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Breakfast

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

Breakfast: Suzy Klein

14/02/2009

Suzy Klein

BBC Radio 3 - Breakfast, Suzy Klein

Suzy Klein presents music by Ravel, Schumann, Wagner, plus a traditional Hassidic work.

With Suzy Klein. Featuring a performance of Ravel's Introduction and Allegro, and Wagner's Siegfried Idyll - a symphonic birthday greeting for his wife, Cosima.

The complete Breakfast playlist is posted online after the programme is broadcast.

07:03

BERLIOZ
Un bal (Valse: Allegro non troppo)
From Symphonie Fantastique, op.14
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Colin Davis (conductor)
PHILIPS 4222532   T.3


07:10

CHOPIN
Etude, Op.25, No.5 in E minor: Vivace
Maurizio Pollini (piano)				
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4137942   T.17


07:13

RAVEL
Introduction and Allegro
Melos Ensemble of London
Richard Adeney (flute)
Gervase de Peyer (clarinet)
Osian Ellis (harp)
Emanuel Hurwitz (violin)
Ivor McMahon (violin)
Cecil Aronowitz (viola)
Terence Weill (cello)
EMI CLASSICS 2376712    CD2   T.6


07:24

SCHUBERT
Gretchen am Spinnrad 
Felicity Lott (soprano)
Graham Johnson (piano)
I.M.P. PCD898    T.13


07:29

JENKINS
Newark siege (for 2 violins, 2 viols and organ)
Ensemble Jérôme Hantaï
NAIVE	E8895    T.10


07:35

JANACEK
Sonata 1.X.1905
Mikhail Rudy (piano)
EMI CDC7540942   T,1 & 2


07:48

RODGERS						
My Funny Valentine
Stephane Grappelli (violin)
Eddie Lewis (organ)	
MUSIDISC 440162	T.9
											

07:55

SCHUMANN
Du Ring an meinem Finger (Your ring on my finger)
Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano)
Eugene Asti (piano)
CHANDOS CHAN 10492   T.23


08:02

RICHARD RODGERS
Someday My Prince Will Come
Bill Evans Trio
VERVE 8337802    T.11


08:08

TCHAIKOVSKY
The gift of love is rightly treasured
Prince Gremin’s aria from Eugene Onegin (Act III, scene 1)
John Connell (bass)
Orchestra of Welsh National Opera
Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN 3042   CD2   T.21


08:13

SOLER
Concerto no.1 in C major (for two keyboard instruments)
Kenneth Gilbert (harpsichord)
Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord)
ARCHIV 4531712   T.1-2


08:24

TRAD.
A Night in the Garden of Eden
The Burning Bush
ARC MUSIC EUCD1788   T.7


08:29

WAGNER
Siegfried-Idyll
Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin
Christian Thielemann (conductor)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4690082   T.12


08:50

MESSIAEN
Amour oiseau d’étoile (from Harawi)
Rachel Yakar (soprano)
Yvonne Loriod (piano)
ERATO ECD75501    T.10


08:56

GERSHWIN
Short Story
Leila Josefowitz (violin)
PHILIPS 4629482,   T.9

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 Suzy Klein. Music includes: 
7.00-8.00: Ravel Introduction and Allegro Schumann Du Ring an meinem Finger, Op 42 No 4 
(Frauenliebe und -leben) 
8.00-9.00: Trad Hassldlc A Nakht in Gan Eydn Wagner Siegfried-Idyll

CD Review

A thorough look at the week's classical music releases, plus news and recommendations

A thorough look at the week's classical music releases, plus news and the Radio 3 Disc of the Week recommendation

CD Review: Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet

Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet

BBC Radio 3 - CD Review, Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet

With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library: Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet.

With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library: Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet; Bach Cantatas/Brandenburg Concertos; Disc of the Week: Sibelius' Suite (Belshazzar's Feast).

