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Breakfast

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

Breakfast: 22/07/2008

22/07/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Breakfast, 22/07/2008

With Rob Cowan. Including music by Handel, Mozart, Rimsky-Korsakov, Muffat and Francaix.

With Rob Cowan. Including Handel: Sonata in A, Op 1. Mozart: Sehnsucht nach dem Fruhlinge. Rimsky Korsakov: The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevronia.

With Rob Cowan.

Today's varied breakfast menu features Francaix's exotic dances for saxophone, Yehudi Menuhin in a violin sonata by Handel and Constantin Silvestri conducting Vaughan Williams.

Including:

Handel: Sonata in A for violin and continuo, Op 1 No 3
Yehudi Menuhin (violin)
George Malcolm (harpsichord)
Ambrose Gauntlett (viola da gamba)

Mozart: Sehnsucht nach dem Fruhlinge, K596
Ruth Ziesak (soprano)
Ulrich Eisenlohr (piano)

Rimsky-Korsakov: The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevronia
Prague Symphony Orchestra
Vaclav Smetacek (conductor)

Georg Muffat: Concerto 6
Holland Baroque Society
Matthew Halls (conductor)

Francaix: 5 Exotic Dances
Christian Forshaw (saxophones)
Stephen de Pledge (piano)

Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Constantin Silvestri (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: Handel Violin Sonata in A, Op 1 No 3 Mozart Sehnsucht nach dem Frijhlinge, K596 Rimsky-Korsakov The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevronia 
8.30-10.00: Georg Muffat Concerto 6 Francaix Five Exotic Dances 
Vauqhan Williams Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis

Classical Collection

Programme presenting a sequence of great music in classic recordings

Classical Collection: 22/07/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Classical Collection, 22/07/2008

Including music by Nielsen, Musgrave, Haydn, Schubert, Mozart, Strauss and Beethoven.

Including Nielsen: Helios Overture. Musgrave: Helios. Three German Dances by Haydn, Schubert and Mozart. Strauss: An den Baum Daphne. Beethoven: String Quartet in A minor, Op 132.

With Sarah Walker.

Including:

Nielsen: Helios Overture, Op 17
Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Gennady Rozhdestvensky (conductor)
Chandos CHAN 9287

Musgrave: Helios
Nicholas Daniel (oboe)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Nicholas Kraemer (conductor)
NMC NMCD074

Haydn: German Dance No 4 in C (Twelve German Dances, H IX 12)
I Musici de Montreal
Yuli Turovsky (conductor)
Chandos CHAN 10094

Schubert: German Dance No 2 in A (Twelve German Dances, D790)
Mitsuko Uchida (piano)
Philips 470 265-2

Mozart: German Dance No 6 in C (Six German Dances, K567)
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
DG 429 783-2

Strauss: An den Baum Daphne
Marianne Lund (soprano)
Christian Lisdorf (treble)
The Copenhagen Boys' Choir
The Danish National Radio Choir
Stefan Parkman (conductor)
Chandos CHAN 9223

Beethoven: String Quartet in A minor, Op 132
Alban Berg Quartet
EMI 5 73606 2  (7-CD set)

Berlioz: Les Troyens (Act 4 - excerpt)
Didon ...... Michelle De Young (mezzo-soprano)
Enee ...... Ben Heppner (tenor)
Anna ...... Sara Mingardo (alto)
Iopas ...... Kenneth Tarver (tenor)
Narbal ...... Stephen Milling (bass)
Ascagne ...... Isabelle Cals (mezzo-soprano)
Panthee ...... Tigran Martirossian (bass)
Mercure ...... Leigh Melrose (baritone)
London Symphony Chorus 
London Symphony Orchestra
Colin Davis (conductor)
LSO00010 (4-CD set).

