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Breakfast

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

Breakfast: Sara Mohr-Pietsch

20/04/2009

Sara Mohr-Pietsch

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Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch, who shares her personal choice of music.

7:04

BERNSTEIN
I Feel Like I'm Not Out of Bed Yet / New York, New York
Thomas Hampson, Kurt Ollman, David Garrison
London Symphony Orchestra
Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)
DG 437 516-2  T1 & 2


7:09

BACH
Ei! Wie schmeckt der Coffee süsse (Coffee Cantata BWV 211)
Anne Grimm (soprano), Wilbert Hazelzet (flute), Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra
Ton Koopman (conductor)
CHALLENGE CLASSICS CC 72280  T4


7:14

BRAHMS
Rhapsodie in B Minor Op.79 No.1
Radu Lupu (piano)
DECCA 475 7070  D2 T1


7:26


RAMEAU
Contredanse en Rondeau (Les Boreades, Act 1 Scene 4)
Les Musiciens du Louvre
Marc Minkowski (conductor)
ARCHIV 00289 477 5578  T6


7:31


COPLAND
An Outdoor Overture
London Symphony Orchestra
Aaron Copland (conductor)
SONY SM3K 46559  D1 T2


7:41

ANON.
Singularis laudis digna
Hilliard Ensemble
HARMONIA MUNDI HMA 1951106  T2


7:47

JANACEK arr. Anzellotti
A Blown Away Leaf / Come with us (On an Overgrown Path, 1st series)
Teodoro Anzellotti (accordion)
WINTER & WINTER 910 089-2  T2 & 3


7:52

GLUCK
Don Juan (final two sections)
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
WARNER APEX 8573 89233-2  T30 & 31


8:03

ELGAR
Pomp & Circumstance March No.5
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Vernon Handley (conductor)
CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE CD-CFP 9004  T5 


8:09

SCRIABIN
Variations on a theme by Mlle. Egorova 
Stephen Coombs (piano)
HYPERION CDA 67149  T7


8:15

MENDELSSOHN
O Rest in the Lord
Janet Baker (Angel)
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (conductor)
EMI CZS5 68601-2  D2 T11


8:20

TELEMANN
Concerto in A Minor for 2 recorders, strings & continuo
Michael Schneider & Marita Schaar-Faust (recorders)
Camerata Köln
DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI 05472 77367-2  T9 – 12


8:28

R STRAUSS
Zueignung
Jonas Kaufmann (tenor)
Helmut Deutsch (piano)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 901879   T1 


8:32

LEEMANS
Belgian Paratroopers March
The Cleveland Symphonic Winds
Frederick Fennell (Conductor)
TELARC 80099  T5


8:35

CHOPIN
Mazurka Op.33 No.4 in B Minor
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano)
DG 00289 477 7563  T9


8:42

Kile SMITH
Veni Sancte Spiritus / Wie Schön Leuchtet der Morgenstern (Vespers)
Piffaro, the Renaissance Band
The Crossing
Donald Nally (conductor)
NAVONA RECORDS NV 5809  T1 & 2


8:48

BRITTEN
A Simple Symphony
Maggini Quartet
John Tattersdill (double bass)
NAXOS 8.554360  T1 – 4


9:06

FAURÉ
La mer est infinie / Je me suis embarqué (L'Horizon Chimerique)
Jonathan Lemalu (bass-baritone)
Roger Vignoles (piano)
EMI CDZ5 75203-2  T9 & 10


9:12

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Concerto for Trombone & Wind Band
Christian Lindberg (trombone), Kosei Wind Orchestra
Chikara Imamura (conductor) 
BIS  CD-848  T3 – 5


9:24

SIBELIUS
4 Movements from Incidental Music to The Tempest
(Song 1 / Song 2 / Miranda / Naiads)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Joseph Swensen (conductor)
LINN CKD 220  T19 - 22 

9:30

RAVEL
Introduction and Allegro 
Melos Ensemble
EMI 50999 2 37671-2  D2 T6


9:42

PURCELL
Dido & Aeneas (Closing Scene)
Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano)
Chorus & Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Elizabeth Kenny & Steven Devine (directors)
CHANDOS CHAN 0757  T30 & 31


9:52

STENHAMMAR
Symphony No.2 (Scherzo)
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
Paavo Järvi (conductor)
VIRGIN VC5 45244-2  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 Sara Mohr-Pietsch , who shares her personal selection of music.

