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Breakfast

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

Breakfast: 05/01/2009

05/01/2009

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Rob Cowan presents music by Schubert, Hahn, Rossini, Arnold, Scarlatti and Ravel.

With Rob Cowan. Including Schubert: Overture (Rosamunde). Hahn: A Chloris. Rossini: Variations for Wind Quartet. Arnold: The Inn of the Sixth Happiness. Ravel: Sonate posthume.

With Rob Cowan.

07:03

Weber: Euryanthe, J.291
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Antoni Wit
NAXOS 8.570296   Tr 1


07:12

Dufay: O tres piteulx - motet
The Binchois Consort
Andrew Kirkman (conductor)
HYPERION CDA67715   Tr 11


07:16

Medtner: Allegro cantabile e leggiero op.34, No.2
Fairy Tale (Skazka)
Boris Berezovsky (piano)
TELDEC 4509 96516-2    Tr 9


07:19

Rossini: Variations for Wind Quartet
Members of the Budapest Festival Orchestra
Ivan Fischer (conductor)
CHANNEL CLASSICS CCS SA 27708   Tr 8


07:31

Bach: Fantasia and Fugue in A minor, BWV944
Angela Hewitt (piano)
HYPERION CDA67499   Tr 31-32


07:37

Lully: Scene de Froids
Isis - opera in a prologue and 5 acts (LWV.54) (1677)
Sophie Daneman (soprano)
Paul Agnew (tenor)
Les Arts Florissants
William Christie - Director
ERATO 0927 446552   Tr 10


07:42

Schubert: Rosamunde - Overture
Munich Philharmonic
Sergiu Celibidache (conductor)
EMI 5578582	 Tr 7


07:54

Debussy: Images, Second Series: Poisson d'Or
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano)
CHANDOS CHAN 10497   Tr 6


08:03

Strauss: Radetzky-Marsch - original version (Op.228)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor)
TELDEC 85738 35632	   Tr 1


08:07

Hahn: A Chloris
Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano)
Malcolm Martineau (piano)
ONYX 4030   Tr 17


08:11

Mozart: Concerto for Violin No. 2 in D major K211
Anne Sofie Mutter (violin and conductor)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
DG 474 2152   CD 1  Tr 1-3


08:31

Purcell: The Plaint
Carolyn Sampson (soprano)
Sarah Sexton (violin)
Laurence Cummings (harpsichord)
Elizabeth Kenny (archlute)
Anne-Marie Lasla (bass viol)
BIS SACD 1536   Tr 4


08:39

Arnold: The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Vernon Handley (conductor)
LPO 0013   Tr 2-4


08:57

Scarlatti: E pur vuole il cielo e amore - cantata for soprano and alto
Sandrine Piau (soprano)
Gerard Lesne (alto)
Il Seminario Musicale
VIRGIN CLASSICS 0946 95153 2   CD 2   Tr 17-18


09:06

Chopin: Mazurka Op 30, No.3 in D flat major
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli  (piano)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 469 8252 	Tr 7


09:09

Liszt: Annees de pelerinage - 3me annee (S.163)
Aux cypres de la Villa d'Este 1 (Andante)
Alfred Brendel - Piano
PHILIPS 420 8372   Tr 1


09:16

Prokofiev: Sonata for piano no. 7 (Op.83) in B flat major - 3rd movement; Precipitato
Maurizio Pollini - Piano
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 447 431-2   Tr 6


09:20

Ravel: Sonate Posthume
Joseph Suk (violin)
Josef Hala (piano)
PRAGA PR 54016    Tr 1


09:36

Handel: Concerto Grosso Op.6 No.1
Il Giardino Armonico
Giovanni Antonini (director)
DECCA 478 0319   Tr 1-5


09:48

Schubert: An den Mond, D 193
Elizabeth Watts (soprano)
Roger Vignoles (piano)
RCA 88697329322   Tr 1


09:51

Zimmer: Selections Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man's Chest - Jack Sparrow and Hornpipe
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel (conductor)
TELARC CD 80682  Tr 6-7.

