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Breakfast

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

Breakfast: 01/09/2008

01/09/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Breakfast, 01/09/2008

Rob Cowan with music by Brumel, Fucik, Pachelbel, Coleridge-Taylor, Vivaldi and Scriabin.

Rob Cowan presents ground-shaking Brumel, music from Vivaldi's first opera and the final chorus of Coleridge-Taylor's Hiawatha.

With Rob Cowan.

HANDEL 
‘Urne Voi’ from ‘Il Trionfo del Tempo E del Disinganno 
Mark Padmore (tenor)
The English Concert
Andrew Manze (director)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMU907422  Tr 3


FAURÉ 
Romance Op.28 
Pierre Amoyal (violin)
Pascal Rogé (piano)
DECCA 436 866-2  Tr 10


BEETHOVEN
Overture the Ruins of Athens
Tonhalle Orchestra, Zurich
David Zinman (conductor)
ARTE NOVA 82876578312   CD1 Tr 5


BRUMEL
Earthquake mass “Et ecce terrae motus”- Agnus Dei III  
Ensemble Clément Janequin
Les Sacqueboutiers
Dominque Visse(director) 
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 901738  Tr 7 


SCHUBERT 
Grazer Galopp D925
Andras Schiff (piano) 
DECCA 458 1392  CD1 Tr 18


HOFHAIMER 
Tandernaken  
Georg Fischer (positive organ)
Alice Harnoncourt (regals)
ARCHIV 474 2332  Tr 21 


FUCIK
Winterstűrme Walzer, Op.184 
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Vaclav Neumann (conductor)
TELDEC 8.42337  Tr 6 


MOZART
Variations on ‘Ah vous dirai-je, maman’ K265 
Livia Rev (piano) 
HELIOS CDH55194  Tr 4


REICHA 
Trio for Two French Horns & Bassoon Op.93 Book 1, No.1 
Zdenek Tylsar, Bedrich Tylsar (horns)
Frantisek Herman (bassoon)
SUPRAPHON 11 1445 2  Tr 1 


Pachelbel
Canon & Gigue in D Major 
Musica Antiqua Koln 
ARCHIV 410502  Tr 1 


WEBER 
Preciosa Overture J279
Philharmonia Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi (conductor) 
CHANDOS CHAN 9066  Tr 9


BUSONI 
Serenata Op.34 
Lowri Blake (cello)
Caroline Palmer (piano) 
ETCETERA KTC 1180  Tr 6


RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Procession of the Nobles (Mlada) 
Boston Pops Orchestra
Arthur Fiedler (conductor) 
RCA VICTOR GD60700  Tr 18 


CHOPIN arr. Godowsky
53 Studies on Chopin’s Etudes – No. 7 in G flat 
Jorge Bolet (piano)
DECCA 425 059-2  Tr 3


BARTÓK
Quartet No. 4 – iv Allegretto pizzicato 
Belcea Quartet
EMI 3 94400 2  CD2 Tr 7


COLERIDGE-TAYLOR 
Hiawatha – final chorus : “And they said, ‘Farewell for ever!” Hiawatha’s departure
Chorus & Orchestra of Welsh National Opera
Kenneth Alwyn (conductor)
DECCA 473 4312  CD2 Tr 14


CHOPIN 
Nocturne Op.48 No.1 
Alexander Brailowsky (piano) 
RCA VICTOR 09026 681642  CD1 Tr 8 


DVORAK 
Humoresque 
Art Tatum (piano) 
SONY CLASSICAL 88697222182  Tr 18 


VIVALDI 
Ottone in Villa Sinfonia in C Major RV729 
L’arte dell’arco
Christopher Hogwood (director)
DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI 74321 935602  Tr 14 & 15 


SCRIABIN
Fantasy in A Minor, Op. Post    
Katia & Marielle Labeque (pianos)
PHILIPS 442 778 2  Tr 2


PART
Festina Lente 
Orchestra of the Beethovenhalle Bonn
Dennis Russell Davies (conductor)
ECM 1430 847  Tr 2 


GLUCK 
Divinités du Styx (Alceste) 
Janet Baker (mezzo)
English Chamber Orchestra, 
Raymond Leppard (director) 
PHILIPS 476 2617  Tr 5


SIBELIUS
Karelia Suite, Op.11 (original scoring)
Raimo Laukka (baritone) 
Lahti Symphony Orchestra, 
Osmo Vanska (conductor)
BIS CD 918  Tr 1-3


