor Jerry Broton. They look at who owns the data? What are they doing with it? Who are they selling it to? Who has peer reviewed the maps?
Professor Jerry Brotton, Professor of Renaissance Studies in the Department of English, Queen Mary, University of London is the author of A History of the World in Twelve Maps and presenter of the BBC Four TV series Maps: Power, Plunder and Possession.
Vanessa Lawrence is advisor to the British government on mapping, surveying and geographic information. She is honorary vice-president of the Geographical Association and visiting Professor at the University of Southampton and Kingston University.
First broadcast in November 2013.
Producer: Neil Trevithick.
MON 22:45 The Essay (b03h3p4q)
The Existential Me
Naomi Alderman
'The Existential Me' is a series marking the centenary of the birth of Albert Camus and complementing Radio 3's documentary about him. Five people working in different disciplines write essays about existentialism its impact on their work and their lives.
As well as writing novels and short stories Naomi Alderman is a writer of computer games. The world of computers is, she believes essentially existentialist because nothing exists except through the will of the players, who create themselves. Within the games they exist solely through what they do. Any meaning is created by the players themselves Alderman considers the implications of this, and they way her literary and gaming endeavours influence each other.
She is fascinated, too, by the way that the first and third persons are the dominant voices in writing, but in computer games and cyber space the second person comes to the fore. There is a constant challenge to you. What are you up to? What do you want to do now? This, she reflects, is entirely existential.
Producer: Julian May.
MON 23:00 Jazz on 3 (b03h3p4s)
The Necks
Jez Nelson presents a gig by The Necks, recorded during their three-day residency at London's Café Oto.
This Sydney-based trio often seems to elicit superlatives: unique according to The Wire, the New York Times has proclaimed them 'the best band in the world' and their distinctive brand of slowly-evolving, minimal groove has won them a cult following - no mean feat for an ensemble built mostly on improvisation.
Together now for 25 years, Chris Abrahams (piano) Lloyd Swanton (bass) and Tony Buck (drums) return once more to Café Oto and to Jazz on 3.
First broadcast 11/11/2013
Presenter: Jez Nelson
Producers: Peggy Sutton and Chris Elcombe.
TUESDAY 12 NOVEMBER 2013
TUE 00:30 Through the Night (b03h3p6k)
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra: Handel, Marcello, Porpora
Jonathan Swain presents a concert by the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra and soprano Carolyn Sampson with music by Handel, Marcello and Porpora based on the mythical figure of Ariana.
12:31 AM
Handel, Georg Frideric [1685-1759]
Overture and arias from Arianna in Crete, HWV.32
12:41 AM
Marcello, Benedetto [1686-1739]
Arias from Arianna (c.1727)
Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, Gottfried von der Goltz (conductor)
1:02 AM
Locatelli, Pietro Antonio [1695-1764]
Concerto grosso (Op.7 No.6) in E flat major, 'Il pianto d'Arianna'
1:18 AM
Galuppi, Baldassare [1706-1785]
Concerto for 2 Flutes and Orchestra in D minor
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, Gottfried von der Goltz (conductor)
1:33 AM
Handel, Georg Frideric [1685-1759]
Turbato il mar si vede (Arianna in Creta, HWV.32)
1:38 AM
Porpora, Nicola [1686-1768]
Arias from Arianna in Nasso
Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, Gottfried von der Goltz (conductor)
1:48 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus [1756-1791]
Symphony No.38 (K.504) in D major "Prague"
Freiburger Barockorchester; René Jacobs (conductor)
2:18 AM
Dvorák, Antonín (1841-1904)
Prague Waltzes (Prazske valciky) (B.99)
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Bratislava, Stefan Róbl (conductor)
2:26 AM
Dvorák, Antonín (1841-1904)
No.3 Allegro appassionato - from 4 Romantic pieces for violin and piano (Op.75)
Young-Zun Kim (violin), Joon-Cha Kim (piano)
2:31 AM
Elgar, Edward (1857-1934)
Cockaigne Overture
Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra, Pinchas Steinberg (conductor)
2:46 AM
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809)
Divertimento in C major (Hob.IV No.1) (London Trio No.1)
Carol Wincenc (flute), Philip Setzer (violin), Carter Brey (cello)
2:55 AM
Vaughan Williams, Ralph (1872-1958)
A London Symphony
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin (conductor)
3:41 AM
Purcell, Henry [1659-1695]
Chacony a 4 for strings (Z.730) in G minor
Psophos Quartet
3:49 AM
Dohnányi, Ernõ (1877-1960)
Variations on a Nursery Song (Op.25)
Arthur Ozolins (piano), Toronto Symphony, Mario Bernardi (conductor)
4:13 AM
Dolf, Tumasch (1889-1963)
Tuor, Alfons (1871-1904) - text
Allas steilas (To the stars)
Cantus Firmus Surselva, Clau Scherrer (conductor)
4:17 AM
Mussorgsky, Modest (1839-1881) [1839-1881]
A Night on the bare mountain, ed. Rimsky-Korsakov
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski (conductor)
4:31 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Abendempfindung (K.523) for voice and piano
Elly Ameling (soprano), Jörg Demus (piano)
4:36 AM
Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907)
Two Lyric Pieces: Evening in the Mountains (Op.68 No.4); At the cradle (Op.68 No.5)
CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Mario Bernardi (conductor)
4:44 AM
Strauss, Richard (1864-1949)
Der Abend (Op.34 No.1) for 16 part choir
Danish National Radio Choir, Stefan Parkman (conductor)
4:54 AM
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809)
Symphony No.8 in G major 'Le Soir' Hob 1:8
Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Rolf Gupta (conductor)
5:19 AM
Poulenc, Francis (1899-1963)
Un Soir de neige - cantata for 6 voices
BBC Singers, Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor)
5:26 AM
Kodály, Zoltán (1882-1967)
Summer evening
Hungarian Radio Orchestra, György Lehel (conductor)
5:44 AM
Petersson, Per Gunnar (b.1954) [b.1954]
Aftonland (Evening Land) for choir, solo horn and solo
Soren Hermansson (horn), Jutland Chamber Choir, Mogens Dahl (director)
5:59 AM
Lisinski, Vatroslav (1819-1854)
Vecer (Evening) - Symphonic Idyll
Croatian Radio Television Symphony Orchestra, Niksha Bareza (conductor)
6:06 AM
Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957)
Höstkväll (Op.38 No.1) for voice and orchestra
Soile Isokoski (soprano), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor)
6:11 AM
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)
Jägers Abendlied (D.368) (Op.3 No.4) (The huntsman's evening song)
Christoph Prégardien (tenor), Andreas Staier (fortepiano)
6:15 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Serenade in G major (K.525), 'Eine Kleine Nachtmusik' (Allegro; Romanze; Menuett; Rondo )
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Grant Llewellyn (Conductor).
TUE 06:30 Breakfast (b03h3p95)
Tuesday - Sara Mohr-Pietsch
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring the Specialist Classical Chart, available to download as a podcast. Also, works by Hedges, Purcell, Scriabin, Taverner and Mahler. Performances by The Tallis Scholars, Claudio Abbado, Tasmin Little and the Bach Collegium Japan.
Email 3Breakfast@bbc.co.uk or text 83111 with your music requests and Musical Map suggestions.