Building a Library:
TCHAIKOVSKY: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture* 

Reviewer - Geoffrey Norris 

First choice:
(c/w Symphonies 1-6; Francesca da Rimini; Marche Slave; Eugene Onegin Waltz and Polonaise; ARENSKY: Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky Op. 35a; BORODIN: Prince Igor – Overture)
London Symphony Orchestra*, Philharmonia Hungarica, Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati (conductor)*
Mercury 4756261 (5 CDs, Budget)

Single Disc Recommendation:
(c/w Symphony No. 5 in E minor Op. 64)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Daniele Gatti (conductor)
Harmonia Mundi HMU907381 (CD)

CD Review BAL Catalogue Data
bal.tchaikovsky:
bal.tchaikovsky.romeo.and.juliet.fantasy.overture


09.05am	

CHOPIN: Piano Sonatas No. 2 Op. 35 and 3 Op. 58; Berceuse in D flat major Op. 57; Two Nocturnes Op. 27; Barcarolle in F sharp major Op. 60; 
Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano)
Hyperion CDA67706 (CD)

DEBUSSY: Preludes (Book 1); D’un cahier d’esquisses; Children’s Corner; Clair de lune
Nelson Freire (piano)
Decca 4781111 (CD)

Satie Avant-dernieres pensees
(Gnossiennes, Petite Ouverture à danser, Première Gymnopédie, Véritables Préludes flasques (pour un chien), Trois Valses distinguées du précieux dégoûté, Le Piccadilly, Descriptions automatiques, Les pantins dansent, Le Piège de Méduse, Sept pièces pour piano, Pièces froides, Avant-dernières Pensées, Gambades, Embryons desséchés, Valse-ballet, Heures séculaires et instantanées, Première Pensée Rose+Croix, Poudre d'or; Chez le docteur, J'avais un ami, La Diva de l'Empire (with Juliet); Daphénéo, Ludions,Allons-y Chochotte (with Jean Delescluse); Trois Morceaux en forme de poire, La Belle Excentrique, Cinéma (with Eric le Sage); Choses vues à droite et à gauche (sans lunettes), Embarquement pour Cythère (with Isabelle Faust); La Statue retrouvée (with David Guerrier))
Alexandre Tharaud (piano) with Éric Le Sage (piano), Juliette (voice), Isabelle Faust (violin), Jean Delescluse (tenor), David Guerrier (trumpet)
Harmonia Mundi HMC902017.18 (2 CDs)

MESSIAEN: Fete des Belles Eaux; Feuillets Inedits; RAVEL: String Quartet in F major (first movement)
Ensemble d’Ondes de Montreal
Atma ACD22621 (CD)



09.30 am
Building a Library Recommendation

TCHAIKOVSKY: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture

Reviewer – Geoffrey Norris


Next week Roderick Swanston examines recordings of Wagner’s Die Meistersinger. 

10.20 New Releases

Jonathan Freeman-Attwood reviews some recent recordings of Bach Cantatas and samples Torelli’s ‘original Brandenburg concertos’. With excerpts from the following discs:

Beloved and Beautiful
(GEORG BÖHM: Mein Freund ist mein
Cantata; JOHANN CHRISTOPH BACH: Meine Freundin, du bist schön Cantata; HEINRICH SCHÜTZ: Stehe auf, meine Freundin Motet; JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: Der Herr denket an uns, BWV 196 Wedding Cantata)
The Netherlands Bach Society, Jos van Veldhoven (conductor)
Channel Classics CCSSA 27308 (Hybrid SACD)


JS Bach Alto Cantatas
(Vergnugte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust BWV 170; Widerstehe doch der Sunde BWV 54; Geist und Seele wird verwirret BWV 35)
Maarten Engeltjes (counter tenor), Concerto D’Amsterdam, Vincent van Laar (organ), Klaas Stok (conductor)
Quintone Q08007 (Hybrid SACD)

Torelli: The Original Brandenburg Concertos
(Concerti musicali Op. 6; Sonata a 4 in A minor G46)
Charivari Agreable, Kah-Ming Ng (director)
Signum Classics SIGCD157 (CD)

Bach Solo Cantatas
(Geist und Seele wird verwirret BWV 35; Gott soll allein mein Herzen haben BWV 169; Vergnugte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust BWV 170)
Bernarda Fink (mezzo-soprano), Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, Petra Mullejans (director)
Harmonia Mundi HMC 902016 (CD)

11.00 Chandos

Chandos Milestones – 30 Years of Chandos
ANNI0030 (30 CDs for the price of 3)


