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

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Breakfast

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

Breakfast: Rob Cowan

01/05/2009

Rob Cowan

BBC Radio 3 - Breakfast, Rob Cowan

Rob Cowan shares his personal choice of music.

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


07:03

MENDELSSOHN
Scherzo from Midsummer Night’s Dream
London Symphony Orchestra 
André Previn (conductor)
EMI CDC747163 2   Tr 2	


07:09

PALESTRINA 
Ascendo ad Patrem (motet)
Canadian Brass
Ivars Taurins (conductor)
RCA 09026 63868 2    Tr 1


07:16

MOZART 
Divertimento in E flat K113
Scottish Chamber Orchestra 
Alexander Janiczek (conductor)
LINN CKD287   Tr 12-15


07:26

HANDEL
Minuet in G major HWV531
Andrés Segovia (guitar)
DG 477 8133   CD4   Tr 3


07:31

LALO
Parades de Foire from Namouna, Suite No.1
Detroit Symphony Orchestra 
Paul Paray (conductor)
MERCURY 434 389-2    Tr 5


07:37

SCHUBERT
Scherzo D 593 No.1
Daniel Barenboim (piano)
DG 435 072 2	  Tr 8


07:42

PROKOFIEV
Classical Symphony Op.25
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
DG 400 034 2   Tr 10-13

	
07:56

BEETHOVEN
Sonata for piano No.23 Op.57 “Appasionata”
Horst Jankowski Quartet
VERVE 06024 9828579   Tr 12

	 
08:03

WOLF
Italian Serenade
Guarneri Quartet
RCA 92882     Tr 9


08:10

KOECHLIN
Matin frais, dans la haute vallée from Persian Hours
Rheinland-Pfalz Philharmonic
Leif Segerstam (conductor)
NAXOS 8.223504   Tr 4


08:14

VIVALDI
Concerto Op.4 No.8 RV 249
Francesca Vicar (violin)
Concerto Italianio
Rinaldo Alessandrini (conductor)
OPUS OPS 30181    Tr 18-19


08:23

BIZET
Prelude, Interlude from Carmen Suite No.1		
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Ferenc Fricsay (conductor)
DG 447 362 2   CD1   Tr 4-5


08:31

STRAVINSKY
Scherzo fantastique 
Orchestre symphonique de Montréal 
Charles Dutoit (conductor)
DECCA 436 474 2   Tr 6


08:44

SCHUBERT
Romanze D797 No.3b from Rosamunde; 
Die Forelle D550 (orchestration: Benjamin Britten)
Anne Sofie von Otter (soprano)
Chamber Orchestra of Europe 
Claudio Abbado (conductor)
DG 413 324 2    Tr 1-2


08:51

BEETHOVEN 
Piano Sonata No.19 in G minor Op.49 No.1
Frederic-Frédéric Guy (piano)
NAÏVE V5023   Tr 8-9


09:01

ROUSSEL
Pour une fête de printemps 
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Stéphane Denève (conductor)
NAXOS 8.570529    Tr 4	


09:13

SHOSTAKOVICH
Five Preludes (1921)
Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
DECCA 4706492    Tr 7-11


09:20

SIBELIUS
Alla Marcia from Karelia Suite
Berlin Philharmonic 
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
EMI 574 858 2   CD2   Tr 3


09:25

JS BACH
Trio Sonata  No.2 BWV 526
Heinz Holliger (oboe)
Tabea Zimmermann (viola);
Christiane Jaccottet (harpsichord)
Thomas Demenga (cello)
PHILIPS 422 328 2   Tr 4-6


09:36

HAYDN
Violin Concerto in C major		
Arthur Grumiaux (violin)
English Chamber Orchestra
Raymond Leppard (conductor)
PHILIPS 442 8294   Tr 1-3

						
09:55

BRAHMS
Why from Fragen Op.64 No.2
Kammerchor Stuttgart
Andreas Rothkopf (piano)
Frieder Bernius (director)
PROFIL PH 06021    Tr 6

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.

Introduced by Rob Cowan , who shares his personal choice 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 Mahler, Telemann, Schoenberg, Haydn, Reger, Purcell and Wagner.