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. Music includes: 
7.00-8.30: Schubert Overture: Rosamunde Hahn A Chloris 
Rossini Variations for Wind Quartet 
8.30-10.00: Arnold The Inn of the Sixth Happiness A Scarlatti Cantata: E Pur Vuole il Cielo e Amore Ravel Violin Sonata

Classical Collection

Programme presenting a sequence of great music in classic recordings

Classical Collection: Sarah Walker

Sarah Walker

BBC Radio 3 - Classical Collection, Sarah Walker

Sarah Walker presents music by Still, Brahms, Haydn, Boccherini, Barber and Handel.

With Sarah Walker. Including Still: Symphony No 1 (Afro-American). Brahms: Hungarian Dances (various). Haydn: Symphony No 107. Bocccherini: Quintettino in C. Barber: Symphony No 1.

10.00 William Grant Still: Symphony No.1 'Afro-American'
Fort Smith Symphony, John Jeter (conductor)
NAXOS 8.559174

10.26 Brahms: Hungarian Dance No.21 in E minor; No. 3 in F; No. 18 in D
Alfons and Aloys Kontarsky (piano)
DG 429 180-2

10.35 Haydn: Symphony No.107 'Symphony A'
Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Charles Adler (conductor)
UNICORN UNLP 1019 (LP)

10.49 Boccherini: Quintettino in C major “La Musica Notturna delle Strade di Madrid”
Les Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall (director)
ALIA VOX 9845

11.03 Barber: Symphony No.1
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Marin Alsop (conductor)
NAXOS 8.559024

11.26 Handel: Dixit Dominus
The Building a Library recommendation from CD Review

With Sarah Walker. 
Still Symphony No 1 (Afro-American) 
Fort Smith Symphony, conductor John Jeter 
10.26 Brahms Hungarian Dances Alfons and Aloys Kontarsky (piano) 
10.35 Haydn Symphony No 107 in B flat 
(Symphony A) Vienna PO, conductor Charles Adler 
10.49 Boccherini String Quintet in C, G324 (La Musica Notturna delle Strade di Madrid) 
Le Concert des Nations, director Jordi Savall 
11.03 Barber Symphony No 1 Royal Scottish National Orchestra, conductor Marin Alsop 
11.26 Handel Dixit Dominus , HWV232 
Recording recommended in Saturday's CD Review.

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: Henry Purcell (1659-1695)

Composer of the Week: Henry Purcell (1659-1695): Episode 1

Episode 1

Henry Purcell (1659-1695)

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Henry Purcell (1659-1695), Episode 1

Donald Macleod and Purcell expert Bruce Wood explore the events of Purcell's early years.

Donald Macleod and Purcell expert Bruce Wood look at the important events of Purcell's early years, including his work in the prestigious Chapel Royal.

Donald Macleod and Purcell expert Bruce Wood look at the important events of Purcell's early years. The years of the Commonwealth were lean times for musicians. The restoration of monarchy brought the re-establishment of Royal Music and young Purcell was quick to follow in the family tradition in the service of the King.

Part of Radio 3's Composers of the Year 2009 season.

What hope remains now he is gone
Susan Gritton (soprano)
Michael George (bass)
The King's Consort
Robert King (director)
Hyperion CDA 66710 - Tr 5

Staircase Overture
Parley of Instruments Renaissance Violin Band
Peter Holman (director)
Hyperion CDA 66667 - Tr 48

Blow up the trumpet in Sion Z10
King's College Choir
David Willcocks (director)

Fantazia 6 a 4
Phantasm
Simax PSC1124 - Tr 6

My Beloved Spake
The Choir of Christ Church Oxford
Simon Preston (director)

From Silent Shades; How I sigh when I think of the charms of my swain (1680)
Susan Gritton (soprano)
The King's Consort
Robert King (director)
Hyperion CDA 66710

If even I more riches did desire Z544
Red Byrd
Parley of Instruments
Peter Holman (director)
Hyperion CDA 66750 - Tr 12.

