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Breakfast

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

Breakfast: 08/08/2008

08/08/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Breakfast, 08/08/2008

Rob Cowan introduces music by Suppe, Gershwin, Handel, Mozart, Bach and Puccini.

With Rob Cowan. Suppe: Overture (The Beautiful Galatea). Gershwin: Lullaby. Handel: Keyboard Suite No 5 in E. Mozart: Symphony No 26. Bach: Contrapunctus 7 and 9.

Music for breakfast-time listening with Martin Handley  

A musical mix for breakfast-time including the Gypsy Song from Carmen and a stunning instrumental work by Bach that sounds like twentieth century minimalism. And a Free Thought at 8.30.

This playlist may change and will be updated after the programme.

ROSSINI arr. SEDLAK
Overture “L’Italiana in Algiera”
Netherlands Wind Ensemble
PHILIPS 442 654  Tr 8


Henry PURCELL
Suite in C Major
Davitt Moroney (player virginals)
VIRGIN VC5451662  Tr 17-20


Gerald FINZI
God is gone up
Westminster Abbey Choir,
Robert Quinney (organ)
James O’Donnell, conductor
HYPERION CDA 67680  Tr 12


Antonin REICHA
Introduction and Rondo for horn and orchestra
Karl-Otto Hartmann (horn)
Prague Chamber Orchestra
Milan Lajcik conductor
ORFEO C 170 021 Tr 5


PROKOFIEV
Toccata, Op.11
Cyprien Katsaris (piano)
WARNER CLASSICS 49637  CD4 Tr 24


BIZET
Gypsy Song, Carmen Act I Sc.II
Tatiana Troyanos (soprano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Georg Solti, conductor
DECCA 421 300 2  Tr 4


NIELSEN
An imaginary journey to the Faeroe Islands 
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
SONY SK 5276  Tr 3


J.S.BACH
Canons BWV.1072-1078, 1086
Gottfried von der Goltz (violin)
Karl Kaiser (flute)
Ekkehard Weber (viola da gamba)
Michael Behringer (harpsichord)
HANSSLER  CD.92.133  Tr 17-24


SCHUBERT 
Ballet Music Die Zauberharfe: No.9 Andantino
Vienna Philharmonic
Riccardo Muti, conductor
EMI 5 74808  CD1 Tr 4


SZYMANOWSKI orch. Fittelberg
Etude in B flat minor, Op. 4, No. 3 
Polish State Symphony Orchestra (Katowice)
Karol Stryja, conductor
NAXOS 8.553686  Tr 4


FREE THOUGHT
Gwilym Simcock on getting children into music 


SIMCOCK
Voices
Gwilym Simcock (piano)
BASHO Music SRCD 224-2  Tr 6


BRAHMS
4 Gesänge Op.17
Delyth Wynne (harp), 
Anthony Halstead, Christian Rutherford (horns)
Monteverdi Choir
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
PHILIPS 432 152 2  Tr 19-22


BERLIOZ
Rakoczy March 
London Symphony Orchestra
Pierre Monteux, conductor
BBC LEGENDS BBCL 4112  Tr 7

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: 
Suppe Overture: The Beautiful Galatea Gershwin Lullaby 
Handel Keyboard Suite No 5 in E 
Mozart Symphony No 26 in E flat, KI84 
Bach Contrapunctus 7and 9 (Art of Fugue) 
Puccini Non Piangere, Liu! ... Ahlperl'Ultima Volta (Turandot)

Classical Collection

Programme presenting a sequence of great music in classic recordings

Classical Collection: 08/08/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Classical Collection, 08/08/2008

Sarah Walker introduces music by Haydn, M Berkeley, Elgar, Handel, Gibbons and Mozart.

With Sarah Walker. Including Haydn: Sonata in C minor, H XVI 20. M Berkeley: Clarinet Concerto. Elgar: Piano Improvisation No 4. Handel: Sonata in D minor, HWV 367a.

With Sarah Walker.