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 with music by Rossini, Janacek, Rachmaninov, Monteverdi, Clementi and Handel.

With Sarah Walker. Including Rossini: Overture (Tancredi). Janacek: Idyll. Rachmaninov: Preludes, Op 23 (selection). Monteverdi: Ohime ch'io cado. Clementi: Symphony in B flat.

With Sarah Walker.

10.00am
Rossini: Overture (Tancredi)
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
DG 415 363 2

10.07am
Janacek: Idyll 
Norwegian Chamber Orchestra
Iona Brown (violin/director)
CHANDOS CHAN 9816

10.32am
Rachmaninov: Preludes, Op 23 (selection)
Howard Shelley (piano)
HYPERION CDA 66082

10.39am
Monteverdi: Ohime ch'io cado
Frederica von Stade (mezzo-soprano)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Raymond Leppard (conductor)
ERATO ECD 88100

10.46am
Clementi: Symphony in B flat, Op 18	
London Mozart Players
Matthias Bamert (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN 9234

11.04am
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No 3
Robin Hood Dell (Philadelphia) Orchestra
Dimitri Mitropoulos (piano/conductor)
SONY CLASSICAL S2K89658

11.31am
Handel: Water Music (excerpt)
The Building a Library recommendation from CD Review.

With Sarah Walker. 
Rossini Overture: Tancredi 
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra 
10.07 Janacek Idyll 
Norwegian CO, director lona Brown (violin) 
10.32 Rachmaninov Preludes , Op 23 (excerpts) Howard Shelley (piano) 
10.39 Monteverdi Ohime ch'io cado 
Frederica von Stade (mezzo), Scottish Chamber Orchestra, conductor Raymond Leppard 
10.46 Clementi Symphony in B flat, Op 18 
London Mozart Players, conductor Matthias Bamert 
11.04 Prokofiev Piano Concerto No 3 
Robin Hood Dell Orchestra of Philadelphia, director Dimitri Mitropoulos (piano) 
11.31 Handel Water Music (excerpt) 
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: Edward Elgar (1857-1934)

Composer of the Week: Edward Elgar (1857-1934): Episode 1

Episode 1

Edward Elgar (1857-1934)

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Edward Elgar (1857-1934), Episode 1

The influence of the Malvern Hills on Elgar, with a visit to his grave and a former home.

Stephen Johnson and Donald Macleod explore the Midlands landscapes that inspired Elgar's music and pay a visit to the Malvern Hills.

Stephen Johnson joins Donald Macleod to explore the landscapes of Herefordshire and Worcestershire that inspired much of the music of Edward Elgar.

They investigate the influence of the Malvern Hills on the composer, visiting his grave and one of his former homes on the steep hillside in Little Malvern, and climb right to the summit of the Herefordshire Beacon and its British Camp earthworks, the setting that inspired Elgar's Caractacus.

Pomp and Circumstance March No 1
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Alexander Gibson (conductor)
Chandos 241-4, CD1 Tr 16

Adagio - Moderato (Cello Concerto in E minor)
Jacqueline du Pre (cello)
London Symphony Orchestra
John Barbirolli (conductor)
EMI Classics 556 219, Tr 1

Three Bavarian Dances
Bournemouth Sinfonietta
Norman Del Mar (conductor)
Chandos 241-4 CD2, Trs 12-14

Woodland Interlude (Caractacus)
London Symphony Orchestra
Richard Hickox (conductor)
Chandos 9156 CD1, Tr 12

Cockaigne Overture (In London Town)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Davis (conductor)
Teldec 9031-73279-2, Tr 1.

