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Breakfast

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

Breakfast: Martin Handley

23/08/2008

Martin Handley

BBC Radio 3 - Breakfast, Martin Handley

Martin Handley introduces music by Grieg, Weber, Copland and Marais.

With Martin Handley. Including Grieg: Once Upon a Time (Lyric Pieces, Op 71). Weber: Overture (Euryanthe). Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man.

With Martin Handley.

Featuring a rousing Overture by Weber and a slice of Americana courtesy of Aaron Copland.


RAMEAU
Les Indes Galantes Suite: Les Sauvages (Air and chaconne) Orchestra of the 18th Century
Frans Bruggen, conductor PHILIPS 475 7780  Tr 21-22


GRIEG
Once upon a time Lyric Pieces Op.71 No.1 Emil Gilels (piano) DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 419 749-2  Tr 17


VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Lord, thou hast been our refuge Thomas Allen (baritone)
Corydon Singers and Orchestra Matthew Best (conductor)
HYPERION CDA 66655  Tr 12


J.S.BACH
Toccata and Fugue in F major, BWV 540 Simon Preston (organ) DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 435 381  Tr 12+13


G.GABRIELI
Canzon septimi toni (a 8)
from Sacrae Symphoniae (1597)
London Cornet and Sackbut Ensemble
Andrew Parrott (Conductor)
ARCHIV 437 073  Tr 4


Constant LAMBERT
Elegiac Blues
Richard Rodney Bennett (piano) EMI CDM 5 65596 2  Tr 10


WEBER
Euryanthe - overture
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 419 070-2  Tr 2


COPLAND
Fanfare for the Common Man
San Francisco Symphony, 
Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor) RCA 09026 63888 2  Tr 4


SCHUBERT 
Die junge Nonne, D.828, 
Der Jungling an der Quelle, D. 300
Edith Wiens (soprano) Rudolph Jansen (piano) CBC MVCD 1053  Tr 7+5


RESPIGHI
Adagio con variazioni Andre Navarra (cello) Czech Philharmonic
Karel Ancerl (conductor) SUPRAPHON SU 3687-2 011  Tr 5


RACHMANINOV
Etude Tableau, Op. 39 No.4
Boris Berezovsky (piano)
TELDEC 4509-96516-2  Tr 3


FREE THOUGHT – Dr David Fleming


WEBER
Shepherd’s Lament from Trio, Op. 63 Clive Conway (flute)
Christina Shillito (cello) Christine Croshaw (piano) MERIDIAN CDE 84260 Tr 3


Marin MARAIS 
La Sonnerie de Sainte-Genevieve du Mont de Paris 
Fabio Biondi (violin)
Jordi Savall (viol) 
Pierre Hantaï (harpsichord)
Rolf Lislevand (theorbo) VALOIS V4640  Tr 16


GLIERE
Concert Waltz, Op. 90 BBC Philharmonic
Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) CHANDOS CHAN 9518  Tr 2


MOZART
Fantasia in D minor, K.397 Alfred Brendel (piano) PHILIPS 475 7185  CD 2 Tr 4

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.

Presented by Martin Handley , including a Free Thought at 8.30. Music includes: 
7.00-8.00: Grieq Once upon a Time, Op 71 No 1 (Lyric Pieces) Weber Overture: Euryanthe 
8.00-9.00: Copland Fanfare for the Common Man Marais La Sonnerie de Sainte-Genevieve du Mont Paris

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: 23/08/2008

BBC Radio 3 - CD Review, 23/08/2008

With Mozart: Concerto in G, K216, plus highlights from three new DVDs of great pianists.

With Andrew McGregor. Including Mozart: Concerto in G, K216. Highlights from three new archive DVDs of great pianists: With Chopin: Etudes (selection). Sviatoslav Richter (piano).

CHOPIN: Étude Op. 10/4
Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
Medici Arts 3085208 (DVD)
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MOZART: Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K. 219
(c/w Violin Concertos Nos. 1-4; Sinfonia Concertante K. 364)
Giuliano Carmignola (violin), Danusha Waœkiewicz (viola – in K. 364), Orchestra Mozart, Claudio Abbado (conductor)
Archiv Produktion 477 7371 (2CDs)

BEAMISH: Words for My Daughter from disc Emily Beynon, flute and friends
(HILARY TANN: From the Song of Amergin; AMY BEACH: Theme and Variations; THEA MUSGRAVE: Impromptu; LOUISE FARRENC: Trio Op. 45)
Emily Beynon (flute), Henk Rubingh (violin), Marijn Mijnders (violin), Roland Krämer (viola), Daniël Esser (cello), Sepp Grotenhuis (piano), Alexei Ogrintschouk (oboe), Petra van der Heide (harp)
Channel Classics CCSSA 26408 (Hybrid SACD)

