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Breakfast

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

Breakfast: 13/08/2008

13/08/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Breakfast, 13/08/2008

With Sara Mohr-Pietsch. Music by Mozart, Ades, Bach, Mendelssohn and Massenet.

With Sara Mohr-Pietsch. Including Mozart: Tantum Ergo, K142. Ades: The Fayrfax Carol. Bach: Concerto No 3, BWV 1054. Mendelssohn: String Symphony No 10. Massenet: Scenes de Feerie.

With Sara Mohr-Pietsch.

BRITTEN
The Courtly Dances from Gloriana, Symphonic Suite Op. 53a
Royal Liverpoool Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Takuo Yuasa
EMI 724356545625  Tr 3 – 8


SCHUMANN
2 Romances for Oboe and Piano Op. 94
Douglas Boyd, oboe
Maria Joao Pires, piano
DG 439889-2  Tr 2 & 3


MOZART
Tantum Ergo K142
Charlotte Margiono, soprano
Arnold Schoenberg Choir
Concentus Musicus Vienna
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor
TELDEC 4509989282  Tr 21


ARENSKY
Suite No. 1 for Two Pianos, Op. 15
Lyubov Bruk & Mark Taimanov (piano)
PHILIPS 456736-2  CD1 Tr 10 – 12


ADES
The Fayrfax Carol
Polyphony
Stephen Layton, director
EMI 724355761026  Tr 3


DVORAK
Polonaise B.100
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Antal Dorati
DECCA 4143702  Tr 7


BYRD
Fantasia No 1 a 6
The Rose Consort of Viols
DEUX-ELLES DXL1129  Tr15


BACH
Concerto no.3 in D major BWV 1054
Glenn Gould, piano
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Vladimir Golschmann, conductor
SONY SMK87761  Tr 4 – 6


ROSSINI: Duetto buffo di due gatti
Rockwell Blake, tenor
Gerard Lesne, alto
Antonio Pappano, piano
EMI 724355561428  Tr 22


SOKOLOV/ GLAZUNOV/LIADOV
Polka from Les Vendredis
The Dante Quartet
ASV CDQS6229  Tr 10


ROSSINI
La Partenza, canzonetta
Rockwell Blake, tenor
Antonio Pappano, piano
EMI 724355561428  Tr 8


FREE THOUGHT
Liam Fogarty - How city living informs us both historically and culturally


Richard Rodney BENNETT
Lets go and live in the country
Catherine Bott, soprano
David Owen Norris, piano
HYPERION CDA67457  Tr 18


GINASTERA
4 Dances from ‘Estancia’
Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela
Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel 
DG 4777457  Tr 6 – 9


VIVALDI
Spirat anguis
Mária Zádori (sopraono)
Capella Savaria
Director: Pál Németh
QUINTANA QUI903063  TR 11


SCARLATTI
Sonata K263
Andreas Staier, harpsichord
HARMONIA MUNDI 05472772742  Tr 3


MENDELSSOHN
String Symphony no.10
Concerto Köln
DAS ALTE WERK 2564698573  Tr 9


MANCHICOURT
Osculetur me
The Brabant Ensemble
Stephen Rice, director
HYPERION CDA67604  Tr 9


VIVALDI
Nulla in Mondo pax sincera
Mária Zádori (sopraono), 
Capella Savaria
Director: Pál Németh
QUINTANA QUI903063  Tr 9 


MASSENET
Scenes de Feerie (Suite no 6 for orchestra)
Orchestra of the National Opera, Monte Carlo
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
ERATO 2292458582  Tr 4 – 7


BEETHOVEN
Sextet for 3 violins, 2 horns & cello in E flat Op. 81b
The Gaudier Ensemble
HYPERION CDA66513  Tr 7 – 9


Stefano LANDI
Dirindin
L’arpeggiata
Christina Pluhar, director
ALPHA ALPHA202  Tr 12

