BBC Radio 3 is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 30th September 1967. It replaced Third Programme.

BBC Radio 3

Breakfast

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

Breakfast: Rob Cowan

20/02/2009

Rob Cowan

BBC Radio 3 - Breakfast, Rob Cowan

Rob Cowan presents music by Saint-Saens, Schumann, Handel, Kodaly and Ravel.

With Rob Cowan. Including Saint-Saens: Omphale's Spinning Wheel. Schumann: Mein Wagen rollet langsam. Handel: Harpsichord Suite No 4 in E minor. Kodaly: Dances of Marosszek.

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


7.03	

SCHUBERT
Theme and Variations from the Trout Quintet in A, D667
Trio Fontenay 
Nobuko Imai, viola
Chi-Chi Nwanoku, double bass
TELDEC 13153   T4


7.11	

SAINT-SAENS
Omphale's Spinning Wheel
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Boston SO
Charles Munch
RCA68978    T2


7.19	

BANTOCK
Song to the Seals
Stephen Hough, piano
HYPERION 67267   T12


7.23

PUCCINI
Un bel di from Madam Butterfly
Mirella Freni, soprano
VPO
Herbert von Karajan
DECCA 473997   CD4  T2	


7.31

TELEMANN 
Concerto in Bb for 3 oboes, 3 violins and continuo
Collegium Musicum 90
Simon Standage
CHANDOS 0580   T1-3


7.41

SCHUMANN
Mein Wagen rollet langsam
Brigitte Fassbaender, mezzo-soprano
Irwin Gage, piano
DG 476238   T23


7.45

HAYDN 
String Quartet in C Op 20/2: 1st mvt Moderato
Hagen Quartet
DG 439920    CD1   T5


7.52

SMETANA
Overture to The Bartered Bride
Pro Arte Orchestra
Charles Mackerras
EMI  35720   T11


8.03

RACHMANINOFF 
Spring Waters
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone
Mikhail Arkadiev, piano
PHILIPS 442536   T19


8.06

BERNERS
Fugue for orchestra
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Barry Wordsworth
EMI 47668   T10


8.12

HANDEL
Harpsichord Suite No 4 in E minor
Glenn Gould, harpsichord
SONY 52590   T20-24


8.22

Bernstein (arr. Eric Crees)
Prologue and Something’s Coming from West Side Story
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
DG 473185   T9-10


8.31

SCHUBERT (arr. Zender) 
Psalm 23
Bamberger Symphoniker
Jonathan Nott
TUDOR 7131   T7


8.37	

KODALY
Dances of Marosszek
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Ivan Fischer
HUNGARATON 31324   T2


8.50

Borodin
Prince Igor’s aria from Prince Igor
Bryn Terfel, bass-baritone
Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera House
James Levine
DG 445866   T10


9.00

RAVEL 
Violin Sonata
Arthur Grumiaux, violin
Istvan Hajdu, piano
PHILIPS 473104    CD3   T4-6


9.18	

PORTER
Get Out Of Town
Teddy Wilson Trio with Jo Jones, drums
EJC 55408   CD1   T12


9.22	

PROKOFIEV
Popular Danse from 10 Pieces from Romeo and Juliet
Nikolai Lugansky
WARNERS 61255   T8


9.27

WARLOCK
Spring of the Year
Finzi Singers
Paul Spicer
ABACUS 604	   T11


9.30	

WAGNER (arr. Leinsdorf)
Ride of the Valkyries and Magic Fire Music
Concert Arts Symphony Orchestra
Erich Leinsdorf
EMI 65613    T2


9.46

SCHUBERT
Gesang der Geister uber den Wasser
Austrian Radio Chorus	
Members of the ORF Symphony Orchestra
Gottfried Preinfalk
DG 453679   T1


9.57

SCHUBERT
Moment Musical
Oskar Shumsky, violin
Milton Kaye, piano
NIMBUS 2529   CD4   T3

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: Saint-Saens Le Rouet d'Omphale Boston Symphony Orchestra, conductor Charles Munch 
Schumann Mein Wagen rollet langsam 
Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo), Irwin Gage (piano) Handel Harpsichord Suite No 4 in E minor Glenn Gould (piano) 
8.30-10.00: Kodaly Dances of Marosszek 
Budapest Festival Orchestra, conductor Ivan Fischer Ravel Violin Sonata 
Arthur Grumiaux (violin), Istvan Hajdu (piano) Waqner, arr Leinsdorf Ride of the Valkyries; Magic Fire Music Concerts Arts Symphony Orchestra, conductor Erich Leinsdorf

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 Strauss, Antheil, Boismortier, Lumbye, Haydn and Borodin.