SCHUMANN 
Kinderzenen , Op15 (extracts)
Clifford Curzon (piano) 
DECCA 475 8202  CD3 Tr 7-12 

Vivaldi 
Ottone in Villa Sinfonia in C Major RV729 
L’arte dell’arco, Christopher Hogwood (director)
 


Scriabin 
Fantasy in A Minor 
Katia & Marielle Labèque (pianos)

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 Rob Cowan , including a Free Thought after 8.30. Music includes: 
7.00-8.30: Brumel Agnus Dei III (Missa et Ecce Terrae Motus) Ensemble Clement Janequin , 
Les Sacqueboutiers, director Dominique Visse Fucik Wintersturme Walzer , Op 184 
Czech PO, conductor Vaclav Neumann 
Pachelbel Canon and Gigue in D Musica Antiqua Ko 
8.30-10.00 Coleridge-Taylor Hiawatha (excerpts) Chorus and Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, conductor Kenneth Alwyn 
Vivaldi Sinfonia: Ottone in Villa Scriabin Fantasy in A minor

Classical Collection

Programme presenting a sequence of great music in classic recordings

Classical Collection: 01/09/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Classical Collection, 01/09/2008

Sarah Walker presents by music by Rossini, Danzi, Hilhjaud, Stravisnky and Tchaikovsky.

With Sarah Walker. Including Rossini: Overture (Il Signor Bruschino). Danzi: Wind Quintet in F. Milhaud: Scaramouche. Stravinsky: Pulcinella.

With Sarah Walker.

Including:

Rossini: Overture (Il Signor Bruschino)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Fritz Reiner (conductor)
RCA GD60387

Danzi: Wind Quintet in F, Op 68, No 2
Ensemble Wien-Berlin
DG 423 591-2

Milhaud: Scaramouche, Op 165b
Stephen Coombs, Artur Pizarro (piano)
HYPERION CDA67014

Stravinsky: Pulcinella
Teresa Berganza (mezzo-soprano)
Ryland Davies (tenor)
John Shirley-Quirk (bass)
London Symphony Orchestra
Claudio Abbado (conductor)
DG 423 889-2

Roger Marsh: Cuisine Lyrique; Arlequinade; Pierrot Polaire (Pierrot Lunaire)
Joe Marsh Giraud (narrator)
Ebor
Juice with Omar Sharhyar (beatbox)
Hilliard Ensemble
Paul Gameson (director)
NMC   NMCD127 (2-CD set)

Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence
Borodin Quartet
TELDEC 4509 90422-2  (2-CD set).

With Sarah Walker. 
Rossini Overture: II Signor Bruschino Chicago Symphony Orchestra, conductor Fritz Reiner 
10.05 Danzi Wind Quintet in F, Op 68, No 2 Ensemble Wien-Berlin 
10.25 Milhaud Scaramouche , Op 165b 
Stephen Coombs and Artur Pizarro (pianos) 
10.35 Stravinsky Pulcinella Teresa Berganza (mezzo), Ryland Davies (tenor), John Shirley -Quirk (bass), LSO, conductor Claudio Abbado 
11.14 Roger Marsh Cuisine Lyrique; Arleguinade; Pierrot Polaire (Pierrot Lunaire) Narrator 
Joe Marsh , Ebor Singers, Hilliard Ensemble , Juice with Omar Sharhyar (beatbox), director Paul Gameson 
11.22 Tchaikovsky Souvenir de Florence Borodin Quartet

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: Gabriel Faure

Composer of the Week: Gabriel Faure: Episode 1

Episode 1

Gabriel Faure

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Gabriel Faure, Episode 1

Exploring Faure's First Violin Sonata, which earned him esteem and a publishing contract.

This programme includes the First Violin Sonata, which launched Faure onto the road to recognition and landed him an important publishing contract on a zero-per cent royalty!

By the time of his death in 1924, Gabriel Fauré was venerated as the grand old man of French music. Yet today, much of his output is neglected, and he plays ‘second fiddle’ to his better-known contemporaries, Debussy and Ravel. This week, Donald Macleod explores Fauré’s songs and chamber music, and discovers some forgotten gems along the way. Today’s programme includes the 1st Violin Sonata, which started Fauré on the road to recognition, and landed him an important publishing contract – on a zero-percent royalty!