STRAVINSKY: Three Movements from Petrushka; PROKOFIEF: Piano Sonata No. 3 in A minor, Op. 28 from DVD Alexis Weissenberg
(c/w SCRIABIN: Nocturne for the left hand Op. 9/2; RACHMANINOV: Prelude Op. 23/6; CHOPIN: Piano Sonata No. 3 Op. 58, third movement; Nocturne Op. Posth. in C minor; Étude Op. 25 No. 7; BACH: Chromatic Fantasy BWV 903; Partita No. 6 in E minor BWV 830 – corrente; Jesus, joy of man’s desiring; BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major Op. 83)
Alexis Weissenberg (piano)
Medici Arts 3078048 (DVD)

CHOPIN: Études Op. 10 Nos. 10-12; Étude Op. 10 No. 12 (earlier recording) from DVD Sviatoslav Richter
(c/w MOZART: Piano Sonata No. 4 K. 282; Piano Sonata No. 16 K. 545; Piano Sonata No. 8 K. 310; CHOPIN: Études Op. 10 Nos. 1-6; Études Op. 25 Nos. 5, 6, 8 and 11; Étude Op. 10 No. 4; RACHMANINOV: Étude-Tableau Op. 39/3)
Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
Medici Arts 3085208 (DVD)

SHOSTAKOVICH: Preludes Nos. 1-3 Op. 87 from DVD Tatiana Nikolayeva – Shostakovich
(c/w Preludes Nos. 4 – 24)
Tatiana Nikolayeva (piano)
Medici Arts 3085248 (DVD)

HINDEMITH: Kammermusik No. 3 Op. 36/2 from disc Hindemith: Kammermusiken 1-7
(c/w Kammermusiken Nos. 1-2, 4-7)
Concerto Amsterdam
Warner 2564 69581-0 (2CDs, Budget)

LULLY: Roland (Chaconne) from disc Les Grandes Eaux Musicales de Versailles [compilation from previously released recordings]
(c/w RAMEAU: Naïs – overture; Zaïs – overture; Acante et Céphise, ou La Sympathie – Overture; LULLY: Persée; DESMAREST: Vénus et Adonis; GLUCK: Bauci e Filemone – Tempesta con Fulmini; PORPORA: Polifemo – “Alto giove”)
Marie-Hélène Essade – alto; Evgeny Alexiev – Bass; Anders J. Dahlin – counter-tenor; Delphine Gillot – alto; Choeur de l’Opéra de Lausanne, Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset (conductor)
Ambroisie AM167 (CD)

HENZE: Sinfonia No. 8 (first movement) from disc Modern Times Hans Werner Henze
(c/w Adagio, Fuge und Mänadentanz; Nachtstücke und Arien)
Claudia Barainsky (soprano), Gürzenich-Orchester Köln, Markus Stenz (conductor)
Phoenix Edition 113 (CD)

COPLAND: Piano Concerto
(c/w The Tender Land (suite); Old American Songs, Volumes 1 and 2)
Benjamin Pasternack (piano), St. Charles Singers, Elgin Symphony Orchestra, Robert Hanson (conductor)
Naxos 8.55927 (CD, Budget)

BRAHMS: Horn Trio Op. 40 from disc Brahms Horn Trio
(c/w Violin sonata No. 1 Op. 78; 7 Fantasien Op. 116)
Isabelle Faust (violin), Teunis van der Zwart (natural horn), Alexander Melnikov (piano)
Harmonia Mundi HMC901981 (CD)

Summer CD Review

With Andrew McGregor. 
Mozart Violin Concerto No 3 in G, K216 Giuliano Carmignola , Orchestra Mozart, conductor Claudio Abbado 
Highlights from three new archive DVDs of pianists. Stravinsky Three Movements from Petrushka Alexis Weissenberg (piano) 
Chopin Etudes (excerpts) Sviatoslav Richter (piano) Shostakovich Preludesand Fugues , Op 87 (excerpts) Tatiana Nikolayeva (piano) 
Hindemith Kammermusik No 3 for cello and ten instruments, Op 36 No2 Anner Bylsma (cello), Concerto Amsterdam 
Brahms Trio in E flat, Op 40 
Teunis van der Zwart (horn), Isabelle Faust (violin), Alexander Melnikov (piano) 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: 27/10/2007

27/10/2007

BBC Radio 3 - Music Feature, 27/10/2007

Bonnie Greer recalls the Fisk Singers, a groundbreaking 19th-century British black choir.

Bonnie Greer re-traces the journey of The Fisk Singers, a 19th-century black choir in Britain, and examines why their songs of freedom resonated with British audiences.

Bonnie Greer re-traces the journey of The Fisk Singers, a groundbreaking 19th-century black choir in Britain, and examines why their songs of freedom resonated with British audiences. The Jubilee Singers not only introduced the world to black music, but also challenged racial stereotypes and championed the liberties of all black Americans.