With Sarah Walker. Including Mahler: Kindertotenlieder. Telemann: Concerto in G. Schoenberg: Chamber Symphony No 1. Haydn: Symphony No 35. Purcell: Fantasia 10 in four parts.

With Sarah Walker.

10.00am
Mahler: Kindertotenlieder
Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
Halle Orchestra
John Barbirolli (conductor)
EMI CDC 747793 2

10.28am
Telemann: Concerto in G for flute, chalumeau, oboe, two double basses, strings and continuo
La Stravaganza Koln
Andrew Manze (director)
DENON CO 78933

10.36am
Schoenberg: Chamber Symphony No 1, Op 9
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group
Simon Rattle (conductor)
EMI CDC 555212 2

11.00am
From City Halls, Glasgow:
Haydn: Symphony No 35			
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov (conductor)

11.19am
Reger: Sonatine in D, Op 89 No 2
Markus Becker (piano)
THOROFON CTH 2313

11.31am
Purcell: Fantasia 10 in four parts (14 June 1680)
Concentus Musicus
Nikolaus Harnoncourt (viol/director)
AMADEO 423 419 2 

11.45am
Wagner: Siegfried's Death and Funeral Music (Gotterdammerung)
NBC Symphony Orchestra
Arturo Toscanini (conductor)
RCA GD 60304.

Introduced by Sarah Walker. 
Mahler Kindertotenlieder Janet Baker (mezzo), Halle Orchestra , conductor John Barbirolli 
10.28 Telemann Concerto in G for flute, chalumeau, oboe, two double basses, strings and continuo La Stravaganza Kbln , director Andrew Manze 
10.38 Schoenberq Chamber Symphony No 1, Op 9 Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, conductor Simon Rattle 
11.00 Haydn Symphony No 35 in B flat BBCSSO, conductor Ilan Volkov 
11.19 Reqer Sonatine in D, Op 89 No 2 Markus Becker (piano) 
11.31 Purcell Fantasia 10 in four parts Vienna Concentus Musicus, director Nikolaus Harnoncourt (violin) 
11.46 Wagner Siegfried 's Death; 
Funeral Music (Gotterdammerung) NBC SO, conductor Arturo Toscanini

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: Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643)

Composer of the Week: Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643): Episode 5

Episode 5

Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643)

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643), Episode 5

Donald Macleod considers Frescobaldi's influence on later generations.

Donald Macleod and Christopher Stembridge consider Frescobaldi's influence on later generations, including Johann Jakob Froberger, Bach and Ligeti.

Donald Macleod is joined by scholar and performer Christopher Stembridge to explore the life and work of Girolamo Frescobaldi.

They consider Frescobaldi's influence on later generations, including Johann Jakob Froberger, who came to study with Frescobaldi in 1637 after a spell as organist at the imperial court in Vienna; Bach, who studied Frescobaldi's Fiori Musicali, and whose own Clavierubung and Art of Fugue show its influence; and Ligeti, who based the eleventh piece in his Musica Ricercata collection on Frescobaldi's Recercar Cromatico.

Frescobaldi: Balleto e Ciaccone (Toccate e partite Libro primo, 1637 aggiunta)
Rinaldo Alessandrini (harpsichord attributed to Giovani Celestini, Venice, c.1605)
Arcana A904, CD 1 Tr 4

Music 2: Frescobaldi: Toccata settima (Toccate e partite libro primo)
Christopher Stembridge
(unreleased recording)

Froberger: Toccata V all Levatione in D minor (Libro secondo, 1649)
Richard Egarr (organ)
Globe GLO 6022, CD 1 Tr 5

Froberger: Toccata I in A minor (Libro secondo)
Hans Knut Sveen (harpsichord after Ruckers, 1638, by J Katzman, Amsterdam)
Bergen Barokk BBR 901, Tr 1

Frescobaldi: Recercar con obligo del Basso come appare (Missa degli Apostoli, Fiori Musicali)
Rinaldo Alessandrini (organ by Gian Giacomo Antegnati, 1554, in the church of S Maurizio, Monastero Maggiore, Milan) 
Astree E 8714, CD 2 Tr 5