11.35 New Releases

SIBELIUS: Hostkvall (Autumn Evening) (from Five Songs Op. 38)*; Jag ville, jag vore i Indialand (I wish I were in India)+; Judeflickans sang (The Jewish Girl’s Song) Op. 51 No. 2± from disc set The Sibelius Complete Songs with Piano (including first recordings and first and alternative versions) [BIS Sibelius Edition Volume 7]
Helena Juntunen (soprano)*, Folke Grasbeck (piano)* + ±, Monica Groop (mezzo-soprano)+ ±
Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Dan Karlstrom (tenor), Gabriel Suovanen (baritone), Jorma Hynninen (baritone)
BIS BIS-CD-1918/20 (5 CDs, Mid Price)


11.45am     Disc of the Week

SIBELIUS: Suite from Belshazzar’s Feast Op. 51; Scene with Cranes Op. 44 No. 2 (from Kuolema Op. 44)
(c/w Night Ride and Sunrise Op. 55; Pan and Echo (Tanz-Intermezzo No. 3) Op. 53a; Two Pieces for Orchestra Op. 45; Kuolema (Death) Op. 44 and Op. 62)
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Pietari Inkinen (conductor)
Naxos 8.570763 (CD, Budget)

Introduced by Andrew McGregor. 
9.30 Building a Library Geoffrey Norris recommends a recording of Tchaikovsky's Fantasy Overture: Romeo and Juliet. 
10.30 Jonathan Freeman-Attwood reviews recent recordings of Bach cantatas and samples Torelli's original Brandenburg concertos.

Disc of the Week Sibelius

Suite: Be/shazzar's 
Feast New Zealand SO, conductor Pietari Inkinen www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/cdreview email: cdreview@bbc.co.uk Disc details are posted on the website and on CEEFAX, BBCI, page 651

Music Matters

The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters

Music Matters: The Arts and the Financial Crisis

The Arts and the Financial Crisis

BBC Radio 3 - Music Matters, The Arts and the Financial Crisis

Presented by Tom Service. With a discussion on the financial crisis's effect on the arts.

Tom Service discusses the challenges arts institutions face in the current financial crisis, talks to Russian pianist Mikhail Rudy and previews a new community opera at Aldeburgh.

Tom Service discusses, together with an international panel of experts, the challenges arts institutions face in an uncertain future blurred by the global financial crisis.

Russian pianist Mikhail Rudy talks about a series of experimental concerts called Piano Dialogues he is offering at Kings Place in London, a collaboration with actor Peter Guinness and jazz pianist Misha Alperin.

And Tom looks in on a community-based project set up by Aldeburgh Music by composer Anna Meredith. Entitled Tarantula in Petrol Blue, it is a new piece for the stage involving local teenagers and young professionals.

Tom Service interviews Belgian opera manager Gerard Mortier , who reflects on the challenges arts institutions face in an uncertain future. He also reports on a community-based project set up by Aldeburgh Music with composer Anna Meredith , whose Tarantula in Petrol Blue is a new stage piece involving local teenagers and young professionals. Also, Russian pianist Mikhail Rudy discusses Piano Dialogues, a series of experimental concerts he is giving at Kings Place in London in collaboration with actor Peter Guinness and jazz pianist Misha Alperin. Producer Juan Carlos Jaramillo

The Early Music Show

Performance and news from the world of early music.

An exploration of early music, looking at early developments in musical performance and composition in Britain and abroad. UK only: please note that not all episodes are podcast.

The Early Music Show: Valentine's Music

The Early Music Show: Valentine's Music: Episode 1: Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing

Episode 1

Episode 1: Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing

Valentine's Music

Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing

BBC Radio 3 - The Early Music Show, Valentine's Music, Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing

Lucie Skeaping presents music on themes of longing, jealousy and the influence of Cupid.

Lucie Skeaping presents a Valentine's programme, with music reflecting themes of longing, jealousy and the influence of Cupid by Machaut, Monteverdi, Campion and Vivaldi.

Lucie Skeaping presents a Valentine's Day programme exploring some of the complexities of love. The music reflects themes of longing, jealousy, and the influence of Cupid, by composers such as Machaut, Monteverdi, Campion and Vivaldi.

First broadcast 14/02/2009.