The Fisk Jubilee Singers

Bonnie Greer retraces the history of the Fisk 
Jubilee Singers, a ground-breaking 19th-century black choir, and asks why their songs of freedom still resonate with modern audiences. The group introduced the world to black music, challenged racial stereotypes and championed the liberties Of all black musicians. Producer Emily Jeal

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: Edinburgh International Festival 2008

The Early Music Show: Edinburgh International Festival 2008: Edinburgh International Festival 2008 - Chant Wars

Edinburgh International Festival 2008 - Chant Wars

Edinburgh International Festival 2008

BBC Radio 3 - The Early Music Show, Edinburgh International Festival 2008, Edinburgh International Festival 2008 - Chant Wars

Catherine Bott with highlights of a concert of Gregorian chant performed at Edinburgh 2008

Catherine Bott presents highlights of a concert of Gregorian chant performed by Sequentia and Dialogos at the Edinburgh International Festival 2008.

Catherine Bott presents highlights of a concert of Gregorian Chant, performed by 2 of the most innovative medieval music ensembles, Sequentia and Dialogos.  The concert was recorded at Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh as part of the Edinburgh International Festival 2008, and it explores the various styles of chant found across Medieval Europe.

Producer: Rebecca Bean
BBC Manchester


Playlist:

Concert performed by Sequentia, directed by Benjamin Bagby and Dialogos, directed by Katarina Livljanic.

Gregorius praesul (trope: Prologus antiphonarii)
Text : Lucca, Bibl. capitolare, manuscript. 490, 8-9C
Melody reconstructed by K. Livljanic
based on Paris, BNF, manuscript Lat. 776, 11C

Ad dominum dum tribularer (gradual: Roman schola chant)
Based on the Gradual de Sta Cecilia, Bodmer 74, 11C
segue 
Venite populi (Gallican antiphon ad communicandum)
Paris, BNF, manuscript Lat. 776, 11C

Was líuto filu in flíze (excerpt from Otfrid von Weissenburg’s Evangelienbuch)
segue
Domine, exaudi orationem meam (tractus)
St Gall, Stiftsbibliothek, manuscript 359, Cantatorium, late 9C
Soloist, Katarina Livljanic
segue
Natus ante saecula (sequence by Notker the ‘Stammerer’ of St. Gall)
St Gall, Stiftsbibliothek 484, 10C.

Alleluia : Prosechete laos  (Alleluia in Greek)
Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, lat. 5319, 11-12C
segue
Saepe expugnaverunt (tractus) 
Graduale de Sta Cecilia, Bodmer 74, 11C

A solis ortu usque ad occidua  (lament on the death of Charlemagne (814)
Reconstruted by B. Bagby, Based on Paris, BNF, lat. 1154, 10C
Soloist, Benjamin Bagby, harp

Christus vincit (Laudes regiae)
Text: Paris, BNF, lat. 13159, ca. 796-800
Melody reconstructed by K. Livljanic based on Paris, lat. 1118, ca. 990

Catherine Bott with highlights of concerts from the Edinburgh International Festival 2008

Catherine Bott presents highlights of concerts from the Edinburgh International Festival 2008

Catherine Bott presents highlights of a concert of Gregorian chant, performed by medieval music ensembles Sequentia and Dialogos at Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh, as part of the Edinburgh 
International Festival 2008. Producer Rebecca Bean

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 5: PCM5 - Savall in Marais, Ortiz, Sanz and Hume

Part 5 Part 5: PCM5 - Savall in Marais, Ortiz, Sanz and Hume

2008

PCM5 - Savall in Marais, Ortiz, Sanz and Hume

BBC Radio 3 - BBC Proms, 2008, Proms Chamber Concerts, PCM5 - Savall in Marais, Ortiz, Sanz and Hume

Making his Proms debut, Jordi Savall (viola da gamba) performs music by Ortiz and Hume.

Presented by Christopher Cook, from Cadogan Hall, London. Jordi Savall (viola da gamba/bass viol) and Rolf Lislevand (theorbo/guitar) in music by Ortiz, Hume, Marais and Sanz.

From Cadogan Hall, London. Presented by Christopher Cook.

Virtuosic viola da gamba player Jordi Savall makes his Proms debut with his longtime collaborator Rolf Lislevand on theorbo and guitar. Famous for his performance of the music of Marais in the film Tous les matins du monde, Savall performs two of his works in this concert, alongside music by Ortiz, Sanz and the eccentric English champion of the viol Tobias Hume.

Jordi Savall (bass viol/viola da gamba)
Rolf Lislevand (theorbo/guitar)

Ortiz: Passamezzo antico; Folia; Ruggiero Romanesca; Passamezzo moderno
Hume: A Souldiers March; Harke, harke; A Souldiers Resolution
Marais: Prelude (Pieces de viole, 3eme livre); Muzettes 1/11; La sautillante
Sanz: Jacaras; Canarios
Marais: Couplets des Folies d'espagne.

