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Breakfast

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

Breakfast: 07/11/2008

07/11/2008

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Rob Cowan presents music by Phildor, Vivaldi, Brahms, Sibelius, Ravel and Verdi.

With Rob Cowan. Includes Philidor: Overture (Le sorcier). Vivaldi: Concerto in C, RV188. Brahms: 6 songs and romances, Op 93a (excerpts). Sibelius: Suite, Op 117. Ravel: Jeux d'eau.

The complete Breakfast playlist is posted on this site after the programme has been broadcast.

07:03

PHILIDOR 
Le Sorcier, Overture
Prague Chamber Orchestra
Christian Benda, conductor
NAXOS 8.557593-94  CD.2 Tr.16


07:13

ELGAR
Chanson de nuit
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Davies, conductor
WARNER CLASSICS 2564 69924-6  CD.2 Tr.2


07:17

J C BACH
Sonata for keyboard (Op.17`4) in G major 
Alberto Nose, piano
NAXOS 8.570361 Tr.8-9


07:27

Taneli KUUSISTO
Finnish Prayer Op.27/2
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
Leif Segerstram, conductor
ONDINE ODE 1112-2  Tr.9


07:32

VIVALDI [BILLED]
Concerto for violin and orchestra (RV.188) (Op.7`2) in C major  
Salvatore Accardo, violin
I Musici
PENTATONE CLASSICS 5186 130  Tr.1-3


07:42

ROSZA arr. Richard Hayman
Ben Hur: Parade of the Charioteers
Boston Pops Orchestra
Arthur Fiedler, conductor
RCA VICTOR 09026-60966-2  Tr.4


07:46

BRAHMS 
5 Songs and romances for unaccompanied chorus 
Ensemble Vocale de Lausanne
Michel Corboz, director
CASCAVELLE VEL 3090  CD.2 Tr.14-18


07:57

Pachelbel
Toccata for organ no. 9 in E minor 
Herbert Tachezi, organ
DAS ALTE WERK 2564 69455-8  CD.2  Tr.10


08:03

PROKOFIEV
Romeo and Juliet - The balcony scene (Suite No.1)
Suisse Romande Orchestra
Armin Jordan, conductor
ERATO 2292-45817-2  Tr.13


08:11

RAMEAU
Overture - Les Paladins
Les Talens Lyriques
Christophe Rousset, director
L'OISEAU-LYRE 455 293-2  Tr.10


08:16

SCHUBERT
Moments musicaux (D.780) No.1 in C major
Till Fellner, piano
ERATO 0630-17869-2 Tr.4


08:22

MOZART
L' Amero, saro costante (Il Re pastore)
Emma Kirkby, soprano
Academy of Ancient Music
Christopher Hirons, solo violin
Christopher Hogwood, director
L'OISEAU-LYRE 425 835-2  Tr.2


08:31

STRAVINSKY
3 pieces for clarinet – iii
Eduard Brunner (clarinet)
ECM 1599  Tr 4


08:32
FREE THOUGHT
Ian McMillan – Limericks about the way form can dictate content


08:34

BACH
Three Canons
Music Antiqua Köln
ARCHIV 413 642-2  CD 3 Tr 28-30 


08:37

SIBELIUS 
Suite for violin and strings (Op.117) 
Jari Valo, violin
Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra
Juha Kangas, conductor
FINLANDIA 4509-98995-2  Tr.15-17


08:45

DONIZETTI
Quando rapita in estasi from Lucia di Lammermoor
Joan Sutherland, soprano
Orchestra & Chorus of St Ceclia Academy, Rome
John Pritchard, conductor
DECCA 467 688-2  CD.1 Tr.7


08:51

RAVEL 
Jeux d'eau 
Jean-Philippe Collard, piano
EMI 5 86061 2  CD.1 Tr.4


08:57

Clarence Cameron WHITE
Levee Dance Op.27 No.2
Jascha Heifetz, violin
RCA 09026 61750 2  CD.2 Tr.22