A Valentine's Day series, with music exploring the complexities of love

Lucie Skeaping presents a Valentine's Day series, featuring music exploring the complexities of love

Lucie Skeaping presents the first of two Valentine's Day programmes exploring some of the complexities of love, with music by Machaut, Monteverdi, Campion and Vivaldi. Producer Rebecca Bean

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: Trio Wanderer

09/02/2009

Trio Wanderer

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert, Trio WandererClose menu

From Wigmore Hall, Suzy Klein presents Trio Wanderer in Haydn, Escaich and Mendelssohn.

From Wigmore Hall, London, Suzy Klein presents a concert featuring Trio Wanderer. Haydn: Piano Trio, H XV 25. Escaich: Lettres Melees. Mendelssohn: Piano Trio, Op 49.

From Wigmore Hall, London, Suzy Klein presents a concert featuring the French ensemble Trio Wanderer.

Haydn: Piano Trio, H XV 25
Escaich: Lettres melees
Mendelssohn: Piano Trio, Op 49.

Another chance to hear Monday's recital from London's Wigmore Hall. Trio Wanderer 
Haydn Piano Trio in G, HXV25 (Gypsy) Escaich Lettres mêlées 
Mendelssohn Piano Trio in D minor, Op 49

World Routes

Programme exploring music from around the world

Programme exploring music from around the world, featuring interviews with performers, live concerts, monthly CD reviews and special location reports

World Routes: Brazil 2008: World Routes in Brazil: Carnival

World Routes: Brazil 2008: World Routes in Brazil: Carnival: Part 2: Candomble, Samba and Ranata Rosa

Part 2 Part 2: Candomble, Samba and Ranata Rosa

Brazil 2008

Candomble, Samba and Ranata Rosa

BBC Radio 3 - World Routes, Brazil 2008, World Routes in Brazil: Carnival, Candomble, Samba and Ranata Rosa

Lucy Duran discovers Brazilian Carnival music, including the Candomble cult.

Lucy Duran travels to northeast Brazil and Rio to record music associated with the carnival. Featuring music from the Afro-Brazilian Candomble cult and singer Ranata Rosa.

As part of series of programmes celebrating the Brazilian carnival and its music, Lucy Duran travels to two places famous for their Carnivals - Recife in the Northeast and Rio de Janeiro in the Southeast. 

She records music from the Afro-Brazilian Candomble cult as well as singer Ranata Rosa. In Rio, she visits Brazil's biggest slum to attend its first carnival rehearsal of the year, and meets one of the city's most decorated samba groups, Velha Guarda - the old guard - of Portela.

World Routes: Brazil 2008

World Routes in Brazil: Carnival

Lucy Duran explores Brazil's carnival, presenting original music recorded on location

Lucy Duran presents a series of programmes exploring Brazil's carnival, featuring original music recorded on location

World Routes: Candomble, Samba and Ranata Rosa

World Routes In Brazil

2/3. Lucy Duran continues her exploration of Brazilian music with a carnival special, from the Afro-Brazilian Candomblé cult to Brazil's biggest slum. Producer James Parkin

Jazz Library

Advice and guidance to those interested in building a library of jazz recordings

Programme offering advice and guidance to those interested in building a library of jazz recordings or adding to an existing one

Advice and guidance to those interested in building a library of jazz recordings.

Jazz Library: Art Farmer

Art Farmer

BBC Radio 3 - Jazz Library, Art Farmer

Alyn Shipton and Ian Smith select the best recordings by trumpeter Art Farmer.

Alyn Shipton and Ian Smith select the best recordings by the inventive trumpeter Art Farmer. Including recordings with Gerry Mulligan, Horace Silver and Hank Mobley.

Trumpeter Art Farmer was one of the most lyrical and inventive players in jazz. Alyn Shipton is joined by Ian Smith (who met and interviewed Farmer) to select his finest recordings, which include his work with Gerry Mulligan, Horace Silver and Hank Mobley, as well as the many famous albums he made under his own name such as 'Farmer's Market'.

American trumpeter Art Farmer (1928-99) was one of the most inventive players in jazz. Alyn Shipton is joined by Ian Smith - who met and interviewed Farmer - to select his finest recordings, including Farmer's Market (1956) and his work with Gerry Mulligan , Horace Silver and Hank Mobley. Producer Alyn Shipton

Jazz Record Requests

Alyn Shipton presents jazz records of all styles as requested by you.

Join our community of jazz lovers. Alyn Shipton is waiting for your requests: email jazzrecordrequests@bbc.co.uk or use #jazzrecordrequests on social.

