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Breakfast

Radio 3's breakfast show, waking the UK up with the finest classical music in the best performances

Breakfast: 23/05/2008

23/05/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Breakfast, 23/05/2008

Including works by Handel, Clementi, Wagner, Telemann, Barber and Boccherini.

Including Handel: My breast with tender pity swells (Hercules). Clementi: Sonata in G minor Op 7 No 3. Wagner: Overture (Tannhauser). Telemann: Trio Sonata in G minor.

Including:

Handel: My breast with tender pity swells (Hercules)
Jennifer Smith (soprano)
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)

Clementi: Sonata in G minor, Op 7 No 3
Howard Shelley (piano)

Wagner: Overture (Tannhauser)
Concert Arts Symphony Orchestra
Erich Leinsdorf (conductor)

Telemann: Trio Sonata in G minor
Amsterdam Baroque Soloists
Ton Koopman (director)

Barber: Essay No 2 for Orchestra
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin (conductor)

Boccherini: Guitar Quintet No 4 in D
Narciso Yepes (guitar)
Lucero Tena (castanet)
Melos Quartet.

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.

Sara Mohr-Pletsch

Music includes: 
7.00-8.30: Handel Aha: My Breastwith TenderPity Swells (Hercules) Jennifer Smith (soprano), English Baroque Soloists, conductor John Eliot Gardiner Clementi Piano Sonata in G minor, Op 7 No 3 Howard Shelley 
Wagner Overture: Tannhauser 
Concert Arts SO, conductor Erich Leinsdorf 
8.30-10.00: Telemann Trio Sonata in G minor 
Amsterdam Baroque Soloists, director Ton Koopman Barber Essay for Orchestra No2 Saint Louis 
Symphony Orchestra, conductor Leonard Slatkin Boccherlni Guitar Quintet No 4 in D Narciso Yepes (guitar), Luerno Tena (castanets), Melos Quartet

Classical Collection

Programme presenting a sequence of great music in classic recordings

Classical Collection: 23/05/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Classical Collection, 23/05/2008

Including works by Chopin, Weber, Brahms, Beethoven, Goldschmidt, Handel and Rubbra.

Including Chopin: Polonaise No 6 in A flat (Heroic). Weber: Introduction, Theme and Variations for clarinet and string quartet. Brahms: Begrabnisgesang. Beethoven: Waldstein Sonata.

With James Jolly.

Including:

Chopin: Polonaise No 6 in A flat, Op 53 (Heroic)
John Ogdon (piano)

Weber: Introduction, Theme and Variations for clarinet and string quartet
Sabine Meyer (clarinet)
Philharmonia Quartet, Berlin

Brahms: Begrabnisgesang
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
Herbert Blomstedt (conductor)

Beethoven: Waldstein Sonata, Op 53
Emil Gilels (piano)

Goldschmidt: Clarinet Concerto
Sabine Meyer (clarinet)
Orchestra of the Berlin Comic Opera
Berthold Goldschmidt (conductor)

Handel: Saul, HWV 53 (excerpt)
Mark Padmore (tenor)
Neal Davies (bass)
Andreas Scholl (countertenor)
Nancy Argenta (soprano)
Rob Howarth (organ)
Gabrieli Consort and Players
Paul McCreesh (conductor)

Rubbra: Symphony No 4, Op 53
Philharmonia Orchestra
Norman Del Mar (conductor).

Presented by James Jolly. 
Chopin Polonaise in A flat, Op 53 (Heroic) John Ogdon (piano) 
10.07 Weber Introduction, Theme and Variations Sabine Meyer (clarinet), Berlin Philharmonic Quartet 
10.17 Brahms Begrabnisgesang 
San Francisco Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Berthold Goldschmidt 
10.26 Beethoven Piano Sonata in C, Op 53 (Waldstein) Emil Gilels 
10.52 Berthold Goldschmidt Clarinet Concerto Sabine Meyer , Berlin Comic Opera Orchestra conducted by the composer 
11.13 Handel Saul , Act 2 (excerpt) Soloists, Gabrieli Consort and Players, conductor Paul McCreesh 
11.31 Rubbra Symphony No 4 Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Norman Del Mar

Composer of the Week

An informative guide to composers' lives and their music.

An informative and accessible guide to composers' lives and their music.

Composer of the Week: Franz Waxman

Composer of the Week: Franz Waxman: Episode 5: Epitaphs and Impressions

Episode 5

Episode 5: Epitaphs and Impressions

Franz Waxman

Epitaphs and Impressions

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Franz Waxman, Epitaphs and Impressions

Donald Macleod contrasts two of Waxman's showpieces for orchestra with a late song cycle.

