With Humphrey Carpenter , including Spohr Octet in E, Op 32 Nash Ensemble
7.03 Schubert Polonaise D580 in B flat Gidon Kremer (violin), LSO, conductor Emil Tchakarov
7.30 Mozart Concerto in E flat for
Two Pianos, K365 Elena and Emil Gilels , Vienna Philharmonic, conductor Karl Böhm
8.03 Vivaldi Nulla in Mundo Pax Sincera
Emma Kirkby (soprano),
Academy of Ancient Music, conductor Simon Preston
Wagner Overture: Tannhauser New Queen's Hall Orchestra, conductor Barry Wordsworth
9.16 Mendelssohn Rondo
Capriccioso in E, Op 14 Jorge Bolet (piano)
9.24 Fux Rondeau in C
Sally Jackson (bassoon),
Brandenburg Consort , director Roy Goodman (violino piccolo)
9.33 Mozart Piano Concerto No 24 in C minor, K491 (2nd mvt) Philharmonia, director
Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
9.42 Martini Plaisir damour
Caccini Amarilli Mia Bella
Janet Baker (mezzo), ASMF, conductor Neville Marriner
9.49 Grieg Homage March (Sigurd Jorsalfar ) LSO, conductor Per Dreier Mid-Programme Feature: Ensembles Bach, arr Swingle Fugue in D minor Swingle Singers
10.00 Mendelssohn Scherzo (Octet in E flat, Op 20) Hausmusik
10.08 Krommer Adagio and Presto (Octet-Partita in B flat, Op 78) Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble
10.17 Telemann Violin Concerto in A
Pavlo Beznosiuk , New London Consort, director Philip Pickett
10.29 Albeniz Triana (Iberia) Alica de Larrocha (piano)
10.35 Debussy Iberia (Images) Paris Orchestra, conductor Daniel Barenboim
Producer Fiona Shelmerdine
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Julia Varady
Joan Bakewell talks to Romanian-born soprano Julia Varady. Revised repeat
Ivan Hewett debates the lack of a first-rate concert hall in London and looks at the plans for improving the acoustics of the Royal Festival Hall, the regeneration of the ground-breaking Roundhouse in Camden, and the novel idea of reconstructing the Queen's
Hall as it was in Sir Henry Wood 's day. Producer Jessica Isaacs
Barbara Bonney (soprano), Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
Schumann Frauenliebe und -leben
Brahms Wir Wandelten ; Standchen; Von Ewiger Liebe
Sibelius Vilse ; Demanten Pa
Marssnon: Sav, Sav Susa; Flickan Kom Ifran sin Alsklings Mote Grieg Six Songs, Op 48
Bassoon Concerto in B flat, K191 Gwydion Brooke (bassoon), Royal Philharmonic, conductor Thomas Beecham See also tomorrow 9.30pm
With Christopher Page. A portrait of the early bagpipe - an instrument which, in its many guises, has inspired some of the most popular pieces of Baroque repertoire. Plus the contest between violin and viol in early public concerts in Britain described in the colourful writings of Thomas Mace and Roger North.
Producer Kate Bolton. FACTSHEET WEB PAGE: www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/factsheets E-MAIL: [address removed]
SOUNDING THE CENTURY
Playwright Alan Plater introduces recordings by Paul Robeson.
Trad spiritual Dere's a Man Goin' Roun' Takin' Names
Hayes and Robinson Joe Hill Traditional Going Home
SOUNDING THE CENTURY
56: TS Eliot: The Waste Land
Published in modernism's annus mirabilis of 1922, this extraordinary collage of myth and modernity remains one of the most challenging and influential poems of the century. Among those lending their ears to Eliot's diverse voices are critic
Christopher Ricks and poet and critic Robert Crawford. Producer Paul Quinn
SOUNDING THE CENTURY
Ivan Hewett explores the different ways in which composers responded to the Cold War climate of 1955.
Tippett Sosostris's Aria (The Midsummer Marriage) Alfreda Hodgson (mezzo), English Northern Sinfonia, conducted by the Composer
Shostakovich Violin Concerto No 1 (excerpt) Vadim Repin, Halle Orchestra, conductor Kent Nagano
Boulez Le Marteau sans Maitre
Elisabeth Lawrence (soprano), Ensemble InterContemporain, conducted by the Composer
Dallapiccola Canti di Liberazione BBC Singers, BBCSO, conductor Martyn Brabbins
Continuing the series of monthly documentaries surveying the range and diversity of 20th-century music. Ever since Sir Frances Drake heard the "strange, yet delightful" sound of the gamelan on the island of Java in 1580, eastern music has fascinated western musicians. In the past 100 years, composers from Debussy to Xenakis have been captivated and influenced by the rhythms, instruments, culture and religions of the Orient. George Benjamin , Robin Holloway , Donald Mitchell , Edward Said , Steve Reich , Neil Sorrell ,
Gyorgy Ligeti and others trace the eastern influence up to the present day. Narrated by Samuel West. Producer Michael Emery
Repeated from yesterday 12 noon
Brian Kay introduces a performance of one of Handel's best-known oratorios - Israel in Egypt. The text, from Exodus and Psalms, tells of the captivity of the Jewish people in Egypt, the ten plagues and the crossing of the Red Sea.
BBC Singers, London Baroque
Soloists, conductor Stephen Cleobury Producer Lindsay Kemp
By August Strindberg, translated and adapted by Eivor Martinus. One hundred and fifty years after his birth, August Strindberg 's drama still finds resonances in today's headlines. A mother knows her child, but the seed of doubt about paternity can poison a father's mind beyond repair.
Director Ned Chaillet
Sweet Lips, Dark Eyes
Barb Jungr begins a two-part introduction to the vocal music of Iran with a look at the classical and folk traditions.
Fantasiestucke, Op 12
Piers Lane (piano) Repeat
Conductor Martyn Brabbins ,
Mary King (mezzo), Alexander Baillie (cello) Brian Elias Songs to Poems of Irina Ratushinskaya
Gordon Crosse Cello Concerto
With Donald Macleod.
1.00 Music by Schiitz and Giovanni Valentini , performed by La Capella Ducale and Musica Fiata
2.30 Bruckner Symphony No 4 in E flat (Romantic) Slovenian RSO, conductor Samo Hubad
3.35 Marais Suite No 2 Violes Esgales
4.10 Beethoven Horn Sonata in F,
Op 17 Arvids Klisans, Ventis Zilberts (piano)
4.25 Beethoven Piano Concerto No 4 in G Christian Zacharias , Beethoven
Academy, conductor Jean Caeyers
5.00 Bach Sonata in D, BWV1028
Bojan Cvetreznik (viola), Benjamin Govze (piano)
5.30 Wagner Lohengrin (Prelude to Act 1) Quebec Conservatoire Orchestra, conductor Franz Paul Decker
5.40 Spohr Fantasy and Variations on a Theme of Danzi, Op 81 Laszlo Horvath (clarinet), New Budapest Quartet