Bach: Wir glauben all'an einen Gott, BWV680 (Clavierubung Part 3)
Ton Koopman (organ)
Teldec 4509984642, Tr 20

Frescobaldi: Ricercar cromatico post il credo (Missa degli Apostoli, Fiori Musicali)
Performed in the studio by Christopher Stembridge (harpsichord)

Ligeti: Omaggio a Girolamo Frescobaldi (Music ricercata)
Andante misurato e tranquillo
Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano)
Sony SK 62308, Tr 25

Frescobaldi: Aria di Passacaglia
James Bowman (countertenor)
Skip Sempe (harpsichord)
Jay Bernfeld (viola da gamba) 
Arion ARN 68046, Tr 6

Frescobaldi: Partite cento sopra il Passachagli (Toccate e partite Libro primo, 1637 aggiunta)
Christopher Stembridge (harpsichord by Giovanni Battista Boni, 1619)
First heard in a BBC Radio 3 broadcast on 23 September 1993.

Donald Macleod sets Girolamo Frescobaldi's music in the context of his times

Donald Macleod is joined by Christopher Stembridge to explore Frescobaldi's life and work, setting the composer's music in the context of his times

Composer of the Week: Frescobaldi

5/5. In his own day, Frescobaldi's name was as much a name to be conjured with as that of his near-contemporary Monteverdi. But whereas Monteverdi's star continues to burn brightly, Frescobaldi's has dimmed somewhat. 
Donald Macleod and Christopher Stembridge consider his continuing influence on later composers. Frescobaldi Balleto e Ciaccone (Toccate e partite, libro primo) 
Rinaldo Alessandrini (harpsichord) Toccata settima 
Christopher Stembridge (harpsichord) 
Froberger Toccata Valla levatione in D minor (Libro secondo) Richard Egarr (organ) Toccata I in A minor (Libro secondo) Hans Knut Sveen (harpsichord) 
Frescobaldi Recercar con obligo del basso come appare (Missa degli apostoli) Rinaldo Alessandrini (organ) 
Bach Wirglaubenall 'an einen Gott, 
BWV680 (Clavierubung) Ton Koopman (organ) Frescobaldi Recercar cromatico post il Credo (Missa degli apostoli) 
Christopher Stembridge (harpsichord) Liqeti Omaggio a Frescobaldi Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano) Frescobaldi Aria di Passacaglia 
James Bowman (countertenor), Skip Sempe (harpsichord), Jay Bernfeld (viola da gamba), Partite cento sopra il passachagli 
Christopher Stembridge (harpsichord) Rptd atlopm

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: Viennese Whirl

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Viennese Whirl: Episode 4

Episode 4

Viennese Whirl

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert, Viennese Whirl, Episode 4Close menu

Louise Fryer presents Francois-Frederic Guy (piano) playing music by Schubert and Brahms.

Louise Fryer presents pianist Francois-Frederic Guy performing at the Sage, Gateshead. Schubert: Piano Sonata in A, D959. Brahms: Seven Fantasies, Op 116.

Presented by Louise Fryer.

Part of a series of concerts given at the Sage, Gateshead, featuring music written by composers who were based in Vienna.

Francois-Frederic Guy (piano)

Schubert: Piano Sonata in A, D959
Brahms: Seven Fantasies, Op 116.

Series of concerts featuring music written by composers who were once based in Vienna

Series of concerts given at the Sage, Gateshead, with music written by composers who were once based in Vienna. Including music ranging from Haydn and Mozart to Mahler and Berg

Afternoon on 3

With Louise Fryer.
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Francois-Frederic Guy (piano)
Schubert Piano Sonata in A, D959 Brahms Seven Fantasies, Op 116
2.00 Handel Opera Cycle
The conclusion of Handel's opera Rodelinda. Handel Rodelinda: Act 3 For cast see yesterday
Soloists, II complesso barocco, conductor Alan Curtis
3.10 St Petersburg Conservatory
Shostakovich String Quartet No 8, Op 110 St Petersburg Quartet
3.35 Verdi Requiem
Violeta Urmana (soprano), Olga Borodina (mezzo), Ramon Vargas (tenor), Ferruccio Furlanetto (bass) North German Radio Chorus, Chorus of the Teatro Regio, Turin, West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Semyon Bychkov