Including:

Haydn: Sonata in C minor, H XVI 20
Mikhail Pletnev (piano)
VIRGIN  5452542

M Berkeley: Clarinet Concerto
Emma Johnson (clarinet)
Northern Sinfonia
Sian Edwards (conductor)
ASV  CDDCB 1101

Elgar: Piano Improvisation No 4
Edward Elgar (piano)
EMI  7545682   (3-CD set)

Handel: Sonata in D minor, HWV 367a
Michaela Petri (recorder)
Keith Jarrett (harpsichord)
RCA  RD 60441

Vaughan Williams: Oboe Concerto
Jonathan Small (oboe)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Vernon Handley (conductor)
CFP  5753112

Gibbons: Four Fantasies a 3
Phantasm
AVIE  AV 0032

Mozart: Violin Concerto in D, K218
Julia Fischer (violin)
Netherlands Chamber Orchestra
Yakov Kreizberg (conductor)

Waller: Ain't misbehavin'
Louis Armstrong and his All-Stars
COLUMBIA  CK 64927.

Presented by Sarah Walker. 
Haydn Piano Sonata in C minor, H XVI 20 Mikhail Pletnev 
10.19 Michael Berkeley Clarinet Concerto Emma Johnson , Northern Sinfonia, conductor Sian Edwards 
10.39 Edward Elgar Piano Improvisation No 4 Performed by the composer 
10.45 Handel Sonata in D minor, HWV367a Michala Petri (recorder), Keith Jarrett (harpsichord) 
11.01 Vaughan Williams Oboe Concerto 
Jonathan Small, RLPO, conductor Vernon Handley 
11.20 Gibbons Four Fantasies a 3 Phantasm 
11.39 Mozart Violin Concerto No 4 in D, K218 Julia Fischer , Netherlands CO, conductor Yakov Kreizberg

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: Anton Bruckner

Composer of the Week: Anton Bruckner: Episode 5: Compser of the Week - Anton Bruckner - Part 5

Episode 5

Episode 5: Compser of the Week - Anton Bruckner - Part 5

Anton Bruckner

Compser of the Week - Anton Bruckner - Part 5

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Anton Bruckner, Compser of the Week - Anton Bruckner - Part 5

Including Bruckner's Symphony No 9, on which he laboured but failed to finish before death

Donald Macleod concludes his look at Bruckner's Vienna years, including the unfinished Ninth Symphony.

Donald Macleod concludes his look at Bruckner’s Vienna years. Today’s programme includes his astonishing Symphony no.9, which Bruckner laboured – but failed – to finish before his death. 

Psalm 150, for soprano, chorus and orchestra 
Ruth Welting (sop) / Chicago Symphony Orchestra and chorus / Daniel Barenboim (cond) 
DG 437 250-2, 
track 6

‘Vexilla regis’, Hymn for 4-part choir 
 Chorus of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra / Eugen Jochum (cond) 
DG 457 743-2, 
track 14

Helgoland, symphonic chorus for male voices and orchestra 
Male voices of the Berlin Radio Choir / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Daniel
Barenboim (cond) 
WARNER CLASSICS 256461891 2 
CD1 T5

 Symphony no.9 in D minor (1894) – mvt 1
Feierlich, misterioso 
Westphalian Philharmonia /Johannes Wildner (Cond)
NAXOS 8.555933 34 
CD1 T1

The life and works of the 19th century Austrian composer, famous for his grand symphonies

The life of the 19th century Austrian composer, famous for his grand symphonies. Donald Macleod focuses on Bruckner's time in Vienna, contrasting self-doubt with epic orchestral works

Composer of the Week: Bruckner

5/5. Donald Macleod concludes his exploration of the composer's Vienna years. Today's programme includes the Ninth Symphony, which Bruckner laboured in vain to finish before his death. 
Psalm 150 Ruth Welting (soprano), Chicago Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Daniel Barenboim Vexilla Regis Chorus of the Bavarian Radio 
Symphony Orchestra, conductor Eugen Jochum Helgoland Berlin Radio Choir (male voices), Berlin PO, conductor Daniel Barenboim 
Symphony No 9 in D minor (1st mvt) New PO of Westphalia, conductor Johannes Wildner

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: St Mananan Festival

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: St Mananan Festival: Episode 4

Episode 4

St Mananan Festival

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert, St Mananan Festival, Episode 4Close menu

Music from the 2008 Mananan, including Prokofiev, Franck and Simcock.

Louise Fryer presents music from the 2008 Mananan. With: Prokofiev: Five poems of Akhmatova; Franck: Quintet in F minor for piano/strings. Simcock: Missa Nova.

Louise Fryer concludes a series of recorded highlights from the 2008 Mananan Festival on the Isle of Man.