Clair de lune (Moonlight), Op 46 No 2 
Felicity Lott (soprano) 
Graham Johnson (piano) 
Hyperion CDA 67334
CD1 t14

Puisqu'ici-bas toute ame (Since here on earth each soul), Op 10 No 1; Tarentelle, Op 10 No 2 
Geraldine McGreevy, Stella Doufexis (sopranos) 
Graham Johnson (piano) 
Hyperion CDA67334
CD1 t2

Nocturnes Nos 1-3 for piano, Op 33 
Kathryn Stott (piano) 
Hyperion CDA 66913
CD1 t1-3

Sonata No 1 for violin and piano, Op 13 
Pierre Amoyal (violin) 
Pacal Roge (piano)
DECCA 436 866-2
CD1 tracks 1-4

Donald Macleod explores Faure's songs and chamber music, discovering some forgotten gems

Donald Macleod explores Faure's songs and chamber music, discovering some forgotten gems. The French composer is regarded as the master of the French art song, majoring in harmony

Composer of the Week:Gabriel Faure (1845-1924)

1/5. By the time of his death in 1924, Gabriel Faure was venerated as the grand old man of French music. Yet today, much of his output is neglected, and he plays second fiddle to his contemporaries, Debussy and Ravel. This week, Donald Macleod explores Faure's songs and chamber music. Clair de Lune, Op 46 No 2 
Felicity Lott (soprano), Graham Johnson (piano) Two Duets, Op 10 Geraldine McGreevy and Stella Doufexis (sopranos), Graham Johnson (piano) Nocturnes, Op 33 Kathryn Stott (piano) Violin Sonata No 1 in A Op 13 
Pierre Amoyal , Pacal Roge (piano)  
RT DIRECT: Faure: Piano Works (5 CDs) is available for E19.99 including p&p, call [number removed] (national rate), quoting ref B46-C688, or visit www.selections.com/rtdirect.

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 7: PCM7 - Vaughan Williams, Coleridge-Taylor

Part 7 Part 7: PCM7 - Vaughan Williams, Coleridge-Taylor

2008

PCM7 - Vaughan Williams, Coleridge-Taylor

BBC Radio 3 - BBC Proms, 2008, Proms Chamber Concerts, PCM7 - Vaughan Williams, Coleridge-Taylor

Tenor Mark Padmore and the Nash Ensemble perform Vaughan Williams's On Wenlock Edge.

From Cadogan Hall, London. Christopher Cook presents tenor Mark Padmore and the Nash Ensemble perform Vaughan Williams's On Wenlock Edge, which sets words by AE Housman.

From Cadogan Hall, London. Presented by Christopher Cook.

The Proms's 2008 commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Ralph Vaughan Williams's death continues as celebrated British tenor Mark Padmore joins the Nash Ensemble for a performance of On Wenlock Edge - six settings of words by AE Housman exploring themes of hope and loss in the Romantic backdrop of a Shropshire landscape.

Plus a rare chance to hear a work by one of Vaughan Williams's fellow students at the Royal College of Music - Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's masterly Clarinet Quintet, written in response to a challenge from his teacher Charles Stanford to write a work that would match up to Brahms's famous Quintet without revealing that composer's influence.

Mark Padmore (tenor)
Nash Ensemble

Coleridge-Taylor: Clarinet Quintet
Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge.

BBC Proms: 2008

Proms Chamber Concerts

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

Afternoon on 3BBC Proms Chamber Music

Introduced from London's Cadogan Hall by Christopher Cook. Tenor Mark Padmore joins the Nash Ensemble in a performance of On Wenlock Edge. Plus a rare chance to hear a work by one of Vaughan Williams's fellow students at the Royal College of Music, 
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor 's Clarinet Quintet. Mark Padmore (tenor), Nash Ensemble Coleridge-Taylor Clarinet Quintet 
Vaughan Williams On Wenlock Edge Repeated on Saturday 6th September at 2pm 
2.00 BBC Proms 2008 
Another chance to hear Antonio Pappano conducting the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain in an American-themed programme. 
Boris Berezovsky (piano), National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, conductor Antonio Pappano Varèse Amériques 
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 4 in G minor Copland Symphony No 3  
3.55 Chamber Music 
Elgar Piano Quintet, Op 84 
Sorrel Quartet, Martin Roscoe (piano)

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: 01/09/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, 01/09/2008

With BBC Proms 2008: The NYO in Varese's Ameriques, Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No 4.

With Penny Gore. Includes BBC Proms 2008: The NYO in Varese's Ameriques, Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No 4 and Copland's Symphony No 3. Plus Chamber Music: Elgar: Piano Quintet.

