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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

14/05/2009

Rob Cowan

BBC Radio 3 - Breakfast, Rob Cowan

With Rob Cowan. Wake up to music, news and at 8.00am a Song Without Words by Mendelssohn.

Rob Cowan presents music, news - and the occasional surprise, including at 8.00am a Song Without Words by Mendelssohn.

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


7:03

WEBER
Overture: Silvana
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Antoni Wit (conductor)
NAXOS 8.570296  T7


7:09

HOLST
Psalm 148
The Britten Singers
City of London Sinfonia
Richard Hickox (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN 8997  T9


7:16

D SCARLATTI
2 Sonatas in G Major K 283 & 284
Mikhail Pletnev (piano)
VIRGIN VBD5 61961-2  D1 T3 & 4


7:23

LEVY
Grand Russian Fantasia
Wynton Marsalis (cornet)
Eastman Wind Ensemble
Donald Hunsberger (conductor)
CBS MK 42137   T4


7:32:00

MOZART
Symphony No.26 in E Flat K184
Le Cercle de l'Harmonie
Jeremie Rhorer (conductor)
VIRGIN 50999 234868-2  T5-7


7:41

BACH
Mache dich, mein Herze, rein (St. Matthew Passion)
Hermann Prey (baritone)
Consortium Musicum
Wolfgang Gönnenwein (conductor)
EMI 50999 5 00941-2  D3 T21


7:50

MOERAN
Prelude
Mats Lidström (cello), Bengt Forsberg (piano)
HYPERION CDA 67184  T11


7:55

SCHUMANN
Soldier’s March, The Wild Rider & Knecht Ruprecht (Album for the Young)
Leigh Howard Stevens (marimba)
DELOS DE 3142  T29 - 21


8:03

MENDELSSOHN
Song without Words Op.38 No.2 in C sharp Minor
Melvyn Tan (1835 Broadwood piano)
EMI CDC7 49999-2  T4


8:05

Fanny MENDELSSOHN 
Du Bist die Ruh
Susan Gritton (soprano), Eugene Asti (piano)
HYPERION CDA 67110  T19


8:09

HANDEL
Concerto Grosso in D major Op.6 no.5
Academy of Ancient Music
Andrew Manze (conductor)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 907228 (D1) T1 - 6


8:23

SCHUBERT
Du bist die Ruh
Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Hermann Reutter (piano)
ORFEO C508 011B  T5


8:32

HANDEL
Placa l’alma, quieta il petto! (Alessandro) 
Sophie Boulin & Isabelle Poulenard (sopranos) 
La Petite Bande, 
Sigiswald Kuijken (conductor)
DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI GD77110 D2 T5


8:35

WALTON
Overture: Portsmouth Point
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin (conductor)
VIRGIN 7423 5 61146-2  T1


8:41

Marc BLITZTEIN
I Wish It So
Dawn Upshaw (soprano), Eric Stern (piano)
ELEKTRA NONESUCH 7559-79345-2   T1


8:44

Paul SIMON arr. Alexander Bellow & Manuel Barrueco
Old Friends
Manuel Barrueco (guitar)
EMI CDC5 55039-2  T1


8:48

POULENC
Suite francaise
Members of the Orchestre National de France
Charles Dutoit (conductor)
DECCA 475 7930 D5 T1-7


9:00

BUXTEHUDE
Prelude in G Minor BuxWV 149
Ton Koopman (organ of the Ludgerkirche, Norden, Germany) 
NOVALIS 150 048-2  T12


9:08

MOZART
Piano Sonata in B Flat K281
Alfred Brendel (piano)
PHILIPS 475 6199   T1-3


9:23

BRAHMS
Nachtwache I & II
Consortium
Andrew-John Smith (conductor)
HYPERION CDA 67775  T10 & 11


9:28

STANFORD
Irish Rhapsody No.4 (The Fisherman of Lough Neagh and what he saw)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
LYRITA SRCD 219  T1 


9:47

BACH arr. Lewis
Fugue in D Major (Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1)
John Lewis (piano)
PHILIPS  12002 T6


9:52

PÄRT
Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Paavo Järvi (conductor)
CFP 7243 5 85914-2  T16

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.

Rob Cowan presents a refreshing choice of music, including a Song without Words by Mendelssohn.

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 C Schumann, Bartok, Reich, Bach, Chopin, Schumann and Honegger.

With Sarah Walker. Including C Schumann: Piano Trio in G minor. Bartok: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz 106. Schumann: Frauenliebe und -leben. Honegger: Symphony No 4.

With Sarah Walker.

