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Breakfast

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

Breakfast: 21/07/2008

21/07/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Breakfast, 21/07/2008

With Rob Cowan. Including music by Weber, Bach, Handel, Stravinsky, Liszt and Donizetti.

With Rob Cowan. Including Weber: Jubel Overture. Bach arr Febel: Erbarm Dich mein, o Herre Gott. Handel: Concerto grosso in B minor. Stravinsky: Scherzo; Pas de deux (Divertimento).

With Rob Cowan.

Including:

Weber: Jubel Overture, Op 59
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Rafel Kubelik (conductor)

Bach, arr. Reinhard Febel: Erbarm Dich mein, o Herre Gott
Yaara and Tal Groethuysen (pianos)

Handel: Concerto grosso in B minor, Op 6 No 12
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Iona Brown (conductor)

Stravinsky: Scherzo; Pas de deux (Divertimento)
Russian National Orchestra
Vladimir Jurowski (conductor)

Liszt: Les Preludes
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Karel Ancerl (conductor)

Donizetti: Tornami a dir che m'ami (Don Pasquale)
Angela Gheorghiu (soprano)
Roberto Alagna (tenor)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Richard Armstrong (conductor).

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.

With Rob Cowan. Music includes: 
7.00-8.30: Weber Jubel Overture 
Bach, arr Reinhard Febel Erbarrn 'Dich mein, OHerreCott 
Handel Concerto Grosso in B minor, Op 6 No )2 
8.30-10.00: Stravinsky Scherzo ; Pas de Deux (Divertimento) 
Liszt Les Préludes 
Donizetti Tornami a Dir Che M'ami! (Don Pasquale )

Classical Collection

Programme presenting a sequence of great music in classic recordings

Classical Collection: 21/07/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Classical Collection, 21/07/2008

Including music by Vaughan Williams, Rameau, Markevitch, Haydn and Brahms.

Including Vaughan Williams: Overture (The Wasps). Rameau: Les fetes d'Hebe (excerpt). Markevitch: L'Envol d'Icare. Haydn: Arianna a Naxos. Brahms: Symphony No 1.

With Sarah Walker.

Including:

Vaughan Williams: Overture (The Wasps)
London Symphony Orchestra
Andre Previn (conductor)
RCA RD89826

Rameau: Les Fetes d'Hebe (excerpt)
Sapho ...... Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano)
Una Naiade ..... Sophie Daneman (soprano)
Le Ruisseau ...... Paul Agnew (tenor)
Theleme ...... Jean-Paul Fouchecourt (tenor)
Alcee ...... Luc Coadou (baritone)
Hymas ...... Laurent Slaars (baritone)
Le Fleuve ...... Matthieu Lecroart (baritone)
Les Arts Florrisants
William Christie (director)
Erato 3984-21064-2  (2-CD set)

Markevitch: L'Envol d'Icare
Arnhem Philharmonic Orchestra
Christopher Lyndon-Gee (conductor)
Marco Polo 8.223666

Haydn: Arianna a Naxos
Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
John Constable (piano)
BBCL 4049-2

Brahms: Symphony No 1, Op 68
Berlin Philharmonic
Claudio Abbado (conductor)
DG 431 790-2.

With Sarah Walker. 
Vaughan Williams Overture: The Wasps LSO, conductor Andre Previn 
10.10 Rameau Les Fetes d'Hebe (Premiere Entree) (excerpt)  
Les Arts Florissants, conductor William Christie 
10.26 Markevitch LEnvol d'lcare 
Arnhem PO, conductor Christopher Lyndon-Gee 
10.53 Haydn Arianna a Naxos 
Janet Baker (mezzo), John Constable (piano) 
11.11 Brahms Symphony No 1 in C minor Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra , conductor Claudio Abbado

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: Charles Ives

Composer of the Week: Charles Ives: Episode 1

Episode 1

Charles Ives

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Charles Ives, Episode 1

Including two of Ives's works, The Unanswered Question and Central Park in the Dark.

Donald Macleod explores two of Ives's best-known works, The Unanswered Question and Central Park in the Dark.