BBC Proms: 2008

Proms Chamber Concerts

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

BBC Proms Chamber Music

Another chance to hear Monday's Cadogan Hall concert by Jordi Savall. 
Jordi Savall (bass viol/viola da gamba), Rolf Lislevand (theorbo/guitar) Ortiz Passamezzo Antico ; Folia; 
Ruggiero Romanesca ; Passamezzo Moderno Hume A Souldiers March; Harke, Harke; A Souldiers Resolution 
Marais Prélude; Muzettes 1 and 2; La Sautillante (Pieces de Viole: Troisième Livre) Sanz Jacaras ; Canarios 
Marais Couplets des Folies d'Espagne

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: Music from the Festival on the Niger 2008

World Routes: Music from the Festival on the Niger 2008: Episode 2

Episode 2

Music from the Festival on the Niger 2008

BBC Radio 3 - World Routes, Music from the Festival on the Niger 2008, Episode 2

Festival on the Niger 2008 highlights, with Afel Bocoum, Neba Solo and Mangala Camara.

Lucy Duran presents highlights from the Festival on the Niger 2008, with performances by desert blues artist Afel Bocoum, balafon virtuoso Neba Solo and singer Mangala Camara.

Lucy Duran presents highlights from the Festival on the Niger 2008.

The Festival is literally on the Niger, as the performers play from a barge that floats on this great African river.   It was started three years ago to promote culture and tourism in that region, to try and tempt travellers on their way to Timbuktu to stop in Segou for a while.  The artist line-up is a mix of internationally known Malian artists such as Afel Bocoum from Niafunke, and artists who are popular in Mali but less well known outside.  

Afel Bocoum was a musician in the band of the great Ali Farka Toure, and many see him as continuing Ali's tradition.  He performs a song especially for the programme, and talks about life in rural Niafunke.  Neba Solo is a virtuoso balafon player, who has formed a band which works up a storm with three balafons plus percussion,.  Mangala Camara made his name as a lead singer with artists such as Toumani Diabate, and has now started a solo career which has already had a hit:  his song 'Minye Minye', which was intended as a critique of politics, was adopted by Mali's President as his campaign song.

Lucy Duran presents highlights from the Festival on the Niger in Segou, central Mali

Lucy Duran presents highlights from the Festival on the Niger in Segou, central Mali. The international line-up of performers play on a barge that floats on the great African river

Further highlights from the Festival on the Niger, held on a stage floating on the river in Segou, central Mali, earlier this year. Lucy Duran introduces performances by desert blues artist Afel Bocoum , balafon virtuoso Neba Solo , and popular singer Mangala Camara. Producer Roger Short

Jazz Line-Up

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

Jazz Line-Up: 23/08/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Jazz Line-Up, 23/08/2008

An all-CD edition of the programme, with saxophonist Tony Kofi discussing his new album.

Claire Martin presents a special all-CD edition of the programme, with a discussion with saxophonist Tony Kofi about his new album The Silent Truth.

Claire Martin presents a special all-CD edition of the programme, with a discussion with saxophonist Tony Kofi about his new 2008 album The Silent Truth. A graduate of the famous Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, Tony has studied with musical figures such as Andy Magee, Ernie Watts and Billy Pierce and was also a member of the noted UK jazz group The Jazz Warriors.

1.
Title:		Mayday
Artist:		Azimuth
Album:	            The Touchstone
Trk:		3 (CD2)
Label:		ECM
No:		1546-48 523 010-2
Dur:		05.23
Comp:		John Taylor
Pub. 		Gema



2.
Title:		Nancy (with the Laughing Face)
Artist:		Joe Temperley
Album:	            The Sinatra Songbook
Trk:		6
Label:		Hep Jazz
No:		CD 2093
Dur:		5.11
Comp:		Silvers/Van Heusen
Pub. 		Chappell Music Ltd


3.
Title:		Jackson’s Pocket
Artist:		Wolfgang Muthspiel 4Tet
Album:	             Earth Mountain
Trk:		1
Label:		Material Records
No:		MRE 021-2
Dur:		6.39
Comp:		Wolfgang Muthspeil
Pub. 		Wolf Music


4.
Title:		Giants 
Artist:		Tony Kofi Quartet
Album:	             The Silent Truth
Trk:		1
Label:		Specific Jazz
No:		SPEC 008
Dur:		05.22
Comp:		Tony Cuffe
Pub. 		Proper Music Publishing

5.
Title:		Motivation
Artist:		Babatunde Lea
Album:	             Suite Unseen: Summoner of the Ghosts
Trk:		2
Label:		Motema 
No:		MTM 0000-2
Dur:		04.39
Comp:		S.Turre
Pub. 		Fruit Tree Publishing/BMI


6.
Title:		Bishop’s Move
Artist:		Tony Kofi Quarete
Album:	             The Silent Truth
Trk:		10
Label:		Specific Jazz
No:		SPEC 008
Dur:		05.02
Comp:		Tony Kofi
Pub. 		Proper Music Publishing

7.
Title:		Punch
Artist:		Oddjob
Album:	             Sumo
Trk:		7
Label:		The Act Compnay
No:		ACT 9472-2
Dur:		03.07
Comp:		Oddjob
Pub. 		Gema

8.
Title:		50 Journeys
Artist:		Alan Skidmore’s Ubizo
Album:	             50 Journeys
Trk:		7
Label:		Provocateur Records
No:		PVC 1040
Dur:		07.33
Comp:		Alan Skidmore
Pub. 		MCPS/PRS