09:01

DVORAK
The Water Goblin Op.107
Amsterdam Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor
TELDEC 3984-25254-2


09:23

VERDI 
Luisa Miller - Oh fede negar potessi; Quando le sere al placido 
Carlo Bergonzi, tenor
Orchestra dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Rome
Gianandrea Gavazzeni, conductor
DECCA 440 417-2  Tr.2


09:28

IRELAND
Cavatina for violin and piano [1904] 
Justine Watts, violin
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Martin Yates, conductor
DUTTON CDLX 7215  Tr.8


09:35

LULLY
Chaconne de l'Amour medecin
Le Concert des Nations
Jordi Savall, director
ALIA VOX AV9807  Tr.31


09:39

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Overture - The Wasps
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Vernon Handley, conductor
CHANDOS CHAN8330  Tr.1


09:49

BACH
Fantasy & Fugue in A minor BWV 904
Alfred Brendel, piano
PHILIPS 475 7760  Tr.8

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: Philidor Overture: Le Sorcier 
Vivaldi Violin Concerto in C, RVI88 Brahms Der bucklichte Fiedler; Das Madchen ; 0 susser Mai 
(Six Songs and romances for unaccompanied chorus, Op 93a) 8.30-10.00: Sibelius Suite for violin and strings, Op 117Ravel Jeux d'Eau Verdi Oh Fede Negar Potessi; Quando le Sere al Placido (Luisa Miller )

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 Massenet, Handel, Bantock, Elgar and Rimsky-Korsakov.

With James Jolly. Including Massenet: Overture (Le roi de Lahore). Handel: Forte e Lieto (Tamerlano). Bantock: Four Chinese Landscapes. Elgar: Piano Quintet. Rimsky Korsakov: Antar.

With James Jolly.

10.00 Massenet: Le Roi de Lahore – Overture
National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge (conductor)
DECCA 433 852-2 9 (2 CDs)

10.09 Handel: Tamerlano, Act III – 'Forte e Lieto'
Mark Padmore (tenor), Academy of Ancient Music, Andrew Manze (conductor)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMU907735

10.16 Bantock: Four Chinese Landscapes
London Promenade Orchestra, Walter Collins (conductor)
DUTTON CDLX7043

10.29 Elgar: Piano Quintet
Ian Brown (piano), Sorrell Quartet
CHANDOS CHAN9894

11.08 Massenet: Le Roi de Lahore, Act I – ‘O Timour! Tu me crois coupable'
Sitâ: Joan Sutherland (soprano), Scindia: Sherill Milnes (baritone), Alim: Luis Lima (tenor), Kaled: Huguette Tourangeau (mezzo soprano), London Voices, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge (conductor)
DECCA 433 852-2 (2 CDs)

11.17 Anon. Sakura Sakura
Jean-Pierre Rampal (flute), Lily Laskine (harp)
DENON 35C37-7127

11.25 Rimsky-Korsakov: Antar
The Philharmonia, Yevgeny Svetlanov (conductor)
HELIOS CDH55137

With 
James Jolly. Massenet Overture: Le Roi de Lahore 
National PO, conductor Richard Bonynge 
10.09 Handel Forte e Lieto (Tamerlano) 
Mark Padmore (tenor), Academy of Ancient Music, conductor Andrew Manze 
10.16 Bantock Four Chinese Landscapes London Promenade Orchestra, conductor Walter Collins 
10.29 Elgar Piano Quintet in A minor, Op 84 Ian Brown , Sorrell Quartet 
11.08 Massenet 0 Timour! Tu Me Crois Coupable (Le Roi de Lahore, Act I)  
London Voices, National Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Richard Bonynge 
11.17 Anon Sakura Sakura 
Jean-Pierre Rampal (flute), Lily Laskine (harp) 
11.25 Rimsky-Korsakov Anter Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Yevgeni Svetlanov

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 5: Farewells

Episode 5

Episode 5: Farewells

Antonin Dvorak

Farewells

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Antonin Dvorak, Farewells

Exploring Dvorak's last months in America, a period marred by the death of his father.