Stephen Johnson joins Donald Macleod to explore the landscapes that inspired Edward Elgar

Stephen Johnson joins Donald Macleod to explore the landscapes of Herefordshire and Worcestershire that inspired much of the music of anniversary composer Edward Elgar

Composer of the Week:Edward Elgar (1857-1934)

1/5. Stephen Johnson joins Donald Macleod to explore the Herefordshire and Worcestershire landscapes that inspired Edward Elgar. 
Pomp and Circumstance March No 1 in D, Op 39 Royal Scottish National Orchestra, conductor Alexander Gibson 
Cello Concerto in E minor (1st mvt) 
Jacqueline du Pre, London Symphony Orchestra, conductor John Barbirolli 
Three Bavarian Dances Bournemouth Sinfonietta, conductor Norman Del Mar 
Woodland Interlude (Caractacus) LSO, conductor Richard Hickox 
Overture: Cockaigne (In London Town) BBCSO, conductor Andrew Davis  Repeated at 10pm RT DIRECT: Elgar: Orchestral Works (5 CDs) with Jacqueline du Pre, Janet Baker , Philharmonia, Halle Orchestra , LSO and Sinfonia of London, and conductor John Barbirolli , is available for C16.99 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 wwwselections. com/rtdirect and quote ref B46-BX932. UK delivery only

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: Malin Christensson and Simon Lepper

Malin Christensson and Simon Lepper

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Malin Christensson (soprano) performs Schubert, Stenhammar, Rangstrom, Wolf and Strauss.

With Fiona Talkington. From Wigmore Hall, London, soprano Malin Christensson and pianist Simon Lepper perform music by Schubert, Stenhammar, Rangstrom, Wolf and Strauss.

Presented by Fiona Talkington. From the Wigmore Hall, London.

Malin Christensson (soprano)
Simon Lepper (piano)

Schubert: Suleika, Op 41; Geheimes, D719; Ganymed, D544; Die Forelle, D550; Gretchen am Spinnrade, D118
Stenhammar: I skogen
Ture Rangstrom: Flickan under nymanen
Stenhammar: Flickan kom ifran sin alsklings mote
Rangstrom: Pan
Wolf: Die Sprode; Die Bekehrte; Fruhling uber's Jahr
Strauss: Hat's gesagt, bleibt's nicht dabei; Die Nacht; Morgen; Schlagende Herzen.

Afternoon on 3

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 
C Presented by Fiona Talkington. Radio 3 New 
Generation Artist the Austrian mezzo Daniela Lehner gives a live Wigmore Hall recital of songs by Mozart, Wolf, Zemlinsky, Guastavino and Ginastera. Daniela Lehner (mezzo), Roger Vignoles (piano) 
2.00 Shakespeare and McCabe Penny Gore presents a week of music celebrating the birthdays of Shakespeare and composer John McCabe , who is 70 this week. 
John McCabe Horn Concerto (Rainforest iv) David Pyatt (horn), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor Tadaaki Otaka 
Berlioz Romeo and Juliet (excerpts) 
BBC Philharmonic, conductor Gianandrea Noseda 
3.30 Chris de Souza Bottom's Dream BBC Singers 
3.50 Mozart Piano Concerto No 9 in E flat, K271 BBCSSO, director Shai Wosner (piano) Shostakovich Symphony No 9 BBC Philharmonic, conductor Michal Dworzinski

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: Shakesepeare and McCabe

Afternoon Concert: Shakesepeare and McCabe: Episode 1

Shakesepeare and McCabe

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Shakesepeare and McCabe, Episode 1

Penny Gore presents John McCabe's Horn Concerto, and music by Berlioz, Mozart and de Souza

Penny Gore presents music celebrating the birthdays of Shakespeare and composer John McCabe. McCabe: Horn Concerto. Plus music by Berlioz, Mozart, de Souza and Shostakovich.

Penny Gore presents music celebrating the birthdays of Shakespeare and composer John McCabe.

McCabe: Horn Concerto (rainforest iv)
David Pyatt (horn)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Tadaaki Otaka (conductor)		

Berlioz: Romeo and Juliet (excerpts)
BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)

3.30pm
Chris de Souza: Bottom's Dream
BBC Singers

3.50pm
Mozart: Piano Concerto No 9 in E flat, K271
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Shai Wosner (piano/director)

Shostakovich: Symphony No 9
BBC Philharmonic
Michal Dworzinski (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: Shakesepeare and McCabe

Penny Gore presents music marking the birthdays of Shakespeare and composer John McCabe

Penny Gore presents music celebrating the birthdays of William Shakespeare and prolific composer/pianist John McCabe

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: 20/09/2009 Tippett Quartet and Natalie Clein

20/09/2009 Tippett Quartet and Natalie Clein

BBC Radio 3 - In Tune, 20/09/2009 Tippett Quartet and Natalie Clein

Presented by Sean Rafferty. With the Tippett Quartet, plus Natalie Clein and Kathryn Stott

Presented by Sean Rafferty. Including performances in the studio from the Tippett Quartet and pianist Alasdair Beatson, plus cellist Natalie Clein and pianist Kathryn Stott.