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 Sara Mohr-Pietsch . Music includes: 
7.00-8.30: Mozart Tantum Ergo , K142 Charlotte Margiono (soprano), 
Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Vienna Concentus Musicus, conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt Thomas Ades The Fayrfax Carol 
Polyphony, director Stephen Layton 
Bach Keyboard Concerto No 3 in D, BWV1054 Glenn Gould (piano), Columbia Symphony 
Orchestra, conductor Vladimir Golschmann 
8.30-10.00: Mendelssohn String Symphony No 10 in B minor Concerto Koln Manchicourt OsculeturMe 
Brabant Ensemble, director Stephen Rice 
Massenet Scenes de Feerie (Suite No 6 for orchestra) Orchestra of the National Opera, Monte Carlo , conductor John Eliot Gardiner

Classical Collection

Programme presenting a sequence of great music in classic recordings

Classical Collection: 13/08/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Classical Collection, 13/08/2008

Sarah Walker introduces music by Milhaud, Machaut, Tailleferre, Satie and Liszt.

With Sarah Walker. Including Milhaud: Little Symphony No 1. Machaut: Messe de Notre Dame. Tailleferre: Concertino for harp. Satie: Messe des pauvres. Liszt: Dante Symphony.

With Sarah Walker.

Including:

Milhaud: Little Symphony No 1, Op 43 (Le printemps)
Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg
Darius Milhaud (conductor)
VOX   CDX 5109   (2-CD set)

Machaut: Messe de Notre Dame
Hilliard Ensemble
Paul Hillier
HYPERION  CDA 66358

Tailleferre: Concertino for harp and orchestra
Gillian Benet (harp)
The Women's Philharmonic
JoAnn Falletta
KOCH  371692

Satie: Messe des pauvres
Gaston Litaize (organ)
Choeurs Rene Duclos
Jean Laforge (conductor)
EMI  5851892     (2-CD set)

Liszt: Dante Symphony, S109
Berlin Philharmonic
Daniel Barenboim (conductor)
TELDEC  9031-77340-2.

With Sarah Walker. 
Darius Milhaud Little Symphony No 1 (Le 
Printemps) Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg, conducted by the composer 
10.05 Machaut Messe de Notre Dame 
Hilliard Ensemble, conductor Paul Hillier 
10.30 TailleferreHarp Concertino Gillian Benet , 
Women's Philharmonic, conductor JoAnn Falletta 10/47 SatieMesse des Pauvres Choeurs René Duclos, Gaston Litaize (organ), conductor Jean Laforge 
11.05 Liszt Dante Symphony 
Berlin PO, conductor Daniel Barenboim

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: Gioachino Rossini

Composer of the Week: Gioachino Rossini: Episode 3

Episode 3

Gioachino Rossini

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Gioachino Rossini, Episode 3

Rossini's obscure gems, including one based on Walter Scott's poem The Lady of the Lake.

Donald Macleod continues his exploration of Rossini's lesser-known operatic gems, with the composer's romantic melodrama La donna del lago.

Donald Macleod continues his exploration of Rossini’s lesser-known operatic gems with a romantic melodrama based on Walter Scott’s poem The Lady of the Lake – La donna del lago. The opera drove its opening-night audience wild – unfortunately, not in the good sense …

Act I, Nos 1 & 2 
No.1 Sinfonia e Introduzione
'Del did massager' (Cora) 
'Oh maturing abort!' (Elena) 
'Qual son!' (Elena, Uberto) 
'Uberto! Ah! Dove t'ascondi?' (Coro) 

Recitativo
'Sei gia nel tetto mio' (Elena, Uberto) 

No.2 Coro e Duetto
'D'Inibaca donzella' (Coro, Uberto, Elena) 
'Sei gia sposa?' (Uberto, Elena) 
'Quali accenti!' (Uberto, Elena) 
'Ma son sorpreso' (Uberto, Elena, Coro) 
Katia Ricciarelli (Elena), Dalmacio Gonzales (Uberto) / Prague Philharmonic Chorus / Chamber Orchestra of Europe / Maurizio Pollini (cond) 
Sony S2K39311
CD1 T1-9