Presented by Penny Gore

BBC Proms 2008

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. There is an American theme to their programme, launched by Frenchman Edgard Varese's hymn to the New World where he went to live, followed by the more reluctant US resident Rachmaninov's last numbered piano concerto, written mainly in New York.

The concert ends with Aaron Copland's all-American Third Symphony, featuring his famous Fanfare for the Common Man.

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

Varese: Ameriques
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No 4
Copland: Symphony No 3

Plus Chamber Music

Elgar: Piano Quintet
Sorrel Quartet
Martin Roscoe (piano).

In Tune

Radio 3's drivetime show has all the latest interviews and music ahead of the coronation.

Radio 3's drivetime show brings you all the latest interviews and music as we build up to the coronation.

In Tune: 01/09/2008

BBC Radio 3 - In Tune, 01/09/2008

With pianists Pierre-Laurent Aimard and Marc Verter, plus theatre director Edward Kemp.

Presented by Sean Rafferty. With pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard, theatre director Edward Kemp on Turandot, plus music from pianist Marc Verter and tenor Andrew O'Brien.

Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world. Pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard talks about performing Messiaen at Proms 2008 and director Edward Kemp discusses Brecht's play Turandot, to be given its UK premiere at London's Hampstead Theatre in September 2008.

Plus music from artists appearing in the 2008 Chelsea Schubert Festival - performed by artistic directors Marc Verter (piano) and Andrew O'Brien (tenor), as well as Benjamin Wragg (violin).

PLAYLIST
07:03

VIVALDI
Concerto RV 570 ‘La Tempesta di Mare’ 
Europa Galanta
Fabio Biondi (violin/director)
VIRGIN 5454242  Tr 8-10 


07:09

POULENC
Improvisations No.12 in E Flat Major - ‘Hommage a Schubert’ 
Pascal Rogé (piano) 
DECCA 417 438-2  Tr 26


07:12

SCHUBERT orch. Brahms
An Schwager Kronos D369  
Thomas Quasttoff (baritone)
Chamber Orchestra Of Europe
Claudio Abbabo (conductor)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 471 5862  Tr 17 


07:15

Thoinot ARBEAU arr. D. Munrow
‘Basse Dance ‘Jouyssance Vous Donneray’ 
The Early Music Consort of London
David Munrow (director)
TESTAMENT SBT 1250  Tr 1 


07:19

WALTON
Two Pieces from Henry V
English Chamber Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim (conductor)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 469 274-2  CD2 Tr 19-20


07:24

MENDELSSOHN 
Richte mich, Gott, Op.78, No.2  
Choir of St John’s College Cambridge
David Hill (director)
HYPERION CDA67558  Tr 10   


07:30

HANDEL
Trio Sonata HWV 383 in F Major for Violin, & Oboe 
La Ricordanza 
MDG 505 13812  Tr 18-21


07:41

CHOPIN
Polonaise in C Minor, Op.40, No.2 
Alfred Brendel (piano)
VANGUARD CLASSICS 08402371  Tr 2 


07:48

BACH orch. Stokowski 
Toccata and Fugue in D Minor BWV 565  
Boston Pops Orchestra
Arthur Fiedler (conductor) 
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 477 6118  CD1 Tr 3 


08:03

SAINT-SAENS 
Allegro Appassionata 
Arto Noras (cello)
Kuopio Symphony Orchestra
Markus Lehtinen (conductor)
FINLANDIA 2564 603442  Tr 7 


08:08

MESSIAEN 
Feuillet Inédit No.4
Thomas Bloch (ondes martenot)
Bernard Wisson (piano)
NAXOS 8.555779  Tr 1


08:11

PURCELL  
Chaconne in G Minor Z730 
Musica Antiqua Köln
Reinhard Goebel (director)
ARCHIV 453 4182  Tr 4


08:17

SHOSTAKOVICH 
Two Pieces from Scarlatti, Op.17 
USSR State Symphony Orchestra Winds
Gennadi Rozhdestvensky (conductor)
PRAGA PRODUCTIONS PR 250 090  Tr 1-2


08:24

TRAD. arr. Hughes 
The Bard of Armagh
Robert White (tenor)
National Philharmonic Orchestra
Charles Gerhardt (conductor)
RCA VICTOR 09026 637322  Tr 10 


08:31

CLEMENTI 
Gradus ad Parnassum – Study No.5
Michele Campanella (piano)
WARNER 8573 87495-2  Tr 2


08:36

LENNON/MCCARTNEY arr. Ellington
All my loving 
Duke Ellington Orchestra
REPRISE 8122736582  CD4 Tr 15