Jazz Record Requests: 14/02/2009

BBC Radio 3 - Jazz Record Requests, 14/02/2009Close menu

Geoffrey Smith presents a selection of listeners' jazz requests.

Geoffrey Smith presents a selection of listeners' jazz requests. Email jazz.record.requests@bbc.co.uk.

Jazz Record Requests
Presented by Geoffrey Smith
Saturday 14 February 2009 5pm–6 pm

JRR Signature Tune:
Oh, but on the Third Day (Happy Feet Blues) (Marsalis)
Performed by Wynton Marsalis (tpt), Marcus Roberts (pno), Todd Williams (tsx), Dr Michael White (clt), Danny Barker (bjo), Teddy Riley (tpt), Freddie Lonzo (tbn), Reginald Veal (bs), Herlin Riley (dms)
Recorded 28 October 1988
Taken from the album The Majesty of the Blues
1989 CD (CBS 465129 2)

One Sweet Letter from You (Unidentified) (3:05)
Performed by Bunk Johnson and his New Orleans Band: Bunk Johnson (tp) Jim Robinson (tb) George Lewis (cl) Alton Purnell (pn) Lawrence Marrero (bj) Alcide ‘Slow Drag’ Pavageau (b) Baby Dodds (d)
Recorded New York, 6 December 1945
Taken from the album Bunk Johnson Volume 1 NewYork
(2005 Document Records DOCD -1001 Track 8)

My Sweet Hunk O’ Trash (James P Johnson, Flournoy E. Miller) (3:16)
Performed by Louis Armstrong (v) Billie Holiday (v) Bernie Privin (tp) Sid Cooper, Johnny Mince (as) Art Drellinger, Pat Nizza (ts) Billy Kyle (p) Everett Barksdale (g) Joe Benjamin (b) Jimmy Crawford (d) Sy Oliver (d)
Recorded New York, 30 September 1949
Taken from the album Louis Armstrong Vol.8 Sing it Sarchmo
(2007 Naxos 8120818 Track 8)

My One and Only Love (G Wood, R Mellin) (3:34)
Performed by Stephane Grappelli, Joe Venuti (v) George Wein (p) Barney Kessel (g) Larry Ridley (b) Don Lamond (d)
Recorded Paris, 22 October 1969
Taken from the album Venupelli Blues
(Le Jazz CD18 Track 2)

Your Father’s Moustache (Harris, Herman) (3:22)
Performed by Woody Herman and his Orchestra: Sonny Berman, Neal Hefti, Irv Lewis, Pete Candoli, Conte Candoli, Ray Linn (tp) Ralph Pfeffner, Bill Harris, Ed Kiefer (tb) Woody Herman (cl/as/v) Sam Marowitz, John La Porta (cl/as) Flip Phillips, Pete Mondello (ts) Skippy De Sair (b) Tony Aless (p) Billy Bauer (g) Chubby Jackson (b) Buddy Rich (d) Red Norvo (vb) Frances Wayne (v)
Recorded New York, 5 September 1945
Taken from the album The Woody Herman Story
(2000 Proper Records P1158 Disc 2 Track 23)

Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Brooks, Waller, Razaf) (3:58)
Performed by Benny Carter (tp) Alton Moore (tb) Gene Porter (cl) Fats Waller (p/v) Irving Ashby (g) Slam Stewart (b) Zutty Singleton (d)
Recorded Hollywood, 23 January 1943
Taken from the album Fats Waller Ain’t Misbehavin’
(Past Perfect PPCD 78118 Track 25)

Diga Diga Do (Parts 1 & 2) (McHugh, Fields) (5:37)
Performed by Bob Crosby and his Orchestra: Zeke Zarchy, Sterling Bose, Billy Butterfield (tp) Ward Silloway, Warren Smith (tb) Irving Fazola (cl) Matty Matlock (cl/as) Joe Kearns (as) Eddie Miller (cl/ts) Gil Rodin (ts) Bob Zurke (p) Nappy Lamare (g) Bob Haggart (b) Ray Bauduc (d) Bob Crosby (d)
Recorded 19 October 1938
Taken from the album Bob Crosby Eye Opener
(Topaz Jazz TPZ 1054 track 18)