Donald Macleod contrasts two of Waxman's showpieces for orchestra with The Song of Terezin, a sombre late song cycle.

Contrasting two colourful showpieces for orchestra with the sombre late song-cycle Song of Terezin, Waxman's setting of poems by children interned in the Terezin ghetto in Czechoslovakia.

Goyana: La Marquesa de Santa Cruz
Cristina Ortiz (piano)
Orquestra Simfonica de Barcelona I Nacional de Catalunya
Laurence Foster (conductor)

The Ride to Dubno (Taras Bulba)
MGM Studio Orchestra
Franz Waxman (conductor)

The Song of Terezin
Della Jones (mezzo-soprano)
Berlin Symphony Orchestra
Lawrence Foster (conductor).

Donald Macleod explores the early life of Hollywood composer Franz Waxman

Composer of the Week: Waxman

5/5. Impressions and Epitaphs. Waxman's early death from cancer in 1967 robbed the world of a composer at the peak of his powers. In this week's final programme, Donald Macleod and studio guest Rachel Segal contrast two colourful showpieces for orchestra with the sombre late song-cycle Song of Terezin, Waxman's setting of poems by children interned in a Nazi concentration camp. La Marquesa de Santa Cruz (Goyana) 
Cristina Ortiz (piano), Orquestra Simfonica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya, conductor Lawrence Foster The Ride to Dubno (Taras Bulba) MGM Studio Orchestra, conducted by the composer The Song of Terezin Delia Jones (mezzo), 
Berlin SO/Lawrence Foster Repeated at 8.45pm

Afternoon Concert

Unique performances with BBC Orchestras, Choirs and other great orchestras

Unique performances with BBC Orchestras, Choirs and other great orchestras from around the world

Afternoon on 3

Afternoon Concert: 23/05/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, 23/05/2008

The Lunchtime Concert features Finnish pianist Olli Mustonen performing Schumann and Bach.

Lunchtime Concert: Edinburgh International Festival 2007. Olli Mustonen performs Schumann, Bach. Cello Concertos, Variations and Rhapsodies: Including Brahms, Rachmaninov, Elgar.

Presented by Penny Gore.

Including Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Edinburgh International Festival 2007:

Another chance to hear a recital from 2007's Edinburgh International Festival from the Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, featuring Finnish pianist and composer Olli Mustonen giving the UK premiere of the piano version of one of his own sonatas.

Schumann: Scheherazade; Kleine Romanze; Erinnerung; Reiterstueck; Langsam und mit Ausdruck zu spielen; Winterszeit 1 and 2 (Album fur die Jugend, Op 68)
Bach: 15 Three-Part Inventions, BWV 787-801
Schumann: Gesange der Fruhe, Op 133
Mustonen: Jehkin livana
Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No 6, Op 82

Plus Cello Concertos, Variations and Rhapsodies:

Concluding a series of performances by BBC orchestras, with a focus on works for cello and orchestra as well as sets of variations.

Brahms: Academic Festival Overture
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Tadaaki Otaka (conductor)

Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Sunwook Kim (piano)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Tadaaki Otaka (conductor)

Schumann: Trio No 1 in D minor for piano and strings, Op 63
Ondine Trio

D'Albert: Cello Concerto in C, Op 20
Alban Gerhardt (cello)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar (conductor)

Elgar: Enigma Variations
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Tadaaki Otaka (conductor).

With Penny Gore. 
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 
Edinburgh International Festival 2007 In a typically wide-ranging recital from the Queen's Hall, Finnish pianist and composer Olli Mustonen gives the first UK performance of the piano version of one of his sonatas. 
Schumann Album fur die Jugend, Op 68: No 32, Sheherazade; No 19, Kleine Romanze ; No 28, Erinnerung; No 23, Reiterstueck; No 21, 
Langsam und mit Ausdruck zu spielen; No 38, Winterszeit I; No 39, Winterszeit II 
Bach 15 Three-Part Inventions, BWV787-801 Schumann Gesange der Fruhe, Op 133 
0111 Mustonen Jehkin Livana - Piano Sonata Prokofiev Piano Sonata No 6, Op 82

Cello Concertos, Variations, and Rhapsodies

Brahms Academic Festival Overture - BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor Tadaaki Otaka

2.55 Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini - Sunwook Kim (piano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor Tadaaki Otaka

3.20 Schumann Piano Trio No 1 in D minor, Op 63 - Ondine Trio

3.50 D'Albert Cello Concerto in C, Op 20 - Alban Gerhardt, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor Carlos Kalmar

4.15 Elgar Variations on an Original Theme (Enigma) - BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor Tadaaki Otaka

In Tune

Live music and interviews from the world's finest classical musicians.