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

Including the Tippett Quartet and pianist Alasdair Beatson performing in the studio ahead of their upcoming concert at Eaton Square.

Plus performance from cellist Natalie Clein and pianist Kathryn Stott, who also talk to Sean about their concert at Bridgewater Hall and Natalie's new compositions for cello.

1703
HANDEL
Chorus: With cheerful notes
O praise the Lord with one consent, Chandos Anthem HWV 254
The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge
Academy of Ancient Music
Stephen Layton (conductor)
HYPERION CDA67737			
Tr 5		
3’30
				
1707	
ELGAR
Salut d'amour Op. 12 (arr. Julian Milone)
Natalie Clein (cello)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Vernon Handley (conductor)
EMI 5014092					
Tr 		
2’54
		
1711	
LIVE	
MARTINU 
Quintet no. 1 4th movement		
Tippett Quartet
Alasdair Beatson, piano	
4’17

1721	
LIVE
HAYDN 
Op. 33 No. 1 1st movement - Allegro Moderato				
Tippett Quartet
Alasdair Beatson, piano	
4’01

1731	
LIVE
SHOSTAKOVITCH 
Quintet 4th movement - Intermezzo		
Tippett Quartet
Alasdair Beatson, piano	
c6’40
		
17’38
PURCELL
Fantasia upon one note
Hesperion XX
Jordi Savall (leader)
ALIA VOX AVSA9859		
Tr 1			
3’06

1742	
PROKOFIEV
Symphony No.1 in D major “Classical”
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Joseph Swensen (conductor)
LINN CKD219				
Tr 1-4			
14’05

1757
WILLIAMS
Empire of the Sun (Suo Gan)
James Rainbird (soloist)
Ambrosian Junior Choir
John McCarthy (director)
WARNER BROS 25668-2		
Tr1			
2’15

1803		
BACH
Chorale: Wachet auf, ruft  uns die Stimme,
Cantata BWV 140, Wachet auf, ruft  uns die Stimme, 
The Monteverdi Choir
The English Baroque Solists
John Eliot Gardner (conductor)
ARCHIV 431 809-2			
Tr 1			
6’17

1809		
VERDI
Luisa Miller: Quando le sere al placido chiaror (Rodolfo's Aria)
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
National Philharmonic Orchestra
Peter Maag (conductor)
DECCA 4781497			
CD 1 Tr 4		
3’45	
	
1815
LIVE		
BLOCH 
No. 3 Jewish song
From Jewish Life	
Natalie Clein (cello)
Kathryn Stott (piano)
2’33
			
1823	
LIVE
DE FALLA 
No. 5: Asturiana 
7 Canciones populares espanolas
Natalie Clein (cello)
Kathryn Stott (piano)
2’40
	
1830	
LIVE	
BARTOK 
I. Lassu: Moderato 
Rhapsody No. 1, BB 94c (version for cello and piano)		
Natalie Clein (cello)
Kathryn Stott (piano)								
5’13
			
1836	
SCHUBERT
An Sylvie D.891
Dietrich Fischer Dieskau (baritone)
Gerald Moore (piano)
DG 437225-2				
CD 8 Tr 14		
2’41
		
1840
BRAHMS
Tragic Overture, Op.81
Houston Symphony
Christoph Eschenbach (conductor)
VIRGIN 6932282		
CD 2 Tr 5		
14’44

18’56
CHOPIN
Waltz in C sharp minor, op.64, No.2
Vladimir Horowitz (piano)
SONY 5188012			
Tr3			
3’08

Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music, with studio guests and a round-up of arts news.

Performance on 3

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

Performance on 3: SCO in Stravinsky, Britten, Bizet

SCO in Stravinsky, Britten, Bizet

BBC Radio 3 - Performance on 3, SCO in Stravinsky, Britten, Bizet

With Ian Skelly. The Scottish Chamber Orchestra perform Stravinsky, Britten and Bizet.