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: St Petersburg Conservatory

Afternoon Concert: St Petersburg Conservatory: Episode 5: Handel: Rodelinda (Act 3)

Episode 5: Handel: Rodelinda (Act 3)

St Petersburg Conservatory

Handel: Rodelinda (Act 3)

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, St Petersburg Conservatory, Handel: Rodelinda (Act 3)

Handel: Rodelinda (Act 3). Plus St Petersburg Conservatory: Shostakovich and Verdi.

Includes Handel: Rodelinda (Act 3). With Simone Kermes (soprano). Plus St Petersburg Conservatory: Shostakovich: String Quartet No 8 in C minor, Op 110. Verdi: Requiem.

Handel Operas 2009

Handel: Rodelinda (Act 3)

Rodelinda ...... Simone Kermes (soprano)
Bertarido ...... Marijana Mijanovic (contralto)
Grimoaldo ...... Steve Davislim (tenor)
Eduige, Bertarido's sister ...... Sonia Prina (contralto)
Unulfo, Bertarido's lieutenant ...... Marie-Nicole Lemieux (contralto)
Garibaldo, a nasty piece of work ...... Vito Priante (baritone)
Il Complesso Barocco
Alan Curtis (conductor)

3.10pm St Petersburg Conservatory

Shostakovich: String Quartet No 8 in C minor, Op 110
St Petersburg Quartet

3.35pm
Verdi: Requiem
Violeta Urmana (soprano)
Olga Borodina (mezzo-soprano)
Ramon Vargas (tenor)
Ferruccio Furlanetto (bass)
West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Cologne
North German Radio Chorus
Chorus of the Teatro Regio, Turin
Semyon Bychkov (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: St Petersburg Conservatory

Louise Fryer presents a series celebrating the legacy of the St Petersburg Conservatory

Series celebrating the rich legacy of the St Petersburg Conservatory. Founded in 1861 by Anton Rubinstein, its list of alumni features many great figures in Russian and Soviet music

Handel Opera Cycle

Radio 3 marks the 250th anniversary of Handel's death with a complete cycle of his operas

In 2009, Radio 3 marks the 250th anniversary of the death of George Frideric Handel with a complete cycle of his operas, all broadcast in the order they were first performed

Handel Opera Cycle: Rodelinda

Handel Opera Cycle: Rodelinda: Episode 2: Handel: Rodelinda (Act 3)

Episode 2

Episode 2: Handel: Rodelinda (Act 3)

Rodelinda

BBC Radio 3 - Handel Opera Cycle, Rodelinda, Handel: Rodelinda (Act 3)

Louise Fryer presents Act 3 of Handel's Rodelinda.

Louise Fryer presents Handel: Rodelinda (Act 3). With Simone Kermes (soprano) and Marijana Mijanovic (contralto). Part of 2009's complete cycle of Handel operas on BBC Radio 3.

Handel: Rodelinda (Act 3)

Rodelinda ...... Simone Kermes (soprano)
Bertarido ...... Marijana Mijanovic (contralto)
Grimoaldo ...... Steve Davislim (tenor)
Eduige, Bertarido's sister ...... Sonia Prina (contralto)
Unulfo, Bertarido's lieutenant ...... Marie-Nicole Lemieux (contralto)
Garibaldo, a nasty piece of work ...... Vito Priante (baritone)
Il Complesso Barocco
Alan Curtis (conductor).

Alan Curtis conducts Il complesso barocco in a performance of Handel's Rodelinda

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: 01/05/2009

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

Presented by Sean Rafferty. With mezzo soprano Anna Grevelius and conductor Thomas Kemp.

Presented by Sean Rafferty.
With choreographer Alstair Marriott, mezzo soprano Anna Grevelius and conductor Thomas Kemp.

Presented by Sean Rafferty.
Choreographer Alastair Marriott joins Sean in the studio to talk about the Royal Ballet's upcoming performances of Les Sylphides/Sensorium and The Firebird.