Donald Macleod explores Dvorak's last months in America, a period marred by the deaths of his father and his great friend, the conductor Hans von Bulow.

Donald Macleod explores Dvorak's last months in America, a period marred by the deaths of this father and his great friend, the conductor Hans von Bulow. The music includes the composer's Biblical Songs - written in the immediate aftermath of his bereavements - as well as the composition that was to prove his final farewell to his adopted home: the virtuosic Cello Concerto in B minor.

Dvorak, arr. Art Tatum: Humoresque in G flat
Art Tatum (piano)
ASV CDAJA5164 - Tr 15

Biblical Songs (excerpts)
Brian Rayner Cook (baritone)
Scottish National Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN9002 - Trs 4-6

Cello Concerto in B minor, Op 104
Pierre Fournier (cello)
Berlin Philharmonic
George Szell (conductor)
Deutsche Grammophon 4394842 - Trs 1-3.

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

5/5. Farewells. Donald Macleod explores Dvorak's last months in America. 
Humoresque in G flat, arr Art Tatum Art Tatum (piano) 
Biblical Songs (excerpts) 
Brian Rayner Cook (baritone), Scottish National Orchestra, conductor Neeme Jarvi 
Cello Concerto in B minor Pierre Fournier , 
Berlin PO, conductor George Szell Repeated at 10pm

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 8

Episode 8

Radio 3 New Generation Artists 2008 Lunchtime Programme 2008

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With 2008 New Generation Artists Danjulo Ishizaka (cello) and Elizabeth Watts (soprano).

Lunchtime programmes featuring BBC New Generation Artists. Pal Palsson: Sternengesang. Hesketh: Shimmer words and idle songs. Brahms: Trio in A minor, Op 114.

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

Pal Palsson: Sternengesang
Danjulo Ishizaka (cello)
Markus Schirmer (piano)

Kenneth Hesketh: Shimmer words and idle songs
Elizabeth Watts (soprano)
Gary Matthewman (piano)

Brahms: Trio in A minor, Op 114
Maxim Rysanov (viola)
Kristina Blaumane (cello)
Katya Apekisheva (piano).

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 
4/4. Featuring performances by members of the New Generation Artists scheme. Pal PalssonSfernengesang 
Danjulo Ishizaka (cello), Markus Schirmer (piano) Kenneth Hesketh Shimmer Words and Idle Songs Elizabeth Watts (soprano), Gary Matthewman (piano) Brahms Trio in A minor, Op 114 
Maxim Rysanov (viola), Kristina Blaumane (cello), Katya Apekisheva (piano) 
2.00 Ulster Orchestra - the Five Nations Music with an English theme. Stephen McNeff Near Avalon Conductor Rumon Gamba 
Vaughan Williams , arr Jacob 
English Folk Song Suite Conductor George Vass Vaughan Williams Flos Campi 
With Philip Dukes (viola), conductor Rumon Gamba 
Lambert Horoscope Suite Conductor David Brophy Richard Rodney Bennett Elegy for Caroline Lamb With Philip Dukes (viola), conductor Rumon Gamba Vaughan Williams Symphony No 5 Conductor Rumon Gamba 
Bax Evening Piece (Three Pieces for Small Orchestra)  Conductor David Brophy Bliss Suite: Checkmate 
Conductor Nicholas Braithwaite

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 5

Ulster Orchestra: The Five Nations

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Ulster Orchestra: The Five Nations, Episode 5

The Ulster Orchestra in music by McNeff, Vaughan Williams, Lambert, Bennett, Bax and Bliss

Penny Gore presents the Ulster Orchestra in music by English composers - from McNeff, Vaughan Williams, Lambert, Bennett, Bax and Bliss.

Penny Gore presents a programme of music by composers from England, with the Ulster Orchestra and others performing an eclectic mix of works.

