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Breakfast

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

Breakfast: Breakfast

09/08/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Breakfast, Breakfast

With Martin Handley. Including works by Purcell, Bizet, Bach and Brahms.

With Martin Handley. Including Purcell: Suite in C. Bizet: Gypsy Song (Carmen). Bach: Canons. Brahms: Gesang, Op 17.

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.

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


J.H.SCHMELZER
Sonata “ad tabulam” in G major 
Musica Antiqua Koln
Flanders Recorder Quartet
Reinhard Goebel, violin/director
ARCHIV 453 442 track 12


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


MILHAUD
Les Songes 
Stephen Coombs, Artur Pizarro (pianos) 
HYPERION CDA 67014  tracks 7-9	


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 - 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 Martin Handley. Music includes: 
7.00-8.00: Purcell Suite in C Bizet Gypsy Song (Carmen) 
8.00-9.00: Bach Canons Brahms Four Songs, Op 17

CD Review

A thorough look at the week's classical music releases, plus news and recommendations

A thorough look at the week's classical music releases, plus news and the Radio 3 Disc of the Week recommendation

CD Review: 09/08/2008

BBC Radio 3 - CD Review, 09/08/2008

With Andrew McGregor. Including works by Godowsky, Salieri, Mozart and Rameau.

With Andrew McGregor. Including Godowsky: Symphonic Metamorphosis on Die Fledermaus. Salieri: De profundis clamavi. Mozart: Symphony No 35 in D. Rameau: Castor et Pollux Suite.

Andrew McGregor introduces some of the best recordings.

Including:

Ste COLOMBE: Concert à deux violes égales (“Le retrouvé)* from disc Tombeau pour M de Colombe et autres portraits
(c/w STE COLOMBE: Prélude (du manuscrit de Tournus); MARIN MARAIS: Tombeau pour Mr. De Ste Colombe; J.B FORQUERAY: La Laborde; La Rameau; La Leclair; DENIS GAUTIER: Tombeau de Gautier; J.B Forqueray: La Forqueray; J.P RAMEAU: La Rameau; VIEUX GAUTIER: Les Larmes de Boesset, Courrante; J.B FORQUERAY: La Couperin; J.P RAMEAU: La Forqueray; MARIN MARAIS: Tombeau pour Mr Lully; La Marianne)
Ensemble Spirale: Marianne Muller (viola da gamba/director)*, Emily Audouin (bass viola da gamba)*, Violaine Cochard (harpsichord), Claire Antonini (theorbo and lute), Charles Edouard Fantin (guitar and lute)
Zig Zag Territoires ZZT080302 (CD)

GERSHWIN: Porgy and Bess (Live recording – Titiana Palast, Berlin, 21st September 1952)
Leontyne Price (Bess), William Warfield (Porgy), Cab Calloway (Sporting Life), John McCurry (Crown), Joseph James (Jake), Helen Colbert (Clara), Howard Roberts (Robbins), Helen Thigpen (Serena), Leslie Scott (Jim), Moses Lamar (Frazier), William Weasey (Undertaker), Walter Riemann (Detective), Helen Dowdy (Strawberry woman), Ray Yates (Crab man), Eva Jessye Choir, RIAS Unterhaltungsorchester, Alexander Smallens (conductor)
Guild Historical GHCD231314 (2 CDs, Mid Price)

LEOPOLD GODOWSKY: Symphonic Metamorphosis on Die Fledermaus from disc Strauss Transcriptions and other waltzes
(c/w Symphonic Metamorphosis on Künstlerleben after Johann Strauss II; from Walzermasken; from Triakontameron; Symphonic Metamorphosis on Wein, Weib und Gesang; The Last Waltz – Oscar Strauss, idealised version by Godowsky)
Marc-André Hamelin (piano)
Hyperion CDA67626 (CD)

SALIERI: De profundis clamavit from disc Musik der Wiener Hofkapelle (Music of the Viennese Court Chapel)
(c/w JOSEPH LEOPOLD VON EYBLER: Omnes de Saba venient; JOHANN VON HERBECK: Pueri concinite; ANTONIO SALIERI: Veni Sancte spiritus; MOZART: Sub tuum praesisium KV 198; MICHAEL HAYDN: Alleluja in die resurrectionis; JOHANN JOSEPH FUX: Laudate Pueri ‘Sit nomen domini’; JOSEPH LEOPOLD VON EYBLER: Terra tremuit; SCHUBERT: Totus in corde langueo Op. 46 D136; MOZART: Regina Coeli KV 276; SCHUBERT: Auguste iam celestium D488; MOZART: Ave Verum Corpus KV 618; BENEDIKT RANDHARTINGER: Cantate Domino)
Lenneke Ruiten (soprano), Johannes Martin Kränzle (baritone), Daniel Behle (tenor), Christina Georg (mezzo-soprano), WDR Rundfunchor und orchester Köln; Helmuth Froschauer (conductor)
Phoenix Edition 112 (CD)