Plus, Conductor Thomas Kemp and mezzo soprano Anna Grevelius talk to Sean about their performances at Brighton Festival. They will be performing, with Chamber Domaine, Sciarrino's orchestration of Rossini's Giovanna D'Arco alongside of Anish Kapoor's specially commissioned installation The Dismemberment of Jeanne D'Arc. Anna Grevelius will be performing in the studio.

E-mail: in.tune@bbc.co.uk With a selection of music and guests from the music world.
Main news headlines are at 5.00 and 6.00
1702
TCHAIKOVSKY
Polonaise from “Cherevichki”(The Tsarina’s Slippers)
The USSR Academic Symphony Orchestra
Yevgeny Svetlanov (conductor)		
OLYMPIA  OCD136		
Tr 4		
6’08

1709
SCHUBERT
3 Klavierstücke D.946 (No.1 in E flat minor)
Imogen Cooper (piano)
AVIE AV2156		
CD1 
Tk6		
7’25

17’17
DEBUSSY (arr Colin Matthews)
Le vent dans le plaine (Preludes: BookI no.3)
Hallé
Mark Elder (director)
CDHLL 7513			
Tk14			
2:50

1725
DEBUSSY
Des pas sur la neige: triste et lent (Preludes Book 1 no.6)
Steven Osborne (piano)
HYPERION CDA67530	
Tk6			
4’12		
			
1735
TCHAIKOVSKY
Danse russe (Act III) “Cherevichki”(The Tsarina’s Slippers)
National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine
Theodore Kuchar (conductor)
NAXOS 8.554845		
Tk7			
3:43

1740
HANDEL / HALVORSEN
Passacaglia for Violin and Viola
Heinrich Koll (viola)
Alexandra Koll (violin)
NAXOS 8.557606	
Tk 8				
7:36

1748	
SCHEIDT
Battle Suite (Canzon “in imitation of an English Bergamask”)
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
DECCA 289 467 746-2	
Tr10		
4’35

1754
MENDELSSOHN
Glosse
Anna Grevelius (mezzo soprano)
Eugene Asti (piano)
WHITE LABEL (HYPERION)
Tr5			
4’31	
			
1803
SCHUBERT
Overture in C Major, D591 ‘In the Italian Style’
SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
Herbert Blomstedt (conductor)
DECCA 436 598 2		
Tk 1		
7’27
	
1811	
POULENC
Ballabile from the cello sonata
Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello)
Alexandre Tharaud (piano)		
3’16
	
1815
HENRY VIII 
Consort XV1
Lynda Sayce (lute)
CCL CDG1148		
Tk11			
2’38
			
19’36		
LIVE	
ROSSINI (Orch Sciarrino)
Extract  from Giovanna D’Arco				
Anna Grevelius (Mezzo soprano)
Stephan de Pledge(Piano)
6’49

1833		
LIVE
ROSSINI (Orch. Sciarrino)
Extract  from Giovanna D’Arco		
Anna Grevelius (Mezzo soprano)
Stephan de Pledge(Piano)
1’42

1839
ELGAR
Wand of Youth, Music to a Child’s Play (Second suite, op1b)
RLPO
Vernon Handley (conductor)
EMI			
Trs14-17			
10’08	

1849	
BACH
Sinfonia in D major, cantata n29, bwv 29
Angela Hewitt (piano)
Hyperion CDA 60379		
Tr1			
4’01

1854
CD	
MACMILLAN
A New Song
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers (director)
CORO  COR16071 	
Tk9				
5:13

Performance on 3

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

Performance on 3: Imogen Cooper

Imogen Cooper

BBC Radio 3 - Performance on 3, Imogen Cooper

Imogen Cooper (piano) performs music by Schubert, including 16 German Dances, D783.

Imogen Cooper (piano). Schubert: 16 German Dances, D783; Piano Sonata in G, D894; 6 Moments Musicaux, D780; Piano Sonata in C minor, D958. Plus Beethoven Violin Sonatas.

A concert given at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London.