Stephen McNeff: Near Avalon (BBC Radio 3 commission)
Ulster Orchestra
Ulster Youth Choir
Rumon Gamba (conductor)

Vaughan Williams (arr. Jacob): English Folksong Suite
Ulster Orchestra
George Vass (conductor)

Vaughan Williams: Flos Campi, for chorus, solo viola and orchestra
Philip Dukes (viola)
Ulster Orchestra
Rumon Gamba (conductor)

Lambert: Horoscope Suite
Ulster Orchestra
David Brophy (conductor)

Richard Rodney Bennett: Elegy for Caroline Lamb
Philip Dukes (viola)
Ulster Orchestra
Rumon Gamba (conductor)

Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 5
Ulster Orchestra
Rumon Gamba (conductor)

Bax: Evening Piece (Three pieces for small orchestra)
Ulster Orchestra
David Brophy (conductor)

Bliss: Checkmate Concert Suite
Ulster Orchestra
Nicholas Braithwaite (conductor).

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

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: 07/11/2008

BBC Radio 3 - In Tune, 07/11/2008

Presented by Sean Rafferty. With Riccardo Chailly, Ian Bostridge and Thomas Hampson.

Presented by Sean Rafferty. With conductor Riccardo Chailly on his Rossini concert at the Barbican, plus tenor Ian Bostridge and baritone Thomas Hampson on Britten's War Requiem.

Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world, including conductor Riccardo Chailly talking about his concert of Rossini which opens the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra's 2008/2009 residency at the Barbican Centre, London.

Plus tenor Ian Bostridge and baritone Thomas Hampson discussing their special relationship with Britten's War Requiem, which they perform at the Royal Albert Hall.

17:02
ROSSINI 
Petite messe (Gloria in excelsis Deo)
Helen Field (soprano)
Anne-Marie Owens (mezzo-soprano)
Edmund Barham (tenor)
John Tomlinson (bass)
CBSO Chorus
Nettle-Markham Piano Duo (pianos)
Peter King (harmonium)
Simon Halsey (conductor)
CONIFER CDCF 184
Track 2
2’40

17:05
BACH 
Prelude & fugue in C minor, BWV.847
Richard Egarr (harpsichrod)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 907431.32
CD 1 
Tracks 3-4
4’09

17:10
MENDELSSOHN 
Midsummer night’s Dream (Overture) (orig 1826 version)
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly (conductor)
DECCA	 475 6939
Track 1
11’56

17:28
ROSSINI 
Petite messe solennelle: Cum Sancto Spiritu...	
Orchestra & Chorus of the Teatro Comunale, Bologna
Riccardo Chailly (conductor)
DECCA 444 134 2
CD 1 
Track 1
5’31

17:40
SCHUMANN, arr. Mahler 
Symphony No.2 (Allegro molto vivace)
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly (conductor)
DECCA 475 835 2
Track 5
7’24

17:48
CREQUILLON
Ung gai bergier
Paul O’Dette (lute)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 907388
Track 3
2’48

17:51
TAILLEFERRE 
Pastorale
Emily Beynon (flute)
Andrew West (piano)
HYPERION CDA 67204	
Track 5
3’50

17:57
WAGNER
Migonne, WWV57
Thomas Hampson (baritone)
Geoffrey Parsons (piano)
EMI 724355504722
Track 6
2’50

18:03
TCHAIKOVSKY 
The Nutcracker, Op.71 (Final waltz and apotheosis)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Genadi Rozhdestvensky (conductor)
BBCL 4204 2
Track 13
5’25

18:09
VERDI 
I vespri siciliani (Merci, dilette amoche)
Joan Sutherland (soprano)
Paris Conservatoire Orchestra
Nello Santi (conductor)
DECCA  440 404 2
Track 6
3’27

18:13
BEETHOVEN 
Bagatelle, Op.33 no.1 (Andante grazioso quasi allegretto)
Stephen (Bishop) Kovacevich (piano)
PHILIPS 426 976 2
Track 1
2’58

18:17
BRITTEN 
War Requiem (Dies ire dies illa)
Westminster Symhonic Choir
New York Philharmonic
Kurt Masur (conductor)
TELDEC 0630 17115 2
CD 1 
Track 3
3’40