Act I, No. 8 Finale (extract) 
'Sul colle a Morve opposto' (Serano, Coro, Douglas, Rodrigo, Elena, Malcolm) 
'Gia un raggio forier' (Coro, Albina, Rodrigo, Elena, Malcolm, Serano, Douglas) 
'Su . amici! guerrieri!' (Malcolm, Rodrigo, Douglas, Serano, Albina, Elena, Coro) 
Oslavio di Credico (Serano), Samuel Ramey (Douglas), Dano Raffanti (Rodrigo), Katia Ricciarelli (Elena), Lucia Valentini Terrani (Malcolm), Cecilia Valdenassi (Albina) / Prague Philharmonic Chorus / Chamber Orchestra of Europe / Maurizio Pollini (cond) 
Sony S2K39311
CD1 T7-9

Act II, No. 14
No.14 Rondo finale
'Tanti affetti in tal momento' (Elena, tuti gli altri) 
'Fra il padre, a fra l'amante' (Elena, tutti gli altri) 
Katia Ricciarelli (Elena), 'tuti gli altri': Antonio d'Uva (Bertram), Dalmacio Gonzales (Uberto/Giacomo V), Lucia Valentini Terrani (Malcolm),Samuel Ramey (Douglas), Dano Raffanti (Rodrigo), Cecilia Valdenassi (Albina), Oslavio di Credico (Serano) / Prague Philharmonic Chorus /Chamber Orchestra of Europe / Maurizio Pollini (cond)
Sony S2K39311
CD2 T 29-9

Donald Macleod introduces the life and music of the Italian composer who wrote 39 operas

Donald Macleod introduces the life and music of the Italian composer who wrote 39 operas, as well as sacred and chamber music. His best known works include Il barbiere di Siviglia and Guillaume Tell

Composer of the Week: Rossini

3/5. Donald Macleod continues his exploration of Rossini's operatic works with a melodrama based on Walter Scott 's poem The Lady of the Lake - La Donna del Lago. The opera drove its opening-night audience wild - unfortunately, not in the good sense. La Donna del Lago (excerpts)  
Prague Philharmonic Chorus, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, conductor Maurizio Pollini

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: Wyastone Leys Summer Festival 2008

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Wyastone Leys Summer Festival 2008: Episode 2

Episode 2

Wyastone Leys Summer Festival 2008

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert, Wyastone Leys Summer Festival 2008, Episode 2Close menu

Highlights from the Wyastone Leys Festival with works by Beethoven, Schubert, Shostakovich

Highlights from the 2008 Wyastone Leys Festival. Beethoven: Octet, Op 103. London Winds. Schubert: Quartettsatz, D703. Shostakovich: String Quartet No 10. Kopelman Quartet.

Ian Skelly presents highlights from the 2008 Wyastone Leys Festival.

Beethoven: Octet, Op 103
London Winds

Schubert: Quartettsatz in C minor, D703
Kopelman Quartet

Shostakovich: String Quartet No 10 in A flat, Op 118
Kopelman Quartet.

Series of chamber music concerts recorded at the 2008 Wyastone Leys Summer Festival

Afternoon on 3 With Ian Skelly.

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 
Highlights from the Wyastone Leys Festival. 
Beethoven Octet in E flat, Op 103 London Winds Schubert Quartettsatz in C minor, D703 
Shostakovich String Quartet No 10, Op 118 Kopelman Quartet 
2.00 BBC Proms 2008 
Another chance to hear Friday's Prom concert. 
Olga Kern (piano), RPO, conductor Leonard Slatkin Chen Y\ Olympic Fire 
(BBC commission, first performance) 
Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme ofPaganini Vaughan Williams Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus; Symphony No 6  
3.45 Chamber Music 
Pianist Alfredo Perl performs Bach's Preludes and Fugues interspersed with Schoenberg pieces. Plus highlights from Hesperion XXI under Jordi Savall at the 2006 Wyastone Festival.

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: 13/08/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, 13/08/2008

BBC Proms 2008: Works by Chen Yi, Rachmaninov and Vaughan Williams. Plus chamber music.

Presented by Ian Skelly. BBC Proms 2008: The Royal Philharmonic in works by Chen Yi, Rachmaninov and Vaughan Williams. Chamber Music: Bach: Preludes and Fugues. Schoenberg: Pieces.

Presented by Ian Skelly.

BBC Proms 2008

Leonard Slatkin conducts the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in a Prom featuring three diverse composers. Chen Yi's Olympic Fire was commissioned to celebrate the opening of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and to look forward to the London Olympics in 2012.