9.
Title:		If You Try To Be Honest
Artist:		Keith Shadwick
Album:	             Free Time
Trk:		3
Label:		Candid
No:		CSCD 74999
Dur:		08.37
Comp:		Keith Shadwick
Pub. 		n/a

10.
Title:		Sure As You’re Born
Artist:		Bruce Adams & Tony Marshall
Album:	             Sure As You’re Born
Trk:		5
Label:		Mainstream
No:		MSTCD 0046
Dur:		06.44
Comp:		Mandel
Pub. 		MCPS

11.
Title:		Get It On Sam
Artist:		Clare Teal
Album:	             Get Happy Promo CD
Trk:		2
Label:		Universal  
No:		W14 Music
Dur:		02.57
Comp:		Clare Teal
Pub. 		n/a

12.
Title:		Anthology
Artist:		Allan Ganley Quartet
Album:	             Live at the Station
Trk:		3
Label:		Jagz Records 
No:		JAGZ CD04
Dur:		07.00
Comp:		Gillespie/Parker
Pub. 		Bosworth & Co.Ltd

Claire Martin presents an all-CD edition, incorporating a UK gig guide, plus comment from saxophonist Tony Kofi on the release of his new disc The Silent Truth. 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: 23/08/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Jazz Record Requests, 23/08/2008Close menu

Geoffrey Smith presents a selection of listeners' jazz requests.

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)

Down by the Riverside (Trad.) (1’45’’)
Performed by Pat Halcox (tp) Chris Barber (tb) Ian Wheeler (cl) Eddie Smith (bj) Dick Smith (b) Graham Burbidge (d) Ottilie Patterson (vcl)
Recorded London, Nov 16 1961
Taken from the album It's Trad Jazz
2003 CD (EMI 5933682(1); Disc 2 / Track 12)

Boodlin’ (Jimmy Yancey) (2’58’’)
Performed by Jimmy Yancey (p)
Recorded Chicago, Dec 1943
Taken from the album Jazz Immortals No. 2
LP (Vogue LDE166(1); Side 2 / Track 1)

Bach Goes to Town (Alec Templeton) (2’35’’)
Performed by Ziggy Elman, Chris Griffin, Harry James (tp) Red Ballard, Murray McEachern (tb) Benny Goodman (cl) George Koenig, Dave Matthews (as) Jerry Jerome, Art Rollini (ts) Jess Stacy (p) Allan Reuss (g) Harry Goodman (b) Dave Tough (d)
Recorded ASCAP concert “Carnegie Hall”, NY October 6 1939
Taken from the album Benny Goodman Treasure Chest
LP (MGM C 807; Side 2 / Track 3)

Countless Blues (Kansas City Six) (2’56’’)
Performed by Kansas City Six with Lester Young:
Buck Clayton (tp) Lester Young (cl) Eddie Durham (el-g) Freddie Green (g) Walter Page (b) Jo Jones (d)
Recorded NY, Sep 27 1938
Taken from the album Small Group Swing
© 2004 CD (Past Perfect PPCD 78102; Track 11)

Wait Till You See Her (Richard Rodgers / Lorenz Hart) (3’56’’)
Performed by Kurt Elling (vcl) Laurence Hobgood (p)
Recorded 1994
Taken from the album Close Your Eyes
1995 CD (Blue Note CDP8306452(1); Track 9)

Stockholm Sweetnin’ (Quincy Jones) (5’38’’)
Performed by Art Farmer, Ernie Royal, Bernie Glow, Joe Wilder (tp) Jimmy Cleveland, Urbie Green, Frank Rehak (tb) Phil Woods (as) Jerome Richardson (ts,fl) Lucky Thompson, Bunny Bardach (ts) Jack Nimitz (bar) Hank Jones (p) Paul Chambers (b) Charlie Persip (d) Quincy Jones (arr,cond)
Recorded NY, Sep 29 1956
Taken from the album This is How I Feel About Jazz
1956 LP (Paramount ABC 149; Side 2 / Track 1)

Broadway (Henry Wood / Teddy McRae / Bill Bird) (3’51’’)
Performed by Kenny Baker (tp,cornet) Warren Vache (cornet) Brian Lemon (p) Howard Alden (g) Dave Green (b) Allan Ganley (d)
Recorded 17 & 18 Sep 1996
Taken from the album Ain't Misbehavin'
1998 CD (Zephyr ZECD 17; Track 14)

Black Coffee (Sonny Burke / Paul Francis Webster) (7’47’’)
Performed by Sonny Criss (as) Walter Davis (p) Paul Chambers (b) Alan Dawson (d)
Recorded NY, Oct 21 1966
Taken from the album This is Criss
1990 CD (Prestige OJCCD4302(1); Track 1)

Jive Grind (Ron Aspery / Colin Hodgkinson) (2’48’’)
Performed by Back Door:
Ron Aspery (as) Colin Hodgkinson (e-b) Tony Hicks (d)
Recorded London, Jun 3 & 4 1972
Taken from the album Back Door
1973 LP (Warner K 46231; Side 2 / Track 1)