My Funny Valentine (2:53)
Performed by Gerry Mulligan Quartet: Chet Baker (tp) Gerry Mulligan (bs) Carson Smith (b) Chico Hamilton (d)
Recorded Los Angeles, September 2, 1952
Taken from the album Gerry Mulligan Walkin’ Shoes
(2005 Proper Records P1481 Disc 4 Track 12)

Birdland (Zawinul) (6:26)
Performed by Alan Barnes (cl/as/bs) Gerard Presencer (tp/flh) Mark Nightingale (tb) Andy Panayi (pcc/fl/ts) Iain Dixon (cl/ts) Brian Lemon (p) Anthony Kerr (vb) Dave Green (b) Allan Ganley (d)
Recorded London, 6 January & 13 June 1997
Taken from the album Alan Barnes Presents… in a Dotty Blues
(1998 Zephyr Records ZECD 26 Track 1)

Straight Up and Down (Eric Dolphy) (8:19)
Performed by Freddie Hubbard (tp) Eric Dolphy (as) Bobby Hutcherson (v) Richard Davis (b) Anthony Williams (d)
Recorded New Jersey, 25 February 1964
Taken from the album Eric Dolphy ‘Out to Lunch’
(1999 Bluenote Track 5)

Satin Doll (Ellington, Strayhorn, Mercer) (5:00)
Performed by Blossom Dearie (v) Jeff Clyne (b) Johnny Butts (d)
Recorded London, 1966
Taken from the album Blossom Dearie at Ronnie Scott’s Club London
(Redial 5586832 Track 10)


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Geoffrey Smith presents listeners'jazz requests. www.bbc.co.uk/jazzrecordrequests ADDRESS: Jazz Record Requests, BBC Radio 3. Broadcasting House, London W1A 1AA Fax: [number removed] email: jazz.record.requests@bbc.co.uk

Opera on 3

Programme presenting rare and fascinating operatic performances

Programme presenting rare and fascinating performances and vividly communicating the immediacy of the live experience

Opera on 3: Live from the Met

Opera on 3: Live from the Met: Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin

Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin

Live from the Met

BBC Radio 3 - Opera on 3, Live from the Met, Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin

Jiri Belohlavek conducts Tchaikovsky's great opera of thwarted love, with Karita Mattila.

From the Metropolitan Opera New York, Jiri Belohlavek conducts Tchaikovsky's great opera of thwarted love, with soprano Karita Mattila and baritone Thomas Hampson.

From the Metropolitan Opera New York, Jiri Belohlavek conducts Karita Mattila as Tatiana and Thomas Hampson as Onegin in Tchaikovsky's great opera of thwarted love.

Stuck on a country estate, Tatiana shuns the local festivities, preferring to immerse herself in romantic novels. When a stranger, Onegin, arrives, she takes him on a walk and ends up in love. Tatiana ends up marrying another man, but when she meets Onegin some years later, she admits to being in love with him but still refuses to leave her husband.

Presented by Margaret Juntwait with guest commentator Ira Siff. The interval includes live backstage interviews.

Tatiana ...... Karita Mattila (soprano)
Onegin ...... Thomas Hampson (baritone)
Lensky ...... Piotr Beczala (tenor)
Olga ...... Ekaterina Semenchuk (mezzo-soprano)
Prince Gremin ...... James Morris (bass)
Larina ...... Wendy White (mezzo-soprano)
Filipyevna ...... Barbara Dever (mezzo-soprano)
Triquet ...... Tony Stevenson (tenor)
Zaretsky ...... Richard Bernstein (bass)
Orchestra and Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera
Jiri Belohlavek (conductor).

Live performances of the great operas from New York's Metropolitan Opera House

Eugene Onegin 
Tchaikovsky's 1879 opera of thwarted love, direct from New York, presented by Margaret Juntwait with guest commentator 
Ira Siff. The interval includes backstage interviews.  
Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, conductor Jiri Belohlavek 
RT DIRECT: Tchaikovsky Eugene Onegin (2 CDs) featuring Thomas Allen , Neil Shicoff , Anne Sofie van Otter and Dresden Staatskapelle Orchestra conducted by James Levine , is available for E27.99 including p&p.To order please send a cheque, payable to Selections to: [address removed], or call the orderline on [number removed] (national rate), or visit www.selections.com/rtdirect Quote Ref [number removed]. UK delivery only

The Wire

Showcase for works that push the boundaries of drama and narrative

Showcase for works that push the boundaries of drama and narrative, created by first-time radio writers and also writers distinguished in other forms

The Wire: Nina Black

Nina Black

BBC Radio 3 - The Wire, Nina Black

Melanie Harris' portrait of a woman with severe attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Melanie Harris's award-winning drama-documentary uses stories from research and interviews to potray a woman coping with severe attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Drama-documentary by Melanie Harris - winner of the 2009 New York Festivals Gold World Medal for Best Drama Special.