TUE 09:00 Essential Classics (b03h3pt9)
Tuesday - Sarah Walker
With Sarah Walker and her guest the author, Philip Pullman. Also, at
9:30am, our brainteaser: Originally Written For
9am
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: Murray Perahia: Songs Without Words
10am
Artist of the Week: Hungarian pianist, conductor and composer, Zoltan Kocsis.
10.30am
In the week of BBC Children in Need, Sarah's guest is the multi-award winning author Philip Pullman, best known for the fantasy trilogy, His Dark Materials. The final instalment, The Amber Spyglass, won the 2001 Whitbread Prize for best children's book and the Whitbread Book of the Year prize in January 2002, the first children's book to receive that award. In 2005 Pullman won the biggest prize in children's literature, the annual Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award from the Swedish Arts Council. Many of his works have been adapted for screen including I Was a Rat!, The Butterfly Tattoo, The Ruby in the Smoke and a film adaptation of Northern Lights, titled The Golden Compass, was released in December 2007. In 2012, Pullman was asked by Penguin Classics to curate 50 of Grimms' classic fairytales, from their collection of over 200 tales.
11am
Shostakovich
Symphony No 8
The Building a Library recommendation from last Saturday's CD Review.
TUE 12:00 Composer of the Week (b03h3pw5)
Bill Evans (1929-1980)
Bill Evans Records with Cannonball
Bill Evans performs alongside Cannonball Adderley
He was called the Poet of the Piano, and the Chopin of Jazz, this week Donald Macleod delves into the life and music of Bill Evans. Although Evans started off in the world of classical music, it wasn't long before he got the Jazz bug. His classical training wasn't wasted though, for it went on to influence the way he performed for the rest of his life. His touch at the piano became legendary, and his preferred ensemble for performing his own compositions, and those by others, was the Jazz trio combining piano, bass and drums. Evans came to prominence when invited to work alongside Miles Davis and, in time, Evans would go on to perform with the likes of Tony Bennett, Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, Stan Getz and Monica Zetterlund.
Performing alongside Miles Davis had brought Bill Evans to a much wider audience. Evans soon left the band though, and pursued his own career making a new album called Everybody Digs Bill Evans, which included a new work Peace Piece. Towards the end of the 1950s, things were looking good for Evans, although his addiction to heroin was starting to take its toll. He'd agreed to work with Davis again on the album, Kind of Blue, which included a work by Evans called Blue in Green, although Davis claimed it as his own. By the time Evans was thirty, he was well known, popular, and was soon to form his own historic trio including Paul Motian and Scott LaFaro. They gelled together perfectly, and went into studio to record works such as Autumn Leaves, and Evans's Peri's Scope. This pinnacle of perfection for Evans, though, was short-lived; bassist Scott LaFaro died in a traffic accident shortly afterwards.
TUE 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b03h3sj4)
NI Opera Festival of Voice 2013
Ailish Tynan
Sean Rafferty introduces a series of song recitals recorded at the NI Opera's Festival of Voice. The festival has become an annual event in the picturesque village of Glenarm in Co. Antrim on the north coast of Northern Ireland. The series was curated by pianist Iain Burnside and it begins with a rectial of songs by Schubert, Parry, Stanford and Judith Bingham given by Irish soprano Ailish Tynan, who also includes some fun Irish song arrangements by EJ Moeran on the programme.
Ailish Tynan, soprano
Iain Burnside, piano
Schubert: Ellens Gesänge; Raste, Krieger, Krieg ist aus; Jäger, ruhe von dem Jagd; Ave Maria
Parry: My heart is like a singing bird; Bright Star; Crabbed age and youth; Where shall the lover rest
Stanford: La Belle Dame sans Merci
Judith Bingham: The Shadow Side of Joy Finzi
arr Moeran: The Roving Dingle Boy; The Lost Lover; The Tinker's Daughter.
TUE 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b03h3sj6)
European Music in the USA
Part 2
Katie Derham continues her survey of performances of European music by USA orchestras.
Christian Zacharias is the soloist and director of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, one of the USA's foremost chamber orchestras, in Weber and Christine Brewer is the soloist in extracts from Wagner's final Ring opera, Götterdämmerung.
2pm
Weber
Konzertstück in F minor, Op 79
Christian Zacharias (piano / director)
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
2.15
Beethoven
Suite from 'The Creatures of Prometheus', Op 43
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Christian Zacharias (director)
3pm
Rachmaninov
Isle of the Dead, Op 29
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Julian Kuerti (conductor)
Liszt
Prometheus - Symphonic Poem
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)
3.40pm
Wagner
Götterdämmerung - excerpts
Christine Brewer (soprano)
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra,
Esa Pekka Salonen (conductor).
TUE 16:30 In Tune (b03h3sln)
John Rutter, Ailish Tynan, Escher Quartet
One of Britain's most cherished choral composers, John Rutter, visits the studio as he gears up to conduct the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in a concert of his own works at St Paul's Cathedral.
There's live music from the dynamic young string quartet, New York-based Escher Quartet as they tour the UK, plus Irish soprano Ailish Tynan sings live and discusses her new recording 'Faure Melodies'.
Presented by Sean Rafferty
Twitter: @BBCInTune
Email: in.tune@bbc.co.uk.
TUE 18:30 Composer of the Week (b03h3pw5)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:00 today]
TUE 19:30 Radio 3 Live in Concert (b03h3tft)
LSO - Berlioz
Live from Barbican Hall, London
Presented by Martin Handley
The LSO, conducted by Valery Gergiev, in three orchestral masterworks by Hector Berlioz
Berlioz: Overture - Benvenuto Cellini
Berlioz: The Death of Cleopatra
8.05: Interval Music
8.25
Berlioz: Harold in Italy
Karen Cargill (mezzo-soprano)
Antoine Tamestit (viola)
London Symphony Orchestra
Valery Gergiev (conductor)
In a programme which might as well have been titled 'Berlioz in Italy', the London Symphony Orchestra and conductor Valery Gergiev continue their exploration of the great 19th-century French composer's music. 'The Death of Cleopatra' was composed as the third of Berlioz's failed attempts to win the prestigious composition prize known as the 'Prix de Rome'; 'Benvenuto Cellini' is an opera loosely based on the memoirs of the famous Florentine sculptor, while 'Harold in Italy' - a tone poem for solo viola and orchestra - is a semi-autobiographical work which recounts the adventures of a melancholy dreamer, wandering the Italian countryside and encountering pilgrims, brigands and a beautiful woman.
Followed by music from the younger generation of pianists, recorded earlier this year in concert halls across Europe.
TUE 22:00 Free Thinking (b03h3tfw)
2013 Festival
Are Audiences Killing Culture?
In a bid to reach new audiences, theatre is increasingly moving off the stage and the visual arts are coming out of the gallery, but is this a welcome trend? Matthew Sweet chairs the Free Thinking panel: BALTIC Curator Godfrey Worsdale, critic Sarah Kent, artist Wolfgang Weileder and Helen Marriage, director of Artichoke, the arts company responsible for a puppet elephant parading through London and Durham's Lumiere street light festival.
Producer: Fiona McLean
Image Credit: 'The Sultan's Elephant' by Royal de Luxe, produced in London in 2006 by Artichoke. Photo copyright Sophie Laslett.
TUE 22:45 The Essay (b03h3t81)
The Existential Me
Paul Hart
Paul Hart is a young theatre director who last year directed Jean Paul Sartre's existentialist play 'Huis Clos' in London's West End. In the play three people are locked in a room with each other for eternity. This is damnation, for Hell, famously, is other people.