MOZART: Symphony No. 35 in D major K. 385 “Haffner” 
(c/w Symphony No. 29 in A major K. 201; Symphony No. 33 in B flat major, K. 319; Symphony No. 38 in D major, K. 504 “Prague”; Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551 “Jupiter”)
Orchestra Mozart, Claudio Abbado (conductor)
Archiv Produktion 477 7598 (2 CDs, Mid Price)

WAGNER: The Mastersingers of Nuremberg (from a live BBC Broadcast, 10th February 1968 at Sadler’s Wells Theatre)
Margaret Curphey (soprano), Ann Robson (mezzo-soprano), Alberto Remedios (tenor), Gregory Dempsey (tenor), Norman Bailey (bass-baritone), Noel Mangin (bass), Derek Hammond Stroud (baritone), Stafford Dean (bass), Sadlers Wells Chorus & Opera Orchestra, Reginald Goodall (conductor)
Chandos CHAN3148 (4 CDs, Mid Price)

WAGNER: Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring Cycle) (recorded live at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in September and October 1957)
Das Rheingold: Hans Hotter, Otakar Krauss, Erich Witt, Kurt Böhme; Die Walküre: Birgit Nilsson, Hans Hotter, Sylvia Fisher, Ramón Vinay; Siegfried: Wolfgang Windgassen, Hans Hotter, Peter Klein, Birgit Nilsson; Götterdämmerung: Birgit Nilsson, Wolfgang Windgassen, Kurt Böhme, Hermann Uhde 
Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Rudolf Kempe (conductor)
Mono Recording
Testament SBT131426 (13 CDs, Budget)

RAMEAU: Castor et Pollux (suite)
(c/w JEAN-FÉRY REBEL: Les Élémens)
L’Orfeo Barockorchester, Michi Gaigg (conductor)
Phoenix Edition 110 (Hybrid SACD)

Summer CD Review

With Andrew McGregor. 
Godowsky Symphonic Metamorphosis on Die Fledermaus Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) 
Salieri De Profundis Clamavi WDR Cologne Radio Choir and Orchestra, conductor Helmut Froschauer Mozart Symphony No 35 in D, K385 (Haffner) Orchestra Mozart, conductor Claudio Abbado 
Excerpts from two recent issues of recordings of Wagner: the Ring cycle from the Royal Opera 
House conducted by Rudolf Kempe in 1957 and The Mastersingers of Nuremberg conducted by Reginald Goodall at Sadler's Wells in 1968. Rameau Suite: Castor et Pollux 
L'Orfeo Baroque Orchestra, conductor Michi Gaigg www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/cdreview PHONE: [number removed] email: [address removed] Text [number removed] (standard rate) Disc details are posted on the website and on CEEFAX, BBC1, page 651

Music Feature

Programmes exploring music and music-related subjects

Music Feature: Is This a Record?

30/06/2007

Is This a Record?

BBC Radio 3 - Music Feature, Is This a Record?

Normal Lebrecht with recordings by classical artists that look ill-advised in hindsight.

Norman Lebrecht looks at a few of the more ill-advised classical recordings and discusses them with some of the leading record producers of the past 40 years.

Many classical artists over the years have made recordings that in hindsight might be seen as ill-advised, whether through a dubious attempt at 'crossover', or simply through an unsuitable choice of repertoire. Norman Lebrecht looks at these recordings and discusses them with some of the leading record producers of the past 40 years to try and discover how and why they get made. Contributors include Thomas Z Shepherd, Steven Epstein and Herbert Breslin.

Many classical artists over the years have made recordings that might be seen as exhibiting poor judgement. Norman Lebrecht recalls some of these recordings. Producer Tony Cheevers

The Early Music Show

Performance and news from the world of early music.

An exploration of early music, looking at early developments in musical performance and composition in Britain and abroad. UK only: please note that not all episodes are podcast.

The Early Music Show: Bach's Art of Fugue

25/11/2007

Bach's Art of Fugue

BBC Radio 3 - The Early Music Show, Bach's Art of Fugue

Lucie Skeaping delves into the riddles that lie behind Bach's the Art of Fugue.

Lucie Skeaping delves into the riddles that lie behind Bach's late great masterpiece the Art of Fugue - considered to be the definitive exploration of musical counterpoint.

Lucie Skeaping delves into the riddles which lie behind Bach's late great masterpiece, the Art of Fugue.  Considered to be the definitive exploration of musical counterpoint, there are still many mysteries about the work which remain unsettled to this day.

Bach: Contrapunctus I (version for 2 harpsichords) (Art of Fugue)
Ton Koopman
ERATO 4509-96387-2 - Tr 1

Bach: Contrapunctus 3 and 4 (Art of Fugue)
Joanna MacGregor
COLLINS CLASSICS 70432 (2) - Trs 3 and 4

Bach: Contrapunctus 8 (Art of Fugue)
Gustav Leonhardt
DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI GD77013 - Disc 1 Tr 8

Bach: Contrapunctus 9 (Art of Fugue)
Hesperion XX
Jordi Savall (director)
ASTREE E8522 - Tr 20

Bach: Contrapunctus 10 (Art of Fugue)
Julliard String Quartet
SONY CLASSICAL S2K45937 - Tr 10

Bach: Contrapunctus 13 a 3 inversus/ a 3 rectus (Art of Fugue)
Charles Rosen
SONY CLASSICAL SB2K63231 - Disc 2 Trs 12 and 13

Bach: Contrapunctus 14 (unfinished) (Art of Fugue)
Glenn Gould
SONY CLASSICAL SMK52595 - Tr 16

Bach: Organ Prelude Vor deinen Thron tret ich, BWV 686
Ton Koopman
Teldec 4509944592 - Disc 1, Tr 18.