Imogen Cooper (piano)

Schubert: 16 German Dances, D783; Piano Sonata in G, D894; 6 Moments Musicaux, D780; Piano Sonata in C minor, D958

Followed by a focus on Beethoven Violin works from the BBC archives.

Beethoven: Romance for violin and orchestra in F, op 50
Jennifer Pike (violin)
BBC SO
Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)

Presented by Petroc Trelawny . Imogen Cooper continues her exploration of Schubert's late piano works in a recital given at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London. Imogen Cooper (piano) 
Schubert German Dances (D783); Piano Sonata in G, D894; Six moments musicaux, D780; Piano Sonata in C minor, D958 
Followed by another of the BBC archive recordings of Beethoven's violin sonatas.

The Verb

BBC Radio 4

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

The Verb: Wendy Cope and Vesna Maric

Wendy Cope and Vesna Maric

BBC Radio 4 - The Verb, Wendy Cope and Vesna Maric

Ian McMillan presents the weekly programme about language.

Ian McMillan talks to poet Wendy Cope about The Audience, her poetic portraits of classical concert goers. Bosnian author Vesna Maric remembers cult Croatian trainer brand Starta.

Ian McMillan talks to poet Wendy Cope about The Audience, her witty new poetic portraits of classical concert goers. Written to be performed by Cope herself, along with the Endellion String Quartet, The Audience profiles such concert stalwarts as the Cougher, the Drinker, the Critic and the Traditionalist.

Bosnian author Vesna Maric remembers cult Croatian trainer brand Starta. Her memoir of coming to the UK as a refugee from the war in Bosnia, Bluebird, was BBC Radio 4's Book of the Week in early 2009. She takes a look at the curious cult history of Startas, the Croation trainer brand she grew up wearing.

Poet Wendy Cope talks about The Audience, her witty new poetic portraits of classical concertgoers, and Bosnian author 
Vesna Maric remembers cult Croatian trainer brand Startas. Presented by Ian McMillan. Producer Laura Thomas

Composer Of the Week

The Essay

Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond.

Leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond, themed across a week - insight, opinion and intellectual surprise.

The Essay: A Laureate's Life

The Essay: A Laureate's Life: Episode 5: Jack Hirschman

Episode 5: Jack Hirschman

A Laureate's Life

Jack Hirschman

BBC Radio 3 - The Essay, A Laureate's Life, Jack HirschmanClose menu

San Francisco street poet Jack Hirschman reflects on his time as the city's laureate.

San Francisco street poet Jack Hirschman reflects on his time as the city's laureate. A well-known activist on the far left, he discusses his place in the city's artistic hierarchy.

Series examining laureateship around the world.

San Francisco street poet Jack Hirschman looks back at his time as the city's laureate. A well-known activist on the far left, he discusses his place in the city's artistic hierarchy and how he considers himself less a laureate and more a 'cultural worker'.

Series exploring laureateship around the world, coinciding with Andrew Motion's retirement

Series exploring laureateship around the world, coinciding with Andrew Motion's retirement as the UK's Poet Laureate

5/5. San Francisco street poet Jack Hirschman looks back at his time as the city's laureate.

World on 3

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

World on 3: Lopa Kothari

Lopa Kothari

BBC Radio 3 - World on 3, Lopa Kothari

Lopa Kothari with sounds from across the globe and a session with Kasse Mady Diabate.

Lopa Kothari presents a varied mix of new releases and vintage world sounds, including a studio session by Malian singer and songwriter Kasse Mady Diabate.

World on 3
Presented by Lopa Kothari
Produced by James Parkin

Tel 020 7765 4661
Fax 020 7765 5052
e-mail worldon3@bbc.co.uk

Friday 1st May 2009 

Camilo Lara/Holger Beier: Alcotel
Mexican Institute of Sound
Album: Alcotel
Cooking Vinyl Cookcd472

Marina Abad/Tote King: Donde te has metio
Ojos de Brujo
Album: Aocana
Warner WE833

El Tanbura: Khaly Anka al Yhom
El Tanbura
Album: Friends of Bamboute
30IPS Ltd FOB1869