Scottish Chamber Orchestra under Andrew Litton. Stravinsky: Symphony in C. Britten: Les illuminations. Bizet: Symphony in C. Plus Youth Orchestras: NYOS in Holst's The Perfect Fool.

Ian Skelly presents a concert given in April 2009 at Glasgow's City Halls, with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra performing with American conductor Andrew Litton and soprano Sally Matthews.

The first two works in the programme were both started in Europe but finished in America as their composers escaped the approaching war in Europe. Stravinsky's Symphony in C was written at time of personal trauma as he mourned the loss of both his wife and daughter to tuberculosis and wrestled with the disease himself. It is a work firmly in Stravinsky's neo-classical style, harking back to composers of an earlier age.

Britten also made the journey across the Atlantic: in 1939, he departed Britain having written two of his settings of Rimbaud's Les illuminations, going on to finish the other movements in the United States during the early months of the Second World War.

The concert concludes with Bizet's exuberant Symphony in C, written when the composer was just 17 years old - and like similar precocious works by Mozart and Mendelssohn, it shows considerable maturity of form and invention.

Sally Matthews (soprano)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Andrew Litton (conductor)

Stravinsky: Symphony in C
Britten: Les illuminations
Bizet: Symphony in C

Followed by a focus on youth orchestras from Britain and abroad:

Holst: The Perfect Fool
National Youth Orchestra of Scotland
Bramwell Tovey (conductor)

Malcolm Edmonstone: Scotland Suite - For the Lack of Gold
National Jazz Orchestra of Scotland

Wagner: Die Meistersinger overture
National Youth Orchestra of Scotland
Takuo Yuasa (conductor)

Dallapiccola: Piccola Musica Notturna
Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester
Claudio Abbado (conductor).

A concert recorded at Glasgow's City Halls, presented by Ian Skelly. 
Stravinsky Symphony in C Britten Les Illuminations Bizet Symphony in C 
Sally Matthews (soprano), Scottish Chamber Orchestra, conductor Andrew Litton 
Plus the beginning of a week-long focus on youth orchestras from Britain and abroad. 
National Youth Orchestra of Scotland, conductor Bramwell Tovey Hoist The Perfect Fool

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: 20/04/2009

BBC Radio 3 - Night Waves, 20/04/2009

Richard Reynolds, the 'guerilla gardener', on why planting flowers is a form of politics.

Bidisha introduces a lecture by Richard Reynolds on 'guerrilla gardening', involving taking over abandoned land to cultivate crops or plants as a form of non-violent direct action.

In an event recorded in Liverpool at BBC Radio 3's Free Thinking festival 2008, Bidisha introduces a lecture by Richard Reynolds and audience questions to him on the ethics and effectiveness of what be believes to be the fast-expanding craft of 'guerrilla gardening'.

It involves taking over an abandoned section of land to cultivate crops or plants and is a form of non-violent direct action practised by environmentalists.

Reynolds gardens wherever he finds himself, whether it is creating a garden in a number of neglected beds outside the block of flats where he lives or planting lavender on a traffic island. He believes any public space that has been undecorated by civic authorities and public alike can be turned into something more attractive and humanising for all.

He claims he springs from a long line of radicals - he cites 17th-century Digger Gerrard Winstanley as a forebear - and he originally acted entirely without permission (although that has now changed in some cases), working on many sites that belonged to someone else - typically the public authorities.

Richard Reynolds argues the case for guerrilla gardening in an event recorded in front of an audience at Radio 3's Free Thinking Festival in Liverpool last year. With Bidisha. Producer Zahid Warley

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: Henry, King of Kings

The Essay: Henry, King of Kings: Episode 1: Henry as Renaissance Prince

Episode 1: Henry as Renaissance Prince

Henry, King of Kings

Henry as Renaissance Prince

BBC Radio 3 - The Essay, Henry, King of Kings, Henry as Renaissance PrinceClose menu

Lucy Wooding goes behind Henry VIII's grand image, revealing fears about losing the throne

Lucy Wooding, lecturer in Early Modern History at King's College, London, goes behind the familiar grandiose image of Henry, revealing his fears about losing the throne.

Lucy Wooding, Lecturer in Early Modern History at King's College London, looks behind the trappings of power which Henry VIII exhibited in the splendour of his court, his vast building projects, his banquets and his jewels, and finds a man who felt his claim on the throne was tenuous and whose outward display hid these fears.