With Donald Macleod. The programme includes two of Ives's best-known works, The Unanswered Question and Central Park in the Dark, as well as the less familiar Second Violin Sonata.

They Are There!, arr. Lou Harrison
Thomas Hampson (baritone)
San Francisco Symphony Chorus and Orchestra
Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)

Symphony No 2 (5th mvt: Allegro molto vivace)
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein (conductor)

Sonata No 2 for violin and piano
Glenn Dicterow (violin)
Israela Margalit (piano)

Remembrance
Paul Sperry (tenor)
Irma Vallecillo (piano)

The Pond
Ensemble Modern
Ingo Metzmacher (conductor)

Over the Pavements
Ensemble Modern
Ingo Metzmacher (conductor)

The Unanswered Question (revised version); Central Park in the Dark
Adolph Herseth (trumpet)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor).

Donald Macleod explores the work of the 20th century modernist American composer

Donald Macleod explores the work of the 20th century modernist American composer, whose work gained in significance after his death in 1954. Son of an army bandleader, he experimented with bitonality

Composer of the Week:Charles Ives (1874-1954)

1/5. Donald Macleod surveys the life and works of the influential American composer. 
They Are There! (orch arrangement by Lou Harrison under Ives's supervision) Thomas Hampson 
(baritone), San Francisco Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Michael Tilson Thomas Symphony No 2 (5th mvt) 
New York PO, conductor Leonard Bernstein Violin Sonata No 
Glenn Dicterow , Israela Margalit (piano) Remembrance Paul Sperry (tenor), Irma Vallecillo (piano) 
The Pond; Over the Pavements 
Ensemble Modern, conductor Ingo Metzmacher Two Contemplations Adolph Herseth (trumpet), Chicago SO, conductor Michael Tilson Thomas Producer Chris Barstow  
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BBC Proms

The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations.

The world's greatest classical music festival. Stunning performances, unique collaborations and the sheer joy of live music. Relive 2023's highlights before the new season begins.

BBC Proms: 2008: Proms Chamber Concerts

BBC Proms: 2008: Proms Chamber Concerts: Part 1: PCM1 - Schumann, Elliot Carter, Messiaen, Bartok

Part 1 Part 1: PCM1 - Schumann, Elliot Carter, Messiaen, Bartok

2008

PCM1 - Schumann, Elliot Carter, Messiaen, Bartok

BBC Radio 3 - BBC Proms, 2008, Proms Chamber Concerts, PCM1 - Schumann, Elliot Carter, Messiaen, Bartok

Pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard performs works by Schumann, Carter, Messiaen and Bartok.

Pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard performs in the first Chamber Prom of the 2008 season, from Cadogan Hall, London, with works by Schumann, Elliott Carter, Messiaen and Bartok.

Christopher Cook presents pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard in the first Chamber Prom of the 2008 season, given at Cadogan Hall, London. The recital conjures up themes of the night, with Schumann's Songs of Dawn suggesting the romantic moods of the pre-dawn hours, a theme taken up by Carter's Night Fantasies. Aimard, a leading exponent of Messiaen's piano music, offers a sketch of a night-time bird with his L'alouette lulu, and Bartok's Out of Doors Suite contains its own night music, complete with birds, cicadas and a Hungarian frog.

Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano)

Schumann: Gesange der Fruhe, Op 133
Elliott Carter: Night Fantasies
Messiaen: Catalogue d'oiseaux - L'alouette lulu
Bartok: Out of Doors Suite.

BBC Proms: 2008

Proms Chamber Concerts

Series of concerts by small classical musical ensembles, broadcast from Cadogan Hall

BBC Proms Chamber Music 2008

Presented live from London's Cadogan Hall by Christopher Cook. 
Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano) 
Schumann Gesange derFruhe, Op 133 Elliott Carter Night Fantasies 
Messiaen L'Alouette Lulu (Catalogue d'Oiseaux) Bartok Suite: Out of Doors Repeated Saturday 2pm

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: 21/07/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, 21/07/2008

Another chance to hear the BBC SO under Jiri Behlolavek in works by Carter and Messiaen.