With James Jolly. Including Strauss: Symphonic Fantasy (Die Frau ohne Schatten). Antheil: Valentine Waltzes. Boismortier: Ballet de village No 3. Lumbye: Drommebilleder.

With James Jolly.

10.00am
Strauss: Symphonic Fantasy (Die Frau ohne Schatten)
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Jeffrey Tate (conductor)
EMI  7545812

10.24am
Antheil: Valentine Waltzes
Marthanne Verbit (piano)
ALBANY  TROY 146

10.42am
Boismortier: Ballet de village No 3, Op 52
Le Concert Spirituel
Herve Niquet (conductor)
NAXOS  8.554295

10.51am
Lumbye: Drommebilleder
Royal Danish Orchestra
King Frederick IX of Denmark (conductor)
DA CAPO  8.224100

11.01am
Haydn: Symphony No 15 in D
Vienna State Opera Orchestra
Max Goberman (conductor)
HAYDN HOUSE  HS 8

11.20am
Dunstable: Salve scema sanctitatis
Hilliard Ensemble
Paul Hilliard (conductor)
EMI CDC 7490022

11.29am
Borodin: Symphony No 2 in B minor
Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra
Carlos Kleiber (conductor)
HANSSLER  CD 93116.

With James Jolly. 
Strauss Symphonic Fantasy (Die Frau ohne 
Schatten) Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Jeffrey Tate 
10.24 Anthell Valentine Waltzes Marthanne Verbit (piano) 
10.42 Boismortier Ballet de village No 3, Op 52 Le Concert Spirituel, conductor Herve Niquet 
10.51 Lumbye Drommebilleder 
Royal Danish Orchestra, conductor King Frederick IX of Denmark 
11.01 Haydn Symphony No 15 in D Vienna State Opera Orchestra, conductor Max Goberman 
11.20 Dunstable Salve scema sanctitatis Hilliard Ensemble , conductor Paul Hilliard 
11.29 Borodin Symphony No 2 in B minor Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Carlos Kleiber

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: Bela Bartok (1881-1945)

Composer of the Week: Bela Bartok (1881-1945): Episode 5

Episode 5

Bela Bartok (1881-1945)

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Bela Bartok (1881-1945), Episode 5

Donald Macleod introduces music from Bartok's final years after his emigration to America.

Donald Macleod introduces music from the final years of Bartok's life after his emigration to America. Including Mikrokosmos (excerpts) and Sonata for two pianos and percussion.

Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Bela Bartok, introducing music from the final years of his life following his emigration to America. Including the work which was described by Koussevitsky as 'the best orchestral piece of the last 25 years', plus a selection of pieces from Mikrokosmos and the final movement of the original version of his sonata for two pianos and percussion.

Mikrokosmos (No 142)
Jeno Jando (piano)
NAXOS  85578212 CD2 T42

Mikrokosmos (Nos 142, 149 and 151)
Jeno Jando (piano)
NAXOS  85578212  CD2 T46, 53 and 55

Sonata for two pianos and percussion (final mvt)
Andras Schiff, Bruno Canino (pianos)
Zoltan Racz, Zoltan Vaczi (percussion)
DECCA 4438942  T16

Concerto for Orchestra
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor)
SONY CLASSICAL  SK62598  T6-8.

Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Hungarian composer and pianist Bela Bartok

Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Bela Bartok, pianist, collector as well as - along with Liszt - Hungary's greatest composer

Composer of the Week: Bartok

5/5. Donald Macleod introduces a work commissioned in the early 1940s by Serge Koussevitzky , who described it as "the best orchestral piece of the past 25 years", plus a selection of pieces from Mikrokosmos and the final movement of the original version of the composer's sonata for two pianos and percussion. Mikrokosmos Nos 142, 149and 151 Jeno Jando (piano) Sonata for two pianos and percussion (final mvt) Andras Schiff and Bruno Canino (pianos), Zoltan Racz and Zoltan Vaczi (percussion) Concerto for Orchestra Los Angeles Philharmonic, conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen 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: Schubertiade

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Schubertiade: Episode 4

Episode 4

Schubertiade

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert, Schubertiade, Episode 4Close menu

Christianne Stotijn (mezzo-soprano) and Joseph Breinl (piano) in songs by Schubert.

Penny Gore presents Christianne Stotijn (mezzo-soprano) and Joseph Breinl (piano) in songs by Schubert, at the Belfast International Festival of Chamber Music 2009.

Presented by Penny Gore.

Part of a series of all-Schubert programmes, performed in the Great Hall at Queen's University for the Belfast Music Society's International Festival of Chamber Music 2009.

Christianne Stotijn (mezzo-soprano)
Joseph Breinl (piano)

Schubert: Sehnsucht, D516; Beim Winde, D669; Trost, D671; Heliopolis I, D753; Heliopolis II,D754; Freiwilliges Versinken, D700; Fahrt zum Hades, D526; Auflosung, D807; Im Walde (Waldesnacht), D708; An den Mond, D193; Der Zwerg, D771; Nacht und Traume, D827; Erlkonig, D328.

All-Schubert programmes performed in the Great Hall at Queen's University, Belfast

Series of all-Schubert programmes performed in the Great Hall at Queen's University, Belfast, as part of the Belfast Music Society's International Festival of Chamber Music 2009

Afternoon on 3 With Penny Gore.

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 
Schubertiade 
Christianne Stotijn (mezzo), Joseph Breinl (piano) Schubert Songs 
2.00 The Viola 
Bruch Romance, Op 85 Maxim Rysanov (viola), BBC Philharmonic, conductor Grant Llewellyn Mozart Symphony No 25 in G minor, K183 BBCSSO, conductor Paul Watkins 
Schubert Arpeggione Sonata in A minor, D821 Antoine Tamestit (viola), 
Simon Crawford-Philips (piano) 
3.00 Schubert Symphony No 4 in C minor (Tragic) BBCSSO, conductor Paul Watkins 
Hindemith Viola Sonata , Op 11 No 4 
Maxim Rysanov , Ashley Wass (piano) 
3.55 Rachmaninov Symphony No 2 in E minor BBCSSO, conductor Stefan Solyom

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: The Viola

Afternoon Concert: The Viola: Episode 5

The Viola

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, The Viola, Episode 5

Penny Gore presents viola music by Bruch, Schubert and Hindemith.

Penny Gore presents viola music, with Bruch: Romance, Op 85 (Maxim Rysanov, viola); Schubert: Sonata in A minor (Antoine Tamesit, viola); plus Mozart and Schubert.

Presented by Penny Gore.

The 'Cinderella of the orchestra', the viola, takes centre stage, with a variety of concertos, sonatas and other works for the instrument.

Bruch: Romance for viola and orchestra, Op 85
Maxim Rysanov (viola)
BBC Philharmonic
Grant Llewellyn (conductor)

Mozart: Symphony No 25
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Paul Watkins (conductor)

Schubert: Sonata in A minor for arpeggione (or viola or cello) and piano, D821
Antoine Tamestit (viola)
Simon Crawford-Philips (piano)

3.00pm
Schubert: Symphony No 4 (Tragic)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Paul Watkins (conductor)

Hindemith: Sonata in F for viola and piano, Op 11, No 4
Maxim Rysanov (viola)
Ashley Wass (piano)

3.55pm
Rachmaninov: Symphony No 2 in E minor
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Stefan Solyom (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: The Viola

Series focusing on music for the viola, considered to be the 'cinderella of the orchestra'

Series focusing on music for the viola, considered to be the 'cinderella of the orchestra'. Including various concertos, sonatas as well as other works

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: 20/02/2009

BBC Radio 3 - In Tune, 20/02/2009

Sean Rafferty presents the Belcea Quartet and cast members of ENO's Doctor Atomic.