Presenter: Lucy Wooding
Producers: Neil Rosser

A LADBROKE RADIO PRODUCTION for BBC RADIO 3 (repeat).

Series detailing key aspects of Henry VIII's 38-year reign

The Essay: Henry - King of Kings

7/5. Lucy Wooding , lecturer in early modern history at King's College, London, looks behind the trappings of power exhibited by Henry VIII in the splendour of his court, and finds a man who felt his claim on the throne was tenuous. Producer Neil Rosser

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: George Haslam's FreeTime Quartet in Session

George Haslam's FreeTime Quartet in Session

BBC Radio 3 - Jazz on 3, George Haslam's FreeTime Quartet in Session

John Fordham presents George Haslam's FreeTime Quartet performing an exclusive session.

John Fordham presents baritone saxophonist George Haslam's improvising FreeTime Quartet in an exclusive session. Featuring Swetja, Jozef Laska, Petr Zimak and Stefano Pastor.

John Fordham presents British baritone saxophonist George Haslam's FreeTime Quartet in an exclusive session. Founded in Prague after a request from Czech National Radio in 2001, the quartet uses free improvisation combined with folk rhythms and melodies from across the globe. It features Haslam on baritone sax and tarogato, Swetja on guitar synth, fujara flute and singing saw, Jozef Laska on bass and Petr Zimak on drums, with special guest, violinist Stefano Pastor from Genoa.

Signature Tune

Artist: Russell Gunn (Russell Gunn - trumpet, Gregory Tardy and Bruce Williams - reeds, Andre Heyward - trombone, Chieli Minucci - guitar, James Hurt - keyboards, Rodney Jordan - bass, Woody Williams - drums, Khalil Kwame Bell - percussion, DJ Apollo - turntables)
Track Title: Seventy Four Miles Away
Composer: Joe Zawinul
Album Title: Ethnomusicology Volume 1

CD Tracks:

Artist: Liam Noble Trio (Liam Noble - piano, Dave Whitford - double bass, Dave Wickins - drums and percussion)
Track title: Take Five
Composer: Paul Desmond
Album title: Brubeck
Label: Basho Records

Artist: Branford Marsalis Quartet (Branford Marsalis - saxophones, Joey Calderazzo - piano, Eric Revis - bass, Jeff 'Tain' Watts - drums)
Track title: Jabberwocky
Composer: Branford Marsalis
Album title: Metamorphosen
Label: Marsalis Music

Artist: Andy Sheppard (Andy Sheppard - saxophone, John Parricelli - guitar, Eivind Aarset - electric guitar/electronics, Arild Andersen - double bass/electronics, Kuljit Bhamra - tabla/percussion)
Track title: La Tristesse Du Roi
Composer: Andy Sheppard
Album title: Movements in Colour
Label: ECM

Artist: Steve Harris' Zaum (Steve Harris - drums, Cathy Stevens - viola/violectra, Adrian Newton - samples, Udo Dzierzanowski - guitar, Karen Wimhurst - clarinets, Geoff Hearn - saxophones, 'J'M Black - guitar)
Track title: Wake the Angels
Composer: Zaum
Album Title: A is for Ox: Live in Brighton
Label: Amazon Records

Artist: Steve Harris' Zaum (Steve Harris - drums, Cathy Stevens - viola/violectra, Adrian Newton - samples, Udo Dzierzanowski - guitar, Karen Wimhurst - clarinets, Geoff Hearn - saxophones, Mary Potter - piano)
Track title: Following Power Lines To Your Home
Composer: Zaum
Album Title: A is for Ox: Field Recordings 2006/7
Label: Amazon Records

2009 Live Tour Dates:
Branford Marsalis
25 May @ Bath Festival
26 May @ Birmingham Town Hall
28 May @ Ronnie Scott's, London

Andy Sheppard
30 April @ Fuseleeds Festival, Leeds
25, 26 May @ Ronnie Scott's, London

Links:
http://www.liamnoble.co.uk
http://www.branfordmarsalis.com
http://www.andysheppard.co.uk
http://www.steve-harris.info
http://www.myspace.com/zaumsound

Interview with bassist Miroslav Vitous on his new album and performing with Weather Report