Radio 3's drivetime show brings you incredible live music and interviews from the world's finest classical, jazz, folk and world musicians.

Radio 3's drivetime show brings you incredible live music and interviews from the world's finest classical, jazz, folk and world musicians. If it's happening in the world of music, you'll hear it first on In Tune.

In Tune: 23/05/2008

BBC Radio 3 - In Tune, 23/05/2008

With Father Karl of the Stift Heiligenkreuz monastery in Austria and Fabio Biondi.

Sean Rafferty talks to Father Karl from the Cistercian monastery of Stift Heiligenkreuz in Austria about the monks' recent release of Gregorian chant. Plus conductor Fabio Biondi.

Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world. Father Karl from the Cistercian monastery of Stift Heiligenkreuz in Austria talks about the monks' release of Gregorian chant which came about as a result of a video they placed on the internet. Sean is also joined by violinst Fabio Biondi, who directs the English Concert in a programme of Italian Baroque music at the Wigmore Hall, London.

Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music, with studio guests and news from the arts world.

Performance on 3

Performance on 3 has been replaced by Radio 3 Live in Concert.

Performance on 3: 23/05/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Performance on 3, 23/05/2008

Ingrid Fliter (piano), BBC SO under Jiri Belohlavek in works by Chopin and Suk.

Ingrid Fliter (piano) and BBC Symphony Orchestra under Jiri Belohlavek in a concert given at the Barbican, London. Chopin: Piano Concerto No 2. Suk: Asrael Symphony.

Ian Skelly introduces a concert given at the Barbican in London featuring Argentinian pianinst and BBC New Generation Artist Ingrid Fliter, with the BBC Symphony Orchestra. The programme includes a work by Chopin and a perfomance of Czech violinist-composer Josef Suk's Asrael Symphony, a work dedicated to his late teacher and wife.

Ingrid Fliter (piano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)

Chopin: Piano Concerto No 2
Suk: Asrael Symphony.

Presented by Tom Service . 
BBCSO, conductor Jiri Belohlavek 
Szymanowski Symphony Concertante Suk Asrael Symphony

The Verb

BBC Radio 4

Radio 4's cabaret of the word, featuring the best poetry, new writing and performance

The Verb: 23/05/2008

BBC Radio 4 - The Verb, 23/05/2008

Ian McMillan talks to hip-hop musician and performance poet Saul Williams.

Ian McMillan presents the weekly cabaret of language. He talks to hip-hop musician and performance poet Saul Williams, who also performs in studio.

Ian McMillan presents the weekly cabaret of language, talking to hip-hop musician and performance poet Saul Williams, who also performs in studio. Williams is an internationally-renowned spoken word artist, who has released several solo albums and also worked with the likes of The Fugees and Erykah Badu.

Hip-hop legend and performance poet Saul Williams joins Ian McMillan. Producer Horatio Clare

Jazz Library

Advice and guidance to those interested in building a library of jazz recordings

Programme offering advice and guidance to those interested in building a library of jazz recordings or adding to an existing one

Advice and guidance to those interested in building a library of jazz recordings.

Jazz Library: McCoy Tyner

McCoy Tyner

BBC Radio 3 - Jazz Library, McCoy Tyner

Pianist McCoy Tyner reviews his career, including his work as a bandleader and soloist.

Pianist McCoy Tyner joins Alyn Shipton to look back at his music, including his albums as a bandleader and soloist and his work with John Coltrane the Golson/Art Farmer Jazztet.

To coincide with a short UK tour, pianist McCoy Tyner joins Alyn Shipton to look back at his recorded work. He discusses his many albums as a bandleader and soloist, his work with John Coltrane, with whose band he came to fame in the 1960s, and his earlier discs with the Benny Golson/Art Farmer Jazztet.

Pianist McCoy Tyner came to fame as a member of John Coltrane 's quartet in the 1960s. 
Tonight he joins Alyn Shipton to look back at his recorded work, including his many albums as a bandleader and soloist, as well as his work with Coltrane, and earlier discs with the Benny Golson / Art Farmer Jazztet. Producer Alyn Shipton

Jazz on 3

Celebrating the best contemporary jazz, with exclusive concert recordings and features

From free jazz to fusion, post-bop to electronica – Jazz on 3 celebrates the music as a living and developing art form, with exclusive concert recordings and in-depth features

Jazz on 3: Scorch Trio

Scorch Trio

BBC Radio 3 - Jazz on 3, Scorch Trio

A Scandinavian jazz-metal gig from the London Jazz Festival 2002, featuring Scorch Trio.