With Sarah Walker. 
Nielsen Overture: Helios Danish National RSO, conductor Gennadi Rozhdestvensky 
10.15 Thea Musgrave Helios Nicholas Daniel 
(oboe), Scottish CO, conductor Nicholas Kraemer 
10.33 Haydn/Schubert/Mozart German dances Mitsuko Uchida (piano)/l Musici de Montreal / conductor Yuli Turovsky/Orpheus Chamber Orchestra 
10.40 Strauss An den Baum Daphne 
Marianne Lund (soprano), Christian Lisdorf 
(treble), Copenhagen Boys' Choir, Danish National Radio Choir, conductor Stefan Parkman 
10.55 Beethoven String Quartet in A minor, Op 132 Alban Berg Quartet 
11.36 Berlioz Les Troyens , Act 4 (excerpt)  
London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Colin Davis

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 2

Episode 2

Charles Ives

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Charles Ives, Episode 2

Ives's life and music were intertwined, as in his General William Booth Enters into Heaven

Donald Macleod explores how Ives's life and music were often closely intertwined. Including General William Booth Enters into Heaven.

With Donald Macleod. Ives's life and music were often closely intertwined, for example his so-called 'glory trance', General William Booth Enters into Heaven, vividly recalls the revivalist meetings of his youth.

General William Booth Enters into Heaven
William Sharp (baritone)
Steven Blier (piano)

String Quartet No 2
Lydian String Quartet

Three Places in New England
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
David Zinman (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: Ives

2/5. With Donald Macleod. 
General William Booth Enters into Heaven 
William Sharp (baritone), Steven Blier (piano) String Quartet No 2 Lydian Quartet Three Places in New England Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, conductor David Zinman

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Live and recorded concerts from all over the UK. Includes the Wigmore chamber music series

Live and recorded concerts from all over the United Kingdom. Also includes the flagship Wigmore chamber music series.

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Cheltenham Festival 2008 Highlights

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Cheltenham Festival 2008 Highlights: Episode 5: Cheltenham Festival 2008

Episode 5

Episode 5: Cheltenham Festival 2008

Cheltenham Festival 2008 Highlights

Cheltenham Festival 2008

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Pianist Ingrid Fliter performs Schubert's Impromptus, D899 alongside pieces by Chopin.

Penny Gore presents music from the 2008 Cheltenham Music Festival. Pianist Ingrid Fliter performs Schubert's Impromptus, D899 alongside pieces by Chopin.

Penny Gore presents music from the 2008 Cheltenham Music Festival featuring Radio 3's New Generation Artists.

Award-winning interpreter of Chopin Ingrid Fliter performs a programme which brings Schubert's contrasting set of Impromptus, D899 together with a selection of pieces by Chopin, and concludes with the towering Ballade in F minor.

Ingrid Fliter (piano)

Schubert: Four Impromptus, Op 90
Chopin: Scherzo, Op 54; Prelude in D flat, Op 28 (Raindrop); Polonaise in F sharp minor, Op 44; Prelude No 13 in F sharp, Op 28; Waltz, Op 42; Waltz in F minor, Op 70 No 2; Ballade No 4 in F minor, Op 52.

Penny Gore introduces highlights from the 2008 Cheltenham Music Festival

Penny Gore introduces highlights from the 2008 Cheltenham Music Festival, a wide-ranging and international musical celebration

Penny Gore presents the first in a series of concerts from the 2008 Cheltenham Music Festival.
Ingrid Fliter (piano)

Schubert Four Impromptus, Op 90, D899

Chopin Scherzo No 4 in E, Op 54; Prelude in D flat, Op 28 (Raindrop); Polonaise in F sharp minor,Ã Op 44; Prelude in F sharp, Op 28 No 13; Waltz in A flat, Op 42; Waltz in F minor, Op 70 No 2; Ballade No 4 in F minor, Op 52

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: 22/07/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, 22/07/2008

Featuring works by Bax and Finzi, plus violinist Nigel Kennedy in Elgar's Violin Concerto.

BBC Proms 2008: Another chance to hear a Prom featuring works by Bax and Finzi, and violinist Nigel Kennedy in Elgar's Violin Concerto; Plus Chamber Music: Britten: Cello Sonata.

Presented by Penny Gore.