Perdido (Juan Tizol / Hans Lengfelder / Ervin Drake) (8’16’’)
Performed by Dizzy Gillespie (tp) Charlie Parker (as) Bud Powell (p) Charles Mingus (b) Max Roach (d)
Recorded “Massey Hall”, Toronto, Canada, May 15 1953
Taken from the album Complete Jazz at Massey Hall
CD (Jazz Factory JFCD22856; Track 1)

Step Seven (Jose Neto) (9’08’’)
Performed by Fourth World:
Gary Meek (as,fl) Jose Neto (el-g) Airto Moreira (perc,vcl) Flora Purim (vcl)
Recorded Live at Ronnie Scott’s Club, London, Aug 1992
Taken from the album Live at Ronnie Scott’s
1992 CD (Jazz House JHCD026(1); Track 5)



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BBC Proms: 2008: Prom 49: Varese, Rachmaninov and Copland

BBC Proms: 2008: Prom 49: Varese, Rachmaninov and Copland: Prom 49 - Part 1

Prom 49 - Part 1

BBC Radio 3 - BBC Proms, 2008, Prom 49: Varese, Rachmaninov and Copland, Prom 49 - Part 1

The National Youth Orchestra in Varese's Ameriques and Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No 4.

From the Royal Albert Hall, the National Youth Orchestra under Antonio Pappano in Varese's Ameriques and, with Boris Berezovsky (piano), Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No 4.

From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Penny Gore.

The young star players of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain are conducted by the youngest man ever to be appointed musical director of the Royal Opera Antonio Pappano. The programme has an American theme and is launched by Frenchman Edgard Varese's hymn to the New World where he went to live. This is followed by the last numbered piano concerto - composed mainly in New York - by Rachmaninov, a more reluctant US resident, who was self-exiled from Soviet Russia.

Boris Berezovsky (piano)
National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
Antonio Pappano (conductor)

Varese: Ameriques
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No 4 in G minor.

Prom 49: Varese, Rachmaninov and Copland

The National Youth Orchestra perform Varese, Rachmaninov and Coplan

The National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain conducted by Antonio Pappano perform Varese: Ameriques; Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No 4 with soloist Boris Berezovsky; and Copland: Symphony No 3

BBC Proms 2008

An American-themed Prom, introduced live from the Royal Albert Hall by Penny Gore.
Boris Berezovsky (piano), National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain/Antonio Pappano

Varese Ameriques

Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 4 in G minor

7.30 Twenty Minutes: Proms Literary Festival
Ian McMillan and his guests explore how classical music is portrayed in fiction.

7.50 Copland Symphony No 3

(Rptd Mon 1 Sep 2pm)

BBC Proms: 2008: Proms Literary Festival

BBC Proms: 2008: Proms Literary Festival: Part 10: Proms Literary Festival: Classical Music in Fiction

Part 10 Part 10: Proms Literary Festival: Classical Music in Fiction

Proms Literary Festival: Classical Music in Fiction

BBC Radio 3 - BBC Proms, 2008, Proms Literary Festival, Proms Literary Festival: Classical Music in Fiction

Ian McMillan and his guests explore the way classical music is portrayed in fiction.

Ian McMillan and his guests explore classical music in fiction. He is joined by novelist Conrad Williams to talk about his portrayal of the world of the concert pianist.

Ian McMillan and guests explore the portrayal of classical music in fiction. Ian is joined by novelist Conrad Williams, who has written a book about the competitive, selfish world of the concert pianist where emotional and personal lives have to take second place to the demands of endless rehearsals and spectacular performances.

Proms Literary Festival

BBC Four

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Series on the themes of the 2008 Proms season, and the link between writers and composers

Series exploring themes of the 2008 Proms season, and the relationship between writers and composers

BBC Proms: 2008: Prom 49: Varese, Rachmaninov and Copland: Prom 49 - Part 2

Prom 49 - Part 2

BBC Radio 3 - BBC Proms, 2008, Prom 49: Varese, Rachmaninov and Copland, Prom 49 - Part 2

The Prom concludes with Copland's Third Symphony, featuring Fanfare for the Common Man.

From the Royal Albert Hall, London. The Prom concludes with the National Youth Orchestra under Antonio Pappano in Copland's Third Symphony, featuring Fanfare for the Common Man.

From the Royal Albert Hall, London.

This American-themed Prom concludes with Antonio Pappano directing the National Youth Orchestra in Aaron Copland's Third Symphony, featuring his famous Fanfare for the Common Man.

National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
Antonio Pappano (conductor)
Copland: Symphony No 3.

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: Moonmen

09/02/2008

Moonmen

BBC Radio 3 - The Wire, Moonmen

The play centres on an encounter between two isolated men - an astronaut and a CB fan.

A space odyssey with a difference, this drama centres on a philosophical encounter between two isolated men - an astronaut and a CB radio enthusiast.

By Jimmy McAleavey.

