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Breakfast

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

Breakfast: 04/11/2008

04/11/2008

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Rob Cowan presents music by Coates, Albeniz, Milan, Bach, Strauss and Mozart.

With Rob Cowan. Including Eric Coates: London Suite. Albeniz: Navarra (Iberia, Book 4). Kerry Milan: Long Down O Lord/Be Present O Merciful God. Strauss: Verfuhrung, Op 33 No 1.

With Rob Cowan.


07:03

BACH arr RUMMEL 
Was Gott tut das ist wohlgetan, BWV 99
Jonathan Plowright (piano)
HYPERION CDA 67481 CD 1 Tr 5 5’16

07:08

ALBENIZ
Iberia, Book 4: Navarra
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Fritz Reiner (conductor)
SONY 88697 046072 Tr 22 5’39

07:14

LAURIDSEN
En une seule fleur (from les chansons des roses)
Polyphony
Stephen Layton (conductor)
HYPERION CDA67580 Tr 6 2’16

07:17

SIBELIUS
Moderato - Allegro Appassionato in C Sharp Minor
Tempera Quartet
BIS CD1476 Tr 1 10’33

07:31

SCHUBERT 
Impromptu Op.90 D.899, No.1 in C major
Alfred Brendel (piano)
PHILIPS 420 840-2 Tr 1 9’23

07:41

Kerry MILAN
Look Down O Lord / Be Present O Merciful God
The Ars Brugensis Chamber Choir
Dan Kalousek (conductor)
AHP012 Tr 3 4’09

07:46

VIVALDI
Concerto for violin and orchestra (RV.253) (Op.8`5) in E flat major "La Tempesta di mare"
Daniel Hope (violin)
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
DG 4777463 Tr 8-10 9’03	

07:55

SCHUBERT
An den Mond, D 193
Elizabeth Watts (soprano)
Roger Vignoles (piano)
RCA 88697329322 Tr 1 3’12	

08:03

COPLAND
Fanfare for the common man 
Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra
Enrique Batiz (conductor)
EMI CLASSICS 3814982 CD 2 Tr 1 3’39

08:07

DVORAK
Two Waltzes, op.54: No.1
Panocha Quartet
Pavel Nejtek (double bass)
SUPRAPHON SU 33912131 Tr 5-6 3’54
	
08:12

LENNON/MACCARTNEY arr. Mandell
When I’m 64
The Melachrino Strings & Orchestra
Robert Mandell (conductor)
CDEA 6020 Tr 8 2’57

08:14

Eric COATES
London Suite
BBC Concert Orchestra
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
BBCRD 9106 Tr 2-4 14’44

08:31

SCRIABIN
Etude In B Flat Op. 8 No. 11
Nina Milkina (piano)
Unterschrift Classics CD2 Tr 11 4’15

08:37

SHOSTAKOVICH
The Execution of Stepan Razin – closing section
Vitali Gromadski (bass)
Russian State Choral Chapel, Moscow PO/Kyrill Kondrashin
Melodiya MEL CD 10 01073 Tr 5 4’42

08:43

ENESCU
Hora Unirei
Remus Azoitei (violin)
Eduard Stan (piano)
HANSSLER CLASSIC CD 98.240 Tr 8 2’06

08:45

WALTON 
Coronation Te Deum
Polyphony
Wallace Collection
Stephen Layton (director)
HYPERION CDA67330b Tr 2 9’12

08:57

TCHAIKOVSKY
The Sleeping Beauty: Waltz
Aurora Duo
NAXOS 8.570418 Tr 5 3’58	

09:01

BACH
Concerto for 3 Harpsichords, BWV 1064
Karl Richter, Hedwig Bilgram, Iwona Fütterer (harpsichords)
Munich Bach Orchestra
Karl Richter (director)
ARCHIV 4396122 CD 3 Tr 7-9 17’37

09:19

Walter DONALDSON / Gus KAHN
Love me or leave me
Nina Simone (vocals and piano)
Rudy Stevenson guitar)
Lisle Atkinson (bass)
Bobby Hamilton (drums)		
VERVE 06024 9846775 Tr 1 4’07
		
09:25
STRAUSS 
Verführung, op.33 no.1
Renee Fleming (soprano)
Munich Philharmonic
Christian Thielemann (conductor)
DECCA 4780647 Tr 8	 7’15