Fatima Spar: Trust
Fatima Spar and the Freedom Fries
Album: Trust
Hoanzl H550-2

Canek Cabrera: Atrapao
Los de Abajo
Album: Los de Abajo EP
Promotional CD

Villares: Nó dend’água
Beto Villares
Album: Beto Villares
Six Degrees 657036 1152-2

Maia: Que Beleza
Tim Maia
Album: The Sound of Sound
Luaka Bop LCD1801

Muller/Munoz: Que lindo Suena
Radio Kijada
Album: Neuvos Sonidos Afro Peruanos
Wrasse Records wrasse233

In Session
Kasse Mady Diabate (vocals/guitar)

Diabate: Bandja
Kasse Mady Diabate
BBC Recording, Maida Vale Studios, 2009  

Diabate: Toumaro
Kasse Mady Diabate
BBC Recording, Maida Vale Studios, 2009  

Diabate: Nama
Kasse Mady Diabate
BBC Recording, Maida Vale Studios, 2009  

Trad: Mi Suegra, la negra
Los Desterrados
Album: Miradores
Crusoe Records CRU002CD

Maris/Baur: About this life
Jaune Toujours
Album: Ko Lectiv
Choux de Bruxelles CHOU0902

Tavares: One Love
Sara Tavares
Album: Alive in Lisboa
World Connection WC43078

Samay: Restless
Samay
Album: Songs for a Global Journey
Samay Music

Baildi: O Pasatebos
Imam Baildi
Album: Imam Baildi
EMI 5099923680425

Malouma/Haddab: Sable Émovant
DuOud
Album: Ping King
World Village WVF 479025

Mata et al: Vermehlo
Vanessa da Mata 
Album: SIM
Song BMG/Discograph 6139352

N’dia Arbatras: Babako
Baka Beyond
Album: Beyond the Forest
March Hare Music MAHACD 28

Rubens Campos: So voce que Beleza
Omara Portundo; Maria Bethania
Album: Omara Portuondo e Maria Bethania
Discmedi DM 4509-02

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Through the Night

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Through the Night: Susan Sharpe

02/05/2009

Susan Sharpe

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Susan Sharpe

Susan Sharpe presents music by Debussy, Messiaen, Prokofiev, Mozart, Bach and Naumann.

Susan Sharpe presents music, including Debussy, Messiaen, Prokofiev, Mozart, Bach, Naumann, Dobrzynski, Scriabin, Kuula, Gilson, Mosonyi, Strauss, Stoyanov, Haydn and Vladigerov.

With Susan Sharpe.

1.00am
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918): Sonata in G minor
1.15am
Messiaen, Olivier (1908-1992): Theme et variations
1.25am
Prokofiev, Sergei (1891-1953): Sonata No 2 in D, Op 94a
1.48am
Massenet, Jules (1842-1912), arr. Marsick: Meditation (Thais)
Alina Ibragimova (violin)
Huw Watkins (piano)

1.54am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Davidde Penitente, K469 - cantata for two sopranos, tenor, choir and orchestra
Krisztina Laki, Nicole Fallien (sopranos)
Hans-Peter Blochwitz (tenor)
Netherlands Chamber Choir
La Petite Bande
Sigiswald Kuijken (conductor)

2.42am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Brandenburg Concerto No 6 in B flat, BWV1051
Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra
Jerzy Maksymiuk (conductor)

3.00am
Stobaeus, Johann (1580-1646): Du bist meine Zuversicht - psalm motet for six voices
3.04am
Eccard, Johannes (1553-1611): Cui pia contingit divino munere conjunx - wedding song for six voices
Ensemble Weser-Renaissance (voices and continuo)
Manfred Cordes (conductor)

3.08am
Naumann, Johann Gottlieb (1741-1801): Concerto in B flat for harpsichord and orchestra, C1137
Gerald Hambitzer (harpsichord)
Concerto Koln

3.23am
Dobrzynski, Ignacy Feliks (1807-1867): String Quartet No 1 in E minor, Op 7
Camerata Quartet

3.53am
Scriabin, Alexander (1872-1915): Fantasy in A minor for two pianos
Aglika Genova, Liuben Dimitrov (pianos)