This year Hart was staff director of 'The Captain of Köpenick' at the National Theatre. In Carl Zuckmayer's play petty criminal Wilhelm Voigt (Antony Sher), released after fifteen years in prison, wanders 1910-Berlin in desperate pursuit of identity papers. When he picks up an abandoned military uniform in a fancy-dress shop he suddenly finds the city ready to obey his every command. But what he craves is official recognition that he exists.
Drawing on his experience of these productions, his other work in the theatre and his life as he establishes himself in his hazardous profession, Paul Hart considers the power and veracity of existentialist ideas.
Producer: Julian May
The Existential Me was first broadcast in November 2013 to mark the centenary of the birth of Albert Camus.
TUE 23:00 Late Junction (b03h3tfy)
Tuesday - Nick Luscombe
Nick Luscombe features brand new UK jazz from Michelson Morley, a long lost Peruvian mambo tune by Lucho Neves y su Orquesta, Finnish folk experimentalism from Kupu plus more music for pan pipe and science fiction soundtracks.
WEDNESDAY 13 NOVEMBER 2013
WED 00:30 Through the Night (b03h3p6p)
Maria Joao Pires with the Zurich Tonhalle
Maria Joao Pires is the pianist in Mozart's Concerto No.27 with the Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra under David Zinman. Also Beethoven's 3rd Symphony "Eroica". With Jonathan Swain
12.30 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus [1756-1791]
Concerto for piano and orchestra no. 27 (K.595) in B flat major;
Maria João Pires (piano), Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, David Zinman (conductor)
1.01 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van [1770 -1827]
Symphony no. 3 (Op.55) in E flat major "Eroica";
Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, David Zinman (conductor)
1.48AM
Brahms, Johannes [1833-1897]
Sextet for strings no. 2 (Op.36) in G major
Aronowitz Ensemble
2.31 AM
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847)
String Octet (Op.20) in E flat major Yoshiko Arai and Ik-Hwan Bae (male) (violins), Yuko Inoue (viola), Christoph Richter (cello), Vogler Quartet
3:03 AM
Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767)
Suite in E minor Douglas Mackie and Jane Dickie (flutes), Barbara Jane Gilbey and Imogen Lidgett (solo violins), Sue-Ellen Paulsen (cello), Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Geoffrey Lancaster (conductor/harpsichord)
3:36 AM
Alkan, Charles-Valentin (1813-1888)
Le Festin d'Esope (Op.39 no.12 in E minor, from '12 studies' Op.39) (1857)
Johan Ullén (piano)
3:46 AM
Butterworth, Arthur (b. 1923)
Romanza for horn and strings (1954)
Martin Hackleman (horn), CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Mario Bernardi (conductor)
3:56 AM
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856)
Genoveva, overture (Op.81)
French National Orchestra, Hein Wallberg
4:06 AM
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937)
Tzigane - rapsodie de concert for violin and piano
Vilmos Szabadi (violin), Márta Gulyás (piano)
4:16 AM
Hellendaal, Pieter (1721-1799)
Concerto grosso for strings and continuo in F major (Op.3 No.6)
Combattimento Consort Amsterdam
4:31 AM
Donizetti, Gaetano (1797-1848)
Overture to La Fille du régiment
Oslo Philharmonic, Nello Santi (conductor)
4:40 AM
Cozzolani, Suor Chiara Margarita (1602-c.1677)
Laudate pueri - psalm for 8 voices
Cappella Artemisia, Maria Christina Cleary (harp), Francesca Torelli (theorbo), Bettini Hoffmann (gamba), Miranda Aureli (organ), Candace Smith (director)
4:59 AM
Chausson, Ernest (1855-1899)
Pavane and Forlane - from 'Quelques Danses' (Op.26) (1896)
Bengt Åke-Lundin (piano)
5:09 AM
Geminiani, Francesco (1687-1762)
Concerto Grosso in G minor
Academy of Ancient Music, Andrew Manze (director/violin)
5:17 AM
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)
Der Hirt auf dem Felsen (Op.129)
Barbara Hendricks (soprano), Leif Ove Andsnes (piano), Martin Fröst (clarinet)
5:29 AM
Mozetich, Marjan (b. 1948) (male)
Postcards from the Sky' - for string orchestra (1997)
CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Mario Bernardi (conductor)
5:42 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)
Sonata for piano and violin No.4 in A minor (Op.23) (1801)
Mats Zetterqvist (violin), Mats Widlund (piano)
6:09 AM
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809)
Oboe Concerto in C Major (Hob.VIIg:C1)
Božo Rogelja (oboe), Slovenian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra, Samo Hubad (conductor)
6:14 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Concerto in D minor for 2 violins, strings and basso continuo (BWV.1043)
Nicolas Mazzoleni and Lidewij van der Voort (violins), European Union Baroque Orchestra, Roy Goodman (director).
WED 06:30 Breakfast (b03h3p97)
Wednesday - Sara Mohr-Pietsch
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, celebrating the life of Sir John Tavener. Also, performances by Gerald Finley, Daniel Barenboim, Werner Gura, Antonio Pappano, Ensemble 360 and the Leipizig Radio Symphony Orchestra.
Email 3Breakfast@bbc.co.uk or text 83111 with your music requests and Musical Map suggestions.
WED 09:00 Essential Classics (b03h3ptc)
Wednesday - Sarah Walker
With Sarah Walker and her guest the author, Philip Pullman. Also, at
9:30am, our brainteaser: Listener Puzzle
9am
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: Murray Perahia: Songs Without Words
10am
Artist of the Week: Hungarian pianist, conductor and composer, Zoltan Kocsis.
10.30am
In the week of BBC Children in Need, Sarah's guest is the multi-award winning author Philip Pullman, best known for the fantasy trilogy, His Dark Materials. The final instalment, The Amber Spyglass, won the 2001 Whitbread Prize for best children's book and the Whitbread Book of the Year prize in January 2002, the first children's book to receive that award. In 2005 Pullman won the biggest prize in children's literature, the annual Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award from the Swedish Arts Council. Many of his works have been adapted for screen including I Was a Rat!, The Butterfly Tattoo, The Ruby in the Smoke and a film adaptation of Northern Lights, titled The Golden Compass, was released in December 2007. In 2012, Pullman was asked by Penguin Classics to curate 50 of Grimms' classic fairytales, from their collection of over 200 tales.
11am
Sarah's Essential Choice
Balakirev
Symphony No 1 in C
Philharmonia Orchestra
Herbert Von Karjan (conductor)
EMI
Also in this hour, Lucky Dip: Sarah dips into her CD collection and shares a piece ? it could be a recent discovery, an old favourite, or simply something that just has to be heard. Expect the unexpected!
WED 12:00 Composer of the Week (b03h3pw7)
Bill Evans (1929-1980)
Bill Evans Chased by Loan Sharks
Donald Macleod explores Bill Evans's life during the early sixties
He was called the Poet of the Piano, and the Chopin of Jazz, this week Donald Macleod delves into the life and music of Bill Evans. Although Evans started off in the world of classical music, it wasn't long before he got the Jazz bug. His classical training wasn't wasted though, for it went on to influence the way he performed for the rest of his life. His touch at the piano became legendary, and his preferred ensemble for performing his own compositions, and those by others, was the Jazz trio combining piano, bass and drums. Evans came to prominence when invited to work alongside Miles Davis and, in time, Evans would go on to perform with the likes of Tony Bennett, Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, Stan Getz and Monica Zetterlund.