09:32

MOZART
Clarinet Quartet in Bb major, K 378
Florent Heau (clarinet)
Members of the Manfred Quartet
ZIGZAG ZZT080503 Tr 8-10 19’54

09:54

BACH
Goldberg Variations: 26-30
Stefan Hussong (accordion)
THOROFON CTH 2047 Tr 19 6’05

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: Coates London Suite Albeniz 
Navarra (Iberia, Book 4) Kerry Milan Long Down 0 Lord; Be Present 0 Merciful God 
8.30-10.00: Bach Concerto in C for three harpsichords, BWV1064 Strauss Verfuhrung , 
Op 33 No 1 Mozart Clarinet Quartet in B flat (arr from Violin Sonata, K378)

Classical Collection

Programme presenting a sequence of great music in classic recordings

Classical Collection: James Jolly

James Jolly

BBC Radio 3 - Classical Collection, James Jolly

James Jolly presents music by Mussorgsky, Mozart, Takemitsu, Ravel and Gilbert/Sullivan.

With James Jolly. Including Mussorgsky: Dance of the Persian Slaves (Khovanshchina). Mozart: Marten aller Arten (Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail). Takemitsu: Toward the Sea.

With James Jolly.

10.00 Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina - Dance of the Persian Slaves
Kirov Orchestra, Valery Gergiev (conductor)
PHILIPS 432 147-2 (3 CDs)

10.10 Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail - Harmoniemusik 'Marten aller Arten'
Amadeus Winds, Bastiaan Blomhert (conductor)
L'OISEAU LYRE 425 690-2

10.19 Takemitsu: Toward the Sea
John Williams (guitar), Sebastien Bell (alto flute)
SONY SK 46720

10.33 Ravel: Shéhérazade
Jessye Norman (mezzo soprano), London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis (conductor)
PHILIPS 412 493-2

10.53 Sullivan: The Mikado - Behold the Lord High Executioner
Martyn Green (Ko-Ko), D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Symphony Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey (conductor)
CONIFER CDHD 253/254 (2 CDs)

10.56 Sullivan: The Mikado - On a Tree by a River (Tit Willow)
Richard Suart (Ko-Ko), Welsh National Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor)
TELARC CD80284

10.58 Sullivan: The Mikado - Three Little Maids
Valerie Masterson (Yum-Yum), Peggy Ann Jones (Pitti-Sing), Pauline Wales (Peep-Bo), D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, The Royal Philharmonia Orchestra, Royston Nash (conductor) LONDON 425 190-2 (2 CDs)

11.01 Walton: Piano Quartet
Nash Ensemble
HYPERION CDA67340

11.31 Mozart: Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail - 'Marten aller Arten'
Konstanze: Maria Stader (soprano), RIAS Symphony Orchestra, Ferenc Fricsay (conductor)
DG 445 412-2 (2 CDs)

11.40 McPhee: Tabuh-Tabuhan
John Alley, Elizabeth Burley (pianos), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin (conductor)
CHANDOS 10111

With James Jolly. 
Musorqsky Dance of the Persian Slaves 
(Khovanshchina) Kirov Orchestra/Valery Gergiev 
10.10 Mozart Harmoniemusik: Marten allerArten (Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail) 
Amadeus Winds, conductor Bastiaan Blomhert 
10.19 Takemitsu Toward the Sea 
Sebastien Bell (alto flute), John Williams (guitar) 
10.33 Ravel Sheherazade Jessye Norman (soprano), LSO, conductor Colin Davis 
10.53 Sullivan Behold the Lord High Executioner; On a Tree by a River; Three Little Maids (The Mikado) D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Welsh National Opera Chorus and Orchestra 
11.01 Walton Piano Quartet Nash Ensemble 
11.31 Mozart Marten allerArten (Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail)  
RIAS SO, conductor Ferenc Fricsay 
11.40 McPhee Tabuh-Tabuhan John Alley, Elizabeth Burley (pianos), BBCSO, conductor Leonard Slatkin

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: Antonin Dvorak

Composer of the Week: Antonin Dvorak: Episode 2: Sounds of the New World

Episode 2

Episode 2: Sounds of the New World

Antonin Dvorak

Sounds of the New World

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Antonin Dvorak, Sounds of the New World

Donald Macleod tells the story of Dvorak's friendship with composer Harry T Burleigh.

Donald Macleod tells the story of Dvorak's friendship with young African-American singer and composer Harry T Burleigh, who helped inspire the iconic New World Symphony.