BBC Proms 2008: Another chance to hear the BBC SO under Jiri Behlolavek in works by Carter, Messiaen, Mozart and Strauss. Plus Chamber Music: Haydn: Quartet, Op 76; Ravel: Quartet.

Presented by Penny Gore.

BBC Proms 2008:

Another chance to hear the BBC Symphony Orchestra under its chief conductor opening the 114th season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts. The concert launches Proms celebrations of the centenaries of Elliott Carter and Olivier Messiaen and features a rich line-up of soloists.

Christine Brewer (soprano)
Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano)
Nicholas Daniel (oboe)
Wayne Marshall (organ)
Royal College of Music Brass
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)

Strauss: Festliches Praludium
Mozart: Oboe Concerto in C, K314 
Strauss: Four Last Songs
Messiaen: La nativite du Seigneur (Dieu parmi nous)
Beethoven: Rondo in B flat for piano and orchestra
Elliott Carter: Catenaires for solo piano (UK premiere)
Scriabin: The Poem of Ecstasy

Plus Chamber Music:

The first in a series of chamber music performances, featured throughout the Proms season, with Radio 3 New Generation Artists the Ebene Quartet in a recital given last year at the Wigmore Hall, London.

Haydn: Quartet, Op 76 No 1
Ravel: Quartet.

With Penny Gore. 
BBC Proms 2008 
Another chance to hear the First Night of the Proms. Karita Mattila (soprano), Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Nicholas Daniel (oboe), Wayne Marshall (organ), Royal College of Music Brass, BBC 
Symphony Orchestra, conductor Jiri Belohlavek Strauss Festliches Praludium 
Mozart Oboe Concerto in C, K314 Strauss Four Last Songs 
Messiaen Dieu parmi Nous (La Nativité du Seigneur) Beethoven Rondo in B flat for piano and orchestra Elliott Carter Caténaires for solo piano Scriabin The Poem of Ecstasy  
4.00 Chamber Music 
Haydn String Quartet in G, Op 76 No 1 Ravel String Quartet Ebene Quartet

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: 21/07/2008

BBC Radio 3 - In Tune, 21/07/2008

With pianist Mark Tanner and composer John Mcleod, and Tallis Scholars' Peter Phillips.

Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests. Featuring pianist Mark Tanner with composer John Mcleod, pianist Lars Vogt and Tallis Scholars director Peter Phillips.

BBC Proms: 2008: Prom 6: Messiaen, Latry

BBC Proms: 2008: Prom 6: Messiaen, Latry: Part 1: Prom 6 - Part 1

Part 1: Prom 6 - Part 1

Prom 6 - Part 1

BBC Radio 3 - BBC Proms, 2008, Prom 6: Messiaen, Latry, Prom 6 - Part 1

The French Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and organist Olivier Latry perform Messiaen.

The French Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and organist Olivier Latry perform Messiaen's L'ascension and Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum.

Presented by Tom Service, from the Royal Albert Hall, London.

Parisian musicians play French blockbusters from the last two centuries in this orchestral Prom, which also features the Royal Albert Hall's famous organ. They contribute to the celebrations of Olivier Messiaen's centenary with two works with a religious inspiration: one for solo organ and one for a large array of wind and percussion.

Olivier Latry (organ)
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
Myung-Whun Chung (conductor)

Messiaen: L'ascension, for solo organ; Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum.

Prom 6: Messiaen, Latry

French organist Olivier Latry in works by Messiaen and Saint-Saens

BBC Proms 2008

Live from the Royal Albert Hall in London. Introduced by Tom Service.
Olivier Latry, French Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Myung-Whun Chung

Messiaen L'Ascension, for solo organ; Et Exspecto Resurrectionem Mortuorum

8.30 Twenty Minutes: Proms Plus
Tom Service talks to organist Olivier Latry.

8.50 Saint-Saens Symphony No 3 in C minor (Organ)

(Repeated on Wednesday at 2.10pm)

Twenty Minutes

Eclectic arts magazine programme, exploring a range of fascinating subjects

Eclectic arts magazine programme, exploring a range of fascinating people, places and events

Twenty Minutes: Proms Plus: Olivier Latry

Proms Plus: Olivier Latry

BBC Radio 3 - Twenty Minutes, Proms Plus: Olivier Latry

Tom Service talks to French organist Olivier Latry about his role at Notre Dame Cathedral.