Winner of the 2001 Van Cliburn Competition Olga Kern plays one of the best-loved works by fellow-Russian Sergei Rachmaninov.

The Prom finishes 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 searing symphony apparently inspired by the horrors that conflict brought. Introduced by Sara Mohr-Pietsch.

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

Chen Yi: Olympic Fire (BBC commission; world premiere)
Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Vaughan Williams: Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 6 in E minor

Chamber Music

Bach: Preludes and Fugues
Schoenberg: Pieces
Alfredo Pearl (piano)
 
Plus highlights from Hesperion XXI and Jordi Savall at the 2006 Wyastone Leys Festival.

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: 13/08/2008

BBC Radio 3 - In Tune, 13/08/2008

Presented by Petroc Trelawyny. With organist Jennifer Bate and soprano Karita Mattila.

Presented by Petroc Trelawny. With organist Jennifer Bate ahead of her Messiaen Prom, soprano Karita Mattila on her concert with the Finnish Radio SO, plus songs from Grimeborn.

Petroc Trelawny presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world, and is joined by organist Jennifer Bate ahead of her 2008 Prom featuring works by her former teacher, Olivier Messiaen. Soprano Karita Mattila discusses performing in a concert with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Sakari Oramo at the Edinburgh International Festival 2008.

And as Errollyn Wallen's Songbook is being staged as a narrative for the first time as part of the 2008 Grimeborn opera season, the composer and four emerging opera singers perform songs from the work live in the studio.

Chabrier 
Fête Polonaise
Toulouse Capitole Orchestra
Michel Plasson (conductor)
EMI CDC 749652-2
Tr. 8
7’33

Morales 
Regina caeli
The Brabant Ensemble
Stephen Rice (director)
HYPERION CDA67694
Tr. 7
4’03

Messiaen 
Apparition de l’église éternelle (extract)
Jennifer Bate (organ)
UNIKORN DKPCD 9028
Tr. 8 
2’12	

Messiaen 
La Nativité du Seigneur (Les Anges)
Jennifer Bate (organ)
JADE 74321 29890-2	
Tr. 7
3’33
			
Messiaen 
La Nativité du Seigneur (Jésus accepte la souffrance)
Jennifer Bate (organ)
JADE 74321 29890-2	
Tr. 8
4’43
			
Handel 
Fitzwilliam Sonata in B flat major, HWV.377
Trio Passaggio
ANTES BMCD319154
Tr. 23-25
5’29

Barber 
Essay no.1
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin (conductor)
CFP 50999 228275-2	
Tr. 5
9’10
			
Shostakovich 
Overture on Russian and Kirghiz Folk Themes
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Järvi (conductor)
DG 427 616-2	
Tr. 6
9’50
			
Rachmaninov 
Ne poi, krasavitsa & Sumerki
Karita Mattila (soprano)
Martin Katz (piano)
ONDINE ODE 1100-5
Tr. 11-12
6’34

Janacek 
Jenufa (Jenufa’s Prayer)
Karita Mattila (Jenufa)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House 
Bernard Haitink (conductor)
ERATO 0927 45330-2
CD 2 
tr. 3
4’00
								
Clementi 
Piano Sonata in D major, Op.10’2
Howard Shelley (piano)
HYPERION CDA67717
CD 1 
tr. 13-14
7’21
			
Schumann 
Manfred Overture 	
Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra
Hans Vonk (conductor)
EMI 50999 215310-2	
CD 3 
tr. 1
11’28
			
LIVE
Wallen 
Jesus on a Train
Gillian Ramm (soprano)
Errollyn Wallen (piano)
2’57

LIVE		
Wallen 
Off the Map
Callum Thorpe (bass-baritone)
Errollyn Wallen (piano)
2’43

LIVE
Wallen 
London’s Burning
David Webb (tenor)
Errollyn Wallen (piano)
2’26

LIVE
Wallen 
Of Crumpling Rocks
Sarah-Jane Lewis (mezzo-soprano)
Errollyn Wallen (piano)
3’23