3.58am
Rachmaninov, Sergey (1873-1943): Italian Polka for two pianos
Ruta Ibelhauptiene, Zbignevas Ibelhauptas (pianos)

4.01am
Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957): Luonnotar, Op 70 - tone poem for soprano and orchestra
Soile Isokoski (soprano)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor)

4.09am
Kuula, Toivo (1883-1918): South Ostrobothnian Suite No 2, Op 20
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jorma Panula (conductor)

4.33am
Gilson, Paul (1865-1942): Suite Nocturne, d'apres Aloysius Bertrand
Josef de Beenhouwer (piano)

4.49am
Mosonyi, Mihaly (1814-1870): Unnepi zene (Festival music)
Hungarian Radio Orchestra
Adam Medveczky (conductor)

5.00am
Svendsen, Johann (1840-1911): Festival Polonaise for orchestra, Op 12
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Philippe Jordan (conductor)

5.10am
Strauss, Richard (1864-1949): Ewig einsam/Wenn du einst die Gauen (Guntram, Op 25)
Ben Heppner (tenor)
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Davis (conductor)

5.23am
Anon (c.1590): Selections from the Susanne van Soldt manuscript
Okke Dijkhuizen (organ)

5.30am
Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon (1562-1621): Six Variations on a Folk Melody
Bulgarian Academic Wind Quintet

5.38am
Saebelmann-Kunileid, Aleksander (1845-1875), (lyrics: Koidula, Lydia): Mu Isamaa On Minu Arm (My Fatherland, you are my love)
5.41am
Saebelmann-Kunileid (lyrics: Koidula): Sind Surmani (Until I die)
Estonian Radio Mixed Choir
Toomas Kapten (conductor)

5.45am
Stoyanov, Veselin (1902-1969): Concerto in F minor
Valentin Stefanov (violin)
Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jordan Dafov (conductor)

6.06am
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809): Keyboard Sonata in C, H XVI 16 35
Andreas Staier (fortepiano)

6.18am
Vladigerov, Pancho (1899-1978): Improvisation and Toccata for orchestra, Op 36
Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Alexander Vladigerov (conductor)

6.31am
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856): Introduction and Allegro appassionato, Op 92
Ivan Palovic (piano)
Radio Bratislava Symphony Orchestra
Ondrej Lenard (conductor)

6.48am
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759): Terpsichore - ballet music (excerpt)
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor).

With Jonathan Swain. 
Debussy Violin Sonata Messiaen Thème et variations Prokofiev Violin Sonata No 2, Op 94a Massenet, arr Marsick Méditation (Thais) Alina Ibragimova (violin), Huw Watkins (piano) 1.54 Mozart Davidde Penitente , K469 2.42 Bach Brandenburg Concerto No 6 in B flat, BWV1051 3.00 Stobaeus Du bist meine Zuversicht 
3.04 Eccard Cui pia contingit divino munere conjunx 
3.08 Naumann Harpsichord Concerto in B flat 
3.23 Dobrzynski String Quartet No 1 in E minor, Op 7 
3.53 Scriabin Fantasy in A minor 3.58 Rachmaninov Italian Polka 4.01 Sibelius Luonnotar , Op 70 
4.09 Kuula South Ostrobothnian Suite No 2, Op 20 
4.33 Gilson Suite Nocturne, d'apres Aloysius Bertrand 
4.49 Mosonyi Unnepi zene 5.00 Svendsen Festival polonaise, Op 12 5.10 Strauss Ewig einsam; Wenn du einst die Gauen (Guntram, Op 25) 5.23 Anon Susanne van Soldt manuscript (excerpts) 5.30 Sweelinck Six Variations on a Folk Melody 5.38 Saebelmann-
Kunileid My Fatherland You Are My Love; Until I Die 
5.45 Stoyanov Violin Concerto 6.06 Haydn Piano Sonata in C. H XVI 35 6.18 Vladigerov Improvisation and Toccata, Op 36 6.31 Schumann Introduction and Allegro appassionato, Op 92 6.48 Handel Terpsichore (excerpts)

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