Presented by Sean Rafferty. With a performance by the Belcea Quartet, plus director Penny Woolcock on the new production of John Adams's opera Doctor Atomic.

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

The Belcea Quartet, one of the leading young string quartets, join Sean for a performance of works by Haydn and Schubert.

And as John Adams's new opera Doctor Atomic opens at ENO in London, Sean talks to director Penny Woolcock and conductor Lawrence Renes about the American composer's achievement in bringing the work to life.


17:02	
CHOPIN
Waltz in A flat major, op.34, no.1
Stephen Hough (piano)
HYPERION CDA67686
Track 6
5’38

17:09
JOHN ADAMS
Two Fanfares for Orchestra
San Francisco Symphony
Edo de Waart (conductor)				
NONESUCH 7559-79453-2 
Track1-2
8’31

17:18
SCHUBERT
LIVE
Scherzo from String Quartet no.14 (Death and the Maiden)
Belcea String Quartet
3’48

17:29
LIVE
HAYDN
String Quartet in F minor, Op.50, no.4 (Andante)
Belcea String Quartet
8’06

17:39
ROUSSEL
Evocations for orchestra, op.15 (La ville rose)
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Zdenek Svehla (conductor)
SUPRAPHON 1119852	
Track 2	
10’03

17:49
ANON
Elergy to the lark
Bryn Terfel
London Symphony Orchestra
DEUTSCHE GRAMMAPHON 477 7865
Track 11
2’15

Segue

17:52
ANON
The Last of the Queenes Masks
Elizabeth Kenny (lute)
HELIOS CHD55249
Track 2
1’10

17:54
FRANCES CILEA
L’Arelsiana (Ela solita storia del pastore…)
Roberto Alagna (tenor)
The London Philharmonic
Richard Armstrong (conductor)
EMI CDC5555402	
Track 4
4’45

18:03
DEBUSSY
Clair de Lune
Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano)
UCJ 4766195 
Track 15
4’40

18:08
PROKOFIEV
The Tale of the Stone Flower, op.118 (Act II, scene 4: waltz)
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN 100582	
Track 21
4’07

18:14
JOHN ADAMS
Dr Atomic Symphony
BBC Symphony Orchestra
John Adams (conductor)
BBC Proms premiere, 21st August 2007
3’50

18:26
JOHN ADAMS
Dr Atomic, Act 1, Scene 2
Jessica Rivera (Kitty Oppenheimer)
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra
Lawrence Renes (conductor)
4’59

18:36
ADAMS
Dr Atomic, Act I, Scene 3
Gerald Finley (J.Robert Oppenheimer)
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra
Lawrence Renes (conductor)
4’46

18:42
HAYDN
Keyboard Concerto in C major (Hob.XVIII:5)
Kettil Haugsand (harpsichord)
Cologne Chamber Orchestra
Helmut Müller-Brühl (conductor)
NAXOS 8.506019	
CD5, Track 4-6
11’29
	
18:56
FRANCISCO GUERRERO
Song of Songs: Ego floss campi
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers (director)
CORO COR160067	
Track 5
3’18

Sean Rafferty presents music and arts news.

Performance on 3

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

Performance on 3: BBC Philharmonic Prokofiev Tribute

Performance on 3: BBC Philharmonic Prokofiev Tribute: Fri, 20th Feb 2009 - Part 1

Fri, 20th Feb 2009 - Part 1

BBC Philharmonic Prokofiev Tribute

BBC Radio 3 - Performance on 3, BBC Philharmonic Prokofiev Tribute, Fri, 20th Feb 2009 - Part 1

BBC Philharmonic conducted by Yutaka Sado perform Prokofiev: Symphony No 5.

From Manchester's Bridgewater Hall, the BBC Philharmonic continues its Great Russians series, with Yutaka Sado conducting a performance of Prokofiev's Symphony No 5.

Presented by Catherine Bott.

The BBC Philharmonic continues its Great Russians series with a tribute to Prokofiev conducted by Yutaka Sado, who makes his debut at Manchester's Bridgewater Hall. 

Prokofiev wrote his Fifth Symphony after his return to Moscow, declaring it a 'symphony of the greatness of the human spirit' and conducting its first performance in January 1945 amid great patriotic stirring over the Red Army's impending victory over Germany in the Second World War.