Producer: Sam Phillips
BBC Manchester

Lucie Skeaping delves into the riddles behind Bach's The Art of Fugue. Producer Sam Phillips

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 3: PCM3 - Grieg, Tchaikovsky

Part 3 Part 3: PCM3 - Grieg, Tchaikovsky

2008

PCM3 - Grieg, Tchaikovsky

BBC Radio 3 - BBC Proms, 2008, Proms Chamber Concerts, PCM3 - Grieg, Tchaikovsky

Alina Ibragimova (violin) and Huw Watkins (piano) perform Debussy, Messiaen and Prokofiev.

Presented by Christopher Cook, from the Royal Albert Hall, London. Alina Ibragimova (violin) and Huw Watkins (piano) in music by Debussy, Messiaen and Prokofiev.

Presented by Christopher Cook, from the Royal Albert Hall, London.

Violinist Alina Ibragimova and pianist Huw Watkins perform two works by French composers at opposite ends of their careers: Debussy's Sonata was the last work he completed, while Messiaen's Theme and Variations is a youthful piece written as a wedding present for his first wife. The violin part of Prokofiev's neo-classical Second Sonata though virtuosic is also highly lyrical and elegant, evidence of the work's inception as a sonata for flute.

Alina Ibragimova
Huw Watkins (piano)

Debussy: Sonata for violin and piano
Messiaen: Theme and variations, for violin and piano
Prokofiev: Sonata No 2 in D for violin and piano, Op 94a.

BBC Proms: 2008

Proms Chamber Concerts

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

BBC Proms Chamber Music 2008

Another chance to hear Monday's Cadogan Hall recital. Presented by Christopher Cook. 
Alina Ibragimova (violin), Huw Watkins (piano) Debussy Violin Sonata 
Messiaen Theme and Variations 
Prokofiev Violin Sonata No 2, Op 94a

World Routes

Programme exploring music from around the world

Programme exploring music from around the world, featuring interviews with performers, live concerts, monthly CD reviews and special location reports

World Routes: World Routes in China

World Routes: World Routes in China: Episode 3: Silk and Bamboo music, the gugin and Pingtan music

Episode 3

Episode 3: Silk and Bamboo music, the gugin and Pingtan music

World Routes in China

Silk and Bamboo music, the gugin and Pingtan music

BBC Radio 3 - World Routes, World Routes in China, Silk and Bamboo music, the gugin and Pingtan music

Lucy Duran travels to Shanghai to find out what remains there of traditional Chinese music

Lucy Duran travels to Shanghai to find out what remains of traditional Chinese music in this booming metropolis. Music includes a session by one of Shanghai's best guqin players.

Lucy Duran travels to Shanghai to find out what remains of traditional Chinese music in this booming metropolis. Music recorded on location includes a session by one of Shanghai's best guqin players, who performs on an instrument dating from the 13th century, a group of pensioners who are struggling to preserve the beautiful sound of silk and bamboo, and a performance of Pingtan from the city of Suzhou.

Lucy Duran travels to China to discover its varied styles of music

World Routes: Silk and bamboo music

Lucy Duran presents an edition recorded on location in Shanghai and Suzhou, and introduces music played on a 13th-century zither-like instrument called a guqin. producer James Parkin

Jazz Line-Up

Programme exploring jazz music, focussing both on established, mainstream players and on the new generation of younger artists

Jazz Line-Up: 09/08/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Jazz Line-Up, 09/08/2008

Claire Martin talks to jazz composer and performer Django Bates.

Claire Martin talks to jazz composer and performer Django Bates about his new CD, his current residence in Copenhagen and the formation of his band Stormchaser.

Claire Martin talks to jazz composer and performer Django Bates about his new CD, his residence in Copenhagen and the formation of his band Stormchaser. Plus a digest of new jazz CDs.

1.
Title:	If Music Be The Food of Love
Artist:	Cleo Laine & Johnny Dankworth
Album:	The Collection
Trk:	8
Label:	Spectrum
No:	5447 70-2
Dur:	02.26
Comp:	Shakespeare/Dankworth
Pub. 	Colgems Music Corp

2.
Title:	Nice & Easy
Artist:	John Griffin
Album:	Introducing Johnny Griffin
Trk:	5
Label:	Blue Note
No:	0946 3 74218 2 6
Dur:	04.23
Comp:	Johnny Griffin
Pub. 	Blue Note