Donald Macleod and leading Purcell scholar Bruce Wood explore Purcell's life and work

To mark the 350th anniversary of Henry Purcell's birth, Donald Macleod and leading Purcell scholar Bruce Wood explore the composer's life and work

Composer of the Week:Henry Purcell (1659-95)

1/5. The first of four special weeks launching coverage of Radio 3's Composers of the Year - 
Purcell, Handel, Haydn and Mendelssohn - who all have major anniversaries in 2009. With Donald Macleod and Purcell expert Bruce Wood. 
What Hope for Us Remains Now He Is Gone? 2472 Susan Gritton (soprano), Michael George (bass), The King's Consort, director Robert King 
Staircase Overture in B flat Parley of Instruments Renaissance Violin Band, Peter Holman (director) Blow Up the Trumpet in Sion, Z10 Choir of King's College, Cambridge, director David Willcocks Fantazia No 6 in four parts Phantasm 
My Beloved Spake, Z28 Choir of Christ Church Oxford, director Simon Preston 
From Silent Shades, Z370; How I Sigh When I Think of the Charms of My Swain Susan Gritton 
(soprano), The King's Consort/Robert King 
If Ever I More Riches Did Desire, Z544 Red Byrd , Parley of Instruments, Peter Holman Producer Johannah Smith Repeated at 10pm 
RT DIRECT: Purcell Chamber Music (7 CDs) is available for E14.99 including p&p. Send cheque payable to Selections to: [address removed]. Phone [number removed], quoting ref B46-AH467, or visit www.selections.com/rtdirect

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: 05/01/2009

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert, 05/01/2009Close menu

Elizabeth Watts (soprano) and Philip Thomas (piano) perform Mozart, Mendelssohn and Wolf.

Live from Wigmore Hall, London, Elizabeth Watts (soprano) and Philip Thomas (piano) perform lieder by Mozart, Mendelssohn and Wolf.

From Wigmore Hall, London.

Elizabeth Watts (soprano)
Philip Thomas (piano)

Mozart: Als Luise die Briefe ihres ungetreuen Liebhabers verbrannte, K520; Das Veilchen, K476; Abendempfindung an Laura, K523; Dans un bois, K308; Ridente la calma, K152; Wie unglucklich bin ich nit, K147; Der Zauberer, K472

Mendelssohn: Neue Liebe, Op 19, No 4 (Heine); Der Mond, Op 86, No 5 (Geibel); Es weit und Rat; Romanze; Im Fruhling; Frage, Op No 1 (Voss); Hexenlied, Op 8, No 8 (Holty)

Wolf: Auch kleine Dinge; Mein Liebster ist so klein; Wer rief dich denn?; Mein Liebster hat zu Tische mich geladen; Du denkst mit einem Fadchen mich zu fangen; Mein Liebster singt; Wohl kenn' ich Euren Stand; Wir haben beide lange Zeit; Schweig' einmal still; Ich hab in Penna einen Liebsten wohnen (Italienisches Liederbuch).

Afternoon on 3

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 
Live from the Wigmore Hall in London, a recital by soprano Elizabeth Watts and pianist Philip Thomas of songs by Mozart, 
Mendelssohn and Wolf. Repeated on Saturday at 1pm 
2.00 Bohemian Rhapsody 
Presented by Jonathan Swain . 
Smetana Overture: The Bartered Bride BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor Martyn Brabbins Dvorak Cello Concerto in B minor 
Alban Gerhardt , BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor Martyn Brabbins 
Bartok Concerto for Orchestra BBC National 
Orchestra of Wales, conductor Martyn Brabbins Jorq Widmann Ad Absurdum Sergei Nakariakov (trumpet), BBCSO, conductor Jiri Belohlavek Bruckner Symphony No 7 in E BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Jiri Belohlavek

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: Bohemian Rhapsody

Afternoon Concert: Bohemian Rhapsody: 05/01/2009

Bohemian Rhapsody

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Bohemian Rhapsody, 05/01/2009

Jonathan Swain with Czech music, including Smetana, Dvorak, Bartok, Widman and Bruckner.