BBC Philharmonic
Yutaka Sado (conductor)

Prokofiev: Symphony No 5.

Yutaka Sado conducts Prokofiev's Symphony No 5 and excerpts from Romeo and Juliet

Part of the BBC Philharmonic's Great Russian series. In a tribute to Prokofiev Yutaka Sado conducts performances of the composer's Symphony No 5 and excerpts from Romeo and Juliet

The BBC Philharmonic continues its Great Russian series with a tribute to Prokofiev conducted by Yutaka Sado, in his debut concert at the Bridgewater Hall, introduced live from Manchester by Ian Skelly.

BBC Philharmonic, Yutaka Sado Prokofiev Symphony No 5

7.50 Twenty Minutes: Happy Endings
Paul Allen explores the allure of the happy ending in ballets ranging from Romeo and Juliet to Swan Lake, and in Nahum Tate's version of King Lear.

8.10 Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet (excerpts)

Twenty Minutes

Eclectic arts magazine programme, exploring a range of fascinating subjects

Eclectic arts magazine programme, exploring a range of fascinating people, places and events

Twenty Minutes: Happy Endings

Happy Endings

BBC Radio 3 - Twenty Minutes, Happy Endings

Paul Allen explores happy endings, looking at Prokofiev's original Romeo and Juliet.

Happy Endings: Paul Allen explores the allure of the happy ending, looking at the story of the Prokofiev's original version of Romeo and Juliet with composer Gerard McBurney.

Paul Allen explores the allure of the happy ending, looking at the story of the Prokofiev's original version of Romeo and Juliet with composer Gerard McBurney and dance critic Debra Craine. The composer's intended ending of the ballet saw the lovers survive, but Stalin wouldn't countenance this and it was never publicly performed until 2008. 

Sonia Massai, Reader in Shakespeare Studies at King's College, London, examines why for 150 years the only version of King Lear theatregoers saw was Nahum Tate's version - in which the old king and Cordelia both survive. 

Should a classic always remain untouched, or do such stories have a life - and endings - that can change with the times, tastes and expectations?

Performance on 3: BBC Philharmonic Prokofiev Tribute: Fri, 20th Feb 2009 - Part 2

Fri, 20th Feb 2009 - Part 2

BBC Radio 3 - Performance on 3, BBC Philharmonic Prokofiev Tribute, Fri, 20th Feb 2009 - Part 2

BBC Philharmonic conducted by Yutaka Sado perform Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet (excerpts).

From Manchester's Bridgewater hall. The BBC Philharmonic's Prokofiev tribute concert concludes with Yutaka Sado conducting excerpts from the ballet score to Romeo and Juliet.

Presented by Catherine Bott.

The BBC Philharmonic's Great Russians Prokofiev tribute concert concludes with Yutaka Sado conducting excerpts from the dramatic ballet score to Romeo and Juliet.

BBC Philharmonic
Yutaka Sado (conductor)

Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet (excerpts).

The Verb

BBC Radio 4

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

The Verb: 26/09/2008

26/09/2008

BBC Radio 4 - The Verb, 26/09/2008

Ian McMillan's guests include poet Daljit Nagra and performance artist HKB Finn.

From the Radio Theatre in Broadcasting House, Ian McMillan's guests include poet Daljit Nagra, performance artist HKB Finn and Christine Tobin's tribute to Betty Carter.

From the Radio Theatre in Broadcasting House, Ian McMillan's guests on Radio 3's weekly cabaret of language include poet Daljit Nagra, who discusses contemporary Indian poetry, as well as performance artist HKB Finn. Plus Christine Tobin pays tribute to jazz singer Betty Carter on the 10th anniversary of Carter's death.

Ian McMillan is joined by Christine Tobin , best vocalist at last year's BBC Jazz Awards, paying tribute to legendary jazz singer Betty Carter. 
Forward Prize-winning poet Daljit Nagra reflects on contemporary Indian poetry, and performance artist HKB Finn also contributes. Producer Laura Thomas

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: Pinter's Voices

The Essay: Pinter's Voices: Episode 5

Pinter's Voices

BBC Radio 3 - The Essay, Pinter's Voices, Episode 5

Actor and director Harry Burton traces Pinter's life-long love of cricket.