Evans was now frequently in and out of studio recordings. Quite simply he needed the money. He'd borrowed money from loan sharks who were now threatening to break his fingers. One of these financially driven projects included his work Interplay, which on top of his usual trio line-up, also included trumpet and guitar. Evans's need for money was partly due to his drugs habit and, at times, Evans found himself making albums he just wasn't happy with. One work he was pleased with was Fudgesicle Built for Four, referring to a popular chocolate ice-cream from the time. There were also some interesting collaborations for Evans during this period, including the saxophonist Stan Getz, the vocalist Monica Zetterlund who Evans had met on tour in Sweden, the orchestral leader and arranger Claus Ogerman, and also a collaboration with himself using multi-track techniques in his number, NYC's No Lark.
WED 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b03h3sj8)
NI Opera Festival of Voice 2013
Stephan Loges
Sean Rafferty introduces the second song recital in a series recorded at NI Opera's Festival of Voice 2013, which takes place annually in Glenarm, Co. Antrim. The series was curated by pianist Iain Burnside and today he performs with the bass-baritone Stephan Loges a recital of songs by Schubert, Brahms and Somervell. They also include settings of texts by Hermann Hesse by one of Finland's most prolific song-writers, Yrjo Henrik Kilpinen.
Stephan Loges, bass-baritone
Iain Burnside, piano
Schubert: Der Wanderer; Der Wanderer an den Mond; Auf der Donau; Wandrers Nachtlied 1; Willkommen und Abschied
Kilpinen: 5 settings of Hermann Hesse (Ich fragte dich; Allein; Schlittenfahrt; Die Kindheit; Vergänglichkeit)
Brahms: 5 Songs, Op 94 (Mit vierzig Jahren; Steig auf, geliebter Schatten;
Mein Herz ist schwer; Sapphische Ode; Kein Haus, keine Heimat)
Somervell: from A Shropshire Lad (Loveliest of Trees; When I was One and Twenty; The Street Sounds to the Soldiers' Tread; White in the Moon the Long Road Lies; Into my Heart an Air that Kills).
WED 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b03h3sjb)
European Music in the USA
Part 3
Katie Derham continues her survey of performances of European music by USA orchestras with Beethoven, Wagner and Mozart from Saint Paul and San Francisco.
Christine Brewer is the soloist in Wagner's Wesendonck Lieder and Christian Zacharias is the soloist in Beethoven's 3rd Piano Concerto.
Beethoven
Overture: The Ruins of Athens
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Dima Slobodeniouk (conductor)
Beethoven
Piano Concerto No 3 in C minor, Op 37
Christian Zacharias (piano / director)
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
2.40
Wagner
Wesendonck Lieder
Christine Brewer (soprano)
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Ward Stare (conductor)
3.10
Mozart
Symphony No 35 in D, K385 (Haffner)
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor).
WED 15:30 Choral Evensong (b03h3w00)
Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford
Live from Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford
Introit: The Lamb (Tavener)
Responses: Morley
Psalms: 69, 70 (Stainer; Hawes; SS Wesley)
First Lesson: 2 Samuel 18 vv6 â€" 19 vv4
Magnificat: Lambe
Second Lesson: Romans 8 vv31-end
Nunc Dimittis: John Tavener
Anthem: Valiant-for-truth (Vaughan Williams)
Hymn: Judge eternal (Rhuddlan)
Organ Voluntary: Acclamations (from Suite MÃ(c)diÃ(c)vale) (Langlais)
Stephen Darlington (Director of Music)
Ghislaine Reece-Trapp (Organ Scholar).
WED 16:30 In Tune (b03h3slq)
Gareth Malone, Boris Giltburg, Roderick Williams
Sean Rafferty with guests, live music and the latest arts news.
As his new series airs on BBC2, presenter and choirmaster Gareth Malone talks about working with community choirs and taking centre stage himself on his new album.
The award winning Israeli-Russian pianist Boris Giltburg is in the studio to perform live and talk about the intense world of piano competitions.
Plus baritone Roderick Williams sings live ahead of a performance at the atmospheric Temple Church.
Tweet us @BBCInTune.
WED 18:30 Composer of the Week (b03h3pw7)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:00 today]
WED 19:30 Radio 3 Live in Concert (b03h3w02)
City of London Sinfonia - Mozart, Purcell, Part, Britten
The City of London Sinfonia and Polyphony perform Mozart's Requiem together with other music for remembrance by Purcell, Arvo Pärt and Britten.
Live from St John's Smith Square in London. Introduced by Martin Handley.
Purcell: March (Funeral Music for Queen Mary) Purcell (arranged Britten): Chacony in G Minor
Arvo Pärt: Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten
Britten: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge
8.30: INTERVAL - music for harpsichord by Purcell, plus, as a tribute to the late John Tavener, an archive recording of his 2004 BBC talk on his lifelong love of Mozart.
8.50: Part 2
Mozart: Requiem
Katherine Watson (soprano)
Claudia Huckle (mezzo-soprano)
Thomas Walker (tenor)
Roderick Williams (baritone)
Polyphony
City of London Sinfonia
Stephen Layton (conductor)
Music for remembrance is the theme for the City of London Sinfonia's annual visit to St John's Smith Square. The orchestra's Artistic Director is joined by his own Polyphony choir, which in 2010 was named by Gramophone Magazine as one of the world's top five choirs. Mozart composed his Requiem in the last year of his life; it was the same for Henry Purcell, who died in the same year he composed his Funeral Music for Queen Mary. The rest of the programme links together Purcell with Benjamin Britten and Arvo Pärt, in music written as tributes to fellow composers.
Followed by music from the younger generation of pianists, recorded earlier this year in concert halls across Europe.
WED 22:00 Free Thinking (b03h3w04)
2013 Festival
What's Eating You?
What is the place of food and body image in contemporary culture? Lionel Shriver is the author of novels including We Need To Talk About Kevin and Big Brother, which depicts the impact of food obsession on family relationships. Dr Val Curtis from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine is the author of Don't Look, Don't Touch: The Science Behind Revulsion. Radio 3's Free Thinking Festival brought them together for a discussion chaired by Samira Ahmed.
Producer: Jacqueline Smith
First broadcast in November 2013.
WED 22:45 The Essay (b03h3t83)
The Existential Me
Michele Roberts
The novelist and poet Michèle Roberts, half French, has been considerably influenced by existentialist literature. Her essay begins with an examination of Raymond beating up his nameless girlfriend in Camus's 'L'Etranger' - and getting let off by the police - then moves on to the works of Simone de Beauvoir and a discussion of feminism as a politics. She considers, too, existentialism as it appears in Madeleine Bourdouxhe, and how she has learned from both these writers.
Producer: Julian May
The Existential Me was first broadcast in November 2013 to mark the centenary of the birth of Albert Camus.
WED 23:00 Late Junction (b03h3w06)
Wednesday - Nick Luscombe
Nick Luscombe features distant dub from The Arabs, Brazilian percussion legend Naná Vasconcelos and beautiful new music from classically trained electronic production duo Opdot.
THURSDAY 14 NOVEMBER 2013
THU 00:30 Through the Night (b03h3p6r)
Organ Special from Prague
Jonathan Swain presents a recital of festive organ music given by François Epinasse in St James' Basilica, Prague with music by Messiaen, Bach, Vierne's Symphony No.4 and Mozart.