Presented by Jonathan Swain. Czech music, including Smetana, Dvorak, Bartok, Widman and Bruckner performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.

Jonathan Swain presents Czech music from the BBC orchestras.

Smetana: Overture (The Bartered Bride)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)

Dvorak: Concerto in B minor for cello and orchestra, Op 104
Alban Gerhardt (cello)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)

Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra, Sz 116
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)

Jorg Widmann: ad absurdum
Sergei Nakariakov (trumpet) 
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)

Bruckner: Symphony No 7
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiri Belohlavek (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: Bohemian Rhapsody

Jonathan Swain presents performances of Czech music given by the BBC's orchestras

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: 05/01/2009

BBC Radio 3 - In Tune, 05/01/2009

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

17:03
BACH  
In dir ist Freude BWV 615 		
Simon Preston (organ) 
DG 431 8162 
Tr 17 		 
02’30”

17.06	
BERNSTEIN 
The Wrong Note Rag (Wonderful Town)	
Mandy Patinkin (vocals) Orchestra of St Lukes, 
Eric Stern (conductor)
NONESUCH 7559 794002
Tr 8 
01’49”
	
17.08
BEETHOVEN 
6 Leichte Variationen  WoO 77             
Olli Mustonen (piano)
DECCA 452 2062 
Tr 8 
05’58”

17.15
LIVE 
JOHN MCCABE 
Fauvel’s Rondeaux (1995) 
Zalas Trio 
(excerpt)	
4’04
				
17.25
LIVE
LIGETI
Musica Ricercata No. 2
Rafal Luc (Accordion)  	
1’17	

17:26
LIVE
FRANCK ANGELIS
Interieur
Rafal Luc (Accordion)  
5’51

17.32
LIVE
LIGETI
Musica Ricercata No. 6(In Memoriam Bartok)
Rafal Luc (Accordion)  
2’15

17.38 
Bélà Bartók 
Contrasts (excerpt)
3rd movement Sebes			
Zalas Trio
5’01	

17.44
 VIVALDI 
Concerto in D Major for 2 Violins RV511	
Viktoria Mullova, Giuliano Carmignola (violins), Venice Baroque Orchestra, 
Andrea Marcon (director)
ARCHIV 477 7466
Trs 4-6 	
12’37”		

17.57
PURCELL
Sound the Trumpet
King’s Consort
Robert King (conductor)
HYPERION KING 2
Tr. 14
2’32

18.03	
PROKOFIEV 
War & Peace – The Ball – Fanfare & Polonaise 
Philharmonia Orchestra, Neemi Jarvi (conductor)
CHAN 9096
Tr 1 
02’58”

18.07
TCHAIKOVSKY
The Seasons – January – At the Fireside 
Mikhail Pletnev (piano) 
VIRGIN CLASSICS 5450422
Tr 7 
05’20

18.13
SONDHEIM 
Opening/Lesson No.8 (Sunday in the Park)/Another Hundred People (Company)	
Mandy Patinkin (vocals), Paul Ford (piano)
NONESUCH 796902 1
CD1 trs 1-3
05’53

18.25 
Arthur FREED & Herb Nacio BROWN Singin’ in the Bathtub 03’13”	
Mandy Patinkin (vocals) Orchestra of St Lukes, 
Eric Stern (conductor)
NONESUCH 795342
Tr 3

					
18.33
RUBY/KALMAR/HAMMERSTEIN
 A Kiss to Build a Dream on (from The Strip)               
Mandy Patinkin (vocals) Orchestra of St Lukes, 
Eric Stern (conductor)
NONESUCH 7559793922 
Tr 6
2’54