Nina has to get to Glasgow but she has no money, no minder and no sense of time or place. She falls in with a boy and his dog, but is he really her friend?

A mix of drama and interviews with the real-life Nina Black - a Swede with severe attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder - creates a complex portraix of living with ADHD.

Nina ...... Bonnie Engstrom
Boy ...... Ashley Gerlach
Sophie ...... Sophie Dow
Guard  ...... Charles Swift
Woman ...... Caitlin  Thorburn
Man ...... Colin Warner
Girl ...... Georgia Keatley-Barclay

Music by Leafcutter John and Rupert Shean
Directed and produced by Melanie Harris.

Nina Black 
Melanie Harris 's drama documentary about 
ADHD (attention defecit hyperactivity disorder) and its impact on real-life Swede Nina Black during her episodic train journey to Glasgow. 
Combining drama and interviews, the programme depicts Nina's fractured, speeded-up existence.  
Producer Melanie Harris

Hear and Now

Radio 3's primary contemporary music programme, featuring live performances and sessions

Radio 3's primary contemporary music programme, featuring live performances and studio sessions from the best new groups, and premiering works commissioned by the BBC

Hear and Now: Grisey's Les espaces acoustiques

Grisey's Les espaces acoustiques

BBC Radio 3 - Hear and Now, Grisey's Les espaces acoustiques

Tom Service presents a complete performance of Gerard Grisey's Les espaces acoustiques.

Tom Service presents a the first complete UK performance of French composer Gerard Grisey's Les espaces acoustiques, a cycle of six works written between 1974 and 1985.

Tom Service presents a concert given at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, featuring the first complete UK performance of French composer Gerard Grisey's Les espaces acoustiques, a cycle of six works written between 1974 and 1985. Described by the composer as a 'great laboratory', the works explore the very essence of sound itself.

Including conversation with composer Julian Anderson and writer Paul Griffiths.

Paul Silverthorne (viola)
London Sinfonietta
Royal Academy of Music Manson Ensemble
George Benjamin (conductor)

Gerard Grisey: Les espaces acoustiques.

First complete UK performance of Gerard Grisey 's Les espaces acoustiques, a cycle of six works written between 1974 and 1985. With Tom Service. Paul Silverthorne (violin), London Sinfonietta, Royal Academy of Music Manson Ensemble, conductor George Benjamin 
Gerard Grisey Les espaces acoustiques

The Early Music Show: Padre Antonio Soler

29/12/2007

Padre Antonio Soler

BBC Radio 3 - The Early Music Show, Padre Antonio Soler

Catherine Bott presents a portrait of Spanish monk and composer Padre Antonio Soler.

Catherine Bott presents a portrait of the intriguing Spanish monk and composer Padre Antonio Soler, who wrote keyboard sonatas, chamber music and choral works.

Catherine Bott presents a portrait of the intriguing Spanish monk and composer, Padre Antonio Soler. A disciple of Domenico Scarlatti, Soler entered the monastery at El Escorial, near Madrid, in 1752, where he remained for the last 31 years of his life, composing keyboard sonatas, chamber music and choral works.

Catherine Bott presents a portrait of 18th-century Spanish monk and composer Padre Antonio Soler , who entered a monastery near Madrid in 1752. Producer Les Pratt

Through the Night

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Through the Night: 15/02/2009

15/02/2009

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 15/02/2009

Jonathan Swain presents music by Schumann, Berlioz, Rachmaninov, Lindblad and Schubert.

Jonathan Swain presents music, including Schumann, Berlioz, Rachmaninov, Lindblad, Schubert, Dohnanyi, Kraus, Krek, Stojowski, Nielsen, Strozzi, Melartin, Scriabin and Durufle.

With Jonathan Swain.