Adams 
Tromba Lontana
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Simon Rattle (conductor)
EMI 50999 215014-2	
CD 1 
tr. 5
4’00 

Sondheim 
Company (Getting married today)
Millicent Martin (soprano)
Julia McKenzie (soprano)
David Kernan (tenor)
BMG GD81851
CD1 
tr. 4
4’00

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 37: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

BBC Proms: 2008: Prom 37: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra: Prom 37 - Part 1

Prom 37 - Part 1

2008

BBC Radio 3 - BBC Proms, 2008, Prom 37: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Prom 37 - Part 1

Gothenburg SO under Gustavo Dudamel. Ravel: La valse. Anders Hillborg: Clarinet Concerto.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London. Martin Frost (clarinet), Gothenburg SO conducted by Gustavo Dudamel. Ravel: La valse. Anders Hillborg: Clarinet Concerto (Peacock Tales).

From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Fiona Talkington.

Charismatic young conductor Gustavo Dudamel returns to the Proms in 2008 to direct former Radio 3 New Generation Artist Martin Frost and the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra in a new clarinet concerto by Anders Hillborg.

Martin Frost (clarinet)
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Gustavo Dudamel (conductor)

Ravel: La valse
Anders Hillborg: Clarinet Concerto (Peacock Tales) (UK premiere).

BBC Proms: 2008

Prom 37: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel conducts works by Ravel and Berlioz

Young Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel conducts the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra in works by Ravel and Berlioz

BBC Proms 2008

Gustavo Dudamel returns to the Proms with the Swedish orchestra of which he is principal conductor. For a concert of French and Swedish music he's chosen Hector Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique and a new concerto played by former Radio 3 New Generation Artist Martin Frost. Presented live from the Royal Albert Hall in London by Fiona Talkington.

Martin Frost (clarinet), Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, conductor Gustavo DudamelÃ

Ravel La Valse

Anders Hillborg Clarinet Concerto (Peacock Tales) (first UK performance)

8.20 Twenty Minutes: Slaves of the Raven Banners
Andrew Brown explores sex, sacrifice and shopping with a Viking longboat.

8.40 Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique

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: 13/08/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Twenty Minutes, 13/08/2008

Andrew Brown explores the slave-raiding culture of the Viking-era British isles.

Andrew Brown explores the slave-raiding culture of the Viking-era British isles and finds that our own ancestors were not so innocent either.

Andrew Brown explores the slave-raiding culture of the Viking-era British isles and finds that our own ancestors were not so innocent either. With contributions from historians Alex Woolf, Clare Downham and David Wyatt.

BBC Proms: 2008: Prom 37: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra: Prom 37 - Part 2

Prom 37 - Part 2

BBC Radio 3 - BBC Proms, 2008, Prom 37: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Prom 37 - Part 2

Gustavo Dudamel conducts the Gothenburg SO in Hector Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique.

From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Fiona Talkington presents Gustavo Dudamel conducting the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra in Hector Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique.

From the Royal Albert Hall, London.

Fiona Talkington presents the second half of a Prom which features Gustavo Dudamel conducting Hector Berlioz's ecstatic and hallucinatory Symphonie fantastique.

Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Gustavo Dudamel (conductor)

Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique.

BBC Proms: 2008: BBC Proms Composer Portrait

BBC Proms: 2008: BBC Proms Composer Portrait: Part 2: Anders Hillborg

Part 2 Part 2: Anders Hillborg

Anders Hillborg

BBC Radio 3 - BBC Proms, 2008, BBC Proms Composer Portrait, Anders Hillborg

A profile of Swedish composer Anders Hillborg.

A profile of Swedish composer Anders Hillborg, whose Clarinet Concerto (Peacock Tales) was premiered at this evening's Proms concert.

BBC Proms Composer Portrait

Discussions with contemporary composers about their work at the Proms 20078 season

Swedish composer Anders Hillborg talks about his life and introduces performances of his chamber works. Adam Walker (flute), Alissa Firsova (piano), 
Renate Sokolovska (flute), Suzanne Thorn (oboe), Ellen Deverall (clarinet), Karen Geoghegan (bassoon), Nicholas Ireson (horn) 
Anders Hillborg Narbilder for flute solo; Close Up; Six Pieces for Wind Quintet (first UK performance); Corrente della Primavera

Artist Focus

Programme focussing on the work of a specific artist

Programme focussing on the work of a specific artist.