18.36
RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN 
Honey Bun (South Pacific) 
Mandy Patinkin (vocals) Orchestra of St Lukes, 
Eric Stern (conductor)
NONESUCH 7559793922 
Tr 14 
02’22”

18.39
Jacob HANDL 
Omnes de Saba Veniet			 
The Choir of St Paul’s Cathedral, John Scott (director)
HYPERION CDA 67269
tr 5  [follow echo]
02’00”

18.41 
Jonathan DOVE 
The Three Kings (Words by Dorothy L.Sayers) 
The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury (conductor)
EMI 5580702 
CD1 tr 8 
04’03”
	 	

18.45	
BOYCE 
Ode to the New Year – Symphony No.1 in B Flat 
The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock (director)
ARCHIV 419 6312 
Trs 1-3
7’19”

18.54
STENHAMMAR 
Adagio and Melodi
Miah Persson (soprano)
Roger Vignoles (piano)
HYPERION CDA 67329	
Trs 7-8				
4’30.

Sean Rafferty introduces a selection of music, with guests and news from the arts world.

BBC Proms

The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations.

The world's greatest classical music festival. Stunning performances, unique collaborations and the sheer joy of live music. Relive 2023's highlights before the new season begins.

BBC Proms: 2008: Prom 57: Stucky, Gershwin, Stravinsky

BBC Proms: 2008: Prom 57: Stucky, Gershwin, Stravinsky: Prom 57 - Repeat

Prom 57 - Repeat

2008

BBC Radio 3 - BBC Proms, 2008, Prom 57: Stucky, Gershwin, Stravinsky, Prom 57 - Repeat

BBC Proms 2008: New York Philharmonic/Lorin Maazel perform Stucky, Gershwin, Stravinsky.

BBC Proms 2008: New York Philharmonic/Lorin Maazel perform Steven Stucky: Rhapsodies; Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F (with Jean Yves Thibaudet); Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring.

Presented by Catherine Bott.

Another chance to hear a 2008 Prom in which the New York Philharmonic and its music director Lorin Maazel perform a work jointly commissioned from Steven Stucky by the orchestra and the BBC.

This is followed by a performance of Gershwin's jazz-inspired Piano Concerto, with soloist Jean-Yves Thibaudet, and Stravinsky's seminal ballet The Rite of Spring.

Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano)
New York Philharmonic
Lorin Maazel (conductor)

Steven Stucky: Rhapsodies (BBC/NYPO co-commission)
Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring

Plus a look at a Proms Chamber Music concert from 1997 and a concert by Polyphony:

PLAINCHANT.SOLESMES: Magnificat - tonus peregrinus   
POLYPHONY  

PART, Arvo: 7 Advent (Magnificat) antiphons for chorus [4-9 vv]
POLYPHONY
Stephen LAYTON (Conductor)  

GRAINGER, Percy: Six dukes went a-fishin' - folksong vers. for mixed voices
POLYPHONY
Stephen LAYTON (Conductor)  

GRAINGER, Percy: The Inuit for chorus [Kipling Jungle Book Cycle no.4, Kipling Settings no.5]
POLYPHONY
Stephen LAYTON (Conductor)  

GRAINGER, Percy: A Song of Vermland vers. for mixed voices
POLYPHONY
Stephen LAYTON (Conductor)  

GRAINGER, Percy: Stormy - trad. sea shanty arr. for chorus and baritone solo
POLYPHONY
Stephen LAYTON (Conductor)  

GRAINGER, Percy: Dalvisa - Swedish folk melody arr. for mixed voices
POLYPHONY
Stephen LAYTON (Conductor)  

GRAINGER, Percy: The Sussex mummers' Christmas carol arr. Dana Paul Perna for chorus 
POLYPHONY
Stephen LAYTON (Conductor)  

GRAINGER, Percy: Brigg Fair arr. for tenor and chorus  
POLYPHONY
Stephen LAYTON (Conductor)  