Actor and director Harry Burton traces Pinter's life-long love of cricket, the game he described as 'greater than sex', and which makes appearances in his plays.

Series of personal essays about the playwright Harold Pinter who died in December 2008. Actor and director Harry Burton traces Pinter's life-long love of cricket, the game he described as 'greater than sex', and which makes appearances in his plays No Man's Land, The Birthday Party as well as the film Accident.

Series of personal essays about the playwright Harold Pinter, who died in December 2008

Series of personal essays about the Nobel Prize-winning playwright Harold Pinter, who died in December 2008

Pinter's Voices 
5/5. Actor and director Harry Burton traces 
Harold Pinter 's lifelong love of cricket, the game he described as "greater than sex".

World on 3

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

World on 3: Charlie Gillett

Charlie Gillett

BBC Radio 3 - World on 3, Charlie Gillett

Presented by Charlie Gillett. Including an interview and session with CW Stoneking.

With Charlie Gillett. Featuring a session and interview with Australian bluesman CW Stoneking. 

The programme contains lyrics with some violent imagery.

With Charlie Gillett

The programme contains lyrics with some violent imagery.

Charlie Gillett's guest this week is CW Stoneking, a 34-year old Australian whose voice and music suggest the soundworld of America's Deep South in the first half of the 20th-century; a performer described by The Observer's Killian Fox as "listening to an old 78 recovered from a dusty attic in New Orleans".  Recorded just before his appearance at the Barbican's Folk America show last month (curated by Seasick Steve), CW dropped in on the BBC Maida Vale studios with his brass-oriented backing band the Primitive Horn Orchestra to play four songs and to chat about his influences which include Blind Willie McTell, Rev. Charles White, Rev. Kelsey and the Mills Brothers.

World on 3

Presented by Charlie Gillett
Produced by Felix Carey
Tel 020 7765 4661
Fax 020 7765 5052 
e-mail world.routes@bbc.co.uk

Friday 20th February

Sangare: Iyo Djeli
Oumou Sangare
Album: Seya
World Circuit WLWCD 081

Lajko: Zaszlo/Flag
Felix Lajko
Album: Remeny
CDA004

Bonga: Nguenda
Barcelo Bonga
Album: Bairro
Lusafrica 562212

Muller/Munoz: Agua e’nieve
Radio Kajida
Wrasse Records Promo

Studio Session:
CW Stoneking (guitar/vocals)
Stephen Grant (trumpet)
Oliver Browne (percussion)
Richard Pite (tuba/bass)
Dan Hammerton (trombone)

Stoneking: Dodo Blues
CW Stoneking & His Primitive Horn Orchestra
BBC Recording, Maida Vale Studios

Wilmouth Houdini: Brave son of America
CW Stoneking & His Primitive Horn Orchestra
BBC Recording, Maida Vale Studios

Seasick Steve: Walking Man
Seasick Steve
Album: I started out with nothing and I still got most of it left
Warner Bros 2564694153

Trad: A to Z Blues
Bline Willie McTell
Album: Pig N’ Whistle Red
Biograph Records 30171

Sueruf: Living in the City
Little George Sueruf and the Blue Stars
Album:  Little George Sueruf and the Blue Stars
Pussy Cat Records PCD001

Trad: How Long 
Rev. Charles White (James Butler)
Album: Guitar Evangelists
JSP Records 788065575926

Picaflor de Los Andes: Aguas del Rio Rimac
Aguas del Rio Rimac
Album: Huaynos Y Huaylas
Globestyle cdorbbD 064

Trad: Little Boy (How old are you)
Rev. Kelsey and his congregation
Album: Rev. Kelsey and his Congregation 1947-1951
Document Records DW81731

Sissoko: Tree to Tree
Jayme Stone; Mansa Sissoko
Album: Africa to Appalachia
JS200

Young/Brown: The Old Man of the Mountain
The Mills Brothers
Album: Early Classics 1931 – 1934
Naxos Nostalgia 8.120546

Zainidin Imanaliev: Küidüm chok (I Burn, I Smoulder like Charcoal) 
Tengir Too
Album: Mountain music of Kyrgyztan
Smithsonian Folkways SFWCD40520