3.
Title:	Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams
Artist:	Sidney Bechet and his Feetwarmers
Album:	A Portrait of Sidney Bechet in Paris
Trk:	2
Label:	Upbeat Jazz
No:	URCD 195
Dur:	03.02
Comp:	Barrris/Koehler/Moll
Pub. 	Shapiro Bernstein & Co Ltd
4.
Title:	The Albert Jenkins Story
Artist:	Abram Wilson
Album:	Ride! Ferris Wheel to the Modern Day Delta
Trk:	2
Label:	Dune
No:	CD016
Dur:	02.31
Comp:	Abram Wilson
Pub. 	Dune Music Publishing

5.
Title:	Raju
Artist:	John McLaughlin
Album:	Floating Point
Trk:	2
Label:	Abstract
No:	ABLX 011
Dur:	08.18
Comp:	John McLaughlin
Pub. 	Buma/Stemra

6.
Title:	A Real Embrace
Artist:	Mike Walker
Album:	Madhouse and the Whole Thing There
Trk:	1
Label:	www.mike-walker.co.uk
No:	HDCD 01
Dur:	04.30
Comp:	Mike Walker
Pub. 	n/a

7.
Title:	Hillbillies on a Quiet Afternoon
Artist:	S.M.V. (Stanley Clarke/Marcus Miller/Victor Wooten)
Album:	Thunder
Trk:	3
Label:	FDM/ Dreayfus Jazz
No:	46050 369212
Dur:	03.30
Comp:	Victor Wooten/Stanley Clarke
Pub. 	Bug Music

8.
Title:	The Moon Song
Artist:	Charlie Haden/Pat Metheney
Album:	Beyond the Missouri Sky
Trk:	9
Label:	Verve
No:	537 130 2
Dur:	06.50
Comp:	Johnny Mandel
Pub. 	Copyright Secur

9.
Title:	Some Of My Best Friends Are the Blues
Artist:	Shirley Horn
Album:	Travelin’ Light
Trk:	6
Label:	IMPULSE!
No:	GRD 138
Dur:	02.21
Comp:	Byron/Harris
Pub. 	Pelew Music Inc/Darwood Music/Ellipsis Music Corp/Anna
	Theresa Music Ltd

10.
Title:	Chega De Saudad
Artist:	Milton Nascimento & Jobim Trio
Album:	Milton Nascimento & Jobim Trio
Trk:	9
Label:	EMI 
No:	50999 214817 2 7
Dur:	03.29
Comp:	Antonio Carlos Jobim/Vinicius De Moraes
Pub. 	Arapua (Fermata)

11.
Title:	Spring
Artist:	Django Bates/Stormchaser
Album:	Spring is Here (Shall We Dance?)
Trk:	1
Label:	Lost Marble
No:	LM 003
Dur:	05.36
Comp:	Django Bates
Pub. 	Django Bates

12.
 Title:	Early Bloomer
Artist:	Django Bates/Stormchaser
Album:	Spring is Here (Shall We Dance?)
Trk:	5
Label:	Lost Marble
No:	LM 003
Dur:	02.10
Comp:	Django Bates
Pub. 	Django Bates

13.
Title:	Convolution (for Dudley Moore)
Artist:	Iain Ballamy
Album:	Anorak More Jazz
Trk:	4
Label:	Basho Records
No:	SRCD 22-2
Dur:	07.25
Comp:	Iain Ballamy
Pub. 	PRS/MCPS

14.
Title:	Swift
Artist:	Freddie Redd
Album:	Shades of Redd
Trk:	5
Label:	Blue Note
No:	50999 5 14375 2 7
Dur:	02.03
Comp:	Freddie Redd
Pub. 	Blue Note

15.
Title:	Bye Bye
Artist:	Christine Tobin
Album:	Secret Life of a Girl
Trk:	1
Label:	Babel
No:	BDV 2875
Dur:	04.10
Comp:	Eva Salzman/Christine Tobin
Pub. 	MCPS/PRS

Claire Martin chats to keyboard maestro and composer Django Bates. Producer Keith Loxam

Jazz Record Requests

Alyn Shipton presents jazz records of all styles as requested by you.

Join our community of jazz lovers. Alyn Shipton is waiting for your requests: email jazzrecordrequests@bbc.co.uk or use #jazzrecordrequests on social.

Jazz Record Requests: 09/08/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Jazz Record Requests, 09/08/2008Close menu

Geoffrey Smith presents a selection of listeners' jazz requests.

Presented by Geoffrey Smith
Producer: Benedict Warren
Saturday 9 August 2008 5.30pm–6.30pm

Music Details

JRR Signature Tune:
Oh, but on the Third Day (Happy Feet Blues) (Marsalis)
Performed by Wynton Marsalis (tpt), Marcus Roberts (pno), Todd Williams (tsx), Dr Michael White (clt), Danny Barker (bjo), Teddy Riley (tpt), Freddie Lonzo (tbn), Reginald Veal (bs), Herlin Riley (dms)
Recorded 28 October 1988
Taken from the album The Majesty of the Blues
1989 CD (CBS 465129 2)

Red Beans and Rice (Humphrey Lyttelton) (2’09’’)
Performed by Humphrey Lyttelton (tp) John Picard (tb) Bruce Turner (cl) Johnny Parker (p) Jim Bray (b) Eddie Taylor (d)
Recorded London, Jan 14 1957
Taken from the album The Best of Humphrey Lyttelton
2003 CD (EMI 7243 5 83283 2 5; Track 9)