CD tracks (excerpts used during the interview):

Artist: Weather Report (Wayne Shorter - saxophone, Joe Zawinul - keyboards, Miroslav Vitous - bass, Airto Moreira - percussion, Alphonse Mouzon- drums)
Track title: Waterfall
Composer: Joe Zawinul
Album title: Weather Report
Label: Columbia

Artist: Miroslav Vitous Group (Miroslav Vitous - double bass, Michel Portal - bass clarinet)
Track title: Surfing with Michael
Composer: Miroslav Vitous
Album title: Remembering Weather Report
Label: ECM

Czech CD round-up tracks:

Artist: Miroslav Vitous Group (Miroslav Vitous - double bass, Franco Ambrosetti - trumpet, Gary Campbell - tenor saxophone, Gerald Cleaver - drums)
Track title: Variations on Wayne Shorter
Composer: Miroslav Vitous
Album title: Remembering Weather Report
Label: ECM

Artist: George Mraz and Iva Bittova (George Mraz - bass, Iva Bittova - violin, Emil Viklicky - piano, Laco Tropp - drums)
Track Title: Sweet Basil
Composer: Emil Viklicky
Album title: Moravian Gems
Label: Cube-Metier

Artist: Vertigo Quintet and Dorota Barova (Marcel Barta - saxophones, Oskar Torok - trumpet, Vojtech Prochazka - piano, Rastislav Uhrik - bass, Daniel Soltis - drums/percussion, Dorota Barova - vocals)
Track Title: Nahoru
Composer: Marcel Barta
Album Title: Vertigo Quintet
Label: Animal Music

Links:
http://miroslavvitous.com
http://www.georgemraz.com
http://www.bittova.com
http://www.vertigoquintet.com

George Haslam's Freetime Quartet recorded in session at Pinewood Studios on April 2 2009

Line up:
George Haslam - taragato and baritone saxophone
Swetja - guitar
Jozef Laska - bass
Petr Zimak - drums
Stefano Pastor - violin

Set list: 
1 Matinal (Haslam/Swetja/Laska/Zimak/Pastor)
2 Incipio (Haslam/Swetja/Laska/Zimak/Pastor)
3 Shakedown (Haslam/Swetja/Laska/Zimak/Pastor)
4 Conventus (Haslam/Swetja/Laska/Zimak/Pastor)
5 Crepesculum (Haslam/Swetja/Laska/Zimak/Pastor)

Links:
http://www.georgehaslam.com
http://www.swetja.com/00ht.html
http://www.stefanopastor.com.

A session by saxophonist George Haslam 's 
FreeTime Quartet, featuring Haslam on baritone sax and tarogato, Swetja on guitar synth, fujara flute and singing saw, Jozef Laska on bass and Petr Zimak on drums. Producer Peggy Sutton

Through the Night

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

Through the Night: John Shea

21/04/2009

John Shea

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, John Shea

John Shea presents music by Obrecht, Desprez, Nielsen, Peeters, Grieg, Lassus and Nees.

John Shea presents music, including Obrecht, Desprez, Nielsen, Peeters, Grieg, Lassus, Nees, Hoof, Benoit, Smetana, Janacek, Biber, Saint-Saens, Ravel, Francaix, Haydn and Weber.

With John Shea.

1.00am
Obrecht, Jacob (1457/8-1505): Missa Malheur me bat
1.42am
Anon (15th century); text: Darras: Malheur me bat - chanson for three voices
1.45am
Desprez, Josquin (c.1450/5-1521): Missa Malheur me bat
Tallis Scholars
Peter Phillips (conductor)

2.23am
Nielsen, Carl (1865-1931): Symphony No 6 (Sinfonia semplice)
Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Dausgaard (conductor)

3.00am
Peeters, Flor (1903-1986): Concerto for organ and orchestra, Op 52
Peter Pieters (organ)
Flemish Radio Orchestra
Yoel Levi (conductor)

3.44am
Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907): Piano Concerto in A minor, Op 16
Rian de Waal (piano)
Anima Eterna
Jos van Immerseel (conductor)

4.13am
Bull, John (c.1562-1628): Why ask you? - for keyboard
Colin Tilney (harpsichord)

4.19am
Crecquillon, Thomas (c.1505/15-1557): Amour partez (Antwerp, 1549)
Huelgas Ensemble
Paul Van Nevel (conductor)