Including:

Prokofiev: Five Poems of Akhmatova, Op 27
Patricia Rozario (soprano)
Julius Drake (piano)

Franck: Quintet in F minor for piano and strings
Julius Drake (piano)
Carducci Quartet

Simcock: Missa Nova
Gwilym Simcock (piano).

Louise Fryer with highlights from the Mananan Festival 2008

Afternoon on 3

Presented by Louise Fryer. 
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 
Highlights from the Mananan Festival. 
Prokofiev Five Poems of Akhmatova, Op 27 
Patricia Rozario (soprano), Julius Drake (piano) Franck Piano Quintet in F minor Julius Drake , Carducci Quartet Gwilym Simcock Missa Nova Gwilym Simcock (piano)  
2.00 BBC Proms 2008 
Another chance to hear Tuesday night's Prom. Julia Fischer (violin), Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Yakov Kreizberg 
Waqenaar Overture: Cyrano de Bergerac Dvorak Symphony No 6 in D 
Brahms Violin Concerto in D  
3.55 Chamber Music 
Stravinsky Suite: The Soldier's Tale Bartok Contrasts Britten Sinfonia 
Stravinsky Three Pieces for String Quartet Kopelman Quartet

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 Concert: 08/08/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, 08/08/2008

A repeat of a Prom inspired by rustic dances. Including Brahms's Violin Concerto.

Presented by Louise Fryer. Including BBC Proms 2008: A repeat of a Prom inspired by rustic dances. Including Brahms's Violin Concerto. Plus Chamber Music: Bartok: Contrasts.

Presented by Louise Fryer.

Including BBC Proms 2008:

Another chance to hear a Prom in which young violinist Julia Fischer joins the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra and its chief conductor for a programme inspired by rustic dances.

Brahms's Violin Concerto ends with a peasant dance, while the third movement of Dvorak's Sixth is a 'furiant' with cross-rhythms. This is preceded by Johan Wagenaar's overture to Cyrano de Bergerac.

Julia Fischer (violin)
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra
Yakov Kreizberg (conductor)

Wagenaar: Overture (Cyrano de Bergerac)
Dvorak: Symphony No 6 in D
Brahms: Violin Concerto in D

Plus Chamber Music:

Stravinsky: Soldier's Tale Suite
Bartok: Contrasts
Britten Sinfonia

Stravinsky: 3 Pieces for string quartet
Kopelman 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: 08/08/2008

BBC Radio 3 - In Tune, 08/08/2008

Soprano Gweneth-Ann Jeffers and pianist Simon Lepper discuss their Messiaen Prom.

Presented by Petroc Trelawny. With soprano Gweneth-Ann Jeffers and pianist Simon Lepper discussing their Messiaen Prom, and composer Peter Eotvos on his opera Love and Other Demons.

Petroc Trelawny presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world. He is joined by soprano Gweneth-Ann Jeffers and pianist Simon Lepper, who discuss their recital Messiaen's extended song cycle Harawi at the BBC Proms 2008.Composer Peter Eotvos, conductor Vladimir Jurowski and soprano Allison Bell chat about the composer's new opera Love and Other Demons which opens at Glyndebourne in August 2008.

Torke 
Bright Blue Music
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
David Zinman (conductor)
ARGO 433 071-2
Tr. 5
9’03

LIVE		
Messiaen 
Harawi (La ville qui dormait, toi & Bonjour toi, colombe verte)
Gweneth-Ann Jeffers (soprano)
Simon Lepper (piano)
4’57
	
LIVE		
Messiaen 
Harawi (L’amour de Piroutcha)
Gweneth-Ann Jeffers (soprano)
Simon Lepper (piano)
4’11

Scarlatti 
Sonata in E major, Kk.134
Colleen Lee (piano)
NAXOS 8.570511
Tr. 11
4’00

Rachmaninov 
Symphony no.1 (1st movt - closing section)
BBC Philharmonic 
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN 10475
Tr. 3 from 7’24
5’03

Schubert 
Suleika Op.14 No.1
Patricia Rozario (soprano) 
Julius Drake (piano)
BBC LIVE RECORDING
5’08

Brahms
Hungarian Dance No. 6
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
Kurt Masur (conductor)
PHILIPS 4320462
Tr. 4
3’26
		
Anon 
Folias criollas
Hesperion XXI
Jordi Savall (viole de gambe/director)
ALIA VOX AVSA 9844
Tr. 1
3’20