This programme is no longer broadcast.  The details have been left here for information.

Artist Focus: Proms Artist Focus (Paul Hillier)

Artist Focus: Proms Artist Focus (Paul Hillier): Episode 2

Proms Artist Focus (Paul Hillier)

BBC Radio 3 - Artist Focus, Proms Artist Focus (Paul Hillier), Episode 2

Featuring Paul Hillier, conductor, singer and founder of the Hilliard Ensemble.

Featuring Paul Hillier, conductor, singer and founder of the Hilliard Ensemble. He also established the vocal group the Theatre of Voices, who appear in the programme.

Recordings by Paul Hillier, conductor, singer and founder of the Hilliard Ensemble

Recordings by Paul Hillier, conductor, singer and founder of the Hilliard Ensemble, who feature in the Proms 2008 season.

Proms Artist Focus

Paul Hillier , conductor and founder of the Hilliard Ensemble, performs with the Theatre of Voices.

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: Life But Not As We Know It

The Essay: Life But Not As We Know It: Episode 3

Life But Not As We Know It

BBC Radio 3 - The Essay, Life But Not As We Know It, Episode 3Close menu

Philosopher Nick Bostrom explains why discovering aliens would be a disaster for humanity.

Philosopher Nick Bostrom explains why he believes that the discovery of aliens would be a disaster for the future of humanity.

Philosopher Nick Bostrom explains why he believes that the discovery of aliens would be a disaster for the future of humanity and lead to the end of civilisation as we know it.

A biologist, a writer and a philosopher each explore the notion of alien intelligence

A biologist, a writer and a philosopher each explore their fascination with the notion of extraterrestrial intelligence and what such a discovery could mean for the future of humanity

Life, but Not as We Know It 
2/2. Philosopher Nick Bostrom explains why he believes the discovery of aliens would be a disaster for the future of humanity and lead to the end of civilisation in its present form.

Late Junction

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

Late Junction: 13/08/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Late Junction, 13/08/2008

Verity Sharp's mix includes Eliza Carthy, Cemil Kocgun, Arvo Part and Martha Wainwright.

Verity Sharp's music mix includes the latest offering from Eliza Carthy, the Kurdish sounds of Cemil Kocgun and Arvo Part's Pari Intervallo played on flutes, bottles and glasses.

The latest offering from Eliza Carthy features in tonight’s Late Junction alongside the Kurdish sounds of Cemil Koçgün and Arvo Pärt’s Pari Intervallo played on flutes, bottles and glasses; plus Verity Sharp also introduces last month’s performance by Martha Wainwright at WOMAD. 

Improv: Raga Bhairavi 
Santosh Nahar (violin); Shabbir Hussain (tabla)
Taken from the album The Golden Bow 
Sense World Music Sense 030
T 6				
5.48 

Carthy: Lavenders
Eliza Carthy
Taken from the album Dreams of Breathing Underwater 
Topic TSCD571 
T 7				
4.19 

Eriksson, Arr. NHO: Emma Dansar
Nyckelharp Orkestern
Taken from the album N.H.O
Drone DRO CD32
T 12				
3.36 

Trad: Bonaparte’s Retreat – The Rogue’s March
Kerfuffle 
Taken from the album To The Ground
Rootbeat Records RBRCD06
T 11 & 12			
3.54 

Trad: Lovely on the Water 
Coope Boyes and Simpson
Taken from the album Triple Echo
No Masters NMCD22
T 6				
3.54 

Hughes: Slow Motion Blackbird
Chris Hughes
Taken from the album Shift
Helium Records HeCD002
T 5				
5.46 

Pärt: Pari Intervallo 
Manuel Zurria (flutes, bottles and glasses)
Taken from the album Repeat!
Die Schachtel Zeit CD01
CD 1, T 2			
4.23

J. Spaceman: Michael’s Opening
J. Spaceman
Taken from the album Mister Lonely
Drag City 360CD
T 1				
1.24

Fauré: Nocturne No.2 in B Op.33 No.2
Charles Owen (piano)
Taken from the album Fauré: The Complete Nocturnes
Avie AV2133
T 2				
5.32 