08:40

BACH 
Wir glauben all an einen Gott  BWV 680 
Peter Hurford (organ of Martinikerk, Groningen, Holland)
CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE 5856302  CD1 Tr 13 


08:45

BRITTEN 
Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra 
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Davis (conductor)
TELDEC 9031 731262  Tr 1


09:02

FAURÉ
Nocturne No.13 in B Minor Op.119  
Charles Owens (piano) 
AVIE AV2133  Tr 13


09:11

TELEMANN
 Concerto in D Major for 4 Violins TWV40:202  
Musica Antiqua Köln 
ARCHIV 474 2302  Tr 5-8 


09:17

HOWELLS 
A Hymn for St Cecilia  
Choir of St Paul’s Cathedral
Andrew Lucas (organ)
John Scott (conductor)
HYPERION CDA 66678  Tr 4


09:21

BARTOK 
Mikrokosmos (6) Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm 1-6  
Zoltan Kocsis (piano) 
PHILIPS 4623812  CD2  Tr 52-57


09:34

MOZART 
Flute Quartet in A Major K298 
William Bennett (flute)
Grumiaux Trio 
PHILIPS 442 8289 CD1  Tr 4-6


09:43

STRAVINKSY 
Petrushka Suite
Berlin Philharmonic
Leopold Stokowski (conductor) 
EMI CDM 565423 2  Tr 9

BBC Proms: 2008: Prom 62: Beethoven, Sibelius

BBC Proms: 2008: Prom 62: Beethoven, Sibelius: Prom 62 - Part 1

Prom 62 - Part 1

BBC Radio 3 - BBC Proms, 2008, Prom 62: Beethoven, Sibelius, Prom 62 - Part 1

A performance of Beethoven's Violin Concerto, featuring Danish violinist Nikolaj Znaider.

From the Royal Albert Hall. A performance of Beethoven's Violin Concerto, featuring Danish violinist Nikolaj Znaider and Colin Davis leading the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra.

From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Louise Fryer.

A performance of Beethoven's Violin Concerto, featuring Danish violinist Nikolaj Znaider and Colin Davis conducting the hand-picked players of the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra.

Nikolaj Znaider (violin)
Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester
Colin Davis (conductor)

Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D.

Prom 62: Beethoven, Sibelius

Colin Davis conducts the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra in works by Sibelius and Beethoven

Colin Davis conducts the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra in Sibelius's much-loved Symphony No 2 and Beethoven's Violin Concerto, with Danish violinist Nikolaj Znaider

BBC Proms 2008

Colin Davis conducts the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra in Sibelius's second symphony and Beethoven's Violin Concerto. 
Nikolaj Znaider (violin), Gustav Mahler 
Jungendorchester, conductor Colin Davis Beethoven Violin Concerto in D 
7.50 TWenty Minutes: Stealing the Thunderer Marking the 500th year of Scottish publishing. 
8.10 Sibelius Symphony No 2

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: Stealing the Thunderer

Stealing the Thunderer

BBC Radio 3 - Twenty Minutes, Stealing the Thunderer

In 1826, publisher John Murray II infamously tried to create a rival to The Times.

Stuart Kelly tells how in 1826, publisher John Murray II's attempts to create a newspaper to rival The Times, led to financial disaster and a life-long feud.

Stuart Kelly explains how in 1826, pre-eminent Scottish publisher John Murray II's attempts to create a newspaper to rival The Times, encouraged and abetted by future prime minister Benjamin Disraeli, led to financial disaster, vicious caricatures and a life-long feud.

BBC Proms: 2008: Prom 62: Beethoven, Sibelius: Prom 62 - Part 2

Prom 62 - Part 2

BBC Radio 3 - BBC Proms, 2008, Prom 62: Beethoven, Sibelius, Prom 62 - Part 2

The Prom concludes with the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra in Sibelius's Symphony No 2.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London. The Prom concludes with the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra conducted by Colin Davis in Sibelius' much-loved Symphony No 2.

From the Royal Albert Hall, London.

The Prom concludes with the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra under Colin Davis in Sibelius's much-loved Symphony No 2.

Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester
Colin Davis (conductor)

Sibelius: Symphony No 2 in D.

The Lebrecht Interview

Classical music critic Norman Lebrecht talks to major figures in the field

The Lebrecht Interview: Franco Zeffirelli

Franco Zeffirelli

BBC Radio 3 - The Lebrecht Interview, Franco Zeffirelli

Norman Lebrecht talks to celebrated opera and film director Franco Zeffirelli.