4.24am
Lassus, Orlande de (1532-1594): Paisible domaine - chanson for five voices; Christus resurgens ex mortuis - motet for five voices
The King's Singers

4.28am
Nees, Vic (b.1936): De profundis clamavi (Psalm 130)
Polish Radio Choir
Wlodzimierz Siedlik (conductor)

4.32am
Benoit, Peter (1834-1901): Overture (Charlotte Corday)
Flemish Radio Orchestra
Jan Latham-Koenig (conductor)

4.42am
De Fesch, Willem (1687-1761): Concerto in G, Op 5 No 3
Musica Ad Rhenum

4.50am
Hoof, Jef Van (1886-1959): Symphonic Introduction to a Festive Occasion
Flemish Radio Orchestra
Jan Latham-Koenig (conductor)

5.00am
Moniuszko, Stanislaw (1819-1872): Overture (Verbum Nobile) - opera in one act
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jerzy Salwarowski (conductor)

5.06am
Chopin, Fryderyk (1810-1849): Mazurka No 31 in A flat, Op 50
Roland Pontinen (piano)

5.10am
Smetana, Bedrich (1824-1884): Vltava (Ma vlast)
Orchestre du Conservatoire de Musique du Quebec
Raffi Armenian (conductor)

5.22am
Janacek, Leos (1854-1928): Vlcistopa (The wolf's trail)
Susse Lillesoe (soprano)
Per Salo (piano)
Danish National Radio Choir
Stefan Parkman (conductor)

5.30am
Biber, Heinrich Ignaz Franz von (1644-1704): Sonata violino solo representativa in A for violin and continuo
5.41am
Baltzar, Thomas (1631-1663): Prelude and Divisions on John come kiss me now (The Division Viol, 1685)
Elizabeth Wallfisch (baroque violin)
Rosanne Hunt (cello)
Linda Kent (harpsichord)

5.46am
Saint-Saens, Camille (1835-1921): Sonata in D for oboe and piano, Op 166
Roger Cole (oboe)
Linda Lee Thomas (piano)

5.58am
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937): Chansons madecasses for voice, flute, cello and piano
Catherine Robbin (mezzo-soprano)
Nora Shulman (flute)
Thomas Wiebe (cello)
Andre Laplante (piano)

6.12am
Francaix, Jean (1912-1997): Eleven Variations on a Theme by Haydn for nine wind instruments and double bass
Members of the Danish Radio Concert Orchestra
Hannu Koivula (conductor)

6.24am
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809): Piano Sonata in E minor, H XVI 34
Niklas Sivelov (piano)

6.37am
Weber, Carl Maria von (1786-1826): Clarinet Concerto No 2 in E flat, Op 74
Kari Kriikku (clarinet)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo (conductor).

With John Shea. 
Obrecht Missa Malheur me bat 
Anon Malheur me bat Josquin des Prez Missa Malheur me bat Tallis Scholars, conductor Peter Phillips 
2.23 Nielsen Symphony No 6 (Sinfonia Semplice) 
3.00 Peeters Organ Concerto 3.44 Grieg Piano Concerto in A minor 4.13 Bull Why Ask You? 
4.19 Crecquillon Amour partez 4.24 Lassus Paisible domaine: Christus resurgens 4.28 Nees De profundis clamavi (Psalm 130) 4.32 Benoit Overture: Charlotte Corday 4.42 De Fesch Concerto in G, Op 5 No 3 
4.50 Hoof Symphonic Introduction to a Festive 
Occasion 5.00 Moniuszko Overture: Verbum nobile 
5.06 Chopin Mazurka No 31 in A flat, Op 50 No 2 
5.10 Smetana Vltava (Ma Vlast) 5.22 Janacek The Wolf's Trail 5.30 Biber Sonata violino solo representativa in A for violin and continuo 
5.41 Baltzar Prelude and Divisions on John Come Kiss Me Now (The Division Viol) 5.46 Saint-Saens Oboe Sonata in D, Op 166 5.58 Ravel Chansons Madecasses 6.12 Francalx 11 Variations on a theme by Haydn 6.24 Haydn Piano Sonata in E minor, H XVI 34 6.37 Weber Clarinet Concerto No 2 in E flat

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