18:26
BRITTEN 
Nocturne (She sleeps on soft, last breaths)
Ian Bostridge (tenor)
Dominik Wollenbeber (cor anglais)
Berlin Philharmonic
Sir Simon Rattle (conductor)
EMI 5 58049 2
Track 24
5’04

18:39
BRITTEN 
War Requiem (After the blast of lightening from the East)
Thomas Hampson (baritone)
New York Philharmonic
Kurt Masur (conductor)
TELDEC 0630 17115 2
CD 2 
Track 2
3’38

18:44
PURCELL
Amphitryon, Z.572 (Saraband)
Aradia Ensemble
Kevin Mallon (director)
NAXOS 8.570149
Track 2
1’55

18:46
MOZART 
Piano Quartet in G minor (Rondo)
Paul Lewis (piano)
Leopold String Trio
HYPERION CDA 67373	
Track 3
7’19

18:54
GUSTAVE CHARPENTIER 
Louise (Depuis le jour)
Anna Netrebko (soprano)
Prague Philharmonia
Emmanuel Villaume (conductor)
DG 477 7639
Track 4
5’14

Performance on 3

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

Performance on 3: 07/11/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Performance on 3, 07/11/2008

Tom Service presents the BBC SO under Kazushi Ono in Mussorgsky Pintscher and Tchaikovksy.

Tom Service presents the BBC SO under Kazushi Ono in Mussorgsky's Night on the Bare Mountain, Pintscher's pourquoi l'azur muet and Tchaikovsky's Byron-inspired Manfred Symphony.

Tom Service introduces a concert given in London's Barbican Hall, featuring the BBC Symphony Orchestra performing the original version of Mussorgsky's dramatic Night on the Bare Mountain before the premiere of Matthias Pintscher's latest work, based on his music theatre piece L'espace dernier. Plus Tchaikovsky's Manfred Symphony, which the composer referred to as the best of his compositions.

Claudia Barainsky (soprano)
Claudia Mahnke (mezzo-soprano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Kazushi Ono (conductor)

Mussorgsky: Night on the Bare Mountain (original version)
Matthias Pintscher: pourquoi l'azur muet... (BBC co-commission; world premiere)
Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony, Op 58

Followed by the fifth in this week's Schumann Focus:

Schumann: String Quartet in F, Op 41 No 2
Zehetmair Quartet
Recorded by French Radio at Cité de la musique, Paris in January 2008

Schumann: Adagio & Allegro in A flat, Op.70
Danjulo Ishizaka (cello)
Jose Gallardo (piano)
Recorded for New Generation Artists in 2006 

Monti: Czardas
Philippe Graffin (violin)
Claire Desert (piano)
CD: Onyx 4039
track: 3

Presented by Tom Service.

Claudia Barainsky (soprano), Claudia Mahnke (mezzo), BBCSO, conductor Kazushi Ono

Musorgsky Night on the Bare Mountain (original version)

Matthias Pintscher Pourquoi l'Azur Muet

Tchaikovsky Manfred Symphony, Op 58

Followed by Schumann String Quartet in F, Op 41 No 2 - Zehetmair Quartet

The Verb

BBC Radio 4

Radio 4's cabaret of the word, featuring the best poetry, new writing and performance

The Verb: Free Thinking

Free Thinking

BBC Radio 4 - The Verb, Free Thinking

Ian McMillan with a special edition of the programme for Radio 3's Free Thinking festival.

In a special edition of the programme for Radio 3's 2008 Free Thinking festival, Ian McMillan is joined in Liverpool by Alexei Sayle, Peter Blegvad and Angie Clarke.

As part of Radio 3's 2008 Free Thinking festival, Ian McMillan presents a special edition of the show from Liverpool's Bluecoat Gallery.

With writer and comedian Alexei Sayle discussing his novel Mister Roberts, Free Thinking's Writer in Residence Angie Clarke, plus an 'eartoon' from Sony Award-winning musician and cartoonist Peter Blegvad.