Philips: I had a good father and mother
Washington Philips
Album: The Key to the Kingdom
Yazoo Records

Breaux: C'est Si Triste Sans Lui
Cleoma Breaux; Joseph Falcon
Album: Anthology of American Folk Music
Smithsonian Folkways SFWCD40090

In Session

Stoneking: Jungle Lullaby
CW Stoneking & His Primitive Horn Orchestra
BBC Recording, Maida Vale Studios

Stoneking: The Love Me or Die
CW Stoneking & His Primitive Horn Orchestra
BBC Recording, Maida Vale Studios

Arr. Sonantes: Carimbo
Sonantes; Ceu
Album: Sonantes
Six Degrees 657036114821 

Saltpeter: Picked Up Something Dirty
Saltpeter
Album: Hunger's The Best Sauce
Fred Records 2007

Arr. Gangbe Brass Band: Un Ete a Vodelee
Gangbe Brass Band; Piet Maris
Album: Asiko
Contre Jour CJ021

A session by Australian singer and guitarist 
CW Stoneking and his Primitive Horn Orchestra, playing original songs that evoke the spirit of 1920s American blues and vaudeville. Introduced by Charlie Gillett. Producer Felix Carey

Through the Night

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

Through the Night: 21/02/2009

21/02/2009

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 21/02/2009

Jonathan Swain presents music by Schumann, Strauss, Lopes-Graca, Chopin and Spohr.

Jonathan Swain presents music by Schumann, Strauss, Lopes-Graca, Chopin, Humperdinck, Handel, Ravel, Schubert, Mozart, Glinka, Dvorak, Kuffner, Spohr and Beethoven.

With Jonathan Swain.

1.00am
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856): Concerto in A minor for piano and orchestra, Op 54
Alexander Melnikov (piano)
Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) Symphony Orchestra
Bramwell Tovey (conductor)

1.32am
Strauss, Richard (1864-1949): Ein Heldenleben (A hero's life), Op 40
Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) Symphony Orchestra
Bramwell Tovey (conductor)

2.18am
Lopes-Graca, Fernando (1906-1994): Cancoes heroicas, Op 44
Ricercare Chorus
Rodrigo Gomes (piano)
Pedro Teixeira (conductor)

2.41am
Chopin, Fryderyk (1810-1849): Polonaise in A flat, Op 53 (Heroique)
Jacek Kortus (piano)

2.49am
Strauss, Richard (1864-1949): Dance of the Seven Veils (Salome, Op 54)
Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Stuart Challender (conductor)

3.00am
Saint-Saens, Camille (1835-1921): Danse macabre, Op 40
Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Kjell Seim (conductor)

3.09am
Humperdinck, Engelbert (1854-1921): Dream Pantomime (Hansel und Gretel)
Symphony Nova Scotia
Georg Tintner (conductor)

3.18am
Handel, Georg Friedrich (1685-1759): Gentle Morpheus, son of night (Alceste, HWV 45)
Emma Kirkby (soprano)
Academy of Ancient Music
Andrew Manze (director)

3.28am
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937): Un grand sommeil noir
Olle Persson (baritone)
Bengt-Ake Lundin (piano)

3.32am
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937): Gaspard de la nuit
Anna Vinnitskaya (piano)

3.54am
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828): Nacht und Traume
Edith Wiens (soprano)
Rudolf Jansen (piano)

3.58am
Salzedo, Carlos (1885-1961): Chanson dans la nuit
Mojca Zlobko (harp)

4.02am
Moniuszko, Stanislaw (1819-1872): Sen (A Dream)
Urszula Kryger (mezzo-soprano)
Katarzyna Jankowska-Borzykowska (piano)

4.06am
Schreker, Franz (1878-1934): Nachtstick (Der ferne Klang)
BBC Philharmonic
Vassily Sinaisky (conductor)

4.23am
Mackeben, Theo (1897-1953): Schlafe, mein Geliebter!
Jean Stilwell (mezzo-soprano)
Marie Berard (violin)
Joseph Macerollo (accordion)

4.28am
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893): Aria: Sleep my little one and dream (Mazeppa)
Joanne Kolomyjec (soprano)
Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra
Mario Bernardi (conductor)