12:31 AM
Grigny, Nicolas de [1672-1703]
Premier Livre d'orgue: no. 35 Ave Maris Stella
12:41 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian [1685-1750]
Prelude and fugue in A minor BWV.543 for organ
12:52 AM
Vierne, Louis [1870-1937]
Symphony no. 4 in G minor op. 32 for Organ: 4th mvt, Romance in D flat major
1:01 AM
Mernier, Benoît [1964-]
Inventions no II and V
1:13 AM
Messiaen, Olivier [1908-1992]
La Nativité du Seigneur for organ: Les Bergers
1:19 AM
Messiaen, Olivier [1908-1992]
La Nativité du Seigneur for organ: Dieu parmi, nous
1:29 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus [1756-1791] arr. unknown.
Theme and Variations movement (no.6) from the Serenade in Bb (K.361)
Francois Epinasse (organ)
1:37 AM
Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741)
The Four Seasons, Concertos Op.8 Nos.1-4
Barbara Jane Gilbey (violin), The Tasmanian Symphony Chamber Players, Geoffrey Lancaster (conductor)
2:17 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Piano Sonata in B flat major (K.281)
Ingo Dannhorn (piano)
2:31 AM
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856)
Quintet for piano and strings (Op.44) in E flat major
Henschel Quartet and Jens Elvekjaer (piano)
3:01 AM
Infante, Manuel (1883-1958)
Three Andalucian Dances
Aglika Genova and Liuben Dimitrov (pianos)
3:16 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Mass in C major (K.317) 'Coronation'
Linda Øvrebø (soprano), Anna Einarsson (alto), Anders J Dahlin (tenor), Johannes Mannov (bass), Oslo Chamber Choir, Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Alessandro de Marchi (conductor)
3:39 AM
Vivaldi, Antonio [1678-1741]
Sonata a quattro in C major for 2 oboes, bassoon and continuo
Ensemble Zefiro
3:51 AM
Strauss, Richard [1864-1949]
Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche (Op.28)
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Miguel Gomez Martinez (conductor)
4:07 AM
Turina, Joaquín (1882-1949)
Rapsodia sinfonica for piano and string orchestra (Op.66)
Angela Cheng (piano), Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, Hans Graf (conductor)
4:16 AM
Vaughan Williams, Ralph [1872-1958]
Silence and Music - madrigal for chorus
BBC Singers, Stephen Layton (conductor)
4:21 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770 -1827)
Finale from the ballet music to "Prometheus"
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra in Bratislava (orchestra),
Ludovít Rajter (conductor)
4:31 AM
Kaufman, Nikolai (1925-)
Two Humorous Folk Songs
Bulgarian Radio Children's Choir, conductor Hristo Nedyalkov
4:35 AM
Piazzolla, Astor (1921-1992)
Le Grand tango for cello and piano
Duo Rastogi/Fredens: Janne Fredens (cello), Søren Rastogi (piano)
4:48 AM
Byrd, William [c.1540-1623]
Friste Pavian and Galliarde
Andreas Borregaard (accordion)
4:54 AM
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)
Rondo in A major for Violin and Strings (D.438)
Pinchas Zukerman (violin/director), The National Arts Centre Orchestra of Canada
5:09 AM
Geminiani, Francesco (1687-1762)
Concerto No.1 in D major, Op.7 No.1 (1746)
Academy of Ancient Music, Andrew Manze (director/violin)
5:18 AM
Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957)
En Saga (1st version of 1892)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor)
5:39 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Concerto in the Italian Style for keyboard (BWV.971) in F major
Christian Ihle Hadland (piano)
5:52 AM
Dvorák, Antonín (1841-1904)
String Quartet No.12 in F major 'American' (Op.96)
Keller Quartet
6:17 AM
Enescu, George (1881-1955)
Romanian Rhapsody No.1 in A major (Op.11 no.1)
Romanian National Radio Orchestra, Horia Andreescu (cond).
THU 06:30 Breakfast (b03h3p99)
Thursday - Sara Mohr-Pietsch
Sara Mohr-Pietsch
presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring the Musical Map of Britain and listener requests.
Email 3Breakfast@bbc.co.uk or text 83111.
THU 09:00 Essential Classics (b03h3pth)
Thursday - Sarah Walker
With Sarah Walker and her guest the author, Philip Pullman. Also, at
9:30am, our brainteaser: Who am I?
9am
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: Murray Perahia: Songs Without Words
10am
Artist of the Week: Hungarian pianist, conductor and composer, Zoltan Kocsis.
10.30am
In the week of BBC Children in Need, Sarah's guest is the multi-award winning author Philip Pullman, best known for the fantasy trilogy, His Dark Materials. The final instalment, The Amber Spyglass, won the 2001 Whitbread Prize for best children's book and the Whitbread Book of the Year prize in January 2002, the first children's book to receive that award. In 2005 Pullman won the biggest prize in children's literature, the annual Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award from the Swedish Arts Council. Many of his works have been adapted for screen including I Was a Rat!, The Butterfly Tattoo, The Ruby in the Smoke and a film adaptation of Northern Lights, titled The Golden Compass, was released in December 2007. In 2012, Pullman was asked by Penguin Classics to curate 50 of Grimms' classic fairytales, from their collection of over 200 tales.
11am
Sarah's Essential Choice
Rachmaninov
Symphony No.2 in E minor, Op 27
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Paul Kletzki (conductor)
DECCA ELOQUENCE.
THU 12:00 Composer of the Week (b03h3pw9)
Bill Evans (1929-1980)
Bill Evans and Helen Keane
Bill Evans gets a new manager
He was called the Poet of the Piano, and the Chopin of Jazz, this week Donald Macleod delves into the life and music of Bill Evans. Although Evans started off in the world of classical music, it wasn't long before he got the Jazz bug. His classical training wasn't wasted though, for it went on to influence the way he performed for the rest of his life. His touch at the piano became legendary, and his preferred ensemble for performing his own compositions, and those by others, was the Jazz trio combining piano, bass and drums. Evans came to prominence when invited to work alongside Miles Davis and, in time, Evans would go on to perform with the likes of Tony Bennett, Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, Stan Getz and Monica Zetterlund.
Helen Keane had come into Bill Evans's life as his manager and, later on, also producer. Evans went on to dedicate two works to Keane, including One for Helen, and also Song for Helen. Evan's trio, what with touring and other pressures, was frequently changing in personnel. Soon, the bassist Eddie Gomez had joined the trio and he recorded a number of works with the Evans, including G Waltz, and Comrade Conrad. Evans kept up his collaborations with other musicians during the late nineteen-sixties, including the guitarist Jim Hall, recording a duo performance of Turn Out the Stars. Evans also sometimes invited musicians to expand his trio line-up to a quartet, including flautist Jeremy Steig who performed in Evans's composition, Time Out for Chris. This period was exceptionally busy, with frequent tours abroad and many studio recordings. One album won Evans two Grammy awards which featured his number, Sugar Plum.
THU 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b03h3sjd)
NI Opera Festival of Voice 2013
Claire Booth
Sean Rafferty introduces the third recital in a series of recitals recorded at the NI Opera's Festival of Voice, 2013. The series was curated by pianist, Iain Burnside and in today's programme he is joined by soprano, Claire Booth in a recital of music by Wolf, Debussy, Poulenc and Messiaen. It was recorded in the village of Glenarm on the north coast of Northern Ireland.