10.00am
C Schumann: Piano Trio in G minor, Op 17
Beaux Arts Trio
PHILIPS 475 171-2

10.25am
Bartok: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz 106
Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra
Evegeny Mravinsky (conductor)
PRAGA PR 254 047

10.54am
Reich: Nagoya Marimbas					
Safri Duo
CHANDOS CHAN9645

10.58am
Bach: Prelude and Fugue in C sharp minor (Well-tempered Clavier Bk 1)
Safri Duo
CHANDOS CHAN6651

11.01am
Chopin: Fantaisie-Impromptu in C sharp minor
Safri Duo
CHANDOS CHAN6651

11.08am
Schumann: Frauenliebe und -leben
Bernarda Fink (mezzo-soprano)
Roger Vignoles (piano)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC901753

11.30am
Honegger: Symphony No 4 (Deliciae Basilienses)
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Serge Baudo (conductor)
SUPRAPHON  DWCD/SUP 11 1566-2.

Presented by Sarah Walker. 
Clara Schumann Piano Trio in G minor, Op 17 
Beaux Arts Trio 
10.25 Bartok Music for strings, percussion and celesta Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Yevgeni Mravinsky 
10.54 The Safri Duo perform Reich, Bach and Chopin. 
11.08 Schumann Frauenliebe und -leben 
Bernarda Fink (mezzo), Roger Vignoles (piano) 
11.30 Honegger Symphony No 4 (Deliciae Basilienses) Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Serge Baudo

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: Bach in Weimar

Composer of the Week: Bach in Weimar: Episode 4

Episode 4

Bach in Weimar

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Bach in Weimar, Episode 4

Donald Macleod describes how Bach experimented with some foreign musical ingredients.

Donald Macleod describes how Bach experimented with some foreign musical ingredients when a court prince returned from the Netherlands with unusual souvenirs.

Donald Macleod explores Bach's ten years in the city of Weimar, where he was court organist and concertmaster.

He describes how the composer was experimenting with some foreign musical ingredients when a court prince returned from a trip to the Netherlands with an unusual collection of holiday souvenirs.

Vivaldi: Concerto, Op 3, No 12 (excerpt)
Europa Galante
VIRGIN VMD5453152, Tr 20

Keyboard Concerto, BWV 976 (after Vivaldi)
Olivier Baumont (harpsichord)
ERATO 3984255042, Trs 1-3

Cantata: Der Himmel lacht! die Erde jubilieret, BWV 31 
Barbara Schlick (soprano)
Kai Wessel (countertenor)
Guy de Mey (tenor)
Klaus Mertens (bass)
Amsterdam Baroque Chorus and Orchestra
Ton Koopman (director)
CHALLENGE CLASSICS CC72201 CD3, Trs 1-9

Prelude and Fugue after Albinoni, BWV 951
Masaaki Suzuki (harpsichord)
BIS CD1037, Trs 13-14

Piece d'orgue, BWV 572
Rainer Oster (Arp-Schnitger organ of St Jacobi Hamburg)
ARTE NOVA 74321 63644 2, Tr 7.

Donald Macleod charts the time Bach spent working at the ducal court in Weimar

Donald Macleod charts the period from 1708 to 1717, which Bach spent working at the ducal court in Weimar

4/5. Donald Macleod reveals how Bach experimented with foreign musical ingredients when a court prince returned from a trip to the Netherlands with an unusual collection of holiday souvenirs. Vivaldi Concerto in E, RV265 (excerpt) Europa Galante 
Bach Keyboard Concerto after Vivaldi, BWV976 Olivier Baumont (harpsichord) 
Cantata No 31: Der Himmel lacht! die Erdejubilieret Barbara Schlick (soprano), Kai Wessel 
(countertenor), Guy de Mey (tenor), Klaus Mertens (bass), Amsterdam Baroque Chorus and Orchestra, director Ton Koopman 
Prelude and Fugue after Albinoni, BWV951 Masaaki Suzuki (harpsichord) 
Fantasia in G, BWV572 Rainer Oster 
(Arp-Schnitger organ of St Jacobi Hamburg) 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: Roger Vignoles and Friends

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Roger Vignoles and Friends: Episode 3

Episode 3

Roger Vignoles and Friends

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert, Roger Vignoles and Friends, Episode 3Close menu

With Penny Gore. Bass-baritone Florian Boesch and pianist Roger Vignoles in Schubert songs

Penny Gore presents bass-baritone Florian Boesch and pianist Roger Vignoles in songs by Schubert. With Der Wanderer (excerpts); Heliopolis I and II; Prometheus; Waldesnacht.

Penny Gore presents a series of concerts of Schubert lieder devised by Roger Vignoles with the individual singers in mind, performed at LSO St Luke's.

Bass-baritone Florian Boesch gives a recital that includes settings of Greek legends.