Donald Macleod tells the story of Dvorak's friendship with Harry T Burleigh, a young African-American singer and composer, who introduced Dvorak to spirituals, traditional songs and stories, helping inspire him to compose his most famous work - the iconic New World Symphony.

Trad, arr. Harry T Burleigh: Deep River
New York Dvorak Festival Orchestra
Steven Richman (conductor)
Music and Arts CD1078 - Tr 5

Go Down, Moses
Harry T Burleigh (baritone)
Music and Arts CD926 - Tr 10

Trad, arr. Robertson: Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
Philharmonic Chamber Choir
David Temple (conductor)
HELIOS CDH88008 - Tr 14

Symphony No 9 in E minor (From the New World)
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein (conductor)
SONY CLASSICAL SMK47547.

Donald Macleod gives a full account of Dvorak's famous stay in America from 1892 to 1895

Donald Macleod gives a comprehensive account of Dvorak's famous stay in America from 1892 to 1895, where he was director of the National Conservatory

Composer of the Week: Dvorak

2/5. Sounds of the New World. Donald Macleod tells the story of the singer who inspired Dvorak to compose the Symphony No 9 (From the New World). Trad, arr Burleigh Deep River New York Dvorak Festival Orchestra, conductor Steven Richman Go Down, Moses Harry T Burleigh (baritone) 
Trad, arr Robertson Swing Low, Sweet Chariot 
Philharmonic Chamber Choir, conductor David Temple Dvorak Symphony No 9 in E minor (From the New World) New York Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Leonard Bernstein Repeated atiopm

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: Radio 3 New Generation Artists 2008 Lunchtime Programme 2008

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Radio 3 New Generation Artists 2008 Lunchtime Programme 2008: Episode 5

Episode 5

Radio 3 New Generation Artists 2008 Lunchtime Programme 2008

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Featuring 2008 New Generation Artists Elizabeth Watts (soprano) and Paul Turner (piano).

Featuring Radio 3 2008 New Generation Artists. Haydn: String Quartet in G minor. Eight o'clock; Down by the Salley Gardens; Greeting. Schnittke: Piano Quintet.

Studio and concert performances from members of BBC Radio 3's 2008 New Generation Artists scheme, which exists to provide support to some of the brightest talents in the world of classical music.

Haydn: String Quartet in G minor, Op 74 No 3 (Rider)
Ebene String Quartet

Rebecca Clarke: A Dream; Eight o'clock; Down by the Salley Gardens; Greeting
Elizabeth Watts (soprano)
Paul Turner (piano)

Schnittke: Piano Quintet
Aronowitz Ensemble.

Studio and concert performances by members of Radio 3's 2008 New Generation Artists scheme

Studio and concert performances by members of Radio 3's 2008 New Generation Artists scheme, which exists to provide support to some of the top talents in the classical music world

Afternoon on 3

With Penny Gore. 
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 
1/4. First of four lunchtime programmes this week featuring studio and live concert performances by New Generation Artist scheme members. 
Haydn String Quartet in G minor, Op 74 No 3 (Rider) Ebene Quartet 
Rebecca Clarke A Dream; Eight O'clock; Down by the Salley Gardens; Greeting 
Elizabeth Watts (soprano), Paul Turner (piano) Schnittke Piano Quintet Aronowitz Ensemble 
2.00 Ulster Orchestra - the Five Nations Focusing today on Irish composers. 
Marion Ingoldsby The Heron by the Weir Stanford Overture: Seamus O'Brien Conductor Kenneth Montgomery 
Songs of the Sea With James Rutherford (baritone), Ulster Orchestra, conductor David Brophy 
Duff Echoes of Georgian Dublin 
Conductor Kenneth Montgomery 
Stanford Piano Concerto No 2 With Finghin Collins Philip Martin Variations on Commend Me to the Ploughman The composer (piano), conductor Christian Gansch 
Stanford Stabat Mater Giselle Allen (soprano), Jane Irwin (mezzo), Allan Clayton (tenor), 
Robert MacDonald (bass), Charles Wood Summer School Choir, conductor David Hill Larchet By the Waters ofMoyle 
Conductor Kenneth Montgomery 
Field Nocturne No 5 in B flat, H37 Grace Francis (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: Ulster Orchestra: The Five Nations

Afternoon Concert: Ulster Orchestra: The Five Nations: Episode 2

Ulster Orchestra: The Five Nations

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Ulster Orchestra: The Five Nations, Episode 2

Penny Gore introduces music by Ingoldsby, Stanford, Duff, Martin, Larchet and Field.