Sweet Savannah Sue (Fats Waller) (3’30’’)
Performed by Pat Halcox (cnt) Chris Barber (tb) Monty Sunshine (cl) Micky Ashman (b) Ron Bowden (d)  Lonnie Donegan (bj)
Recorded London, Sep 29 1955
Taken from the album Echoes of Harlem
1986 LP (Dormouse DM 8; Side 2/d)

Bag of Blues (Bob Cooper) (3’58’’)
Performed by Bud Shank (as) Claude Williamson (p) Don Prell (b) Chuck Flores (d)
Recorded LA, Jan 25 1956
Taken from the album Jazz West Coast
LP (Bud Shank. Vogue LAE12061(1); Side 1 / Track 1)

Twins (Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis / Johnny Griffin) (6’29’’)
Performed by Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Johnny Griffin (ts) Junior Mance (p) Larry Gales (b) Ben Riley (d)
Recorded NY, Nov 4 &10 1960
Taken from the album Tough Tenors
LP (Jazzland, JLP 31; Side 1 Track 3)

Body and Soul (Johnny Green / Frank Eyton / Edward Heyman / Robert Sour) (2’57’’)
Performed by Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra:
Billie Holiday (vcl) Roy Eldridge (tp) Jimmy Powell, Carl Frye (as) Kermit Scott (ts) Sonny White (p) Lawrence “Larry” Lucie (g) Johnny Williams (b) Harold “Doc” West (d)
Recorded NY, Feb 29 1940
Taken from the album Lady Day – The Best of Billie Holiday
2001 CD (Columbia/Legacy COL 504722 2; Disc 2 / Track 9)

Body and Soul (Johnny Green / Frank Eyton / Edward Heyman / Robert Sour) (2’59’’)
Performed by Tommy Lindsay, Joe Guy (tp) Earl Hardy (tb) Jackie Fields, Eustis Moore (as) Coleman Hawkins (ts) Gene Rodgers (p) William Oscar Smith (b) Arthur Herbert (d)
Recorded 1939
Taken from the album Coleman Hawkins
2000 CD (Verve 549 085-2; Track 6)

C Jam Blues (Duke Ellington) (4’11’’)
Performed by Dave Brubeck (p) Joe Benjamin (b) Joe Morello (d)
Recorded Newport Jazz Festival, Jul 3 1958
Taken from the album Newport ‘58
1958 LP (CBS -450317 1; Side 2 / Track 4)

If You Want to Write Me (Trad.) (3’55’’)
Performed by Don Cherry (pocket-tp) Michael Mantler (tp) Sharon Freeman (fhr) Gary Valente (tb) Steve Slagle (as,sop,fl,cl) Jim Pepper (ts,sop,fl) Dewey Redman (ts) Jack Jeffers (tu) Carla Bley (p,glockenspiel) Mick Goodrick (g) Charlie Haden (b) Paul Motian (d,perc)
Recorded Ludwigsburg, Nov 1982
Taken from the album The Ballad of the Fallen
CD (ECM 811562(1); Track 3)

Greasy Sack Blues (Don Rader) (5’30’’)
Woody Herman and his Orchestra: Woody Herman (cl), Bill Chase, Don Rader, Dusko Goykovich, Gerry Lamy, Bobby Shew (tp) Frank Tesinsky, Don Doane, Henry Southall (tb) Sal Nistico, Gary Klein, Andy McGhee (ts) Tom Anastas (bar) Nat Pierce (p) Tony Leonardi (b) Ronnie Zito (d)
Recorded 28-30 June 1965, 'Basin Street West', San Francisco
Taken from the album Woody's Winners
1966 LP (CBS-21110, Side 1 / Track 5) 

Honeysuckle Rose (Fats Waller / Andy Razaf) (16’39’’)
Performed by Buck Clayton, Harry James (tp) Vernon Brown (tb) Benny Goodman (cl) Johnny Hodges (as) Lester Young (ts) Harry Carney (bar) Count Basie (p) Freddie Green (g) Walter Page (b) Gene Krupa (d) 
Recorded NY Jan 16 1938
Taken from the album Live at Carnegie Hall
© 1999 CD (Columbia C2K65143(2); Tracks 14-15)   


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Geoffrey Smith presents listeners'jazz requests. www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/jazzrecordrequests; ADDRESS: Jazz 
Record Requests, BBC Radio 3, Broadcasting House, London WlA 1AA Fax: [number removed] email: [address removed]

New Generation Artists

New Generation Artists - a BBC scheme to nurture exceptional young talent

The BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists Scheme helps to support talented musicians to reach the next stages of their careers and brings some of the world’s most promising new talent to listeners across the UK through BBC Radio 3 broadcasts.

New Generation Artists: Gwilym Simcock

Gwilym Simcock

BBC Radio 3 - New Generation Artists, Gwilym SimcockClose menu

Featuring the scheme's first jazz pianist and composer, Gwilym Simcock.

Featuring the scheme's first jazz pianist and composer, Gwilym Simcock, who talks to presenter Verity Sharp and introduces pieces from a special solo session and his debut album.