From Liverpool's Bluecoat Gallery in an edition of the show recorded at the Free Thinking Festival. Ian McMillan 's guests include Alexei Sayle on his new novel Mister Roberts and Free Thinking's writer-in-residence Angie Clarke. Peter Blegvad contributes a new Eartoon. Producer Laura Thomas

Composer Of the Week

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 5: Dark Energy

Part 5 Part 5: Dark Energy

New Generation Thinkers

Dark Energy

BBC Radio 3 - The Essay, New Generation Thinkers, 2008, Dark Energy

Roberto Trotta asks what 'dark energy' might reveal about mankind's place in the universe.

Roberto Trotta, an astrophysicist from Imperial College, London, discusses so-called 'dark energy', asking what it might reveal about the place of mankind in the universe.

The Essay: New Generation Thinkers

2008

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

New Generation Thinkers 
5/5. Roberto Trotta , an astrophysicist from Imperial College, asks what dark energy is and what it might reveal about the place of mankind in the universe.

World on 3

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

World on 3: 07/11/2008

BBC Radio 3 - World on 3, 07/11/2008

Mary Ann Kennedy presents a concert from American folk duo Mike Marshall and Darol Anger.

Mary ann Kennedy presents music from American folk duo Mike Marshall and Darol Anger performing with Swedish band Vasen at the 2008 WOMEX world music expo in Seville.

Mary Ann Kennedy's eclectic selection includes music from American folk duo Mike Marshall and Darol Anger performing with Swedish band Vasen at the 2008 WOMEX world music expo in Seville.

World on 3 

Presented by Mary Ann Kennedy
Produced by Roger Short

Tel 	020 7765 4661
Fax 	020 7765 5052 
e-mail	world.routes@bbc.co.uk

Friday 7th November, 11:15pm

Doumbia/Bagayoko: Magosa
Amadou & Mariam 
Album: Welcome to Mali
Because Promo


T-Bone Walker: Waiting for your call
BB King (vocals & guitars); Jim Keltner (drums/perc); Jay Bellerose (drums/perc); Nathan East (acoustic bass); Mike Elizanda (electric bass); 
Johnnu Lee Schell (guitar); Dr John (piano); Neil Larsen (D-3); 
Darrell Leonard (trumpet)
Album: One Kind Favour
Geffen Records 00602517812413


J Lomax/A Lomax/G Turner: New Orleans (The Rising Sun Blues)
Lead Belly (12-string guitar/accordion/piano/vocals); Sonny Terry (harmonica); Josh White (6-string guitar)
Album: The Tradition Masters
Rykodisc TCD 1086


Trad: The Yellow Barber/Gold Rush
Chris Newman (guitar/mandolin); Nollaig Casey (fiddle); Arty McGlynn (guitars); Máire Ní Chathasaigh (harp)
Album: Heartstring Sessions
Oldbridge Music Records OBMCD18


Seán Bán Mac Grianna: Sios an Sliabh
Albert Fry
Album: Tráthnóna Beag Aréir 
Gael Linn CEFCD 193


Womex Showcase Recordings

Mike Marshall (mandolin)
Olov Johansson (nyckelharpa)
Mikael Marin (violin)
Roger Tallroth (guitar)


Marshall: Loke’s trouble
Mike Marshall & Vasen
BBC Recording, made during the WOMEX expo, Seville, 2008 


Johansson: Skridsko Laten
Mike Marshall & Vasen
BBC Recording, made during the WOMEX expo, Seville, 2008 


Marshall: Egypt 
Mike Marshall & Vasen
BBC Recording, made during the WOMEX expo, Seville, 2008 


F. Ridel/S. Attard: La Chaple
Moussu Te et les Jovents 
Album: Home sweet home
Le Chant du Monde CDM 127


Traoré: Kounandi
Rokia Troaré (voice); Mamah Diabate (n’goni); Christophe Minck (harp)
Album: Tchamantché
Nonesuch 465532-2