Penny Gore introduces music by composers from the Republic of Ireland - from Marion Ingoldsby, Stanford, Arthur Duff, Philip Martin, John Larchet and John Field.

Penny Gore introduces a programme of music by composers from the Republic of Ireland, with an eclectic mix of works performed by the Ulster Orchestra and others.

Marion Ingoldsby: The Herron by the Weir (BBC Radio 3 commission)
Stanford: Seamus O'Brien Overture
Ulster Orchestra
Kenneth Montgomery (conductor)

Stanford: Songs of the Sea
James Rutherford (baritone)
Ulster Youth Choir
Ulster Orchestra
David Brophy (conductor)

Arthur Duff: Echoes of Georgian Dublin
Ulster Orchestra
Kenneth Montgomery (conductor)

Stanford: Piano Concerto No 2
Finghin Collins (piano)
Ulster Orchestra

Philip Martin: Variations on Commend me to the Ploughman
Philip Martin (piano)
Ulster Orchestra
Christian Gansch (conductor)

Stanford: Stabat Mater
Giselle Allen (soprano)
Jane Irwin (mezzo-soprano)
Allan Clayton (tenor)
Robert MacDonald (bass)
Charles Wood Summer School Choir
Ulster Orchestra
David Hill (conductor)

John Larchet: By the Waters of Moyle
Ulster Orchestra
Kenneth Montgomery (conductor)

Field: Nocturne No 5 in B flat, H 37
Grace Francis (piano).

Afternoon Concert: Ulster Orchestra: The Five Nations

Series of programmes focusing on music from each of the five nations of the British Isles

Series of programmes focusing on music from each of the five nations of the British Isles, fronted by the Ulster Orchestra

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: 04/11/2008

BBC Radio 3 - In Tune, 04/11/2008

Presented by Sean Rafferty. With choreographer Mark Morris.

Sean Rafferty presents guests and news from the arts world. With choreographer Mark Morris, and performance from flute and harp duo Francesca Canali and Anneleen Lenaerts.

Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world.

He talks to choreographer Mark Morris about Prokofiev's original score for his new Barbican production of Romeo and Juliet, performed by the London Symphony Orchestra, which caused scandal after the first performance in Russia in 1935.

Plus flute and harp duo Francesca Canali and Anneleen Lenaerts performing in the studio.

17:03
COPLAND
Rodeo (Hoe Down)
San Francisco Symphony
Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)
RCA 09026 63811 2
Track 6	
3’11

17:07
MANUEL DE SUMAYA
De las Flores
Chanticleer
Joseph Jennings (director)
WCJ 8122 79910 1
Track 10
5’55

17:14
PROKOFIEV
Romeo and Juliet (Juliet as a young girl)
London Symphony Orchestra
Andre Previn (conductor)
EMI 7 49012 8
CD 1 
Track 10
3’30

17:22
PROKOFIEV			
Romeo and Juliet (The Quarrel / The Fight)
London Symphony Orchestra
Andre Previn (conductor)
EMI 7 49012 8
CD 1 
Tracks 5-6
4’22

17:31
PROKOFIEV
Romeo and Juliet (Dance of the Mandolins)
London Symphony Orchestra
Andre Previn (conductor)
EMI 7 49012 8
CD 1
Track 25	
2’02

17:34
HANDEL
L’Allegro, il Penseroso, ed il Moderato (As steals the morn)
Mark Padmore (tenor)
Lucy Crowe (soprano)
The English Concert
Andrew Manze (director)
Harmonia Mundi HMU 907422
Track 18
6’33

17:42
CHOPIN
Fantasie Impromptu, Op 66
Penelope Thwaites (piano)
LIR Classics  LIR016
Track 1
5’01

17:48
CHARLES IVES
Variations on America
New York Philharmonic
Kurt Mazur (conductor)
Teldec 9031 74007 2
Tracks 1-8
6’50

17:57
MOISES VIVANCO
Ataypura
Yma Sumac (singer)
Mercury 536 9032
Track 4
3’03
			
18:03
BRITTEN
Building of the House Op 79
CBSO Chorus
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Simon Rattle (conductor)
EMI 2 17528 2
CD 2 
Track 17
4’55