4.31am
Liszt, Franz (1811-1886): Hymne de l'enfant a son reveil, S19
Eva Andor (soprano)
Hedi Lubik (harp)
Gabor Lehotka (organ)
The Girl's Choir of Gyor
Miklos Szabo (conductor)

4.42am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Serenade in G, K525 (Eine Kleine Nachtmusik)
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Mark Taddei (conductor)

5.00am
Haapalainen, Vaino (1893-1945): Lemminkainen Overture
The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Atso Almila (conductor)

5.09am
Glinka, Mikhail Ivanovich (1804-1857): Four songs
Petteri Salomaa (baritone)
Ilmo Ranta (piano)

5.18am
Kuula, Toivo (1883-1918): Chanson sans paroles for cello and orchestra, Op 22, No 1
Arto Noras (cello)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jorma Panula (conductor)

5.23am
Josquin des Prez (c.1450/5-1521): Chanson: Ma bouche rit
Banchieri Singers
Denes Szabo (conductor)

5.28am
Chausson, Ernest (1855-1899): Chanson Perpetuelle, Op 37
Barbara Hendricks (soprano)
Staffan Scheja (pianoVertavo String Quartet

5.36am
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937): Tzigane
Moshe Hammer (violin)
Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
Kazuhiro Koizumi (conductor)

5.45am
Dvorak, Antonin (1841-1904): Legends, Op 59 (No 4)
Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
Kazuhiro Koizumi (conductor)

5.52am
Morawetz, Oskar (1917-2007): Clarinet sonata
Joaquin Valdepenas (clarinet)
Patricia Parr (piano)

6.02am
Kuffner, Joseph (1776-1856): Quintet (Introduction, theme and variations) in B flat for clarinet and strings, Op 32 (sometimes attrib Weber)
Joze Kotar (clarinet)
Slovene Philharmonic String Quartet

6.13am
Spohr, Louis (1784-1859): Duo in F for two violins, Op 148
Vilmos Szabadi, Miklos Szenthelyi (violins)

6.32am
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): 12 Variations on a Russian dance for piano, WoO 71
Theo Bruins (piano)

6.46am
Glinka, Mikhail Ivanovich (1804-1857) compl. Shebalin, Vissarion: Symphony on two Russian themes
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Ondrej Lenard (conductor).

With Jonathan Swain. 
Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor 1.32 Strauss Ein Heldenben 2.18 Lopes-Graca Cancoes heroicas, 
Op 44 2.41 Chopin Polonaise in A flat, Op 53 (Heroique) 
2.49 Strauss Dance of the Seven Veils (Salome) 
3.00 Saint-Saens Danse macabre 3.09 Humperdinck Dream Pantomime (Hansel und Gretel) 3.18 Handel 
Gentle Morpheus, Son of Night (Alceste) 3.28 Ravel Un grand sommeil noir; Gaspard de la nuit 3.54 Schubert Nacht und Traume 3.58 Saizedo Chanson dans la nuit 
4.02 Moniuszko Sen (A Dream) 4.06 
Schrecker Nachtstuck (Der ferne Klang) 4.23 Mackeben Schlafe , mein Geliebter! 4.28 Tchaikovsky Aria: Sleep My Little One and Dream (Mazeppa) 4.31 Liszt Hymne de I'enfant a son reveil 4.42 Mozart Serenade in G, K552 (Eine kleine Nachtmusik) 5.00 Haapalainen Overture: Lemminkainen 5.09 Glinka Four songs 5.18 Kuula Chanson sans paroles. Op 22 No 1 5.23 Josquin des 
Prez Chanson: Ma bouche rit 5.28 Chausson Chanson perpetuelle, Op 37 5.36 Ravel Tzigane 5.45 
Dvorak Molto maestoso (Legends, Op 59 No 4) 5.52 Morawetz Clarinet Sonata 6.02 Kuffner Clarinet Quintet in B flat, Op 32 6.13 Spohr Duo in F for two violins, Op 148 
6.32 Beethoven 12 Variations on a Russian dance for piano, WoO 716.46 Glinka, compl Shebalin Symphony on Two Russian Themes

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