Claire Booth, soprano
Iain Burnside, piano
Wolf: from Mörike Lieder: Der Gartner; Im Fruhling; Erstes Liebeslied eines Madchens; Heimweh; Der Knabe und das Immelein
Poulenc: Métamorphose: Reine de mouettes; C'est ainsi que tu es; Paganini
Debussy: Chansons de Bilitis: La Flute de Pan; La chevelure; Le tombeau des naiades
Poulenc: Banalités; Chanson d'Orkenise; Hotel; Fagnes de Wallonie; Voyage a Paris; Sanglots
Messiaen: from Poèmes pour Mi: Action de graces; Le collier; Priere exaucée.
THU 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b03h3sjg)
Thursday Opera Matinee
Verdi 200: Jerusalem (Acts 1 and 2)
Verdi 200 Opera Matinee: Jerusalem
Verdi's Grand Crusade to Jerusalem via Paris.
Jerusalem is a re-working of Verdi's earlier I Lombardi for the Paris Opera in 1847. A German critic once wrote that a Verdi opera is like a garden run wild, and Jerusalem includes the lot: choruses, battle scenes, intense love, retribution, mistaken identity - everything - demanding a full-scale no-expense-spared production and Verdi ordered that there should be no cuts in any theatre on pain of a thousand-franc fine!
All very well in Paris, but Italian audiences always preferred the original - I Lombardi, and although Jerusalem was moderately successful in Paris it never held its place with the top rank of Verdi's operas. Indeed this recording of 1998 was Jerusalem's first in an uncut version as Verdi had demanded all those years before.
Verdi
Jerusalem
Acts 1 and 2
(Acts 3 and 4 tomorrow)
Hélène ..... Marina Mescheriakova (Soprano)
Gaston ..... Marcello Giordani (Tenor)
Roger ..... Roberto Scandiuzzi (Bass)
Le Conte de Toulouse ..... Philippe Rouillon (Bass)
Raymond ..... Simon Edwards (Tenor)
Isaure ..... Hélène Le Corre (Soprano)
Adhemar de Monteil ..... Daniel Borowski (Bass)
Geneva Grand Theatre Chorus
Suisse Romande Orchestra
Fabio Luisi (Luisi)
4.05
Beethoven
Symphony No 1 in C, Op 21
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Stefan Asbury (conductor).
THU 16:30 In Tune (b03h3sm1)
Valerie Solti, South Iceland Chamber Choir, James Gilchrist, Anna Tilbrook
Sean Rafferty's guests include the South Iceland Chamber Choir - a rare visit to the UK for a premiere of music by John Tavener at Southwark Cathedral. They will be performing live in the studio.
THU 18:30 Composer of the Week (b03h3pw9)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:00 today]
THU 19:30 Radio 3 Live in Concert (b03h3whr)
Philharmonia - Mahler
In a rare visit to London, Gustavo Dudamel conducts the Philharmonia in Mahler's epic 7th Symphony, live from the Royal Festival Hall
Presented by Ian Skelly
Mahler: Symphony No 7
In his seventh symphony, Gustav Mahler stretched tonality almost to breaking point, yet achieved moments of breathtaking beauty and atmosphere. Cast on the grandest of scales, its five movements chart a journey from mystery to haunted nightmare to eventual ecstasy and resolution.
World famous for his work with the Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra and El Sistema, the dynamic young Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel is music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and has recently completed a summer residency at the prestigious Salzburg Festival.
Followed by music from the younger generation of pianists, recorded earlier this year in concert halls across Europe.
THU 22:00 Free Thinking (b03h3wht)
2013 Festival
Whose Strife Is It Anyway?
Amit Chaudhuri, Gaiutra Bahadur and Aamer Ahmed Khan discuss depictions of the powerless in fiction and factual reporting with Rana Mitter. Chaudhuri has explored life in Calcutta in many of his novels and essays; Badhadur's book Coolie Woman: The Odyssesy of Indenture takes the history of her great grandmother and examines the status of women who worked as labourers on sugar plantations; Khan is an editor for the Urdu section of the BBC's World Service.
In a programme recorded at the Free Thinking Festival at Sage Gateshead, the panel debate the idea of responsibility and whether stories about tragedy and poverty reinforce stereotypes or change attitudes and prompt action?
Producer: Natalie Steed.
THU 22:45 The Essay (b03h3t85)
The Existential Me
Gary Walkow
Here, film-maker Gary Walkow reflects on how existential thinking has influenced his work, from his adaptation of Dostoevsky's "Notes From Underground" to his film on the Beat writers.
Producer: Emma Kingsley
The Existential Me was first broadcast in November 2013 to mark the centenary of the birth of Albert Camus.
THU 23:00 Late Junction (b03h3whw)
Thursday - Nick Luscombe
Music for Zen meditation from Tony Scott, tracks from an experimental audio project put together by Long Division with Remainders, plus a newly recorded song from deep in the Caucasus Mountains.
FRIDAY 15 NOVEMBER 2013
FRI 00:30 Through the Night (b03h3p6w)
Aldeburgh World Orchestra
The Aldeburgh World Orchestra is conducted by Mark Elder in Britten, Mahler, Stravinsky and Charlotte Bray in a concert from the 2012 BBC Proms. Presented by Jonathan Swain.
12:31 AM
Britten, Benjamin [1913-1976]
Sinfonia da Requiem
12:51 AM
Mahler, Gustav [1860-1911]
Symphony No. 10 - Adagio
1:14 AM
Bray, Charlotte [1982- ]
At the Speed of Stillness
1:25 AM
Stravinsky, Igor [1882-1971]
The Rite of Spring
Aldeburgh World Orchestra, Sir Mark Elder (conductor)
2:00 AM
Elgar, Edward (1857-1934)
Enigma Variations (Op.36)
BBC Philharmonic, Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor)
2:31 AM
Bach, Johann Christian (1735-1782)
Quartet for flute/violin and strings (T.309/3) in A major
Sofia Soloists Chamber Ensemble, Plamen Djurov (conductor)
2:48 AM
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847)
Trio for piano and strings no.2 (Op.66) in C minor
Leonidas Kavakos (violin), Eckard Runge (cello), Enrico Pace (piano)
3:17 AM
Delibes, Leo [1836-1891]
Sylvia - suite from the ballet
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra in Bratislava, Oliver Dohnányi (conductor)
3:35 AM
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893)
Slavonic March in B flat minor 'Marche slave' (Op.31)
BBC Philharmonic, Rumon Gamba (conductor)
3:45 AM
Handel, Georg Frideric [1685-1759]
Organ Concerto No.1 (Op.4 No.1) (HWV.289)
Concerto Copenhagen, Lars Ulrik Mortensen (organ and director)
4:01 AM
Cassado, Gaspar (1897-1966)
Requiebros for cello and piano
Il-Hwan Bai (male) (cello), Dai-Hyun Kim (male) (piano)
4:07 AM
Schütz, Heinrich (1585-1672)
Two madrigals (SWV 1 and 2)
Cantus Cölln: Johanna Koslowsky (soprano), David Cordier (counter tenor), Gerd Türk and Wilfried Jochens (tenors), Stephan Schreckenberger (bass), Konrad Junghänel (lute and director)
4:13 AM
Chopin, Frédéric (1810-1849)
Polonaise in A flat major (Op. 53) "Polonaise héroïque"
Jacek Kortus (piano)
4:20 AM
Ranta, Sulho (1901-1960)
Finnish Folk Dances - suite for orchestra (Op.51)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor)
4:31 AM
Schmelzer, Johann Heinrich [c.1620-1680]
Sonata in D for 3 violins and continuo
Il Giardino Armonico
4:38 AM
Reinecke, Carl (1824-1910)
Ballade for flute and orchestra
Matej Zupan (flute), Slovenian National Radio Symphony Orchestra, David de Villiers (conductor)
4:46 AM
Liszt, Franz (1811-1886)
Gnomenreigen - from Two Concert studies for piano (S.145)
Lana Genc (piano)
4:50 AM
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)
Quartet for strings in C minor (D.703) 'Satz'
Tilev String Quarte
5:01 AM
Bartók, Béla (1881-1945)
2 Pictures for orchestra (Sz.46) (Op.10)
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra in Bratislava, Bystrik Režucha (conductor)
5:17 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Piano Sonata in C major (K.545)
Vanda Albota (piano)
5:28 AM
Rautavaara, Einojuhani (b. 1928)
Canticum Mariae virginis
Jutland Chamber Choir, Mogens Dahl (director)
5:36 AM
Wieniawski, Henryk (1835-1880)
Concerto for violin and orchestra No.2 in D minor (Op.22)
Bartlomiej Niziol (violin), Sinfonia Varsovia, Grzegorz Nowak (conductor)
6:00 AM
Suk, Josef (1874-1935)
Serenade for string orchestra (Op.6) in E flat major
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, James Clark (conductor).