Norman Lebrecht talks to celebrated opera and film director Franco Zeffirelli, who speaks about directing Joan Sutherland and Maria Callas, and Maria Callas's volatile temper.

Norman Lebrecht talks to Italian opera and film director Franco Zeffirelli, who speaks candidly of the early loss of his mother, his relationship with fellow film-maker Luchino Visconti, the experience of directing Joan Sutherland and Maria Callas, and the reasons behind Maria Callas's volatile temper.

Franco Zeffirelli tells Norman Lebrecht why his life has been like an adventure story and talks of his work with Maria Callas. Producer Paul Frankl

BBC Proms: 2008: Prom 63: Motets, chansons ragas, Messiaen

Prom 63: Motets, chansons ragas, Messiaen

BBC Radio 3 - BBC Proms, 2008, Prom 63: Motets, chansons ragas, Messiaen

A concert featuring Messiaen's Cinq rechants plus motets, chansons and Indian night ragas.

From the Royal Albert Hall. Verity Sharp presents a concert featuring Messiaen's Cinq rechants - inspired by Sanskrit texts - plus motets, chansons and Indian night ragas.

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

A performance of Messiaen's Cinq rechants - a work which draws its inspiration from a mixture of Sanskrit texts, traditional Indian rhythms, Renaissance polyphony and ancient tales and mythology, creating a sensual, vocally virtuosic and highly charged synthesis of styles and language.

The opening sequence likewise weaves together music of the East and West. Nishat Khan joins the BBC Singers in a short sequence of French Renaissance motets and chansons - exploring the season of spring and the erotic imagery associated with it - woven around improvised classical Indian ragas, echoing the mood of Messiaen.

And Nishat Khan concludes the programme with a selection of night ragas, chosen according to the mood of the occasion.

Motets and chansons by Claudin de Sermisy, Jean Richafort, Antoine Brumel and Claude Le Jeune, interspersed with Indian ragas
Messiaen: Cinq rechants
Night ragas

Nishat Khan (sitar)
Rashid Mustafa Thirak (tabla)
Natasha Ahmad (tanpura)
BBC Singers
David Hill (conductor).

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

Introduced from the Royal Albert Hall , London, by Verity Sharp. The Messiaen centenary celebrations continue with the composer's 
Cinq Rechants , a work that draws its inspiration from a mixture of Sanskrit texts, Indian rhythms, mythology, and Renaissance polyphony. 
Nishat Khan (sitar), Rashid Mustafa Thirakwa (tabla), Emmanuel Masongsong (tanpura), BBC Singers, conductor David Hill 
Motets and chansons by Claudin de Sermisy, Jean Richafort , Antoine Brumel , Claude Le Jeune , interspersed by Indian ragas. Messiaen Cinq Rechants

World on 3

Radio 3's world music programme, with new CDs and studio sessions

World on 3: Charlie Gillett

Charlie Gillett

BBC Radio 3 - World on 3, Charlie Gillett

Charlie Gillett with music including Orchestra Baobab from the Radio 3 Stage at WOMAD 2008

Charlie Gillett presents music including Orchestra Baobab from the Radio 3 Stage at WOMAD 2008. Plus Massukos from northern Mozambique performing in the studio.

DJ Charlie Gillett with tracks from around the world including Orchestra Baobab recorded on the Radio 3 Stage at this year's WOMAD festival. Plus a visit to the World on 3 studio by Massukos from northern Mozambique.

Massukos are superstars in their home country of Mozambique. Their debut album 'Kuimba kwa Massuko' sold huge quantities, was voted best album in 2002 and won a gold disc in 2003. Several more awards followed and Massukos are now considered Mozambique's most successful band.
But they also use their high profile to initiate social change. Throughout their career they have been undertaking humanitarian work and have been promoting awareness about the lack of life's basic necessities in their own country. In 2004 for instance, they appeared at the Third World Water Forum in Japan and toured Mozambique with the UK band Empty Boat as part of an awareness-raising event organized by Poo Productions in association with WaterAid UK. Massukos' leader, Feliciano dos Santos, who is known by his many fans as "the Elton John of Mozambique", is also the director and founder of the NGO Estamos (a WaterAid partner) who are involved with the installation of latrines and clean water points, as well as hygiene and HIV/AIDS education. Massukos regularly travel for miles to remote villages to deliver life-saving messages about hygiene, sanitation and HIV/AIDS.