A performance by the scheme's first jazz artist, pianist Gwilym Simcock , who talks to presenter 
Verity Sharp and introduces pieces from a specially recorded solo session. Producer Lindsay Kemp

BBC Proms: 2008: Prom 31: BBC Concert Orchestra

BBC Proms: 2008: Prom 31: BBC Concert Orchestra: Prom 31 - Part 1

Prom 31 - Part 1

BBC Radio 3 - BBC Proms, 2008, Prom 31: BBC Concert Orchestra, Prom 31 - Part 1

Featuring works by Gershwin, Stravinsky, Bernstein, Gwilym Simcock, Jason Yarde.

Sarah Walker presents a jazz-infused programme by the BBC Concert Orchestra with works by Gershwin, Stravinsky and Bernstein, and new compositions by Gwilym Simcock and Jason Yarde.

From the Royal Albert Hall, London, Sarah Walker presents a jazz-infused programme with works by Gershwin, Stravinsky and Bernstein, plus new compositions by Radio 3 New Generation Artist Gwilym Simcock and Jason Yarde.

Michael Collins (clarinet)
Gwilym Simcock (piano)
Phil Donkin (bass)
Martin France (drums)
Jason Yarde (saxophone)
BBC Concert Orchestra
Charles Hazlewood (conductor)

Gershwin: Strike Up the Band
Gershwin, arr. Jason Yarde: My man's gone now (Porgy and Bess) (BBC commission; world premiere)
Jason Yarde: Rhythm and Other Fascinations (BBC commission; world premiere)
Stravinsky: Ebony Concerto
Bernstein: Prelude, Fugue and Riffs.

Prom 31: BBC Concert Orchestra

The BBC Concert Orchestra under Charles Hazlewood performs jazz-inspired works

The BBC Concert Orchestra under Charles Hazlewood performs jazz-inspired works, by Gershwin, Stravinsky and Bernstein, with new pieces by Gwilym Simcock and Jason Yarde

BBC Proms 2008

Jazz infuses tonight's programme, with Gershwin's gift for melody opening and closing the evening and jazz-inspired works by Stravinsky and Bernstein in between. Presented live from the Royal Albert Hall by Sarah Walker. 
Michael Collins (clarinet), Gwilym Simcock (piano). Phil Donkin (bass), Martin France (drums), Jason Yarde (saxophone), BBC Concert Orchestra. conductor Charles Hazlewood Gershwin Strike Up the Band 
Gershwin, arr Jason Yarde My Man's Gone Now (Porgy and Bess) (BBC commission, first performance) Jason Yarde Rhythm and Other Fascinations (BBC commission, first performance) Stravinsky Ebony Concerto 
Bernstein Prelude, Fugue and Riffs 
7.45 Twenty Minutes: The Bargain 
Lorelei King reads Truman Capote's short story. 
8.05 Gwilym Simcock Progressions forpianoand orchestra (BBC commission, first performance) Gershwin An American in Paris

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: The Bargain

17/07/2007

The Bargain

BBC Radio 3 - Twenty Minutes, The Bargain

By Truman Capote. An old friend is due for lunch at the apartment of New Yorker Mrs Chase.

By Truman Capote. The Bargain takes us into the apartment of affluent New Yorker Mrs Chase, where an old acquaintance is due to arrive for lunch. Read by Lorelei King.

By Truman Capote.

A gem from an American classic, The Bargain takes us into the apartment of affluent New Yorker Mrs Chase. An old acquaintance is due to arrive for lunch and Mrs Chase is entertaining the possibility of purchasing a mink coat from her, for her forthcoming trip to Paris. But when her guest arrives, some remarkable revelations call up hitherto unstirred emotions.

Read by Lorelei King.

BBC Proms: 2008: Prom 31: BBC Concert Orchestra: Prom 31 - Part 2

Prom 31 - Part 2

BBC Radio 3 - BBC Proms, 2008, Prom 31: BBC Concert Orchestra, Prom 31 - Part 2

Featuring a work by Gershwin and a new composition by Gwilym Simcock.

Sarah Walker presents the second half of a jazz-infused programme with the BBC Concert Orchestra in Gershwin and a new composition by Radio 3 New Generation Artist Gwilym Simcock.

From the Royal Albert Hall, London, Sarah Walker presents the second half of a jazz-infused programme with a work by Gershwin and a new composition by Radio 3 New Generation Artist Gwilym Simcock. 

Michael Collins (clarinet)
Gwilym Simcock (piano)
Phil Donkin (bass)
Martin France (drums)
Jason Yarde (saxophone)
BBC Concert Orchestra
Charles Hazlewood (conductor)

Gwilym Simcock: Progressions for piano and orchestra (BBC commission; world premiere)
Gershwin: An American in Paris.

The Wire

Showcase for works that push the boundaries of drama and narrative

Showcase for works that push the boundaries of drama and narrative, created by first-time radio writers and also writers distinguished in other forms

The Wire: Lullaby of Shadows

01/03/2008

Lullaby of Shadows

BBC Radio 3 - The Wire, Lullaby of Shadows

A thriller about a mother who believes her husband is plotting to kill their baby.

