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Presented by Martin Handley.
7.00-8.00: Rossini Sinfonia (II Turco in Italia) National Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Riccardo Chailly Schumann Waldszenen, Op 82
Maria Joao Pires (piano)
8.00-9.00: Kabalevsky Spring Moscow SO, conductor Igor Golovschin Bridge Mid of the Night BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor Richard Hickox Ireland April Eric Parkin (piano) For full details visit www.bbc co.uk/radio3/morningon3 on the day of transmission and follow the Playlist link PHONE: [number removed] email: morningon3@bbc.co.uk Address: Morning on 3, BBC Radio 3, Broadcasting House, London W1A 1AA

Contributors

Presented By:
Martin Handley.
Conductor:
Igor Golovschin
Piano:
Eric Parkin

Andrew McGregor plays some of this month's classical music CD releases.
9.30 Building a Library Richard Wigmore recommends a recording of Haydn's Op 76 string quartets from those currently available on CD.
10.15 A round-up of recent reissues.
10.45 Jeremy Siepmann reviews new recordings of piano music, including Alfred Brendel and Richard Goode playing Mozart sonatas, Schumann played by Maurizio Pollini , Tchaikovsky played by Mikhail Pletnev , and Rachmaninov played by Vladimir Ashkenazy.
11.15 An interview with organist Gillian Weir.
11.45 The Listening Booth Your chance to request some of the latest CD releases from the list on the programme website .
12.30 Disc of the Week: John Browne Stabat Mater Tallis Scholars , director Peter Phillips
www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/cdreview PHONE: [number removed]0300 email: cdreview@bbc.co.uk Text: [number removed] Disc details are posted on the website and on CEEFAX, BBC1, page 651

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew McGregor
Unknown:
Jeremy Siepmann
Unknown:
Alfred Brendel
Unknown:
Richard Goode
Played By:
Maurizio Pollini
Played By:
Mikhail Pletnev
Played By:
Vladimir Ashkenazy.
Organist:
Gillian Weir.
Unknown:
John Browne Stabat
Unknown:
Mater Tallis Scholars
Director:
Peter Phillips

Never Let Me Go: the Musical World of Keith Jarrett
1/4. Conversations with pianist and composer Keith Jarrett , who celebrates his 60th birthday next week. Today, he talks to Alyn Shipton about his current trio, about free improvisation and about his early career in the 1960s as a member of Art Blakey 's Jazz Messengers and the Charles Lloyd Quartet. Producer Felix Carey

Contributors

Unknown:
Keith Jarrett
Unknown:
Keith Jarrett
Unknown:
Alyn Shipton
Unknown:
Art Blakey
Unknown:
Charles Lloyd Quartet.
Producer:
Felix Carey

Live from the Met: Faust
During a visit from the debonair
Mephistopheles, the despairing and elderly philosopher Faust is manipulated into surrendering his immortal soul in exchange for the alluring promise of eternal youth and the love of a beautiful woman. A new production of the ever-popular French opera by Gounod, presented from New York by Margaret Juntwait.
New York Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra, conductor James Levine Acts land 2
7.25 The Concert Interval
Sorcha Cusack reads Anne Enright 's story about the odd goings-on during the interval of Faust.
7.50 Act 3
8.40 The Met Opera Quiz
Brian Zeger puts listeners' questions to Stuart Hamilton , Lotfi Mansouri and Terrence McNally. Send questions to Met Opera Quiz, FDR Station, PO Box 805, New York, NY 10150 or via bbc.co.uk/radio3
9.10 Acts 4 and 5

Contributors

Unknown:
Margaret Juntwait.
Conductor:
James Levine
Unknown:
Sorcha Cusack
Unknown:
Anne Enright
Unknown:
Brian Zeger
Unknown:
Stuart Hamilton
Unknown:
Lotfi Mansouri
Unknown:
Terrence McNally.
Marguerite:
Soile Isokoski (soprano)
Siebel:
Kristine Jepson (mezzo)
Faust:
Roberto Alagna (tenor)
Valentin:
Dmitri Hvorostovsky (baritone)
Mephistopheles:
Rene Pape (bass)
Marthe:
Jane Bunnell (mezzo)
Wagner:
Patrick Carfizzi (baritone)