18:09
SCHUBERT
Impromptu D935 No 4
Alfred Brendel (piano)
Philips 442 543-2
Track 8	
5’26

18:15
LIVE
BACH 
Sonata G minor BWV 1020 (Allegro)
Francesca Canali (flute)
Anneleen Lenaerts (harp)
4’24

18:25
LIVE
NINO ROTA 
Sonata for Flute and Harp (Allegro molto moderato)
Francesca Canali (flute)
Anneleen Lenaerts (harp)
4’19

18:31’41
LIVE
BARTOK 
Suite Paysanne Hongroise (Vieilles Dances) 
Francesca Canali (flute)
Anneleen Lenaerts (harp)
5’07

18:38
DURUFLÉ
Requiem Op 9 (Libera me) 
The Choir of Magdalen College
English Sinfonia
Bill Ives (director)
Harmonia Mundi HMU807480
Track 8
5’09

18:47
BRAHMS
Double concerto in A minor Op 102 (Vivace non troppo)
Itzhak Perlman (violin)
Mstislav Rostropovich (cello)
Concertgebouw Orchestra
Bernard Haitink
EMI 2 27913 2
CD 6 
Track 3
8’40

18:56
RANDALL THOMPSON 
The Testament of Freedom (The God who gave us life)
The Boston Symphony Orchestra
The Harvard Glee Club
Serge Koussevitzky
Biddulph WHL 050
Track 10
3’26

Performance on 3

Performance on 3 has been replaced by Radio 3 Live in Concert.

Performance on 3: 04/11/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Performance on 3, 04/11/2008

Alfred Brendel's last London recital, with Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert and Schumann

Tom Service presents one of Alfred Brendel's final Aldeburgh recitals, featuring music by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert and Schumann. Plus Schumann Focus: Five Lieder, Op 40.

Tom Service presents one of the great pianist Alfred Brendel's final recitals recorded at the Aldeburgh Festival 2008, with a programme of music linking four of the composers closest to him over his 60-year career.

Alfred Brendel (piano)

Haydn: Andante and Variations in F minor
Mozart: Sonata in F, K533/494
Beethoven: Sonata in E flat, Op 27 No 1 (Quasi una fantasia)
Schubert: Sonata in B flat, D960

Encores:
Bach: Italian Concerto slow movement
Liszt: 
Annees de pelerinage, 1st year, Switzerland
2. Au lac de Wallenstadt (At the Lake of Wallenstadt) 
Schubert: G-flat major Impromptu

Followed by the second of this week's Schumann Focus:

Schumann: Five Lieder, Op 40
Christianne Stotijn (mezzo-soprano)
Joseph Breinl (piano)
Recorded for New Generation Artists in 2006

Schumann: Album fur die Jugend, nos. 37 & 39
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano)
EMI 2060052
CD.4, tr.8-9

A concert recorded at the Maltings, Snape, in August as part of Alfred Brendel 's farewell tour. Introduced by Tom Service . 
Alfred Brendel (piano) 
Haydn Andante and Variations in F minor Mozart Piano Sonata in F K5331494 
Beethoven Piano Sonata in E flat, Op 27 No 1 Schubert Piano Sonata in B flat, D960 
Followed by Schumann Five Lieder, Op 40 
Christianne Stotijn (mezzo), Joseph Breini (piano)

Night Waves

Radio 3’s flagship arts programme until 2013. Over 350 editions available in the archive.

Radio 3’s flagship arts programme until 2013. Search the extensive archive for interviews, debates and reviews. Go to Free Thinking for the new home of arts and ideas on Radio 3.

Night Waves: Free Thinking: The US Constitution

Free Thinking: The US Constitution

BBC Radio 3 - Night Waves, Free Thinking: The US Constitution

Susan Hitch chairs a debate about the US Constitution, at the Free Thinking Festival 2008.

Susan Hitch presents a special debate about the US Constitution, recorded at the 2008 Free Thinking Festival in Liverpool. With Andrew O'Hagan and Diane Roberts.

Susan Hitch presents a special Night Waves Landmark debate celebrating the US Constitution. 

The US Declaration of Independence remains to this day one of the most poetic and resonant of all political documents. A panel of guests - recorded at the 2008 Free Thinking festival in Liverpool - including novelist and essayist Andrew O'Hagan as well as Florida State University's Diane Roberts, asks if America still honours its founders commitment to 'life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness'.