By Andrea Earl. A psychological thriller about a mother who believes her husband is plotting to kill their newborn baby. With Lyndsey Marshal and Joe Caffrey.

By Andrea Earl.

A psychological thriller about a mother who believes her husband is plotting to kill their newborn baby.

Jenny ...... Lyndsey Marshal
Matt ...... Joe Caffrey
Sylvia ...... Olwen May
Doctor ...... Stephen Tomlin

Sound design by Kal Ross and Steve Brooke.
Directed by Pauline Harris.

Lullaby of Shadows 
Andrea Earl 's thriller about a mother who believes her husband is plotting to kill their newborn baby.  
Director Pauline Harris

Pre-Hear

Companion programme to Hear and Now, offering more of the best new music

Companion programme to Hear and Now, the contemporary music showcase, offering more of the best new music

Pre-Hear: 09/08/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Pre-Hear, 09/08/2008

The BBC Scottish SO in Per Norgard's Concerto in due tempi for orchestra.

Martyn Brabbins conducts Rolf Hind (piano) and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in Per Norgard's Concerto in due tempi for orchestra.

Martyn Brabbins conducts Rolf Hind (piano) and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in Per Norgard's Concerto in due tempi for orchestra. Recorded at the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival in 2002.

Another chance to hear a performance from the Huddersf ield Contemporary Music Festival 2002. Rolf Hind (piano), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor Martyn Brabbins Per Norgard Concerto in Due Tempi

Hear and Now

Radio 3's primary contemporary music programme, featuring live performances and sessions

Radio 3's primary contemporary music programme, featuring live performances and studio sessions from the best new groups, and premiering works commissioned by the BBC

Hear and Now: 09/08/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Hear and Now, 09/08/2008

Highlights of concerts from the 2007 BMIC Cutting Edge Series, with music by Larry Goves.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with highlights of two concerts from the BMIC Cutting Edge Series in 2007. Works by Larry Goves, Jonathan Green, Michael Clarke, Sam Hayden, Yannis Kyriakides.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch introduces highlights of two concerts from the BMIC Cutting Edge Series in 2007.

Larry Goves: My Name is Peter Stillman. That is not my real name
Jonathan Green: Into Movements
Michael Clarke: Emmeshed II
Sarah Nicholls (piano)

Sam Hayden: Schismatics
Yannis Kyriakides: Hyperamplified
Anne La Berge (flute)
Mieko Kanno (violin)
Claire Edwardes (percussion)

Plus an interview with Paul Miller aka DJ Spooky that Subliminal Kid. Tom Service talks to Miller about his new book Sound Unbound: Sampling Digital Music and Culture.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch introduces highlights from last year's BMIC Cutting Edge Series, and Tom Service interviews Paul D Miller about his new book Sound Unbound: Sampling Digital Music and Culture. 
Larry Goves My Name Is Peter Stillman - That Is Not My Real Name 
Jonathan Green Into Movements 
Michael Clarke Emmeshed II Sarah Nicholls (piano) Sam Hayden Schismatics 
Yannis Kyriakides Hyperamplified 
Anna La Berge (flute), Mieko Kanno (violin), Claire Edwards (percussion)

The Early Music Show: Charles Burney - Journeyman, Historian and Composer

11/11/2007

Charles Burney - Journeyman, Historian and Composer

BBC Radio 3 - The Early Music Show, Charles Burney - Journeyman, Historian and Composer

Lucie Skeaping talks to musicologist Ian Gammie about the life of Charles Burney.

Lucie Skeaping talks to musicologist Ian Gammie about the life of Charles Burney, an 18th-century music-writer and teacher who knew the great musical figures of his day.

Lucie Skeaping talks to musicologist Ian Gammie about the life and travels of the inimitable Charles Burney. Burney, the 18th-century music-writer, teacher, organist and composer was well known for having opinions on just about everything, and, during his extensive travels through Europe, met some of the great musical luminaries of his day, including Padre Martini, Scarlatti and even the young Mozart.

The life of Charles Burney. Producer Les Pratt  
1.00 AM Through the Night Presented by Susan Sharpe. 
Nielsen Pan and Syrinx, Op 49 Elgar Cello Concerto in E minor Brahms Symphony No 4 in E minor Truls Mark 
(cello), Danish National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Thomas Dausgaard 2.24 Poulenc Gloria 2.53 Schumann Piano Sonata in F minor, Op 14 3.20 Beethoven String Trio in E flat. Op 3 4.00 Duphly Courante - La Boucon; La Tribolet 4.09 Rosenmiiller Sinfonia Ouinta 4.20 Gluck Overture: Alceste 4.30 Gounod Air des Bijoux (Faust) 
4.40 Loeillet Sonata in G 4.50 Demantius Intraden und Tanze (Conviviorum Deliciae) 5.00 Monluszko Mountain Dances (Halka) 5.05 Glinka Mazurka in A minor 
5.06 Terentjev Improvisations on Chopin's Prelude in A 
5.10 Vladiqerov Improvisation and Toccata for orchestra, Op 36 5.23 Paul Manz Hymn Improvisation on We Who Once Were Dead 5.25 Tournemire Choral Improvisation sur le Victimae Paschali 5.34 Verrijt Flammae Divinae, Op 5 No 1:0 Mediatrix Domina; No 2: In Te Domine Speravi: No 4: Currite, Pastores; No 5: Vulnera Cor Meum 5.50 Handel Sonata in G minor for two violins andcontinuo, HWV390a 
6.01 Vivaldi Cello Concerto in E minor, RV409 
6.14 Clerambault Cantata: Leandre et Hero 6.33 Strauss Stimmungsbilder, Op 9 6.55 Kuula The Bride Arrives