Chopin 
Bolero, Op.19
Olga Kern (piano)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMU907402
Tr. 5
7’11

Eötvös 
Three Sisters (Prologue)
Alain Aubin (Olga)
Vyatcheslav Kagan-Paley (Masha)
Oleg Riabets (Irina)
Lyon Opera Orchestra
Kent Nagano (conductor)
DG 459 695-2	
CD 1 
tr. 1
5’10

Eötvös 
Love and Other Demons; Act 1 scene 6 (end of Part 1)
Nathan Gunn (Father Cayetano Delaura)
Anthony Legge (piano)
BBC TAPE
Tr. 1
4’30
			
Eötvös 
Love and Other Demons (Act 2 sc 9)
Marietta Simpson (Dominga de Adviento)
Anthony Legge (piano)
BBC TAPE
Tr. 2
2’58

Smetana 
Šarka (Má Vlast)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Libor Pešek (conductor)
VIRGIN  50999 522129
Tr. 3
9’55
			
Bartok 
Music for Strings, Percussion & Celeste
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Simon Rattle (conductor)
EMI 50999 215037-2	
CD 4 
Tr.10
4’50

Petroc Trelawny presents music and arts news.

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 29: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

BBC Proms: 2008: Prom 29: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra: Prom 29 - Part 1

Prom 29 - Part 1

2008

BBC Radio 3 - BBC Proms, 2008, Prom 29: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Prom 29 - Part 1

The Royal Philharmonic perform a concert featuring works by Chen Yi and Rachmaninov.

Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch, from the Royal Albert Hall, London. The Royal Philharmonic perform a concert featuring works by Chen Yi and Rachmaninov - with pianist Olga Kern.

Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch, from the Royal Albert Hall, London.

Leonard Slatkin conducts the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in a concert featuring diverse composers. With Chen Yi's Olympic Fire, commissioned to celebrate the 2008 opening of the Beijing Olympics and to look forward to the London Olympics four years later.

This is followed by a piece by Rachmaninov, performed by pianist Olga Kern, winner of the 2001 Van Cliburn Competition.

Olga Kern (piano)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin (conductor)

Chen Yi: Olympic Fire (BBC commission: world premiere)
Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini.

BBC Proms: 2008

Prom 29: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Leonard Slatkin conducts, offering pieces by Chen Yi, Rachmaninov and Vaughan Williams

Leonard Slatkin conducts the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, offering pieces by Chen Yi, Rachmaninov and Vaughan Williams

BBC Proms 2008

Live from the Royal Albert Hall , Leonard Slatkin conducts the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in a concert featuring three diverse composers, including Chinese composer Chen Yi's Olympic Fire, commissioned to celebrate today's opening of the Beijing 
Olympics. Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch . 
Olga Kern (piano), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Leonard Slatkin Chen Yi Olympic Fire 
(BBC commission, first performance) 
Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini 
7.45 Twenty Minutes: Fantasia on a Theme - Dives and Lazarus Roy Palmer explores 
Vaughan Williams 's love of the folk song and the way he used it in one of his finest works. 
8.05 Vaughan Williams Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus; Symphony No 6

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: Fantasia on a Theme

Twenty Minutes: Fantasia on a Theme: Episode 2: Fantasia on a Theme - Dives and Lazarus

Episode 2

Episode 2: Fantasia on a Theme - Dives and Lazarus

Fantasia on a Theme

Fantasia on a Theme - Dives and Lazarus

BBC Radio 3 - Twenty Minutes, Fantasia on a Theme, Fantasia on a Theme - Dives and Lazarus

Roy Palmer explores Vaughan Williams's intense love of the folksong Dives and Lazarus.

Roy Palmer explores Vaughan Williams's intense love of the folksong Dives and Lazarus and the way he used it in one of his finest works, which was played at his funeral.

Roy Palmer explores Vaughan Williams's intense love of the folksong Dives and Lazarus and the way he used it in one of his finest works, which was played at his funeral. He uncovers a recording made by Alan Lomax of Aunt Molly Jackson singing the song in Kentucky in 1939, another made for the BBC in 1952, featuring Emily Bishop in Herefordshire, as well as a recent version by Martin Simpson. A talented guitar player and singer, who will be performing at the Proms Folk Day, Simpson telly Roy about his approach to the song.