Free Thinking

Night Waves Landmarks: The US Constitution On the evening of one of most eagerly anticipated American presidential elections ever, Susan Hitch presents a debate celebrating the US Constitution. Recorded at the Free Thinking festival of ideas in Liverpool, with a panel of guests that includes novelist and essayist Andrew O'Hagan , and Florida State University's Diane Roberts. Producer Fiona McLean

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: New Generation Thinkers: 2008

The Essay: New Generation Thinkers: 2008: Part 2

Part 2 New Generation Thinkers

BBC Radio 3 - The Essay, New Generation Thinkers, 2008, Part 2

Mathematician Colva Roney-Dougal considers chaos, risk and the global credit crisis.

Mathematician Colva Roney-Dougal considers chaos, risk and the global credit crisis, asking whether financial difficulties can be predicted.

Mathematician Colva Roney-Dougal of the University of St Andrew's considers chaos, risk and the global credit crisis, asking whether current financial difficulties could have been predicted.

The Essay: New Generation Thinkers

2008

Series of essays read by up-and-coming thinkers from our universities and think tanks

New Generation Thinkers 
2/5. Mathematician Colva Roney-Dougal from St Andrews analyses the maths of the credit crunch.

Late Junction

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

Late Junction: 04/11/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Late Junction, 04/11/2008

Verity Sharp presents music from across the globe.

Verity Sharp's selection includes music by Hector Zazou, Michael de Jong, the extraordinary sound of the Aboriginal yidaki, and Howard Skempton's Magnificat.

Tonight’s selection includes a track from Hector Zazou’s posthumous album ‘In the House of Mirrors’, a song from Michael de Jong, the extraordinary sound of the Aboriginal yidaki played by Janawirri Yiparrka, and the Exon Singers’ performance of a Magnificat by Howard Skempton. 

With Verity Sharp.

Including:

11.15.00

Cooder: Available Space

Ry Cooder

Taken from the album The Ry Cooder Anthology 

Rhino Promo                                                                              


11.17.00

France

Ridel/Attard: Labour Song

Moussu T e lei Jovents 

Taken from the album Home Sweet Home

Le Chant du Monde CDM 127                               


11.20.00

France

Amestoy: Paquerette

Amestoy Trio

Taken from the album Sport & Couture

Daqui 332035                                                                


11.24.00

Marshall: In A Silent Room (Introduction to the Story of Spedy Sponda)

Oren Marshall, tuba and electronics

Taken from the album Introduction to the Story of Spedy Sponda

Slowfoot Records SLO CD003                               


11.27.00

Australia 

Yiparrka: Ngurili

Janawirri Yiparrka, yidaki

Taken from the album Ankala

World Network 28 295                                                    


11.30.30

AMGC: Life Is Long

Agnostic Mountain Gospel Choir

Taken from the album Ten Thousand

Ballin the Jack BTJ 01CD                                                   


11.33.00

Trad: It Makes A Long Time Man Feel Bad

Kelly Pace, Charlie Porter, LT Edwards, Willie Hubbard, Luther Williams, Napoleon Cooper, Albert Pate, Willie Lee Jones, voices

Taken from the album Negro Work Songs and Calls

Rounder CD 1517                                                           


11.39.00

Trad arr. Simpson: Deep Blue Sea

Martin Simpson, guitar

Taken from the album Cool and Unusual

Red House Records RHR CD110                           


11.43.00

de Jong: Faces In The Clouds

Michael de Jong

Taken from the album Le Voyageur Solitaire

MWCD 1900                                                                             


11.50.00

Trad arr. Swåp: Red Jacket

Swåp

Taken from the album Swåp

Amigo AMCD 735                                                                       


11.55.00

Turkey

Trad: Ez Kevok Im

Kardes Türküler

Taken from the album Bahar

Kalan CD345                                                                             


12.00.00

Greece

Trad:  Tou nekrou adelphou (Song of the Deceased Brother) 

Chronis Aidonides, voice/Nikos Philippides, kaval/Socratis Sinopoulos, lyra/Giannis Gevgoli, violin/Vagelis Dimoudis, ud/Kostas Philippides, lute

Taken from the album Greece Paralogues: Traditional Songs

Ocora C60018                                                               


12.07.20

Zazou: Wanna Mako

Toir Kuziyev, sato/Manish Pingle, slide guitar/Nils Petter Molvaer, trumpet/Hector Zazou, sound treatments