A space odyssey with a difference, Moonmen centres on a philosophical encounter between two isolated men - an astronaut and a CB radio enthusiast in rural Ireland. Are they polar opposites or kindred spirits locked in a mutual orbit?

Moonman ...... Dermot Crowley
Spaceman ...... Nathan Osgood
Ground Control ...... Peter Marinker
Radio Announcer ...... Linda Wray
DJ ...... Paul Sheridan

Director: Eoin OCallaghan.

Moonmen 
By Jimmy McAleavey. A philosophical encounter between an orbiting astronaut and a CB radio enthusiast in rural Ireland. Are they polar opposites or kindred spirits locked in shared isolation?  
Producer Eoin O'Callaghan

Between the Ears

Innovative and thought-provoking features on a wide variety of subjects

Innovative and thought-provoking features that make adventurous use of sound and explore a wide variety of subjects. Made by leading radio producers.

Between the Ears: Rock's DNA - Portrait of a Guitar Chord

17/11/2007

Rock's DNA - Portrait of a Guitar Chord

BBC Radio 3 - Between the Ears, Rock's DNA - Portrait of a Guitar Chord

An exploration of the Jimi Chord, a chord found in the opening of Hendrix's Purple Haze.

An exploration of the Jimi Chord, a chord found in the opening of Hendrix's Purple Haze that unlocks the window into the soul of rock music.

Embedded in the riffs to Purple Haze and Foxy Lady there's a guitar chord that's saturated in the blues, that's jazz-inflected and inclined to funk but, above all, speaks of rock. The Jimi Chord, a conflicted major-minor chord with a flattened seventh, unlocks the window into the soul of rock music and much more besides.

With contributions from famous axemen such as Steve Howe (Yes), Bernie Marsden (Whitesnake), and John Campbell (Are You Experienced?).

Rock's DNA - Portrait of a Guitar Chord 
A look at the six-string guitar chord embedded in Jimi Hendrix 's Purple Haze and Foxy Lady. Producer Alan Hall

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: 23/08/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Hear and Now, 23/08/2008

A concert given at Glasgow's City Halls, with concertos by Rolf Hind and Detlev Glanert.

Ivan Hewett presents a concert given at Glasgow's City Halls in March 2008, featuring concertos by Rolf Hind and Detlev Glanert pitting piano (or pianos) against the orchestra.

Ivan Hewett presents a concert given at Glasgow's City Halls in March 2008, featuring two new concertos pitting piano (or pianos) against the orchestra.

Julian Anderson: Stations of the Sun
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)

Rolf Hind: Maya-Sesha (world premiere)
Rolf Hind (piano)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)

Detlev Glanert: Concerto for two pianos (world premiere)
Philip Moore, Simon Crawford-Phillips (pianos)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins (conductor).

Ivan Hewett presents a concert recorded in the City Halls, Glasgow on 15 March. 
BBCSSO, conductor Martyn Brabbins Julian Anderson Stations of the Sun 
Rolf Hind Maya-Sesha (first performance) With Rolf Hind (piano) 
Detlav Glanert Concerto for two pianos With Philip Moore and Simon Crawford-Philips

The Early Music Show: The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

16/08/2008

The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

BBC Radio 3 - The Early Music Show, The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Catherine Bott talks to Stephen Carpenter of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightement.

Catherine Bott is joined by the chief executive of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightement Stephen Carpenter to explore the orchestra's history and to hear some of its recordings.

The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Ahead of this evenings Prom, Catherine Bott is joined by Chief Executive of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Stephen Carpenter to explore the history of the Orchestra and to hear some of their recordings.

Producer: Sam Phillips


Playlist

Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No 3 
Alison Bury, director 
The Orchestra of The Age of Enlightenment 
Virgin Classics VCD 7 90747-2
Tr  8-9

Monteverdi: Pur ti miro from L’incoronazione di Poppea 
Sylvia McNair and Dana Hanchard
John Eliot Gardiner, director
English Baroque Soloists 
Archiv 447 088-2
CD 3 Tr 10 

Handel: Eternal Source of Light Divine from Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne
Elin Manahan Thomas, soprano
Harry Christophers, conductor
Heliodor 4765970
Tr 2

Haydn: Sudò il guerriero from Il ritorno di Tobia 
Ann Hallenberg, alto
Andreas Spering, conductor
Capella Augustina 
Naxos 8.570300-02
CD 1 Tr 4

Handel: Scherza infida from Ariodante; 
Ian Bostridge, tenor
Harry Bicket, conductor
The Orchestra of The Age of Enlightenment 
EMI Classics 0946 3 82243 2 7
Tr 10

Bach: Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen from Ascension Oratorio BWV 11 
The Orchestra and Choir of The Age of Enlightenment 
Gustav Leonhardt, conductor 
Philips 442 119-2
Tr 12

Catherine Bott explores the history of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Producer Sam Phillips

Through the Night

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

Through the Night: 24/08/2008

24/08/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 24/08/2008

Jonathan Swain introduces music by Kuula, Cherubini, Mozart, Bach, Bartok and Schubert.