Roy Palmer explores the songs Vaughan Williams collected, and how they inspired him

BBC Proms: 2008: Prom 29: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra: Prom 29 - Part 2

Prom 29 - Part 2

BBC Radio 3 - BBC Proms, 2008, Prom 29: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Prom 29 - Part 2

The Prom concludes with Vaughan Williams's Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus.

From the Royal Albert Hall, this Prom featuring the Royal Philharmonic concludes with Vaughan Williams's Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus and Symphony No 6 in E minor.

From the Royal Albert Hall, London, this Prom concludes with two major pieces by Ralph Vaughan Williams: a work for strings commissioned for the New York World's Fair just before the Second World War and a symphony apparently inspired by the horrors it brought.

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin (conductor)

Vaughan Williams: Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus; Symphony No 6 in E minor.

BBC Proms: 2008: BBC Proms Inspire Young Composers' Competition

BBC Proms Inspire Young Composers' Competition

BBC Radio 3 - BBC Proms, 2008, BBC Proms Inspire Young Composers' Competition

A round-up of this year's BBC Proms Inspire Young Composers' Competition.

Composer Errollyn Wallen presents a round-up of the stages in this year's young composers' from the judges' selection through to the premiere performances by the Aurora Orchestra.

Composer Errollyn Wallen presents a round-up of this year's BBC Proms Inspire Young Composers' Competition, tracking how the winners were selected by the judges. The programme covers the workshops involving improvisation, talks and performances, leading up to the concert recorded at the Britten Theatre in the Royal College of Music where the winning pieces were premiered by the Aurora Orchestra conducted by Nicholas Collon.

BBC Four

Knowledge, arts, music and culture from the UK and the world.

BBC Four reflects arts, music and culture with an ambitious range of intellectually and culturally enriching programmes, taking an expert and in-depth approach to its subjects.

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

Composer Errollyn Wallen takes a whistle-stop tour of this year's BBC Proms Inspire Young Composers' Competition, from the judges' selection through to the premiere performances given at the Royal College of Music by the Aurora Orchestra under conductor Nicholas Collon.

BBC Proms: 2008: Prom 30: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Prom 30: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

BBC Radio 3 - BBC Proms, 2008, Prom 30: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

An America-focused Prom, with works by Torke, Adams, Bernstein and Ellington.

Presented by Geoffrey Smith, from the Royal Albert Hall, London. A Prom of 20th-century Americana featuring works by Michael Torke, as well as Adams, Bernstein and Ellington.

Presented by Geoffrey Smith, from the Royal Albert Hall, London.

A concert of 20th-century Americana featuring the BBC National Orchestra of Wales under the baton of Kristjan Jarvi. To mark the opening of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing tonight, Jarvi launches the programme with Michael Torke's Javelin, written for the 1994 games, which is followed by John Adams's evocation of Richard Nixon's visit to China in the 1970s.

Young cellist Han-Na Chang joins the orchestra for Three Mediations from Bernstein's personal and thought-provoking theatre piece Mass, while New York finally comes to town with a jazz work by Duke Ellington.

Han-Na Chang (cello)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Kristjan Jarvi (conductor)

Michael Torke: Javelin  
John Adams: The Chairman Dances
Bernstein: Three Meditations (Mass)
Ellington: Harlem.

A late-night concert of 20th-century 
Americana introduced live from the Royal Albert Hall in London by Geoffrey Smith. 
Han-Na Chang (cello), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor Kristjan Jarvi Michael TorkeJavelin 
John Adams The Chairman Dances Bernstein Three Meditations (Mass) Ellington Harlem

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: Medeski, Scofield, Martin and Wood

Medeski, Scofield, Martin and Wood

BBC Radio 3 - Jazz on 3, Medeski, Scofield, Martin and Wood

A chance to hear a set from US jazz-funk fusion group Medeski, Scofield, Martin and Wood.

Jez Nelson presents another chance to hear a set from US jazz-funk fusion supergroup Medeski, Scofield, Martin and Wood, recorded at London's Barbican in 2007.

Jez Nelson presents another chance to hear one of the programme's most requested sets from US jazz-funk fusion supergroup Medeski Scofield Martin and Wood, recorded at the Barbican in July 2007. The trio consisting of Hammond-organist John Medeski, drummer Billy Martin and bassist Chris Wood first collaborated with former Miles Davis guitarist John Scofield on the latter's 1998 album, A Go Go.