GRAINGER, Percy: Shenandoah for chorus  
POLYPHONY
Stephen LAYTON (Conductor)  

GRAINGER, Percy: O mistress mine - folksong for mixed voices
POLYPHONY
Stephen LAYTON (Conductor)  

PLAINCHANT.SOLESMES: Magnificat - tonus peregrinus
Stephen LAYTON (Conductor)

BBC Proms: 2008

Prom 57: Stucky, Gershwin, Stravinsky

A Prom given by the visiting New York Philharmnonic under music director Lorin Maazel

The first of two Proms given by the visiting New York Philharmnonic under music director Lorin Maazel. With a joint commission by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Steven Stucky

Performance on 3: BBC Proms 2008

Continuing the series of Proms from last summer, another chance to hear the first of two concerts given by the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. Introduced by Catherine Bott.

Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano), New York Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Lorin Maazel

Steven Stucky Rhapsodies (BBC/NYPO co-commission)

Gershwin Piano Concerto in F

Stravinsky The Rite of Spring

Followed this week by a look at four past seasons of Proms Chamber Music concerts starting with a 1997 performance by Polyphony, including: Arvo Part Seven Advent Antiphons

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: 05/01/2009

BBC Radio 3 - Night Waves, 05/01/2009

Mathew Sweet explores our changing attitudes to pleasure and our motives for seeking it.

Matthew Sweet talks to behavioural biologist Paul Martin about society's changing attitudes to pleasure and the scientific reasons for our hedonistic impulses.

Matthew Sweet talks to behavioural biologist Paul Martin about society's changing attitudes to pleasure and the scientific reasons for our hedonistic impulses. In his book Sex Drugs and Chocolate, Martin asks is pleasure selfish and are we selfish to pursue it? He considers pleasure-seekers from Nero to Elvis and pleasure's opposites - boredom, unhappiness - chemical pleasures, sex and addiction.

Behavioural biologist Paul Martin talks to Matthew Sweet about his book Sex, Drugs and Chocolate, which explores the many aspects of pleasure, from the scientific reasons behind hedonistic impulses and the moral issues around selfish pursuits to polar extremes and the pleasure-seeking of icons such as Nero and Elvis. Producer Eliane Glaser

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: The Utopian Dream - and its Disappointments

The Essay: The Utopian Dream - and its Disappointments: Episode 1: The Moment of Hope

Episode 1: The Moment of Hope

The Utopian Dream - and its Disappointments

The Moment of Hope

BBC Radio 3 - The Essay, The Utopian Dream - and its Disappointments, The Moment of Hope

Jane Shaw explores the viability of utopian communities.

Drawing on her own experiences of having grown up in the Great Hospital in Norwich, Jane Shaw explores the viability of utopian communities.

Drawing on her own experiences of having grown up in the Great Hospital, Norwich, and living at New College, Oxford, where she teaches history and religion, Jane Shaw explores the viability of utopian communities.

Dr Jane Shaw explores why human beings persist in trying to build utopias

Dr Jane Shaw draws on her own experience and research to explore why human beings persist in trying to build utopias

The Utopian Dream - and Its Disappointments 1/5. The Rev Canon Dr Jane Shaw , who grew up in the Great Hospital community in Norwich and now lives in another community at New College, Oxford, explores the viability of Utopian communities. Producer Ian Willox

Jazz on 3

Celebrating the best contemporary jazz, with exclusive concert recordings and features

From free jazz to fusion, post-bop to electronica – Jazz on 3 celebrates the music as a living and developing art form, with exclusive concert recordings and in-depth features

Jazz on 3: Best of Sessions 2008

Best of Sessions 2008

BBC Radio 3 - Jazz on 3, Best of Sessions 2008

Jez Nelson selects music from the best studio sessions recorded the programme during 2008.

Jez Nelson selects music from the best studio sessions recorded exclusively for the programme during 2008. With The Gannets, Wadada Leo Smith, Bojan Z and Phil Minton.