Tom Service talks to French organist Olivier Latry about his role as a titulaire des Grandes Orgues at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, discussing his work on five continents.

Tom Service talks to distinguished French organist Olivier Latry about his role as a titulaire des Grandes Orgues at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. He also finds out about Latry's work on five continents as torchbearer for the great tradition of French organist-improvisers which stretches back to the time of Widor and Vierne.

BBC Proms: 2008: Prom 6: Messiaen, Latry: Part 2: Prom 6 - Part 2

Part 2 Part 2: Prom 6 - Part 2

Prom 6 - Part 2

BBC Radio 3 - BBC Proms, 2008, Prom 6: Messiaen, Latry, Prom 6 - Part 2

Olivier Latry and the Radio France Philharmonic perform Saint-Saens's Organ Symphony.

The concert concludes with French organist Olivier Latry and the Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra under Myun-Whun Chung performing Saint-Saens's famous Organ Symphony.

The Lebrecht Interview

Classical music critic Norman Lebrecht talks to major figures in the field

The Lebrecht Interview: Natalie Dessay

Natalie Dessay

BBC Radio 3 - The Lebrecht Interview, Natalie Dessay

Norman Lebrecht in conversation with leading French soprano Natalie Dessay.

Norman Lebrecht in conversation with celebrated French soprano Natalie Dessay, whose performances in bel canto roles have won her awards and brought her international acclaim.

Norman Lebrecht in conversation with French soprano Natalie Dessay, whose performances in bel canto roles have won her awards and brought her international acclaim. However, her career was threatened seven years ago, when she developed a problem with her vocal cords that required surgery.

In a revealing interview, she speaks candidly to Norman Lebrecht about that experience, about her need to be on stage to escape real life, explaining why she's happiest when rehearsing, her desire to revolutionise the operatic world and her conversion to the Jewish faith.

1/8. Norman Lebrecht talks to French soprano Natalie Dessay. Producer Jeremy Evans

Artist Focus

Programme focussing on the work of a specific artist

Programme focussing on the work of a specific artist.

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Artist Focus: 21/07/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Artist Focus, 21/07/2008

The featured artist is organist Olivier Latry, who is heard in music by Cesar Franck.

The featured artist is Olivier Latry, organist of Notre Dame, Paris, who is heard in music by Cesar Franck.

Featuring performances by Olivier Latry , organist of Notre Dame, Paris, including works by Cesar Franck.

The Essay

Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond.

Leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond, themed across a week - insight, opinion and intellectual surprise.

The Essay: When Writers Play

The Essay: When Writers Play: Episode 1

When Writers Play

BBC Radio 3 - The Essay, When Writers Play, Episode 1

Novelist and journalist Terence Blacker discusses the guitar.

Novelist and journalist Terence Blacker discusses the guitar. His playing took him everywhere. He sees his strumming life appear before him...

Series in which writers are invited to muse on their alternative talents as musicians.

Novelist and journalist Terence Blacker discusses the guitar. His playing took him everywhere. He sees his strumming life appear before him...

Three writers are invited to describe their alternative talents as musicians

When Writers Play 
1/3. Three writers muse on their musical talents, beginning with novelist and journalist Terence Blacker and his guitar. Producer Duncan Minshull

World on 3

Radio 3's world music programme, with new CDs and studio sessions

World on 3: 21/07/2008

BBC Radio 3 - World on 3, 21/07/2008

Charlie Gillett presents sounds from around the world, plus a session from DeVotchKa.

Charlie Gillett presents a musical selection from around the world, plus a studio session from DeVotchKa, a four-piece band with infuences from folk, punk, Romani and Mariachi.

Charlie Gillett presents a musical selection from around the world, plus a studio session from DeVotchKa, a four-piece band from Denver, Colorado, with infuences from folk, punk, Romani and Mariachi, and which started out as a backing band for burlesque shows.

Charlie Gillett introduces a studio session by DeVotchKa, from Denver. Producer Roger Short

Through the Night

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

Through the Night: 22/07/2008

22/07/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 22/07/2008

Including music by Beethoven, Defoort, Dvorak, Schumann, Bach, Haydn and Scarlatti.