Massukos' music preserves the traditional rhythms of Niassa province in northern Mozambique, one of the poorest parts of Africa, that were all but extinct after 17 years of civil war. In fact Massukos' first live public performance in 1994 coincided with the start of the peace process.



Playlist

Aretha Franklin: Do Right Woman, Do Right Man (Dan Penn, Chips Moman) (3:17)
Album: Global Divas – Voices from Women of the World
Rounder CD 5062/3/4, CD 3 track 2
http://www.sodamnhappy.com

Orchestra Baobab: Ami Kita Bay (Rudy Gomis, arr. Barthélemy Attisso) (5:49)
Live at Radio 3 Stage, WOMAD
http://www.myspace.com/orchestrabaobabofficial
http://www.orchestrabaobab.com 

Devon Sproule: 1340 Chesapeake Street (Devon Sproule) (3:02)
Album: Keep Your Silver Shined
Tin Angel Records TAR001, track 3
http://www.devonsproule.com
http://www.tinangelrecords.co.uk 

Massukos: Pangira (Massukos) (6:56) 
Live at Broadcasting House
http://www.massukos.org

Charlie Gillet in conversation with Feliciano Dos Santos from Massukos

Massukos: Afrika (Massukos) (4:10)
Live at Broadcasting House

Kiran Ahluwalia: Yakeenan (Kiran Ahluwalia, Rafi Raza) (4:13)
Album: Wanderlust
World Connection WC 43070, track 5
http://www.kiranmusic.com 
http://www.worldconnection.nl/kiranahluwalia 

Odetta with The Holmes Brothers: Two Little Fishes and Five Loaves of Bread (Bernard Haneghen) (3:22)
Album: Shout, Sister, Shout! A Tribute to Sister Rosetta Tharpe
MC Records MC0050, track 4
http://www.mc-records.com 

Orchestra Baobab: Cabral (adapted by Balla Sidibe and Barthélemy Attisso) (6:00)
Live at Radio 3 Stage, WOMAD

Chiwoniso: Matsotsi (Chiwoniso) (5:05)
Album: Rebel Woman
Cumbancha CMB-CD8, track 2
http://www.chiwoniso.com
http://www.cumbancha.com 

Liz Green: Midnight Blues (Liz Green) (3:33)
Single: Midnight Blues
Humble Soul	HS207	1, track 1
http://www.myspace.com/lizgreenmusic
http://www.humblesoul.net/artists/lizgreen/index.html

Issa Bagayogo: Poye (Yves Wernert, Gael de Billan, Issa Bagayogo) (4:25)
Album: Mali Koura
Six Degrees: 657036 v1151 2, track 3
http://www.issabagayogo.com
http://www.sixdegreesrecords.com

Massukos: Mulilanji (Massukos) (5:34)
Live at Broadcasting House

Charlie Gillett in conversation with Feliciano Dos Santos from Massukos

Massukos: Niassa (Massukos) (7:44)
Live at Broadcasting House

Orchestra Baobab: Colette (Barthélemy Attisso, Rudy Gomis, Ndiouga Dieng) (5:43)
Live at Radio 3 Stage, WOMAD
Barthélemey Attisso (guitar), Balla  Sidibe (timbales, vocal), Rudy Gomis (vocals, congas), Latfi Benjeloun (guitar), Ndiouga Dieng (vocal, congas), Charles Ndiaye (bass), Thierno Koite (tenor sax)

Charlie Gillett presents the Orchestra Baobab, recorded at this year's Womad festival. Plus a session by Mozambique superstars Massukos.

Through the Night

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

Through the Night: 02/09/2008

02/09/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 02/09/2008

Jonathan Swain presents music by Mozart, Stravinsky, Respighi, Haydn and Rimsky-Korsakov.

Jonathan Swain introduces music, including Mozart, Szymanowski, Stravinsky, Respighi, Moszkowski, Poulenc, Haydn, Chopin, Lisinski, Monteverdi, Sibelius, Kodaly and Rimsky-Korsakov.

With Jonathan Swain.