Jez Nelson selects music from the best studio sessions recorded exclusively for the programme during 2008. Featuring improvising quintet The Gannets, led by the Guillemots's Fyfe Dangerfield, solo trumpet music from AACM stalwart Wadada Leo Smith, keyboard wizardry from Bojan Z, and Phil Minton, whose innovative vocal techniques have seen him at the forefront of experimental music for over 40 years.

PLAYLIST


BOJAN Z

Bojan Zulfikarpasic – Fender Rhodes

Set list:
Wheels (Zulfikarpasic)

THE SHANK TRIO 

James Allsopp – tenor & baritone saxophones, bass clarinet
Dave Kane – bass
Tim Giles – drums

Set-list:
Shut Up & Sit Down (Kane)

Jez interviews Alex Ward & Steve Noble

THE GANNETS 

Fyfe Hutchins aka Fyfe Dangerfield – keyboards, piano
Alex J Ward – clarinet
Chris Cundy – bass clarinet, contra-bass clarinet, stuffed loon
Dominic Lash – bass
Steve Noble – drums

Set-list:
Jelly Roll Rumble
The Moment Of Truth

(All compositions Hutchins / Ward / Cundy / Lash / Noble)

For more from the Gannets visit http://www.myspace.com/gannets 

STEVE NOBLE, JOHN EDWARDS & INGRID LAUBROCK 

Steve Noble – drums
John Edwards – bass
Ingrid Laubrock – tenor saxophone

Set-list:
The Long Firm (Noble/Edwards/Laubrock)

ELLIOTT SHARP 

Elliott Sharp – guitar

Set-list:
Which Delta? (Sharp)

www.elliottsharp.com

Jez interviews Paolo Angeli

PAOLO ANGELI 

Paolo Angeli – prepared Sardinian guitar

Set-list:
Desired Constellation (Bjork)

http://www.paoloangeli.it 

MATANA ROBERTS 

Matana Roberts – alto saxophone

Set-list:
Chicago Call (Matana Roberts)

http://www.matanaroberts.com/

ROSETTA TRIO 

Stephan Crump – double bass
Liberty Ellman – acoustic guitar
Jamie Fox – electric guitar

Set-list:
Reclamation Zone (Crump)

http://www.rosettatrio.com/
http://www.stephancrump.com/ 

ALEX VON SCHLIPPENBACH & EDDIE PREVOST 

Alex Von Schlippenbach – piano
Eddie Prevost – drums, percussion
Set-list:
Untitled (improvised)

John Fordham interviews Phil Minton

PHIL MINTON QUARTET 

Phil Minton – voice
Roger Turner – drums
Veryan Weston – piano
John  Butcher – saxophone

Set-list:
Pressed Jacket (Minton/Turner/Weston/John Butcher)

THEO BLECKMANN & JOHN HOLLENBECK

Theo Bleckmann – vocals, electronics
John Hollenbeck – drums, percussion

Set-list:
Indifference Curves (Bleckmann/Hollenbeck)

http://www.theobleckmann.com
http://www.johnhollenbeck.com

WADADA LEO SMITH 

Wadada Leo Smith – harmon mute

Set-list:
Green Trumpet (Wadada Leo Smith)

Jez Nelson selects music from the best studio sessions recorded for Jazz on 3 during 2008.

Featuring improvising quintet The Gannets, led by The Guillemots' Fyfe Dangerfield, solo trumpet music from AACM stalwart Wadada Leo Smith, keyboard wizardry from Bojan Z, and innovative vocals from Phil Minton.

Through the Night

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

Through the Night: 06/01/2009

06/01/2009

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 06/01/2009

Jonathan Swain presents music by Kodaly, Rachmaninov, Respighi, Brahms, Ibert and Reinecke

Jonathan Swain presents music, including Kodaly, Rachmaninov, Respighi, Brahms, Ibert, Reinecke, Bruch, Schumann, Bartok, Fasch, India, Norman, Chopin, Bach and Dvorak.