BBC Proms 2008:

Another chance to hear a Prom in which violinist Nigel Kennedy made a return to the Proms - after an absence of 21 years - joining the BBC Concert Orchestra and Paul Daniel for Elgar's Violin Concerto. Introduced by Sean Rafferty, the programme begins with The Garden of Fand, one of Bax's so-called 'Celtic twilight' works, and a magical evocation of the sea surrounding Fan's island. Afterwards Andrew Kennedy is soloist in Finzi's setting of Wordsworth's poem about the loss of childhood innocence.

Andrew Kennedy (tenor)
Nigel Kennedy (violin)

BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Concert Orchestra
Paul Daniel (conductor)

Bax: The Garden of Fand
Finzi: Intimations of Immortality
Elgar: Violin Concerto

Plus Chamber Music:

Britten: Cello Sonata, Op 65

Peter Wispelwey (cello)
Dejan Lazic (piano).

With Penny Gore. 
BBC Proms 2008 
Another chance to hear Saturday's early evening Prom concert. 
Andrew Kennedy (tenor), Nigel Kennedy (violin), BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Paul Daniel 
Bax The Garden of Fand 
Finzi Intimations of Immortality 
Elgar Violin Concerto in B minor  
4.20 Chamber Music 
Britten: Cello Sonata, Op 65 
Peter Wispelwey (cello), Dejan Lazic (piano)

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: 22/07/2008

BBC Radio 3 - In Tune, 22/07/2008

Sean's guests include Damon Albarn, Chen Shi-Zheng Andre de Ridder and Gavin Henderson.

Sean Rafferty is joined by Damon Albarn, director Chen Shi-Zheng and conductor Andre de Ridder to talk about their collaboration on the opera Monkey: Journey to the West.

Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the music world. He is joined by Damon Albarn, director Chen Shi-Zheng and conductor Andre de Ridder to talk about their collaboration on the opera Monkey: Journey to the West. Gavin Henderson, artistic director of the Dartington International Summer School, joins Sean to chat about the festival as it celebrates its sixtieth anniversary.

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: Prom 7: Rossini, Haydn and Elgar

BBC Proms: 2008: Prom 7: Rossini, Haydn and Elgar: Part 1: Prom 7 - Part 1

Part 1 Part 1: Prom 7 - Part 1

2008

Prom 7 - Part 1

BBC Radio 3 - BBC Proms, 2008, Prom 7: Rossini, Haydn and Elgar, Prom 7 - Part 1

The Stuttgart Radio SO in Rossini's William Tell Overture and Haydn's Cello Concerto No 1.

The Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra under Roger Norrington perform Rossini's William Tell Overture and Haydn's C major Cello Concerto, with cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras.

Presented by Martin Handley, from the Royal Albert Hall, London.

Conductor Roger Norrington brings his German orchestra, the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, to the Proms for a programme that includes key works by three much-loved composers.

The concert begins with Rossini's overture to his opera William Tell, with its brooding prelude for cellos and famous galloping ending, and is followed by Haydn's early C major Cello Concerto, long-thought lost until it turned up in the 1960s. The soloist is young French cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras, here making his BBC Proms debut.

Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello)
Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra (SWR)
Roger Norrington (conductor)

Rossini: William Tell Overture
Haydn: Cello Concerto No 1 in C.

BBC Proms: 2008

Prom 7: Rossini, Haydn and Elgar

Roger Norrington conducts the Stuttgart Radio SO in works by Rossini, Haydn and Elgar

Roger Norrington conducts the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra in Rossini's William Tell Overture, Haydn's rediscovered C major Cello Concerto and Elgar's Symphony No 1

BBC Proms 2008

Roger Norrington brings his German orchestra, the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra (SWR), to the Proms for a programme that includes key works by three much-loved composers. Rossini's overture to his opera William Tell, with its brooding prelude for cellos and famous galloping ending, opens the concert. Haydn's early C major Cello Concerto was long thought lost until it turned up in the 1960s, and the concert ends with Elgar's noble First Symphony, described by Hans Richter as the greatest symphony of modern times.
Presented live from the Royal Albert Hall, London, by Martin Handley.

Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Stuttgart RadioÃ Symphony Orchestra, conductor Roger Norrington

Rossini Overture: William Tell

Haydn Cello Concerto No 1 in C

7.40 Twenty Minutes: Proms Plus
Martin Handley talks to Roger Norrington

8.00 Elgar Symphony No 1 in A flat

(Repeated on Thursday at 2.30pm)

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: Roger Norrington

Proms Plus: Roger Norrington

BBC Radio 3 - Twenty Minutes, Proms Plus: Roger Norrington

Martin Handley talks to Roger Norrington.

Proms Plus: Martin Handley talks to Roger Norrington.

BBC Proms: 2008: Prom 7: Rossini, Haydn and Elgar: Part 2: Prom 7 - Part 2

Part 2 Part 2: Prom 7 - Part 2

Prom 7 - Part 2

BBC Radio 3 - BBC Proms, 2008, Prom 7: Rossini, Haydn and Elgar, Prom 7 - Part 2

The Prom concludes with the Stuttgart Radio SO in Elgar's Symphony No 1 in A flat.

This evening's Prom concludes with the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra under Roger Norrington in Elgar's Symphony No 1 in A flat.

Presented by Martin Handley, from the Royal Albert Hall, London.

The Prom concludes with the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra under Roger Norrington in Elgar's Symphony No 1 in A flat, described at the time of its debut by Hans Richter as 'the greatest symphony of modern times'.

Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra (SWR)
Roger Norrington (conductor)

Elgar: Symphony No 1 in A flat.

Sunday Feature

Exploring music, history, science, philosophy, film, visual arts and literature.

In-depth documentaries which explore music, history, science, philosophy, film, visual arts and literature.

Sunday Feature: Forster in India: Sex, Books and Empire

01/07/2007

Forster in India: Sex, Books and Empire

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The links between EM Forster's homosexuality, his politics and his ability to mix cultures

Zareer Masani explores EM Forster's personal passage to India and its links with his novel, his homosexuality and his political radicalism.

EM Forster's personal passage to India was the key to both his great novel and his political radicalism. What drew this shy and retiring figure from British suburbia to the mysterious heart of a faraway subcontinent?

Taking a fresh look at the links between Forster's homosexuality, his critique of the Raj and his remarkably modern capacity for crossing racial and cultural borders, Zareer Masani rescues him from the stereotype of an old-maidish, closeted gay, writing tea-table novels.

Zareer Masani reassesses the work of EM Forster, rescuing him from the stereotype of a closeted gay writing tea-table novels. Producer Ingrid Hassler

BBC Proms: 2008: Prom 8: Obrecht, Josquin Desprez

Prom 8: Obrecht, Josquin Desprez

BBC Radio 3 - BBC Proms, 2008, Prom 8: Obrecht, Josquin Desprez

The Tallis Scholars perform mass settings by Ockeghem, Obrecht and Desprez.

From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Petroc Trelawny presents the Tallis Scholars performing mass settings by Renaissance composers Ockeghem, Obrecht and Desprez.

From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Petroc Trelawny.

The Tallis Scholars, directed by Peter Phillips, perform mass settings by two masters of the Renaissance. Both settings are based on the melody of the chanson Malheur me bat (Misfortune has struck me), whose original text is lost and which is performed here to a specially commissioned version by French poet Jacques Darras.

Tallis Scholars
Peter Phillips (conductor)

Ockeghem: Malheur me bat
Obrecht: Missa Malheur me bat
Josquin Desprez: Missa Malheur me bat.

Selected coverage from the classical concerts of the Proms 114th season.

The Tallis Scholars, directed by Peter Phillips , perform mass settings by two masters of the Renaissance, both based on the melody of the chanson Malheur Me Bat, attributed to Ockeghem and performed here to a specially commissioned text by French poet 
Jacques Darras. Live from the Royal Albert Hal in London, introduced by Louise Fryer. Tallis Scholars, conductor Peter Phillips Ockeghem Malheur Me Bat 
Obrecht Missa Malheur Me Bat 
Josquin Des Prez Missa Malheur Me Bat

Late Junction

Journeys in music, ancient to future. The home for adventurous listeners

Late Junction: 22/07/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Late Junction, 22/07/2008

With a motet by Guillaume de Machaut and incidental music by John Baker.