Jonathan Swain presents music, including, Kuula, Cherubini, Mozart, Bach, Bartok, Liszt, Moniuszko, Mendelssohn, Wagner, Telemann, Schutz, Haydn, Schubert, Suk and Dove.

With Jonathan Swain.

Kuula, Toivo (1883-1918)
South Ostrobothnian Suite No.1 

South Ostrobothnian Suite No.2 (Op.20)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jorma Panula (Conductor)

March of the Cudgelmen
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra;  
Atso Almila (Conductor)

Cherubini, Luigi (1760-1842)
Messa Solenne per il principe Esterházy 
Luba Orgonasova & Sara Allegretta (sopranos), Sara Fulgoni (mezzo-soprano), Herbert Lippert & Luca Dordolo (tenors), Tomas Tomasson (bass); Radio France Chorus, Orchestre National de Radio France, Riccardo Muti (conductor)

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Piano Concerto No.24 in C minor (K.491) 
Dubravka Tomsic (piano), Slovenian Radio Television Symphony Orchestra, Anton Nanut (conductor)

Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Violin Sonata  in E minor (BWV.1023)  
Andrew Manze (violin), Andreas Staier (harpsichord), Øyvind Gimse (cello) 

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Overture – The Abduction from the Seraglio 
Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Milan Horvat (conductor) 

Bartók, Béla (1881-1945)
Four Old Hungarian Folksongs  (Sz.50) 
Male Choir of the Hungarian Army, Béla Podor (conductor)

Liszt, Franz (1811-1886)
Hungarian Rhapsody No 1
Jenö Jandó (piano)

Moniuszko, Stanislaw (1819-1872) orch. Zygmunt Noskowski
Polonaise in E flat major 
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jerzy Katlewicz (conductor) 

Schmelzer, Johann Heinrich (c.1620-80)
Sonata a 3, 'Lamento' 
London Baroque 

Mendelssohn Batholdy, Felix (1809-1847)
4 songs from Im Grünen (Op.59) 
BBC Singers; Stephen Cleobury (conductor)

Delius, Frederick (1862-1934) arr. Thomas Beecham
The Walk to the Paradise Garden ( 'A Village Romeo and Juliet') 
BBC Concert Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth (conductor) 

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

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Porgi amor qual que ristoro – from Le Nozze di Figaro (K.492) 
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, Kent Nagano (conductor) 

Wagner, Richard (1813-1883)
Tannhauser – Overture 
BBC Philharmonic, Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) 

Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767)
Sonata Polonaise in A minor for violin, viola and continuo (TWV.42:A minor 8)
La Stagione Frankfurt 

Schütz, Heinrich (1585-1672)
Motet - Wohl denen, die ohne Wandel leben  (SWV.482) 
Rheinische Kantorei, Musica Alta Ripa, Bernward Lohr (chamber organ), Hermann Max (conductor)

Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809)
Divertimento in C major (Hob.IV No.1)   
Carol Wincenc (flute), Philip Setzer (violin), Carter Brey (cello) 

Schubert, Franz  (1797-1828)
Variations in E minor (D.802) [Op.posth.160] (on 'Trockne Blumen' from 'Die schöne Müllerin') 
Gidon Kremer (violin); Oleg Meisenberg (piano)

Suk, Josef (1874-1935)
Raduz and Mahulena (Op.16), 'A fairy tale suite' 
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Václav Smetácek (conductor)

Kuula, Toivo (1883-1918)
Satukuva 3 (A Fairytale vision)
Liisa Pohjola (piano)

Dove, Jonathan (b.1959)
Figures in the Garden - serenade based on music from Mozart's Marriage of Figaro 
London Winds; 
Michael Collins (director/clarinet)

With Jonathan Swain.

Kuula South Ostrobothnian Suites Nos 1 and 2; March of the Cudgelmen

1.53 Cherubini Messa Solenne per il Principe Esterhazy

3.17 Mozart Piano Concerto No 24 in C minor, K491

3.48 Bach Violin Sonata in E minor, BWV1023

4.00 Mozart Overture: The Abduction from the Seraglio

4.07 Bartok Four Old Hungarian Folk Songs, Sz50

4.11 Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No 1

4.26 Moniuszko Polonaise in E flat

4.32 Schmelzer Sonata a 3 (Lamen to)

4.39 Mendelssohn Four songs Im Grunen, Op 59)

4.49 Delius The Walk to the Paradise Garden (A Village Romeo and Juliet)

5.00 Kuula The Bride Arrives

5.04 Mozart Porgi Amor (Le Nozze di Figaro)

5.09 Wagner Overture: Tannhauser

5.24 Telemann Sonata Polonaise in A minor, TWV42:a8

5.31 Schutz Wohl denen, die ohne Wandel leben, SWV482

5.36 Haydn Divertimento in C, H IV 1

5.46 Schubert Variations on Trockne Blumen, D802

6.06 Suk Raduz and Mahulena, Op 16

6.35 Kuula Satukuva 3 (A Fairy-Tale Vision)

6.41 Jonathan Dove Figures in the Garden

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