Massoukos: Niassa
Masukos –Feliciano Dos Santos (vocals/guitar);
Simao Rieiro Fontes (vocals/percussion);
Nuno Miguel Militar Antonio (elec. guitar); Americo Miguel (djembe); 
Dionisio Robat Caisse (bass guitar); Mbedo Luis Benjamin Ligundo (drum kit); Manuel Williamo Dihuaia (perc); Carlos Alvaro Socrates (keyboard)
Album: Bumping
Poo Productions PPLCD001


Caoimhín Ó Cinnéide: Dán Lae Breithe (A Birthday Poem)
Séamus Begley (vocals/butter accordion)
Album: Beal Tuinne
Tara Music CD4022


O’Rourke: Eas Fors
Aidan O’ Rourke (fiddle); Catriona McKay (harp); Phil Bancroft (sax); 
Martin O’Neill (percussion); Martin Green (accordion)
Album: An Tobar
Navigator Records Navigator 24


Robin: Kali Sultana -Troisième Mouvement 
Titi Robin (guitar/bouzouq/’oud); Pascal Kalou Stalin (gummbass); 
Francis Varis (accordion); Renaud Gabriel Pion (clarinet/saxophone); 
Ze Luis Nascimento (percussion); Maria Robin (vocals)
Album: Kali Sultani –L’ombre du Ghazal
Naïve WN145173


Trad: Pennknivsmordaren
Mike Marshall & Vasen
BBC Recording, made during the WOMEX expo, Seville, 2008 


Tallroth: Josephins Dopvals
Mike Marshall & Vasen
BBC Recording, made during the WOMEX expo, Seville, 2008 


Reid: Slowing Down –Slow air in the Aeolian Mode
Patsy Reid; Mhairi Hall (piano); Aidan O’Rourke (fiddle); 
Ana Wendy Stevenson (violin); Duncan Lyall (double bass); 
Dairdre Morrison (violin); Iain Copeland (percussion)
Album: Bridging the Gap
Vertical Records VERTCD088

Arr. Zoe Rahman/Idris Rahman: Betrayed (Amar hark ala korlam re)
Idris Rahman (clarinet/flute); Zoe Rahman (piano); Kuljit Bhamra (percussion); Oli Hayhurst (double bass); Samay Bishai (violin); Gene Calderazzo (drums); Arnob (vocals)
Album: Where Rivers Meet
Manushi records MANUCD004

American folk duo Mike Marshall and Darol Anger performing with Swedish band Vasen, recorded at last weekend's Womex world music expo in Seville. Introduced by Mary Ann Kennedy.

Through the Night

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

Through the Night: 08/11/2008

08/11/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 08/11/2008

Jonathan Swain presents music by Verdi, Faure, Ravel, Chopin, Karlowicz and Stravinsky.

Jonathan Swain introduces music, including Verdi's Otello, plus Faure, Ravel, Chopin, Karlowicz, Skjatevic, Stravinsky, Bach, Dvorak, Handel, Mozart, Bartok, Haydn and Mendelssohn.

01:02AM
Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901) Libretto: Arrigo Boito (1842-1918)
Otello
Johan Botha (tenor)……………Otello
Nuccia Focile (soprano)……….Desdemona
Carlo Guelfi (baritone)………..Iago
Tiziana Tramonti (mezzo sop)..Emilia
Paul Charles Clarke (tenor)…...Cassio
Alfred Walzer (bass)………….Lodovico
Samuel Youn (bass) ………….Montano
Emanuele d’Auguanno (tenor).Roderigo
Michael Vier (bass)………….A Herald
NDR Chorus, Cologne Cathedral Girls' Choir, WDR Radio Chorus, Cologne, WDR Symphony Orchestra, Cologne, Semyon Bychkov (conductor)


03:20AM
Fauré, Gabriel (1845-1924)
Fantasy for flute and piano
Lóránt Kovács (flute), Erika Lux (piano)

03:26AM
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937) [orch. Zygel]
Lullaby (Berceuse) on the name of Fauré
Ronald Patterson (violin), Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra, Murry Sidlin (conductor)