John Shea introduces music, including Beethoven, Brahms, Dvorak, Schumann, Bach, Haydn, Grieg, Debussy, Parac, Gershwin, Scarlatti, Haydn, Bridge, d'India, Handel and Mozart.

With John Shea.

Including:

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No 31 in A flat, Op 110
Defoort: Dedicatio VI
Brahms: 28 Variations for piano on a Theme by Paganini, Op 35
Dvorak: Symphony No 5 in F, Op 76
Schumann: Piano Trio No 2 in F, Op 80
Bach: Cantata No 21 (Ich hatte viel Bekummernis)
Weckmann: Komm, Heiliger Geist, Herre Gott
Haydn: Symphony No 49 in F minor (La Passione)
Chopin: Piano Scherzo No 3 in C sharp minor, Op 39
Odak: Madrigal, Op 11
Scigalski: Symphony in D
Hubay: Preghiera
Grieg: Letzter Fruhling (Last Spring, Op 33 No 2)
Debussy, orch. Brewaeys: Des pas sur la neige (Preludes, Book 1)
Rebel; Anon; Lully: Prelude: Les caracteres de la danse (Rebel); Suite la Bourgogne (recueilli par Antoine Pointel) (Anon); Gigues (Roland) (Lully)
Mozart, compl. Kocsis: Rondo (Concert rondo) in E flat for horn and orchestra, K371
Beethoven: Presto (finale) (Trio in E flat for violin, cello and piano, Op 1 No 1)
Parac: Sarabande for orchestra
Bach: Furchte dich nicht, ich bin bei dir, BWV 228
Scarlatti: Sonata in C, Kk 133 (Allegro)
Gershwin: The Man I Love; I Got Rhythm; Someone to Watch over Me
Maxwell Davies: A sad paven for these distracted tymes
Byrd: The Battle, MB XXVIII 94 (My Lady Nevell's Book) (excerpts)
Haydn: String Quartet in D, Op 64 No 5 (The Lark)
Bridge: The Sea
d'India (text: Antonio Ongaro): Fiume, ch'a l'onde tue (O river that invite the nymphs and shepherds)
Handel: Suite in G, HWV 350 (Water Music)
Mozart: Fantasy in C minor, K396.

Presented by John Shea. 
Beethoven Piano Sonata in A flat, Op 110 Kris Defoort 
Dedicatio VI Brahms 28 Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op 351.54 Dvorak Symphony No 5 in F 2.34 Schumann Piano Trio No 2 in F, Op 80 2.59 Bach Cantata No 21: Ich hatte viel Bekummernis 334 Weckmann Komm, 
Heiliger Geist, Herre Cott 3.39 Haydn Symphony No 49 in F minor (La Passione) 4.01 Chopin Scherzo No 3 in C sharp minor, Op 39 4.09 Odak Madrigal, Op 114,16 
Scigalski Symphony in D 4.30 Hubay Preghiera 434 
Grieq Letzter Fruhling, Op 33 No 2 4.41 Debussy Des Pas sur la Neige (Preludes, Bk 1) 4.46 Rebel Prélude: Les 
Caracteres de la Danse Anon Suite la Bourgogne Lully 
Roland 4.53 Mozart, compl Zottan Kocsis Rondo in Eflat, K371 5.00 Beethoven Piano Trio in E flat, Op 1 No 1 (Presto) 
5.06 Frano Parac Sarabande for Orchestra 5.17 Bach 
Furchte dich nicht, ich bin bei dir, BWV228 526 D Scarlatti Sonata in C, Kk133 (Allegro) 530 Gershwin Three songs 
5.40 Peter Maxwell Davies SadPaven for These Distracted Tymes 5.48 Byrd The Battle (excerpts) 5.53 Haydn String Quartet in D. Op 64 No 5 (The Lark) 6.11 Bridge The Sea 
6.33 D'lndia Fiume, Ch'a l'Onde Tue 6.40 Handel Suite in G: Water Music 6.51 Mozart Fantasy in C minor, K396

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