Correa/Frías: Vieja Viola
Lágrima Ríos (voice); Aníbal Arias (guitar)
Taken from the album Café de los Maestros
Wrasse WRASS 226
CD 1, T 2			
3.16 

Giorginakis: Panighiri (Greek Memories)
Arada Guitar Duo 
Taken from the album Mediterranean
Landor Records LAN 284
T 1				
2.31

Trad, Arr. Koçgün: Ne Keremdir
Cemil Koçgün (tanbur & voice)
Taken from the album Heya: Songs From Qizilbas I
Kalan CD426
T 10				
6.30 

Feldman: Trio for Flutes (1972) 
Manuel Zurria (bass flutes)
Taken from the album Repeat!
Die Schachtel Zeit CD01
CD 2, T 4			
4.26


David Sylvian: New Moon at Red Deer Wallow
David Sylvian
Taken from the album Camphor
Virgin CDVE962 7243 812197 2 0 
T 5                                  
5.13

Wainwright: I wish I were
Martha Wainwright
BBC Recording, Womad, Wiltshire July '08
4.00

Wainwright: Bleeding all over you
Martha Wainwright
BBC Recording, Womad, Wiltshire July '08
3.37

Wainwright: This life is boring
Martha Wainwright, ft. Shlomo (human beat box)
BBC Recording, Womad, Wiltshire July '08
5.13

Wainwright: Tower
Martha Wainwright
BBC Recording, Womad, Wiltshire July '08
3.17

Wainwright: You cheated me
Martha Wainwright
BBC Recording, Womad, Wiltshire July '08
3.35

Wainwright: Comin’ tonight
Martha Wainwright
BBC Recording, Womad, Wiltshire July '08
2.50

Wainwright: unnamed
Martha Wainwright, Shlomo (human beat box)
BBC Recording, Womad, Wiltshire July '08
3.41

Wainwright: In the middle of the night/See Emily Play
Martha Wainwright
BBC Recording, Womad, Wiltshire July '08
2.00

Yao/Jun: Pisces Iscariots
Dajuin Yao & Yan Jun
Taken from the Album Live at 2pi Festival 2004
Subjam Kwanyin 015
5.42

Verity Sharp presents the latest offering by Eliza Carthy alongside the Kurdish sounds of Cemil Kocgun and Arvo Part's Pari Intervallo played on flutes, bottles and glasses.

Through the Night

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

Through the Night: 14/08/2008

14/08/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 14/08/2008

Susan Sharpe introduces music, including Bach, Boulogne, Rimsky-Korsakov, Byrd, Schubert.

Susan Sharpe introduces music, including Bach, Boulogne, Rimsky-Korsakov, Byrd, Wanski, Schubert, Dvorak, Liszt, Geminiani, Forster, Mozart, Frescobaldi and Heinichen.

With Susan Sharpe.

Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Goldberg Variations (BWV.988) 
Glenn Gould (piano) 

Boulogne, Joseph - Chevalier de Saint-Georges (c.1748-1799)
Symphony in G major (Op.11, No.1) 
Tafelmusik Orchestra, Jeanne Lamon (conductor) 

Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai (1844-1908)
Le Coq d'Or [The Golden Cockerel] 
Nikolay Stoilov (bass) -- King Dodon, Lyubomir Bodourov (tenor) -- Prince Guidon, Emil Ougrinov (baritone) -- Prince Afron, Konstantin Videv (bass) -- Commander Polkan, Evgenia Babacheva (contralto) -- Housekeeper Amelfa, Lubomir Diakovski (tenor) -- Astrologer, Elena Stoyanova (soprano) -- Queen of Shemakha, Yavora Stoilova (soprano) -- Golden Cockerel, Sofia National Opera Choir & Orchestra, Lyubomir Karolev & Hristo Kazandjiev (chorus masters), Dimiter Manolov (conductor) 

Byrd, William (c.1543-1623)
Pavana lachrimae [after John Dowland]  (MB.28.54)
Aapo Häkkinen (harpsichord)