03:30AM
Chopin, Frédéric (1810-1849)
Nocturne (Op.55 No.1) in F minor 
Shura Cherkassky (piano)

03:35AM
Karlowicz, Mieczyslaw (1876-1909)
Powracajace fale (Returning Waves) – symphonic poem
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Andrzej Straszynski (conductor)

04:00AM
Tartini, Giuseppe (1692-1770)
Sonata No.6, 'Senti lo Mare'
Elizabeth Wallfisch (baroque violin)

04:06AM
Skjavetic, Julije (16th century)
Madrigal: Fu fors' un tempo (It may have been once)
Madrigal: Ma il temp' e breve (But time is short)
Slovenian Chamber Choir, Vladimir Kranjcevic (director)

04:11AM
Stravinsky, Igor (1882-1971)
The Firebird (suite – version 1919)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor)

04:32AM
Juon, Paul (1872-1940)
Fairy Tale (Op.8) in A minor for cello and piano
Esther Nyffenegger (cello), Desmond Wright (piano)

04:37AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Oboe d'amore Concerto (BWV.1055) in A major
Uldis Urbans (cor anglais), Latvian Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra

04:53AM
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)
Der Zwerg (D.891)  
Jard van Nes (mezzo soprano), Gérard van Blerk (piano)

05:00AM
Dvorák, Antonín (1841-1904)
Othello – concert overture (Op.93)  
BBC Philharmonic, Vassily Sinaisky (conductor)

05:16AM
Mäntyjärvi, Jaakko (b.1963)
4 Shakespeare Songs for chorus
Polyphony, Stephen Layton (conductor)

05:29AM
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759)
Sonata in A major
Blagoj Angelovski (trumpet), Velin Iliev (organ)

05:38AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Serenade in G major (K.525), 'Eine Kleine Nachtmusik'
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Grant Llewellyn (conductor)

05:53AM
Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179)
Instrumental piece
Sequentia: Ensemble for Medieval Music, Cologne

05:59AM
Bartók, Béla (1881-1945)
Minuetto; Air; Marcia delle Bestie; Tambourine – From Nine Little Piano Pieces
Jan Michiels (piano)

06:06AM
Haydn, Johann Michael (1737-1806)
Divertimento (MH.299/P.121) in A major for string quartet
Marcolini Quartett

06:22AM
Strauss, Richard (1864-1949)
3 Ophelia Songs (Op.67)
Ailish Tynan (soprano), Llyr Williams (piano)

06:31AM
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847)
Symphony No.4 (Op.90) in A major, 'Italian'
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Heinz Wallberg (conductor)

With Jonathan Swain. 
Verdi Otello  
NDR Chorus, Cologne Cathedral Girls' Choir. WDR Radio Chorus, Cologne, WDR SO, Cologne/Semyon Bychkov 
3.20 Faure fantasy for flute and piano 
3.26 Ravel Lullaby (Berceuse) on the name of Faure 
3.30 Chopin Nocturne in F minor, Op 55, No 13-35 Kartowtcz Powracajace fale 4.00 Tartini Sonata No 6 (Senti lo Mare) 4.06 Skjavetic Madrigal: Fu fors'un tempo: Ma il 
Temp'e e Breve 4.11 Stravinsky Suite: The Firebird 432 Juon Fairy Tale in A minor, Op 8 4.37 Bach Oooe d'Amore Concerto in A. BWV1055 4.53 Schubert DerZwerg 
5.00 Dvorak Overture: Othello 5.16 Mantyjarvl Four 
Shakespeare Songs for chorus 5.29 Handel Sonata in A 538 Mozart Serenade in C, K525 (One kleine Nachtmusik) 
5.53 HiMegard of Bingen Instrumental piece 539 Bartok Minuetto: Air; Marcia delle Bestie: Tambourine (Nine Little Piano Pieces) 6.06 Haydn Divertimento in A for string quartet. MH299 6.22 Strauss Three Ophelia Songs, 
Op 67 6.31 Mendelssohn Symphony No 4 in A (Italian)

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