Taken from the album In The House of Mirrors

Crammed Craw 47                                                          


12.14.00

Skempton: Magnificat

The Exon Singers

Taken from the album Howard Skempton: The Cloths of Heaven

Delphian DCD34056                                                                   


12.18.00

Boëllmann: Prière à Notre-Dame

Naji Hakim, organ

Taken from the album Naji Nakim plays the organ of Glenalmond College 

Signum SIGCD130                                                                       


12.23.00

Zephaniah: Things We Say

Benjamin Zephaniah

Taken from the album Naked

One Little Indian TPLP403CDL                              


12.26.00

Japan

Miyake/Lindsay: Outros Escuros

Arto Lindsay, voice/Jun Miyake, piano, samples/Vinicius Cantuaria, guitars and percussion/Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra/Hitoshi Watanabe, bass

Taken from the album Stolen from Strangers

Yellow Bird TEB 7706 


12.33.00

Gibbons: Fantasia MB9

Daniel Ben Pienaar, piano

Taken from the album Orlando Gibbons: Complete Keyboard Works

Deux Elles DXL 1126                                                      


12.38.00

Finland

Hugill: Catalogue de Grenouilles

Taina Niemala, piano

Taken from the album Pataphysical Piano

UHR 202211008                                                             


12.56.00

Louis 2000: Les Oiseaux

Louis 2000/Kéba Kébé

Taken from the album Nuits Sur Écoute Bignona

Frikyiwa FRIK CD1751

A track from Hector Zazou 's posthumous album 
In the House of Mirrors, a song by Michael de Jong , and a performance of Magnificat by Howard Skempton. With Verity Sharp. Producer Roger Short

Through the Night

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

Through the Night: 05/11/2008

05/11/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 05/11/2008

Jonathan Swain presents music by Haydn, Mozart, Sibelius, Nowowiejski, Schafer and Grieg.

Jonathan Swain introduces music, including Gretry, Haydn, Mozart, Sibelius, Schafer, Picchi, Hammerschmidt, Chausson, Brahms, Rigatti, Andriessen, Verdi, Grieg, Maldire and Strauss.

01:01AM
Gretry, André-Modeste (1741-1813)
Ouverture du Huron; Comme un éclair (La Fausse Magie, Acte II scène 1, air de Lucette); Où vais-je? Quel transport m'égare?... Ô sort, par tes noires fureurs…(Les Evènements imprévus, Acte II scène 1, récitatif et air d'Eliane)

01:20AM
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809)
Ouverture d’Acide e Galatea; S’egli e vero, che dagli astri (L’Incontro improvviso, air de Rezia); Or vicino a te, mio core (L’Incontro improvviso, air de Rezia)

01:38AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Ouverture d’Apollo e Hyacinthus (K.38); S’altro che lacrime (La Clémence de Titus, acte II, scène 14, air de Servilia); Son mie prove si belle… Biancheggia in mar lo scoglio (Il Sogno di Scipione, récitatif et air de Costanza)
Magali Léger (soprano), Les Paladins, Jérôme Correas (conductor)


01:52AM
Fodor, Carolus Antonius (1768-1846)
Sonata (Op.2 No.1) in F major
Arthur Schoonderwoerd (fortepiano)

02:10AM
Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957)
Symphony No.6 (Op.104) in D minor
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor)

02:40AM
Nowowiejski, Felix (1877-1946)
Missa pro pace (Op.49 No.3)
Polish Radio Choir, Andrzej Bialko (organ), Wlodzimierz Siedlik (conductor)

03:18AM
Schäfer, Dirk (1873-1931)
Piano Quintet (Op.5) in D flat major, Op.5 (1901)
Orpheus String Quartet, Jacob Bogaart (piano)

04:00AM
Kint, Cor (1890-1944)
Prelude pastoral (Op.33)
Wout van Andel (organ)

04:05AM
Harris, William (1883-1973)
Prelude in E flat (4 Short Pieces for Organ)  
David Goode (organ)

04:09AM
Giliardi, Arnolfo (15th century)
Le souvenir
Morton, Robert (c.1430-1475)
Le souvenir de vous (rondo for 3 voices)
Ferrara Ensemble, Crawford Young (director)