FRI 06:30 Breakfast (b03h3p9c)
Friday - Sara Mohr-Pietsch
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring the Musical Map of Britain and listener requests.
Email 3Breakfast@bbc.co.uk or text 83111.
FRI 09:00 Essential Classics (b03h3ptl)
Friday - Sarah Walker
With Sarah Walker and her guest the author, Philip Pullman. Also, at
9:30am, our brainteaser: Songs Without Words
9am
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: Murray Perahia: Songs Without Words
10am
Artist of the Week: Hungarian pianist, conductor and composer, Zoltan Kocsis.
10.30am
In the week of BBC Children in Need, Sarah's guest is the multi-award winning author Philip Pullman, best known for the fantasy trilogy, His Dark Materials. The final instalment, The Amber Spyglass, won the 2001 Whitbread Prize for best children's book and the Whitbread Book of the Year prize in January 2002, the first children's book to receive that award. In 2005 Pullman won the biggest prize in children's literature, the annual Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award from the Swedish Arts Council. Many of his works have been adapted for screen including I Was a Rat!, The Butterfly Tattoo, The Ruby in the Smoke and a film adaptation of Northern Lights, titled The Golden Compass, was released in December 2007. In 2012, Pullman was asked by Penguin Classics to curate 50 of Grimms' classic fairytales, from their collection of over 200 tales.
11am
Sarah's Essential Choice
Borodin
Symphony No.1 in E flat
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Valery Gergiev (conductor)
PHILIPS.
FRI 12:00 Composer of the Week (b03h3pwc)
Bill Evans (1929-1980)
Bill Evans Leaves the Stage
Bill Evans plays his last gig.
He was called the Poet of the Piano, and the Chopin of Jazz, this week Donald Macleod delves into the life and music of Bill Evans. Although Evans started off in the world of classical music, it wasn't long before he got the Jazz bug. His classical training wasn't wasted though, for it went on to influence the way he performed for the rest of his life. His touch at the piano became legendary, and his preferred ensemble for performing his own compositions, and those by others, was the Jazz trio combining piano, bass and drums. Evans came to prominence when invited to work alongside Miles Davis and, in time, Evans would go on to perform with the likes of Tony Bennett, Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, Stan Getz and Monica Zetterlund.
Evans was starting to look quite ill. He needed to have all his teeth removed, which was done in the UK, between appearances at Ronnie Scotts, as it was cheaper. Another tour took Evans to Japan where he was given a film-star welcome. For that tour he had brought with him new repertoire, including the virtuosic Twelve Tone Tune Two. By the mid seventies, Evans had a son called Evan, later dedicating a work to him called Letter to Evan. Another huge event in his his family circumstances was the news that his brother Harry had committed suicide. Harry never knew that Evans had written a work for him called We Will Meet Again. By the late seventies Evans's health was in decline; he was suffering from hepatitis. Touring was making increasing demands upon Evans, including twenty-one European cities in twenty-four days. By nineteen-eighty, with his face gaunt, and his wrists and fingers bloated, Evans was too exhausted to perform, and a few days later he died.
FRI 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b03h3sjj)
NI Opera Festival of Voice 2013
Robin Tritschler
Sean Rafferty introduces the final song recital in the series from NI Opera's Festival of Voice 2013. The festival has become an annual event in the village of Glenarm in Co. Antrim. In today's recital, the series curator and pianist, Iain Burnside, is joined by BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist, Robin Tritscher in a recital which includes two song cycles: Schumann's settings of nine poems by Heinrich Heine, Liederkreis Op 24, and settings of words by Thomas Hardy by Gerald Finzi, A Young Man's Exhortation.
Robin Tritschler, tenor
Iain Burnside, piano
Schumann: Liederkreis, Op 24
Finzi: A Young Man's Exhortation.
FRI 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b03h3sjl)
European Music in the USA
Part 4
Verdi 200: The conclusion of Verdi's Jerusalem, written for Paris. The Crusaders are at the gates of the Holy City. Can the lovers Gaston and Hélène, captives of the Emir of Ramla in Jerusalem, be reunited? And can Gaston avoid certain death if the Crusader leader the Comte de Toulouse catches him? And will the Comte's brother Roger, now a hermit, reveal his secret to save the day ...?
Katie Derham ends this week's programmes with Lang Lang performing Prokofiev's 3rd Piano Concerto in Cincinnati.
2pm
Verdi: Jerusalem
Acts 3 and 4
Hélène ..... Marina Mescheriakova (Soprano)
Gaston ..... Marcello Giordani (Tenor)
Roger ..... Roberto Scandiuzzi (Bass)
Le Conte de Toulouse ..... Philippe Rouillon (Bass)
Raymond ..... Simon Edwards (Tenor)
Isaure ..... Hélène Le Corre (Soprano)
Adhemar de Monteil ..... Daniel Borowski (Bass)
Geneva Grand Theatre Chorus
Suisse Romande Orchestra
Fabio Luisi (conductor)
3.25
Beethoven
Leonore Overture No 3, Op 72
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)
3.40
Prokofiev
Piano Concerto No 3 in C, Op 26
Lang Lang (piano)
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Long Yu (conductor)
4.20
Beethoven
The Creatures of Prometheus Overture
New York Philharmonic
Alan Gilbert (conductor).
FRI 16:30 In Tune (b03h3smh)
Raymond Leppard, Daniel Evans, James Pearson Trio
Legendary conductor Raymond Leppard visits the studio to discuss his concert with English Chamber Orchestra at Cadogan Hall. Live music from the James Pearson Trio as they prepare for 'Jazz at the Philharmonic' as part of the EFG London Jazz Festival. Plus Sean talks to director Daniel Evans about his upcoming production of Oliver at the Crucible in Sheffield.
Presented by Sean Rafferty
Twitter: @BBCInTune
Email: in.tune@bbc.co.uk.
