Music includes:
7.00-8.00: Faure/MessagerMesse Basse Arlette Steyer (soprano), Marie-Claire Alain (organ), Audite
Nova Vocal Ensemble of Paris, director Jean Sourisse Telemann Concerto in D Haken Hardenberger , Michael Laird and William Houghton (trumpets), Academy of St Martin in the Fields, conductor Lona Brown
8.00-9.00: Bach Cello Suite No 1 in G, BWV1007 Balazs Mate
Berlioz Minuet of the Will-o'-the-Wisps; Dance of the Sylphs; Rakoczy March (The Damnation of Faust) Baltimore SO, conductor David Zinman
9.00-10.00: Ravel Menuet Antique
New York PO. conductor Pierre Boulez Liszt, arr Busoni Mephisto Waltz No 1 Vladimir Horowitz (piano)
Guest presenter Mary King introduces music with a Welsh flavour, including:
Stravinsky In Memoriam Dylan Thomas Stan Tracey Under Milk Wood
Plus songs from Bryn Terfel (baritone) and Stuart Burrows (tenor). EMAIL: burnsideiSbbc.co.uk
Michael Berkeley is joined by actress Felicity Kendal , who is fondly remembered as Barbara in the70s sitcom The Good Life, and has more recently starred in murder mystery series Rosemary and Thyme. Her musical passions include tabla music from India and vocal music from the Westminster Cathedral Choir, Maria Callas and Placido Domingo.
2/2. Orpheus. Lucie Skeaping presents a profile of Gluck's magnum opus, Orfeo ed Euridice, first performed in Vienna in 1762 and arguably one of the most influential operas of all time. Recordings include performances by Janet Baker , James Bowman ,
Derek Lee Ragin and Bernarda Fink. Producer Les Pratt
Chi-chi Nwanoku presents the weekly selection of listeners' music requests, including recordings of Bach (by Glenn Gould ) and Prokofiev, and the unforgettable voice of soprano Florence Foster Jenkins (1868-1944). Plus a request from conductor Takuo Yuasa. ADDRESS: Radio 3 Requests. BBC Wales. CFS 2YO
Phone: [number removed] (calls from a land line cost no more than 8p per min) EMAIL: radio3requests@bbc.co.uk
LIVE From the Chapel of Eton College. Intro* Even
Such Is Time (Bob Chilcott ) Responses: Byrd. Office Hymn: Immortal, Invisible (St Denio)
Psalms 99, 110 (Barnby, Woodward). First Lesson: Exodus 24, vv12-18. Canticles: St Paul's Service (Howells). Second Lesson: John 12, vv27-36a. Anthem: The Beatitudes (Arvo Part). Final Hymn:
Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken (Austria). Organ Voluntary: Fugue No 6 on BACH (Schumann). Organist David Goode. Director of music Bob Chilcott
LIVE Introduced live from the Royal Albert Hall in London by Petroc Trelawny. lain Farrington (organ), Thorbjorn Gulbrandsoy
(baritone), Sioned Williams (harp), Christopher Larkin and Nicholas Korth (horns),
BBC Symphony Chorus, conductor Stephen Jackson Elgar Four Choral Songs, Op 53 Brahms Four Songs, Op 17
Reubke Finale: Organ Sonata in C minor on Psalm 94 Richard Rodney Bennett Four Poems of Thomas Campion (BBC commission, first performance) Elgar Finale: Organ Sonata in G
Grieg Four Psalms, Op 74 Nos 1 and 2 Elgar Give unto the Lord
By Lope de Vega, adapted by Adrian Mitchell.
A powerful drama about a village taking its destiny into its own hands against a tyrannical overlord despite the consequences. Based on a true event in the 15th-century Spain of Ferdinand and Isabella.
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LIVE Presented live from the Royal Albert Hall ,
London, by Penny Gore. Alexei Ogrintchouk (oboe), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Daniele Gatti.
Brahms Variations on the 5t Anthony Chorale
Elgar Variations on an Original Theme (Enigma)
8.20 Twenty Minutes: Just a Sliver of Cane
The oboe is an elegant instrument, but its sonorous mellow tones depend on a sliver of cane folded in two and stuck in a bit of cork - the reed. Unfortunately, reeds are not dependable - so before Alexei Ogrintchouk essays the Oboe Concerto by Richard Strauss , Hayley Walters reveals how they are made.
8.40 Strauss Oboe Concerto; Suite: Der Rosenkavalier
This concert is also broadcast on BBC Four Repeated on Tuesday 14 August at 2pm
It is often remarked how Sibelius's music seems to capture and evoke the essence of his native Finland. In the 50th year after the composer's death. Stephen Johnson - an authority on the music of Sibelius - travels to Finland to explore some of the distinctive landscapes and cultural forces that shaped the composer's creative imagination. Producer Chris Wines
A Song of the Seasons
Anthony Calf and Rebecca Saire read poetry and prose on the theme of the seasons, including Thomas Hardy 's During Wind and Rain, Philip Larkin 's And Now the Leaves Suddenly Lose Strength, and AE
Housman's Loveliest of Trees. With music by Vivaidi, Piazzolla, Debussy and Britten. EMAIL: wordsandmusic@bbc.co.uk
For details of the music and verse heard in this programme, visit www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/wordsandmusic
Cole on Landowska Catherine Bott talks to harpsichordist Maggie Cole about harpsichordists Wanda Landowska and Violet Gordon Woodhouse.
Presented by Jonathan Swain.
Lopes-Graca Cancoes Heroicas from Books land Op 44; Cancoes Regionais
Portuguesa, Op 39
2.08 Shostakovich Chamber Symphony, Op 110a
2.30 Arensky Suite No 3 (Variations), Op 33
2.54 Usner Symphony in C, Op ni20 Gorczycki Qui Habitat
3.26 Dvorak Piano Trio No 1 in B flat, Op 21
4.00 Albicastro Concerto a 4, Op 7 No 2
4.09 Handel Si L'infida Consorte and Confusa Si Miri (Rodelinda)
4.14 Handel AI Lampo dellarmi (Giulio Cesare)
4.18 Reincken Toccata in G minor, Fuga in G minor
4.29 Hassler Canzon duodecimi toni zu acht Stimmen
4.34 Andriessen Qui Habitat
4.42 Scriabin Prelude and Nocturne for the Left Hand, Op 9
4.53 Brahms Wiegenlied, Op 49 No 4
4.55 Strauss Morgen, Op 27 No.4
5.00 Bouwman Thalia - ouverture for wind orchestra
5.09 Arriaga Erminia
5.23 Mozart Flute Quartet No 1 in D, K285
5.37 Eccles Sonata
5.46 Telemann Trio No 7 for recorder, viola da gamba and continuo (Essercizii Musici)
5.53 Hasse Overture: Arminio
6.00 Bach Four Chorales (Schemelli collection)
6.09 Hurlebusch Concerto in A for two oboes, violin, strings and basso continuo
6.21 Wagner Prelude, Act 1: Lohengrin
6.31 Saint-Saens Piano Concerto No 5 in F (Egyptian)