04:14AM
Gabrieli, Andrea (c.1533-1586)
Canzon Arioso (from Il terzo libro de ricercari)
Rinaldo Alessandrini (harpsichord)

04:17AM
Picchi, Giovanni (1571/2-1643)
Toccata (from the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book)
Rinaldo Alessandrini (harpsichord)

04:21AM
Hammerschmidt, Andreas (1611/12-1675)
Suite in C for strings and winds – from the collection Ester Fleiß
Hesperion XX, Jordi Savall (director)

04:34AM
Chausson, Ernest (1855-1899)
Paysage (Op.38)
Bengt Åke-Lundin (piano)

04:39AM
Chausson, Ernest (1855-1899)
Chanson perpétuelle
Lena Hoel (soprano), Bengt Åke-Lundin (piano), Yggdrasil String Quartet

04:47AM
Lully, Jean Baptiste (1632-1687)
Le Sommeil (Atys - LWV56)  
La Simphonie du Marais

04:52AM
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918)
Rêverie
Jan-Erik Gustafsson (cello), Heini Kärkkäinen (piano)

04:56AM
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893)
Sleep my little one and dream – aria from 'Mazeppa'
Joanne Kolomyjec (soprano), Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, Mario Bernardi (conductor)

05:00AM
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)
Nänie (Op.82)
Oslo Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (conductor)

05:12AM
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893)
Valse-Scherzo in A major
Tendres reproches (Op.73 No.3) in C sharp minor
Valse à cinq temps (Op.72 No.6) in D major
Niklas Sivelöv (piano)

05:18AM
Ivanovs, Janis (1960-1983)
Cello Concerto - 2nd movement
Agnese Rugevica (cello), Liepaja Symphony Orchestra, Imants Resnis (conductor)

05:26AM
Rigatti, Alessandro (1615-1649)
Dixit Dominus à 8  
His Majesty's Sagbutts and Cornetts, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)

05:40AM
Andriessen, Hendrik (1892-1981)
5 Intermezzi from Intermezzi per Organo, Secunda Raccolta
Albert de Klerk (organ)

05:53AM
Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901)
Giovanna D'Arco – Sinfonia
Canadian Opera Company Orchestra, Richard Bradshaw (conductor)

06:01AM
Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907)
Concerto for piano and orchestra (Op.16) in A minor
Rian de Waal (piano), Anima Eterna, Jos van Immerseel (conductor)

06:30AM
Maldere, Pieter van (1729-1768)
Sinfonia (Op.5 No.1) in D major
Academy of Ancient Music, Filip Bral (conductor)

06:47AM
Strauss, Richard (1864-1949)
Ewig einsam/Wenn du einst die Gauen - from 'Guntram' (Op.25)
Ben Heppner (tenor), Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis (conductor)

Presented by Jonathan Swain. 
A concert of vocal and orchestral operatic excerpts by Gretry, Haydn and Mozart. 1.52 Fodor Sonata in F. Op2 No 1 2.10 Sibelius Symphony No 6 2.40 Nowowiejski 
Missa Pro Pace. Op 49 No 3 3.18 Schafer Piano Quintet in D flat, Op 5 4.00 Kint Prelude Pastoral, Op 33 4.05 Harris Prelude in E flat (four short pieces for organ) 4.09 Giliardi Le Souvenir Morton Le Souvenir de Vous (rondo for three voices) 4.14 A Gabrieli Canzon Arioso (II Terzo Libro de Ricercari) 4.17 Picchi Toccata (Fitzwilliam Virginal Book) 
4.21 Hammerschmidt Suite in C (Ester Fleiss ) 4.34 
Chausson Paysage; Chanson Perpétuelle 4.47 Lully Le Sommeil (Atys - LWV56) 4.52 Debussy Reverie 4.56 Tchaikovsky Sleep My Little One and Dream (Mazeppa) 
5.00 Brahms Name, Op 82 5.12 Tchaikovsky Valse-Scherzo in A; Tendres Reproches, Op 73; Valse a Cinq Temps, Op 72 
5.18 Ivanovs Cello Concerto (2nd mvt) 5.26 Rigatti Dixit Dominus a 8 5.40 Andriessen Five Intermezzi 
5.53 Verdi Sinfonia (Giovanna d'Arco) 6.01 Grieg Piano 
Concerto in A minor 6.30 Maldere Sinfonia in D, Op 5 No 1 
6.47 Strauss Ewig einsam, Wenn du einst die Gauen (Guntram)

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