Considered to have a wide appeal, the quartet's music is rooted in funk and the blues as well as in the jazz improvisation tradition, with the versatile Scofield having in the past collaborated with musicians such as Gary Burton, Steve Swallow, Pat Metheny and Bugge Wesseltoft, as well as DJ logic.

Medeski, Scofield, Martin & Wood Recorded at the Barbican July 2007

Presenter: Jez Nelson 
Producer: Peggy Sutton

Jazz On 3 signature tune

Artist	Russell Gunn (Russell Gunn – trumpet, Gregory Tardy & Bruce Williams – reeds, Andre Heyward – trombone, Chieli Minucci – guitar, James Hurt – keyboards, Rodney Jordan – bass, Woody Williams – drums, Khalil Kwame Bell – percussion, DJ Apollo - turntables)
Track Title	Seventy Four Miles Away
Composer	Joe Zawinul
Album Title	Ethnomusicology Volume 1
Label	Atlantic

MEDESKI, SCOFIELD, MARTIN & WOOD LIVE AT THE BARBICAN JULY 2007

LINE-UP:

John Medeski – Hammond organ, Rhodes piano, Wurlitzer, clavinet, mellodica and Mellotron
John Scofield – guitar
Billy Martin – drums
Chris Wood – bass

PART 1
SET LIST:

Track Title – A Go Go 
Composer – John Scofield

Track Title – Cachaca
Composer – Chris Wood

Track Title – Little Walter Rides Again
Composer – John Scofield

Track Title – Down The Tubes
Composer – Medeski, Scofield, Martin & Wood

Track Title – Deadzy
Composer – John Scofield

Track Title – What Now
Composer – Medeski, Scofield, Martin & Wood

PART 2 
SET LIST:

Track Title – Hanuman
Composer – Medeski, Scofield, Martin & Wood

Track Title – Miles Behind 
Composer – Medeski, Scofield, Martin & Wood

Track Title – Hottentot
Composer – John Scofield 

LINKS:

www.myspace.com/medeskiscofieldmartinandwood
www.mmw.net
www.johnscofield.com

RECOMMENDED FURTHER LISTENING:

Artist – Medeski, Scofield, Martin & Wood
Album – Out, Louder 
Label – Indirecto Records (2007)

Artist – John Scofield
Album – A Go Go
Label – Verve (1997)

Another chance to hear a set from US jazz-funk fusion supergroup Medeski, Scofield, Martin and Wood, recorded at the Barbican in July 2007. 
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: 09/08/2008

09/08/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 09/08/2008

Jonathan Swain presents music by Rachmaninov, Bartok, Franck, Dvorak, Fornerod and Grieg.

Jonathan Swain presents music, including Rachmaninov, Bartok, Mielczewski, Franck, Schumann, Dvorak, Nuss, Hammerschmidt, Vivaldi, Linek, Kraus, Dvorak, Martinu, Fornerod and Grieg.

With Jonathan Swain.

Rachmaninov, Sergey (1873-1943)
The Isle of the Dead, symphonic poem, op. 29 
Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Rossen Milanov (conductor) 

Bartók, Béla (1881-1945)
Concerto for Two Pianos, Percussion and Orchestra 
Anna Stoycheva (piano), Lora Chekoratova (piano), Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Vassil Kazandjiev (conductor) 

Mielczewski, Marcin (1600-1651)
Missa Super O Gloriosa Domina
Il Canto

Forqueray, Antoine (c.1672-1745)
Suite No.4 in G minor 'La Marella' – transcr. J.B. Forqueray 
Christophe Rousset (harpsichord)

Franck, César (1822-1890) 
Psyché 
The Netherlands Radio Choir, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, Jean Fournet (conductor) 

Schumann, Robert (1810-1856)
Waldscenen (Op.82 No.7): 'Vogel als Prophet'
Ralf Gothoni (piano)

Dvorák, Antonín (1841-1904)
Cello Concerto No.2 in B minor 
Truls Mørk (cello), Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, André Previn (conductor) 

Nauss, Johann Xaver (c. 1690-1764)
Praeludium Terti Toni (from Die spielende Muse)
Jaroslav Tuma (organ)

Hammerschmidt, Andreas (1611/12-1675)
Suite in G for gambas (from Ester Fleiß) 
Hesperion XX, Jordi Savall (director) 

Wingfield, Steven (b. 1955) arr. Wingfield
3 Bulgarian Dances 
Moshe Hammer (violin), William Beauvais (guitar)

Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741)
Cello Concerto in D minor 
Charles Medlam (cello), London Baroque: Ingrid Seifert & Richard Gwilt (violins), William Hunt (violone), John Toll (organ), Nigel North (theorbo) 

Sauguet, Henri (1901-1989)
La Nuit 
CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Daniel Swift (conductor)

Schubert, Franz (1797-1828) 
Der Alpenjäger (D.588b) 
Christoph Prégardien (tenor), Andreas Staier (fortepiano) 

Linek, Jiri Ignac (1725-1791)
Coronation Fanfare
Ensemble of Prague Trumpet Players

Arnold, Malcolm (b. 1921) arr. John Wallace
Flourish for a Birthday (Op.44)
Royal Academy of Music Brass Soloists 

Kraus, Joseph Martin (1756-1792)
Symphony in C major (VB.139) 
Concerto Köln

Brönnemüller, Elias (1666-1761)
Toccatina from No.1 in D  (from 'Fasciculus Musicus')
Peter van Dijk (organ)

Anon.
Gregorian Chants – Lux vera Lucis
Schola Gregoriana Pragensis, David Eben (conductor)
Gregorius praesul, Prologus Antiphonarii 
Dialogos, Katarina Livljanic (director) 
Sequentia, Benjamin Bagby (director) 

Dvorák, Antonín (1841-1904)
Prague Waltzes (B.99)
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Bratislava, Stefan Róbl (conductor)

Shostakovich, Dmitry (1906-1975)
Second Waltz from Second Jazz suite 
Eolina Quartet

Martinu, Bohuslav (1890-1959)
Polkas and Études for Piano, Book III 
Antonín Kubálek (piano)

Anon. (12th century English)
Dance for fiddle
Margaret Tindermans (fiddle) 

Purcell, Henry (1659-1695)
4 Dances from 'Abdelazer'
Tafelmusik, Jeanne Lamon (director) 

Willan, Healey (1880-1968)
Te Deum Laudamus
Vancouver Bach Choir, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Bruce Pullan (conductor)

Fornerod, Aloys (1890-1965)
Concert for 2 violins and piano (Op.16) 
Sibylle Tschopp and Mirjam Tschopp (violins), Isabel Tschopp (piano)

Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907) transcr. Gary Carr orch. Joseph Horovitz
Concerto for double bass and orchestra 
Gary Carr (double bass), Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Patrick Thomas (conductor) 

Aufschnaiter, Benedict Anton (1665-1742)
Ouverture & Entrée from Serenade No.3 in G minor 
L'Orfeo Barockorchester, Michi Gaigg (director)

With Jonathan Swain. 
Rachmaninov The Isle of the Dead Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Rossen Milanov 
1.25 Bartok Concerto for two pianos and percussion 
1.53 Mielczewskl Missa super 0 Gloriosa Domina 
2.10 Forqueray Suite No 4 G G minor 2.28 Franck 
Psyche 3.15 Schumann Vogel als Prophet, Op 82 No 7 
(Waldscenen) 3.19 Dvorak Cello Concerto No 2 in B minor 
4.00 Nauss Praeludium Terti Toni (Die spielende Muse) 
4.13 Hammerschmidt Suite in G for gambas (Ester Fleiss) 4.24 Wingfield Three Bulgarian Dances 
4.31 Vivaldi Cello Concerto in D minor 4.41 Sauquet La Nuit 4.53 Schubert Der Alpenjager, D588b 
5.00 Linek Coronation Fanfare 5.01 Arnold Flourish for a Birthday, Op 44 5.04 Kraus Symphony in C 
5.17 Brönnemüller Toccatina from No 1 in D (Fasciculus Musicus) 5.22 Anon Gregorian Chants: Lux Vera Lucis: Gregorius Praesul: Prologus Antiphonarii 5.31 Dvorak Prague Waltzes 5.39 Shostakovich Waltz (Jazz Suite 
No 2) 5.44 Martinu Polkas and Etudes for Piano, Book 3 
5.53 Anon Dance for fiddle 5.55 Purcell Four Dances (Abdelazer) 6.00 Willan Te Deum Laudamus 
6.12 Fornerod Concert for two violins and piano, Op 16 
6.30 Grieq Double Bass Concerto 6.53 Aufschnaiter Overture and Entrée (Serenade No 3 in G minor)

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