Wanski, Jan (1762-1821)
Symphony in D major on themes from the opera "Pasterz nad Wisla" (The Shepherd on the Vistula) 
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Andrzej Mysinski (conductor) 

Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)
Schäfers Klagelied (D.121) (Op.3 No.1) 
Christoph Prégardien (tenor), Andreas Staier (fortepiano) 

Pisendel, Johann Georg (1687-1755)
Sonata in C minor for violin & basso continuo (attributed to J.S. Bach as BWV.1024) 
Barbara Jane Gilbey (violin), Sue-Ellen Paulsen (cello), Geoffrey Lancaster (harpsichord)

Debussy, Claude (1862-1918) orch. Brewaeys, Luc (b.1959) La terrasse des audiences du clair du lune – from Preludes Book II 
Royal Flemish Philharmonic, Daniele Callegari (conductor) 

Lully, Jean-Baptiste (1632-1687)
Dernière Sarabande 
Concerto Copenhagen, Andrew Lawrence-King (director & harpsichord)      

Dvorak, Antonin (1841-1904)
Op.72 Slavonic Dances, No.s 10 & 11
BBC Concert orchestra, Barry Wordsworth
Danish National Symphony Orchestra/DR, Thomas Dausgaard

Liszt, Franz (1811-1886)
Ungarischer Marsch zur Krönungsfeier in Ofen-Pest (S.523)
Zoltán Kocsis & György Oravecz (piano duet)

Geminiani, Francesco (1687-1762)
Sonata in D major, (Op.1 No.1)
Pierre Pitzl and Mary Jean Bolli (violas da gamba), Luciano Contini (archlute), Augusta Campagne (harpsichord)

Förster, Kaspar (1616-1673)
Repleta est malis (KBPJ.35)
Kai Wessel (counter-tenor), Krzysztof Szmyt (tenor), Grzegorz Zychowicz (bass), Il Tempo Baroque Ensemble

Pastoral Suite (Op.13b)
Kathleen Rudolph (flute), CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Mario Bernardi (conductor)

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Sinfonia Concertante for oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon in E flat major (K.297b)
Bart Schneemann (oboe), Harmen de Boer (clarinet), Jacob Slagter (horn), Ronald Karten (bassoon), Nieuw Sinfonietta Amsterdam, Lev Markiz (conductor)

Frescobaldi, Girolamo (1583-1643)
Toccata sopra i pedali dell'Organo e senza
Angela Tomanic (organ of Bazilika obiskanja Device Marije, (Church of the Virgin Mary), Petrovcah constructed by Gaétano Callido of Padua 1727, expanded 1813]

Heinichen, Johann David (1683-1729)
Se mai, Tirsi, mio bene – from the cantata 'Clori e Tirsi'
Nancy Argenta (soprano), Nigel Short (countertenor), Cappella Coloniensis, Hans-Martin Linde (conductor)

Presented by Susan Sharpe. 
Bach Goldberg Variations, BWV988 Glen Gould (piano) 
1.44 Boulogne Symphony in G, Op 11, No 12.00 Rimsky-Korsakov Le Coq d'Or (complete opera) 4.01 Byrd Pavana Lachrimae, MB.2854 4.09 Wanski Symphony in D on The Shepherd on the Vistula 4.22 Schubert Schafers Klagelied, D1214.26 Schubert Erster Verlust, D226 4.32 Pisendel Violin Sonata in C minor 4.47 Debussy La Terrasse des Audiences du Clair du Lune (Preludes, Book 2) 
4.52 Forqueray La D'Aubone 4.57 Lully Dernière 
Sarabande 5.00 Dvorak Slavonic Dances Nos 10 and 11 
5.09 Liszt UngarischerMarschzurKronungsfeierin in Ofen-Pest, S523 5.25 Geminiani Sonata in D, Op 1 No  
5.35 Forster Repleta Est Malis 5.46 de Frumerie Pastoral Suite, Op 13b 6.00 Mozart Sinfonia Concertante in E flat, K297b 6.34 Frescobaldi Toccata sopra ipedali dell'Organo e senza 6.40 Heinichen Se Mai, Tirsi, Mio Bene (Clori e Tirsi)

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