Presented by Martin Handley. Music includes:
7.00-8.00: Bartok Romanian Dances Bach Concerto in A minor, BWV1044
8.00-9.00: Waldteufel Espana , Op 236
Brahms Variations on a Theme of Paganini, Op 35 For full details visit www.bbc. co.uk/radio3/morningon3 on the day of transmission PHONE: [number removed]0300 email: morninqon3@bbc.co.uk Address: Morning on 3, BBC Radio 3, Broadcasting House, London W1A 1AA
Andrew McGregor plays new CD releases.
9.30 Building a Library Martin Cotton pays a centenary tribute to Michael Tippett by surveying the recordings of his orchestral music.
10.15 Stephen Plaistow explores the late harpsichordist Scott Ross 's complete set, recorded in 1984/5, of Domenico Scarlatti 's sonatas.
10.50 Erica Jeal reviews new recordings of violin music, including Mozart sonatas from
Andrew Manze and Rachel Podger , and Joshua Bell in Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto.
11.20 Conductor and pianist Andrew Litton talks about recording American repertoire and Rachmaninov in Dallas, his special feeling for British music and his future plans in Bergen.
11.55 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: Vivaldi Opera arias from Volume 28 of the Foa Collection Sandrine Piau (soprano), Ann Hallenberg and Guillemette Laurens (mezzos), Paul Agnew (tenor), Modo Antiquo , director Federico Maria Sardelli www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/cdreview PHONE: [number removed] email: cdreview@bbc.co.uk Text: [number removed] (standard rate) Disc details are posted on the website and on CEEFAX, BBC1, page 651
Made in Britain Month: Made in Wales
3/8. Sally Harper and Catherine Bott piece together fragments of a colourful musical history: from the harpers of an ancient bardic tradition to music of the medieval church, from the almost extinct crwth to a unique piece by Thomas Tallis.
London Jazz Festival
Playing live in the Foyer of the Queen
Elizabeth Hall on London's South Bank are bassist Ronnie Rea , saxophonist
Stan Sultzman with John Parracelli , and the refreshing and inspiring piano trio Bad Plus.
With Geoffrey Smith.
ADDRESS: Jazz Record Requests, BBC Radio Broadcasting House, London W1A 1AA
Fax: [number removed]email: jazz.record.requests@bbc.co.uk
One Hundred Years of Tommy Dorsey
1/2. Alyn Shipton celebrates the centenary of the "sentimental gentleman of swing", whose centenary falls this month. Trumpeter
Zeke Zarchy and drummer Louie Bellson look back at their times in the Dorsey band. Jazz historian John Chilton assesses the trombonist's legacy, and arranger Nelson Riddle discusses the music Dorsey played. Producers Alyn Shipton and Simon Poole
Shadowtime
Brian Ferneyhough 's first opera, recorded on its only visit to the UK, at English National Opera.
The work unfolds in a sequence of seven scenes, beginning with the suicide of the German philosopher Walter Benjamin , whose writings on time, history and representation are woven into Charles Bernstein 's dream-like libretto. Before the performance, Stephanie Hughes is joined by Ivan Hewett to explore the ideas behind
Shadowtime, with contributions from Nicolas Hodges and the composer himself.
6.50 Brian Ferneyhough Shadowtime Nicolas Hodges (piano/speaker),
Mats Scheidegger (guitar), Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart, Nieuw Ensemble, conductor Jurjen Hempel
Ian McMillan presents new writing, poetry and performance, this week marking ten years since the death of Nigerian writer Ken Saro-Wiwa . And Peter Blegvad returns with another series of his award-winning eartoons. Producer Aasiya Lodhi
Peter Blake 's Mystery Tour
British painter Peter Blake takes listeners on a magical journey in an old charabanc bus. He is joined by characters who have peopled his imagination over the years - Marcel Duchamp , Elvis, Ian Dury , Frankie Howerd , Kim Novak , and the White Knight from Alice in Wonderland, played by John Hurt. Producer Kate Bland Peter Blake 's day out: page 127
Music recorded at the recent Xenakis weekend at London's South Bank:
Xenakis Dikhthas
Irvine Arditti (violin), Nicolas Hodges (piano) Morton Feldman Palais de Mari
Rolf Hind (piano)
BMIC Cutting Edge: Ensemble Expose
From the British Music Information Centre's annual Cutting Edge series, Roger Redgate directs Ensemble Expose in a programme focusing on different aspects of spectral music. Presented by Alwynne Pritchard. Mary Bellamy Constellations Sam Hayden Recoil
Michael Finnissy Jise'i
Robert Keeley Oboe Quintet
Tristan Murail C'esf un Jardin Secret.... John Croft serenata al cielo afflitto (first performance)
Tristan Murail Treize Couleurs du Soleil Couchant Brice Pauset Huit Canons (first UK performance)
With Jonathan Swain.
Haydn Piano Sonata in F. H XVI 23
Mozart Piano Sonata in B flat, K281; Piano Sonata in A minor, K310; Piano Sonata in A, K331
Ravel Sonatine
Prokofiev Piano Sonata No 1
Mozart Ah, Vous Dirais-Je, Maman, K265
2.33 Bruch Scottish Fantasy, Op 46
3.03 Rachmaninov The Bells, Op 35
3.42 Borodin Symphony No I in E flat
4.15 Stainov A Fir Tree Is Bending
4.18 Chopin Mazurka in E minor, Op 41 No 2
4.21 Jarzebski Susanna Videns
4.27 Gorczycki Illuxit Sol
4.34 Rosett Grande Symphonie in D
4.49 Moniuszko Folk Musician
4.54 Dvorak Bacchanalia, Op 85 No 10
5.00 Weber Invitation to the Dance, Op 65
5.08 J Strauss (son) Annen Polka, Op 117
5.13 Debussy Cello Sonata
5.25 Turina Circulo, Op 91
5.37 Vivaldi Concerto da Camera in G minor, RV107
5.47 JC Bach Der Gerechte
5.51 Leo Cello Concerto in D minor
6.05 Mozart Overture: La Clemenza di Tito
6.11 Dobrzynski Symphony No 2 in C minor (Caracteristique)
6.51 Weill Kleine Dreigroschenmusik (excerpts)