1.00am
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856): Overture (Genoveva, Op 81)
1.10am
Berlioz, Hector (1803-1869): Symphonie Fantastique, Op 14
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Harding (conductor)

2.05am
Rachmaninov, Serge (1873-1943): Suite No 2 for two pianos, Op 17
Ouellet-Murray Duo

2.30am
Waissel, Matthaus (c.1535/40-1602): Two Polish Dances for lute
Jacob Heringman (lute)

2.33am
Lindblad, Adolf Fredrik (1801-1878): String Quartet No 6 in E flat
Orebro String Quartet

3.00am
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828): Rondo in A for violin and strings, D438
The National Arts Centre Orchestra of Canada
Pinchas Zukerman (violin/director)

3.16am
Dohnanyi, Erno (1877-1960): Symphonic Minutes, Op 36
West Australian Symphony Orchestra
Jorge Mester (conductor)

3.29am
Kraus, Joseph Martin (1756-1792): Symphony in C minor (Symphonie funebre)
Concerto Koln

3.50am
Schutz, Heinrich (1585-1672): Ich bin eine rufende Stimme, SWV 383; O lieber Herre Gott, wecke uns auf, SWV 381
Danish National Radio Chorus
Stefan Parkman (conductor)

3.59am
Krek, Uros (1922-2008): Sonatina for Strings
The Slovenian Philharmonic String Chamber Orchestra
Andrej Petrac (artistic leader)

4.14am
Roussel, Albert (1869-1937): Three pieces for piano, Op 49
Mats Jansson (piano)

4.23am
Stojowski, Zygmunt (1870-1946): Cello sonata in A, Op 18
Tomasz Strahl (cello)
Edward Wolanin (piano)

4.49am
Stenhammar, Wilhelm (1871-1927): Ithaka, Op 21
Peter Mattei (baritone)
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Manfred Honeck (conductor)

5.00am
Pintaric, Fortunat (1798-1867): Fantasia and Pastorella in B flat
Vladimir Krpan (piano)

5.07am
Nielsen, Carl (1865-1931): Pan and Syrinx, Op 49
Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Michael Schonwandt (conductor)

5.16am
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918): Syrinx for solo flute
Boris Campa (flute)

5.19am
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937): Daphnis and Chloe - Suite No 2
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Valery Gergiev (conductor)

5.37am
Strozzi, Barbara (1619-1677): Hor che Apollo e a Theti in seno - Serenade for soprano, two violins and continuo
Musica Fiorita
Daniela Dolci (harpsichord/director)

5.50am
Locatelli, Pietro Antonio (1695-1764): Introduttione Teatrale in F, Op 2, No 4
Geert Bierling (organ)

5.57am
Melartin, Erkki (1875-1937): Lohdutus (Consolation)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Osmo Vanska (conductor)

6.03am
Scriabin, Alexander (1872-1915): Five Preludes
Sergei Terentjev (piano)

6.18am
Durufle, Maurice (1902-1986): Requiem, Op 9 - version originale
David Goode (organ)
BBC Singers
Stephen Cleobury (conductor).

With Jonathan Swain. 
Schumann Overture: Genoveva 1.10 Berlioz Symphonie fantastique 2.05 Rachmaninov Suite No 2 for two pianos, Op 17 2.30 Waissel Two Polish 2.33 Undblad String Quartet No 6 in E flat 3.00 Schubert Rondo in A, D438 
3.16 Dohnanyl Symphonic Minutes, Op 36 3.29 Kraus Symphony in C minor (Symphonie funebre) 3.50 Schutz Ich bin eine rufende Stimme, SWV383; 0 lieber Herre Gott , wecke uns auf, SWV3813.59 Krek Sonatina for Strings 
4.14 Roussel Threepieces for piano, Op494,23 Stojowski Cello Sonata in A, Op 18 4.49 Stenhammar Ithaka, Op 215.00 Pintaric Fantasia and Pastorella in B flat 
5.07 Nielsen Pan and Syrinx, Op 49 5.16 Debussy Syrinx 
5.19 Ravel Daphnis et Chloe: Suite No 2 5.37 Strozzi Hor che Apollo e a Theti in seno 5.50 
Locatelli Introduttione Teatrale in F, Op 2 No 4 5.57 Melartin Lohdutus (Consolation) 6.03 Scriabin Five Preludes 
6.18 Duruf Requiem, Op 9 (original version)

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