Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 277,933 playable programmes from the BBC

With Tommy Pearson.
Mozart Divertimento in D, K136
6.15 Beethoven Piano Sonata in C minor, Op 10 No 1
7.20 James MacMillan Untold
7.50 Weber Invitation to the Dance
8.00 Arutiunian Trumpet Concerto
8.25 Bach Brandenburg Concerto No 5 in D, BWV1050

Contributors

Unknown:
Tommy Pearson.
Unknown:
Mozart Divertimento
Unknown:
James MacMillan
Unknown:
Bach Brandenburg

(1862-1934). 1: American Sojourn
This week Donald Macleodjourneys to countries that played a part in the life and music of Frederick Delius , beginning today with America. Delius spent two years there as a young man, where, forthe most part, he ostensibly oversaw an orange plantation in Florida. However, he was more preoccupied with the sights and sounds around him and with composingforthe first time.
Polka: Zum Carnival Eric Parkin (piano) Appalachia (ed Thomas Beecham )
Daniel Washington (baritone), Welsh
National Opera Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Charles Mackerras
Koanga (Act 3, excerpt) Eugene Homes (baritone), Claudia Lindsey (soprano), London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Charles Groves

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeodjourneys
Unknown:
Frederick Delius
Piano:
Eric Parkin
Unknown:
Thomas Beecham
Baritone:
Daniel Washington
Conductor:
Charles MacKerras
Baritone:
Claudia Lindsey
Conductor:
Charles Groves

With Jonathan Swain. This week featuring Rachmaninov symphonic works and recordings by Julian Bream.
Frescobaldi, arr Segovia Aria con Variazione detta la Frescobalda
Julian Bream (guitar)
10.06 Listener Request:
D'lndy Chansons etDanses Maurice Bourgue Wind Octet
10.23 Villa-Lobos Two Preludes
Julian Bream (guitar)
10.30 Rachmaninov Symphony No 1 in D minor, Op 13 USSR Symphony
Orchestra, conductor Yevgeni Svetlanov
11.19 Sor Fantasia , Op 7 Julian Bream (guitar)

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Swain.
Unknown:
Julian Bream.
Unknown:
Maurice Bourgue
Conductor:
Yevgeni Svetlanov
Conductor:
Sor Fantasia

Music and Arts Week
1: French Impressionism
Christopher Cook explores the connections between the visual arts and music. Today he visits the Courtauld Gallery in London with Professor John House to see how French music was influenced by the Impressionist painters. Debussy Reflets dans /'Eau (Images) Ashley Wass (piano)
Roussel Pourune Fete de Printemps BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor David Porcelijn
Delage Quatre Poèmes Hindous Lisa Milne (soprano),
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor Matthew Rowe
Ravel String Quartet Belcea Quartet Faure Masques et Bergamasques
BBC NOW, conductor David Porcelijn

Contributors

Unknown:
Christopher Cook
Unknown:
Professor John House
Piano:
Ashley Wass
Conductor:
David Porcelijn
Conductor:
Delage Quatre
Soprano:
Hindous Lisa Milne
Conductor:
Matthew Rowe
Conductor:
David Porcelijn

For the first concert in the new season of Monday lunchtime concerts live from the Wigmore Hall, London, pianist Joanna MacGregor introduces and plays a programme that includes works by Dowland, Ligeti, Messiaen and Chick Corea. She is joined by saxophonist Andy Sheppard and Aref Durvesh on tabla.
(Repeated Sunday 1pm)

Contributors

Presenter/Pianist:
Joanna MacGregor
Saxophonist:
Andy Sheppard
Tabla player:
Aref Durvesh

To mark the 25th anniversary of the death of Maria Callas , lain Burnside presents an evening celebrating her life and work.
Stelios Galatopoulos explores some of the melodramas of Callas's life and Rodney Milnes comments on her gallery of tragic heroines. Music includes excerpts from Bellini's Norma and IPuritani, Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor and Anna Bolena , Cherubini's Medea, Verdi's Aida, La
Traviata, Rigoletto, La Forza del Destino and Un Ballo in Maschera, Bizet's Carmen and Puccini's Tosca, Madama Butterfly and Turandot. Plus a chance to hear some of the masterclasses that Callas gave at the Juilliard School of Music in 1971/2.
7.35 Wagner Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde (sung in Italian)
8.00 Greece: The Early Years
Tony Palmer explores Callas's time studying in Athens with Elvira de Hidalgo. With contributions from Nicola Petsaris-
Dolomidis, from fellow pupil Maria Alkeou and from Ray Morgan , a British soldier who met Callas in Athens during the civil war. The Voice Vocal coach Gerald Moore analyses Callas's vocal technique.
Masterclass: Rossini Una Voce Poco Fa (II Barbiere di Siviglia)
9.00 Donizetti Mad scene (Lucia di Lammermoor)
The Fat Lady Sings Kit and the Widow take a look at the opera diva phenomenon. Bellini Oh, Rimembranza! (Norma)
In the Grand Tradition John Steane places Callas in historical context and measures her against great singers from the past.
10.00 Callas: The Legend lain Burnside looks at Callas's wider cultural legacy.
Verdi Or Siam Soli (La Forza del Destino) Masterclass: Cherubini Dei Tuoi Figli (Medea)
Verdi Non Sai Tu (Un Ballo in Maschera)
11.25 Puccini Tosca (end of Act 2)

Contributors

Unknown:
Maria Callas
Unknown:
Stelios Galatopoulos
Unknown:
Rodney Milnes
Unknown:
Anna Bolena
Unknown:
Wagner Liebestod
Unknown:
Tony Palmer
Unknown:
Maria Alkeou
Unknown:
Ray Morgan
Unknown:
Gerald Moore
Unknown:
John Steane
Unknown:
Puccini Tosca

With John Shea.
Palestrina Lamentations for Holy Saturday
12.35 Bach Sonata in G. BWV1039
12.50 Brahms Intermezzo in E flat minor, Op 118 No 6
1.00 Haydn Piano Trio in Eflat, HXV10;
Piano Sonata in G, H XVI 27; Piano Sonata in E minor, H XVI 34; Scottish and English Songs; StringQuartetinA, Op 20 No
2.00 Brahms Symphony No 2 in D
2.50 Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No 6 in Dflat

Contributors

Unknown:
John Shea.
Unknown:
Bach Sonata
Unknown:
Brahms Intermezzo

BBC Radio 3

About BBC Radio 3

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

Appears in

About this data

This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More