In today's look at literature and performance: new work from Chimamanda Adichie , author of Purple Hibiscus, and a close reading by Philip Hensher of David Hughes 's classic novel The Pork Butcher. Presented by Ian McMillan. Producer Aasiya Lodhi

Contributors

Unknown:
Chimamanda Adichie
Reading By:
Philip Hensher
Unknown:
David Hughes
Presented By:
Ian McMillan.
Producer:
Aasiya Lodhi

Composers with Celtic roots, James MacMillan and Deirdre Gribbin , are the focus tonight, starting with a studio session of choral works, introduced by Ivan Hewett. This is followed by a Contemporary Music Network tour concert recorded at London's Queen Elizabeth Hall on the South Bank. Presenter Sarah Walker discusses the concert's innovative staging with Deirdre Gribbin and director Lou Stein. James MacMillan A Child's Prayer;
On the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Graham FitMn Ending
Deirdre Gribbin Yeats Sang
BBC Singers, conductor Nicholas Kok , Stephen Disley (organ)
MacMillan The Road to Ardtalla; I (A Meditation on lona)
Gribbin Venus Blazing Ernst Kovacic (violin),
Britten Sinfonia , conductor Pierre-Andre Valade Part ... Which Was the Son of.... BBC Singers/Nicholas Kok, Stephen Disley (organ)

Contributors

Unknown:
James MacMillan
Unknown:
Deirdre Gribbin
Introduced By:
Ivan Hewett.
Unknown:
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Presenter:
Sarah Walker
Unknown:
Deirdre Gribbin
Director:
Lou Stein.
Director:
James MacMillan
Unknown:
Virgin Graham
Unknown:
Deirdre Gribbin Yeats
Conductor:
Nicholas Kok
Conductor:
Stephen Disley
Unknown:
Gribbin Venus
Violin:
Ernst Kovacic
Conductor:
Britten Sinfonia
Conductor:
Pierre-Andre Valade
Unknown:
Stephen Disley

With Jonathan Swain. The Men's Choir of St Basil's
Cathedral, Moscow, sing music for Orthodox Easter Day, with anonymous and traditional pieces and works by Chesnokov, Shvedov, Golovanov and Bortniansky.
2.00 Tchalkovsky The Seasons, Op 37b 2.45 Sibelius En Saga 3.05 Tournier Image, Op 35 3.15 Dvorak Piano Trio in F minor, Op 65 4.00 Diitsch Overture: The Croatian Girl
4.10 Beethoven 32 Variations in C minor, WoO80
4.25 Handel VoDarPace a un Alma Ultiera (Tamerlano)
4.30 Corelli Sonata da Chiesa in A, Op 1 No 3
4.35 Mendelssohn Overture: Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage 4.50 Chopin Etude in C, Op 10 No 1 Blow The
Graces' Dance 5.00 Bach Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in 0 minor, BWV903 5.10 Traditional The Evening Bells
5.15 Anonymous Many Years to Come, Sacred Song Mozart Duos (Cosi Fan Tutte) 5.25 Plazzolla Tango: Adios Nonino 5.35 Villa-Lobos Guitar Prelude No 3
5.40 Cipriano de Rore 0 Voi Che sotto lamorose Insegne
5.45 Wagner Allm ächt'ge Jungfrau (Tannhauser)
5.50 Falla Noches en los Jardines de Espana 6.15 Strauss Befreit , Op 39 No 4 6.20 Sullivan Symphony in E (Irish) sl

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Swain.
Unknown:
Handel Vodarpace
Unknown:
Alma Ultiera
Unknown:
Wagner Allm
Unknown:
Strauss Befreit

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