Through the Night

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

Through the Night: 10/08/2008

10/08/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 10/08/2008

Susan Sharpe introduces music, including Nielsen, Elgar, Brahms, Poulenc, Schumann.

Susan Sharpe introduces music, including Nielsen, Elgar, Brahms, Poulenc, Schumann, Beethoven, Duphly, Rosenmuller, Gluck, Gounod, Moniuszko, Glinka, Vladigerov, Verrijt and Handel.

With Susan Sharpe.

Nielsen, Carl (1865-1931)
Pan and Syrinx (Op.49) (symphonic poem) 

Elgar, Edward (1857-1934)
Cello Concerto in E minor (Op.85) 
Truls Mørk (cello)

Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)
Symphony No.4 in E minor (Op.98)  
Danish National Symphony Orchestra/DR, Thomas Dausgaard (conductor) 

Poulenc, Francis (1899-1963)
Gloria for soprano, chorus and orchestra in G major 
Annick Massis (soprano), Choeur de Radio France, Orchestre National de France, George Prêtre (conductor) 

Schumann, Robert (1810-1856)
Sonata No.3 in F minor (Op.14) 
Aldo Ciccolini (piano) 

Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)
String Trio in E flat major (Op.3)  
Leopold String Trio 

Duphly, Jacques (1715-1789)
Courante – La Boucon

Duphly, Jacques (1715-1789)
La Tribolet 
Colin Tilney (harpsichord)

Rosenmuller, Johann (c.1619-1684)
Sinfonia Quinta
Tafelmusik Baroque Soloists

Gluck, Christoph Willibald (1714-1787)
Overture – from 'Alceste'
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava), Ludovít Rajter (conductor)

Gounod, Charles (1818-1893)
Marguerite's aria 'Air des bijoux' – from 'Faust', Act 3 [NB 1958 mono recording]
Elly Ameling (soprano, Netherlands), Orchestre de la Suisse Romand, Edmond Appia (conductor) 

Loeillet, Jean Baptiste "Loeillet de Gant" (1688-1720)
Sonata in G major 
Vladimír Jasko (trumpet), Imrich Szabó (organ)

Demantius, Christoph (1567-1643)
Intraden und Tänze – from Conviviorum Deliciae
Hortus Musicus, Andrew Mustonen 

Moniuszko, Stanislaw (1819-1872)
Mountain Dances – from  'Halka' 
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Szymon Kawalla (conductor) 

Glinka, Mikhail Ivanovich (1804-1857)
Mazurka in A minor
Ilkka Paananen (piano)

Terentjev, Sergei (b. 1946)
Improvisations on Chopin's Prelude in A  
Sergei Terentjev (piano) 

Vladigerov, Pancho (1899-1978)  
Improvisation & Toccata for orchestra (Op.36) 
Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Vladigerov (conductor) 

Manz, Paul (b. 1919) Hymn Improvisation on 'We who once were dead' 

Tournemire, Charles (1870-1939)
Choral Improvisation sur le 'Victimae paschali' 
Tong-Soon Kwak  (organ)

Verrijt, Jan Baptist (c.1600-1650)
Flammae Divinae (Op.5) (1649) – No.1: O Mediatrix Domina
No.2: In Te Domine speravi; No.4: Currite, pastores; No.5: Vulnera cor meum

The Consort of Musicke: Emma Kirkby & Evelyn Tubb (sopranos), Lucy Ballard (alto), Joseph Cornwell & Andrew King (tenors), Simon Grant (bass), Steven Devine (organ), Anthony Rooley (lute)

Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759)
Sonata in G minor (HWV.390a) for 2 Violins and Continuo 
Musica Alta Ripa: Anne Röhrig & Ursula Bundies (violins), Guido Larisch (cello), Bernward Lohr (harpsichord) 

Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741)
Concerto for cello and orchestra in E minor, RV.409 
Maris Villeruss (cello), Latvian Philharmony Chamber Orchestra, Tovijs Lifsics (conductor)

Clerambault, Louis-Nicolas (1676-1749)
Leandre et Hero – cantata 
Isabelle Poulenard (soprano), Ricercar Consort, Henri Ledroit (conductor) 

Strauss, Richard (1864-1949)
Stimmungsbilder [Mood Pictures] (Op.9) – No.1 Auf stillem Waldespfad; No.2 An einsamer Quelle; No.3 Intermezzo; No.4 Träumerei; No.5 Heidebild
Ludmil Angelov (piano) 

Kuula, Toivo (1883-1918)
The Bride Arrives
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jorma Panula (conductor)

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