With Jonathan Swain.

1.01am
Kodaly, Zoltan (1882-1967): Dances of Galanta
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Andres Orozco-Estrada (conductor)

1.20am
Rachmaninov, Sergey (1873-1943): Concerto No 2 in C minor for piano and orchestra, Op 18
Dejan Lazic (piano)
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Andres Orozco-Estrada (conductor)

1.58am
Chopin, Fryderyk: (1810-1849): Waltz, Op 64 No 1 (Minute Waltz)
Dejan Lazic (piano)

2.01am
Respighi, Ottorino (1879-1936): Suite No 3 for strings (Ancient airs and Dances for lute)
I Cameristi Italiani

2.20am
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897): 11 Zigeunerlieder, Op 103
Danish National Radio Choir
Bengt Forsberg (piano)
Stefan Parkman (conductor)

2.40am
Ibert, Jacques (1890-1962): Concerto for flute and orchestra
Petri Alanko (flute)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor)

3.01am
Reinecke, Carl (1824-1910): Trio in A minor for oboe, horn and piano, Op 188
Jaap Prinsen (horn)
Maarten Karres (oboe)
Ariane Veelo-Karres (piano)

3.24am
Bruch, Max (1838-1920): Concerto No 1 in G minor for violin and orchestra, Op 26
Ion Voicu (violin)
Romanian National Radio Orchestra
Emanuel Elenescu (conductor)

3.47am
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856): Dichterliebe, Op 48
Kevin McMillan (baritone)
Michael McMahon (piano)

4.21am
Bartak, Bela (1881-1945): Concerto for orchestra, Sz 116
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra in Bratislava
Ondrej Lenard (conductor)

5.01am
Fasch, Johann Friedrich (1688-1758): Lute Concerto in D minor
Konrad Junghanel (lute)
Music Antiqua Koln
Reinhard Goebel (director)

5.15am
India, Sigismondo d' (c.1582-c.1629): Se Tu Silvio crudel
Cantus Colln

5.31am
Norman, Ludvig (1831-1885): String Sextet in A minor, Op 18
Stockholm String Sextet

5.58am
Chopin, Fryderyk (1810-1849): Piano Sonata No 2 in B flat minor, Op 35
Ivo Pogorelich (piano)

6.18am
Bach, Georg Christoph (1642-1703): Siehe, wie fein und lieblich ist es - vocal concerto for 2 tenors, bass and instruments
Paul Elliott, Hein Meens (tenors)
Stephen Varcoe (bass)
Musica Antiqua Koln
Reinhard Goebel (director)

6.25am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Sonata in B minor for oboe and keyboard, BWV1030
Douglas Boyd (oboe)
Knut Johannessen (harpsichord)

6.42am
Dvorak, Antonin (1841-1904): Bagatelles for 2 violins, cello and harmonium, Op 47
Aronowitz Ensemble.

With Jonathan Swain. 
Kodaly Dances of Galanta Rachmaninov Piano 
Concerto No 2 in C minor 1.58 Chopin Waltz , Op 64 No I (Minute Waltz) 2.01 Respighi Ancient Airs and Dances: Suite No 3 2.20 Brahms 11 Zigeunerlieder, Op 103 
2.40 Ibert Flute Concerto 3.01 Reinecke Trio in A minor, Op 188 3.24 Bruch Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor 
3.47 Schumann Dichterliebe , Op 48 4.21 Bartok Concerto for Orchestra 5.01 Fasch Lute Concerto in D minor  
5.15 India Se Tu Silvio Crudel 5.31 Norman String Sextet in A, Op 18 5.58 Chopin Piano Sonata No 2 in B flat minor, Op 35 6.18 GC Bach Siehe , wie fein und lieblich ist es 6.25 Bach Oboe Sonata in B flat 6.42 
Dvorak Bagatelles for two violins, cello and harmonium, Op47

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