Max Reinhardt's selection includes a motet by Guillaume de Machaut, recordings of cattle grids in Dartmoor by sound artist John Levack Drever and incidental music by John Baker.

Max Reinhardt's selection includes a motet by Guillaume de Machaut, recordings of cattle grids in Dartmoor by sound artist John Levack Drever and incidental music by BBC Radiophonic Workshop composer John Baker.

Max Reinhardt 's selections include a motet by Machaut, recordings of cattle grids in Dartmoor by sound artist John Levack Drever. and incidental music by BBC Radiophonic Workshop composer John Baker. EMAIL:[address removed]

Through the Night

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

Through the Night: 23/07/2008

23/07/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 23/07/2008

Including music by Haydn, Vivaldi, Mendelssohn, Schubert, Beethoven and Tchaikovsky.

John Shea introduces music, including Haydn, Pergolesi, Vivaldi, Mendelssohn, Schubert,  Tchaikovsky, Telemann, Sibelius, Lukacic, Brahms, Bach, Tchaikovsky, Rossini and Mozart.

With John Shea.

Including:

Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809): Symphony No 38 in C, H I 38 (Echo)
Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista (1710-1736): Salve regina in F minor
Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741): Cessate omai cessate, RV 684
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847): Symphony No 1 in C minor, Op 11
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828): 6 Moments musicaux for piano, D780
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): String Quintet in C, Op 29
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893): Violin Concerto in D, Op 35
Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767): Recorder Sonata in D minor (Essercizii Musici)
Mendelssohn, Fanny Hensel (1805-1847): Songs Without Words, Op 6
Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957): Rakastava (The Lover), Op 14 - arr. for string orchestra and percussion
Lukacic, Ivan (1587-1648): Three motets (Sacrae Cantiones)
Riisager, Knudage (1897-1974): Little Overture
Pezel, Johann Christoph (1639-1694): German Dance Suite
Fougstedt, Nils-Eric (1910-1961): Concert Overture
Durufle, Maurice (1902-1986): Quatre motets sur des themes gregoriens, Op 10
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809): Trio in F for keyboard and strings, H XV 4
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897): Hungarian Dances for piano duet (Nos 1,11,13,17 and 8)
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Sonata in G for flute, violin and bass continuo (originally Sonata in E flat for organ, BWV 525)
Corelli, Arcangelo (1653-1713): Sonata da chiesa in A, Op 1 No 3
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828): Hektors Abschied, Op 58 No 1
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893): Fantasy Overture (Romeo and Juliet)
Rossini, Gioachino (1792-1868): Quartet No 6 in F for flute, clarinet, horn and bassoon
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Oboe Concerto in C, K285d/314a.

Presented by John Shea. 
Haydn Symphony No 38 in C (Echo) Pergolesi Salve 
Regina in F minor Vivaldi Cessate Omai Cessate, RV684 149 Mendelssohn Symphony No 1 in C minor 2.23 Schubert Six Moments Musicaux, D780 2.52 Beethoven String 
Quintet in C, Op 29 3.25 Tchaikovsky, Violin Concerto in D 
4.00 Telemann Recorder Sonata in D minor (Essercizii Musici) 4.09 Fanny Mendelssohn Songs without Words, Op 6 4.20 Sibelius Rakastava, Op 14 4.32 Lukacic 
Three Motets (Sacrae Cantiones) 4.45 Riisager Little 
Overture 4.51 Pezel German Dance Suite 5.00 Fougstedt Concert Overture 5.08 Durufle Quatre Motets surdes Themes Grégoriens, Op 10 5.16 Haydn Piano Trio in F, H XV 4 5.29 Brahms Five Hungarian dances for piano duet 5.42 Bach Sonata in G for flute, violin and basso continuo, BWV525 5.53 Corelli Sonata da Chiesa in A, Op I No 3 6.00 Schubert Hektors Abschied, D312b 
6.06 Tchaikovsky Fantasy Overture: Romeo and Juliet 
6.27 Rossini Quartet No 6 in F for flute, clarinet, horn and bassoon 6.38 Mozart Oboe Concerto in C, K314

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