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Violin Sonata in C (K296) 
12 Variations in B flat (K500) 
Malin Broman (violin), Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano) 

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Piano Trio in B flat (K502) 
KungsbackaTrio: Malin Broman (violin), Jesper Svedberg (cello), Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano) 

Szymanowski, Karol (1882-1937)
Polish Dances 
Jerzy Godziszewski (piano)

Stravinsky, Igor (1882-1971)
Pulcinella – complete ballet 
Lynne Dawson (soprano), Rolando Villazon (tenor), Denis Sedov (baritone), Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra, Marc Minkowski (conductor) 

Gesualdo, Carlo (c.1560-1613)
Two madrigals – Mercè grido piangendo;Luci serene e chiare 
The King's Singers 

Gabrieli, Andrea (1532/3-1585)
Pass'è mezzo antico 
Rinaldo Alessandrini (harpsichord) 

Respighi, Ottorino (1879-1936)
Vetrate di Chiesa [Church Windows] – 4 Symphonic impressions 
Orchestra of London, Canada, Uri Mayer (conductor)

Moszkowski, Moritz (1854-1925)
Piano Concerto in E major (Op.59) 
Janina Fialkowska (piano), Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra, Raffi Armenian (conductor)

Poulenc, Francis (1899-1963)
Sonata for oboe and piano 
Roger Cole (oboe), Linda Lee Thomas (piano) 

Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809)
Symphony No.22  in E flat major 'The Philosopher' 
Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra, Marc Minkowski (conductor) 

Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759)
Si, si, fellon,t'intendo..' and  'Fra Tempeste funeste a quest'alma' (Rodelinda) 
Matthew White (counter-tenor), Arte dei Suonatori, Eduardo Lopez (conductor) 

Elgar, Edward (1857-1934)
Cockaigne Overture 
Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Pinchas Steinberg 

Walton, William (1902-1983)
3 Pieces for organ
Ian Sadler (organ )

Chopin, Frédéric (1810-1849)
Scherzo No.3 in C sharp (Op.39)
Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano) 

Lisinski, Vatroslav (1819-1854)
Grand Overture No.7
Croatian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra, Ilmar Lapinjs (conductor)

Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741)
Concerto in F major (RV.442) 
Michael Schneider (recorder), Camerata Köln 

Monteverdi, Claudio (1567-1643)
Magnificat – from Vespro della Beata Vergine 
Studio de Musique Ancienne de Montréal, Christopher Jackson (conductor)

Anon (c.14th)
Bassa danza (from Faenza Codex) 
Millenarium: Christophe Deslignes (organetto/director) 

Cherubini, Luigi (1760-1842)
Ballet music from 'Anakreon'
Radio Bratislava Symphony Orchestra, Ondrej Lenard (conductor)

Busoni, Ferruccio (1866-1924)
Sonatina super Carmen (Sonatina No.6) 'Kammerfantasie'
Matti Raekallio (piano)

Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957)
Luonnotar, tone poem (Op.70) 
Soile Isokoski (soprano), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor) 

Kodály, Zoltán  (1882-1967)
Cello Sonata (Op.4) 
Miklós Perényi (cello), Jenö Jandó (piano) 

Marie, Gabriel (1852-1928) (arr.C.Arnold)
Golden Wedding
Moshe Hammer (violin), Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi (cello), William Tritt (piano) 

Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai (1844-1908)
Le Coq d'Or 
Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Uri Mayer (conductor)

With Jonathan Swain. 
Mozart Violin Sonata in C, K296; 12 Variations in B flat, K500 Malin Broman (violin), Simon Crawford-Phillips 
(piano) 1.28 Mozart Piano Trio in B flat, K502 Kungsbacka Trio 1.50 Szymanowski Polish Dances 1.59 Stravinsky Pulcinella 2.37 Gesualdo Merce Grido Piangendo; Luci Serene e Chiare 2.44 Gabrleli Pass'e Mezzo Antico 
2.48 Respiqhi Vetrate di Chiesa 3.13 Moszkowski 
Piano Concerto in E, Op 59 3.50 Poulenc Oboe Sonata 
4.04 Haydn Symphony No 22 in E flat (Philosopher) 
4.25 Handel Si, Si, Fellon, T'intendo; Fra Tempeste Funeste a Quest'alma (Rodelinda) 4.31 Elqar Overture: Cockaigne (In London Town) 4.46 Walton Three pieces for organ 
4.52 Chopin Scherzo No 3 in C sharp, Op 39 5.00 Usinski Grand Overture No 7 5.14 Vivaldi Recorder Concerto in F, RV442 5.22 Monteverdi Magnificat (Vespro della Beata Vergine) 5.39 Anon Bassa danza (Faenza Codex) 
5.45 Cherubini Ballet music (Anakreon) 5.53 Busoni Sonatina super Carmen (Kammerfantasie) 6.02 Sibelius Luonnotar, Op 70 6.11 Kodaly Cello Sonata, Op A 6.29 
Marie Golden Wedding 6.33 Rimsky-KorsakovLe Coq d'Or

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