Jez Nelson presents a chance to hear a Scandinavian jazz-metal gig from the London Jazz Festival 2002, featuring composer and guitarist Raoul Bjorkenheim's Scorch Trio.

Jez Nelson presents a chance to hear a Scandinavian jazz-metal gig from the Scorch Trio in concert at the London Jazz Festival 2002. Founded by Finnish composer and guitarist Raoul Bjorkenheim, the trio also features bassist Ingebrigt Haker Flaten and drummer Mark Sanders. The gig was a part of the Adventures In Sound series jointly curated by Jazz on 3 and the London Jazz Festival with the aim of providing a performance space for experimental combinations and unusual collaborations.

An archive performance from the 2002 London Jazz Festival by Scandinavian jazz-metal group the Scorch Trio, featuring Finnish composer and guitarist Raoul Bjorkenheim , bassist Ingebrigt Haker Flaten and drummer Mark Sanders. 
Presented by Jez Nelson. Producer Robert Abel

Through the Night

Continuous broadcast of concert music and opera, recorded from locations throughout Europe

Through the Night; Through the Night

Through the Night: Through the Night

24/05/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Through the Night

Susan Sharpe introduces music, including Mahler, Schubert, Tchaikovsky, Dohnanyi, Schumann

Susan Sharpe introduces music, including Mahler, Schubert, Tchaikovsky, Dohnanyi, Schumann, Telemann, Rosenmuller, Mozart, Geminiani, Brahms, Janacek, Ligeti, Vanhal and Bach.

With Susan Sharpe.

Including:

Mahler, Gustav (1860-1911): Symphony No 7 in E minor
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828): Piano Sonata in A minor, D845
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893): Violin Concerto in D, Op 35
Dohnanyi, Erno (1877-1960): Suite in F sharp minor, Op 19
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856): 6 Gesange, Op 89
Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767): Domenica', TWV42 D7 (Pyrmonter Kurwoche)
Rosenmuller, Johann (c 1619-1684): Beatus vir qui timet Dominum
Eccles, Henry (?1675-?1745): Sonata
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Variations in C on Ah, vous dirai-je, Maman, K265
Geminiani, Francesco (1687-1762): Concerto grosso No 3 in B minor (1735)
Chopin, Fryderyk (1810-1849): Nocturne No 1 in B, Op 32
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897): 3 Songs for chorus, Op 42
Janacek, Leos (1854-1928): Pohadka for cello and piano
Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759): Overture (Agrippina)
Ligeti, Gyorgy (1923-2006): Six Bagatelles for wind quintet
Mozart: Overture (The Marriage of Figaro)
Wagner, Richard (1813-1883), transcr. Liszt: Isolde's Liebestod, S447
Vanhal, Johann Baptist (1739-1813): Concerto for two bassoons
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Komm, Jesu, komm, BWV 229
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): Piano Trio No 4 in B flat, Op 11 (Gassenhauer-Trio).

Presented by Susan Sharpe.
Mahler Symphony No 7
2.19 Schubert Piano Sonata in A minor, D845
2.55 Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D
3.30 Dohnanyi Suite, Op 19
4.00 Schumann Sechs Gesange, Op 89
4.13 Telemann Scherzo Melodico in D, TWV42:D7 (Pyrmonter Kurwoche: Domenica)
4.25 Rosenmuller Beatus Vir
4.39 Eccles Double Bass Sonata
4.48 Mozart Variations in C on Ah Vous Dirai Je, Maman, K265
5.00 Corelli, arr Geminiani Concerto Grosso No 3 in B minor
5.07 ChopinÃ Nocturne in B, Op 32 No 1
5.12 Brahms Three Songs for Chorus, Op 42
5.23 Janacek Pohadka (fairytale) for cello and piano
5.34 Handel Overture: Agrippina
5.42 Ligeti Six Bagatelles
5.53 Mozart Overture: Le Nozze di Figaro
5.58 Wagner, transcr Liszt Liebestod
6.06 Vanhal Concerto for two bassoons
6.28 Bach Komm, Jesu, komm, BWV229
6.37 Beethoven Piano Trio in B flat, Op 11

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