FRI 18:30 Composer of the Week (b03h3pwc)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:00 today]
FRI 19:30 Radio 3 Live in Concert (b03h3xd8)
Jazz Voice
London's annual autumn jazz jamboree starts with its traditional opening-night gala. Jazz Voice is a celebration of some of the great songs of the past ten decades, sung by some of the great voices of today. Among this year's line-up are American premier jazz singer Jane Monheit; jazz a cappella group Vive; Yorkshire-born singer and broadcaster Clare Teal; Kansas-born singer-songwriter Krystle Warren; London's own jazz, funk and soul vocalist Annabel Williams; classically-trained British soul singer Omar, aka Omar Lye-Fook MBE; and Zimbabwe-born singer, arranger and conductor Eska. Arrangements by Guy Barker, who also conducts the London Jazz Festival Orchestra.
The programme of songs draws on major anniversaries, birthdays and milestones that link the decades stretching back from 2013.
FRI 22:00 The Verb (b03h3xdb)
Ian Rankin, Chuck Palahniuk, Helen Mort, Matthew Halsall, Josephine
Ian McMillan presents Radio 3's 'Cabaret of the word' with guests Ian Rankin, Chuck Palahniuk, Helen Mort, Matthew Halsall and Josephine.
FRI 22:45 The Essay (b03h3t87)
The Existential Me
Emmy van Deurzen
In this final essay, psychotherapist Emmy Van Deurzen reflects on how existentialist philosophy has shaped her life and work. She grew up in the Netherlands, but went as a student to France, where she read philosophy and later studied psychotherapy. Her work in the two fields led her to want to follow an existentialist path- to pursue a form of therapy which was rooted in philosophy. She now lives and teaches in England, where she works with clients on using moments of crisis in their lives for positive action.
Producer: Emma Kingsley
The Existential Me was first broadcast in November 2013 to mark the centenary of the birth of Albert Camus.
FRI 23:00 Jazz on 3 (b03h3xdd)
2013 London Jazz Festival Launch
Jez Nelson hosts a special edition of Jazz on 3 live from Ronnie Scott's jazz club in Soho on the opening night of the 2013 London Jazz Festival. As ever the programme features exclusive performances from some of the most sought-after acts at the festival, illustrating the breadth and quality of both established and new artists on the current jazz scene.
The line-up includes the avant-jazz-funk of long-running US organ trio Medeski Martin and Wood, plus one the UK's hottest outfits, Sons of Kemet, whose two drummers and tuba, and the saxophone of leader Shabaka Hutchings, will bring heavy carnival flavours to the party.
Presenter: Jez Nelson
Producers: Peggy Sutton and Chris Elcombe.
LIST OF THIS WEEK'S PROGRAMMES
(Note: the times link back to the details; the pids link to the BBC page, including iPlayer)
Afternoon Concert
14:00 MON (b03h3nx4)
Afternoon Concert
14:00 TUE (b03h3sj6)
Afternoon Concert
14:00 WED (b03h3sjb)
Afternoon Concert
14:00 THU (b03h3sjg)
Afternoon Concert
14:00 FRI (b03h3sjl)
BBC Performing Groups
23:00 SUN (b03h3n47)
Breakfast
07:00 SAT (b03h37qt)
Breakfast
07:00 SUN (b03h3l4b)
Breakfast
06:30 MON (b03h3n87)
Breakfast
06:30 TUE (b03h3p95)
Breakfast
06:30 WED (b03h3p97)
Breakfast
06:30 THU (b03h3p99)
Breakfast
06:30 FRI (b03h3p9c)
CD Review
09:00 SAT (b03h37qw)
Choir and Organ
16:00 SUN (b03h3lsc)
Choral Evensong
15:00 SUN (b03g30tk)
Choral Evensong
15:30 WED (b03h3w00)
Composer of the Week
12:00 MON (b03h3nx0)
Composer of the Week
18:15 MON (b03h3nx0)
Composer of the Week
12:00 TUE (b03h3pw5)
Composer of the Week
18:30 TUE (b03h3pw5)
Composer of the Week
12:00 WED (b03h3pw7)
Composer of the Week
18:30 WED (b03h3pw7)
Composer of the Week
12:00 THU (b03h3pw9)
Composer of the Week
18:30 THU (b03h3pw9)
Composer of the Week
12:00 FRI (b03h3pwc)
Composer of the Week
18:30 FRI (b03h3pwc)
Discovering Music
20:10 SAT (b03h3kk1)
Drama on 3
21:00 SUN (b00tp8mr)
Essential Classics
09:00 MON (b03h3nwy)
Essential Classics
09:00 TUE (b03h3pt9)
Essential Classics
09:00 WED (b03h3ptc)
Essential Classics
09:00 THU (b03h3pth)
Essential Classics
09:00 FRI (b03h3ptl)
Free Thinking
22:00 MON (b03h3p4n)
Free Thinking
22:00 TUE (b03h3tfw)
Free Thinking
22:00 WED (b03h3w04)
Free Thinking
22:00 THU (b03h3wht)
Geoffrey Smith's Jazz
00:00 SUN (b03h3l46)
Hear and Now
22:00 SAT (b03h3kk5)
In Tune
16:30 MON (b03h3nx6)
In Tune
16:30 TUE (b03h3sln)
In Tune
16:30 WED (b03h3slq)
In Tune
16:30 THU (b03h3sm1)
In Tune
16:30 FRI (b03h3smh)
Jazz Line-Up
18:00 SAT (b03h37sh)
Jazz Record Requests
17:00 SAT (b03h37sf)
Jazz on 3
23:00 MON (b03h3p4s)
Jazz on 3
23:00 FRI (b03h3xdd)
Late Junction
23:00 TUE (b03h3tfy)
Late Junction
23:00 WED (b03h3w06)
Late Junction
23:00 THU (b03h3whw)
Music Matters
12:15 SAT (b03h37qy)
Opera on 3
19:15 MON (b03h3nx8)
Private Passions
12:00 SUN (b03h3l4g)
Radio 3 Live in Concert
19:30 SAT (b03h3jrx)
Radio 3 Live in Concert
20:30 SAT (b03h3kk3)
Radio 3 Live in Concert
19:00 SUN (b03h3n41)
Radio 3 Live in Concert
19:30 TUE (b03h3tft)
Radio 3 Live in Concert
19:30 WED (b03h3w02)
Radio 3 Live in Concert
19:30 THU (b03h3whr)
Radio 3 Live in Concert
19:30 FRI (b03h3xd8)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 SAT (b03g2wkc)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 SUN (b03h3lp0)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 MON (b03h3nx2)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 TUE (b03h3sj4)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 WED (b03h3sj8)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 THU (b03h3sjd)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 FRI (b03h3sjj)
Saturday Classics
14:00 SAT (b03h37r0)
Sound of Cinema
16:00 SAT (b03h37sc)
Sunday Feature
18:15 SUN (b01msj6v)
Sunday Morning
09:00 SUN (b03h3l4d)
The Early Music Show
14:00 SUN (b03h3ls9)
The Essay
22:45 MON (b03h3p4q)
The Essay
22:45 TUE (b03h3t81)
The Essay
22:45 WED (b03h3t83)
The Essay
22:45 THU (b03h3t85)
The Essay
22:45 FRI (b03h3t87)
The Verb
22:00 FRI (b03h3xdb)
Through the Night
01:00 SAT (b03g31f7)
Through the Night
01:00 SUN (b03h3l48)
Through the Night
00:30 MON (b03h3n85)
Through the Night
00:30 TUE (b03h3p6k)
Through the Night
00:30 WED (b03h3p6p)
Through the Night
00:30 THU (b03h3p6r)
Through the Night
00:30 FRI (b03h3p6w)
Words and Music
17:00 SUN (b03hj56r)