Florian Boesch (bass-baritone)
Roger Vignoles (piano)

Schubert: Schmidt of Lubeck (Der Wanderer); Schlegel (Der Wanderer); Der Wanderer an den Mond, D870; Heliopolis I, D753; Heliopolis II, D754; An die Leier, D737; Gruppe aus dem Tartarus; Memnon, D541; Prometheus, D674; Auf der Donau; Waldesnacht, D708; Die Mutter Erde, D788; An Schwager Kronos, D369.

Series featuring concerts of Schubert lieder devised by pianist Roger Vignoles

Series featuring concerts of Schubert lieder devised by pianist Roger Vignoles. Performances are from LSO St Luke's in London

Afternoon on 3

Presented by Penny Gore . 
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 
A recital recorded at LSO St Luke's in London. Florian Boesch (bass baritone), Roger Vignoles (piano) 
Schubert Der Wanderer (Schmidt of Lubeck), D493;Der Wanderer (Schlegel), D649;Der 
Wanderer an den Mond, D870; Heliopolis 1, D753; Heliopolis II, D754; An die Leier, D737; Gruppe aus dem Tartarus; Memnon, 0541; Prometheus, D674; AufderDonau, D553; Waldesnacht, D708; 
Die Mutter Erde , D788; An Schwager Kronos , D369

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: Looking East

Afternoon Concert: Looking East: Episode 4: Handel: Alessandro - Acts 1 and 2

Episode 4: Handel: Alessandro - Acts 1 and 2

Looking East

Handel: Alessandro - Acts 1 and 2

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Looking East, Handel: Alessandro - Acts 1 and 2

Acts 1 and 2 of Handel's opera Alessandro. Plus Liszt: Petrarch Sonnet No 123.

Handel's story of the love triangle between Alexander the Great and two captive princesses in India. Plus Liszt: Petrarch Sonnet No 123 (Annees de pelerinage).

Handel Operas 2009

Radio 3's complete cycle of Handel's operas continues with Acts 1 and 2 of his tale of Alexander the Great's advance into India. After he capture one of its cities, the Macedonian king  becomes embroiled in a complicated love triangle with two captive princesses. The composer used the rivalry between his original leading women - sopranos Faustina Bordoni and Francesca Cuzzoni - in his adaptation of the original material for the opera, giving them equal billing.

Handel expert Suzana Ograjensek - herself a soprano specialising in the Baroque repertory - explains the genesis of this work.

Handel: Alessandro (Acts 1 and 2)

Alessandro (the Great) ...... Rene Jacobs (countertenor)
Rossane, captive princess ...... Sophie Boulin (soprano)
Lisaura, captive princess ...... Isabelle Poulenard (soprano)
Tassile, Indian King ...... Jean Nirouet (countertenor)
Clito, Alexander's sidekick ...... Stephen Varcoe (baritone)
Leonato, Alexander's sidekick...... Guy de Mey (tenor)
Cleone, Alexander's sidekick ...... Ria Bollen (mezzo-soprano)
La Petite Bande
Sigiswald Kuijken (conductor)

4.45pm
Liszt: Petrarch Sonnet No 123 (Annees de Pelerinage - Deuxieme annee: Italie)
Nikolai Lugansky (piano).

Afternoon Concert: Looking East

Music by Western composers taking Asia as their inspiration

Handel Opera Cycle

Handel expert Suzana Ograjensek , a soprano specialising in Baroque repertoire, helps to introduce the composer's Alessandro. Concludes tomorrow. Handel Alessandro : Acts 1 and 2  La Petite Bande, conductor Sigiswald Kuijken

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: Alessandro

Handel Opera Cycle: Alessandro: Episode 1: Alessandro - Acts 1 and 2

Episode 1

Episode 1: Alessandro - Acts 1 and 2

Alessandro

Alessandro - Acts 1 and 2

BBC Radio 3 - Handel Opera Cycle, Alessandro, Alessandro - Acts 1 and 2

Acts 1 and 2 of Handel's opera Alessandro.

Acts 1 and 2 of Handel's story of the love triangle between Alexander the Great and two captive princesses in India. With Handel expert Suzana Ograjensek on the genesis of the work.

Radio 3's complete cycle of Handel's operas continues with Acts 1 and 2 of his tale of Alexander the Great's advance into India. After he capture one of its cities, the Macedonian king  becomes embroiled in a complicated love triangle with two captive princesses. The composer used the rivalry between his original leading women - sopranos Faustina Bordoni and Francesca Cuzzoni - in his adaptation of the original material for the opera, giving them equal billing.

Handel expert Suzana Ograjensek - herself a soprano specialising in the Baroque repertory - explains the genesis of this work.

Handel: Alessandro (Acts 1 and 2)

Alessandro (the Great) ...... Rene Jacobs (countertenor)
Rossane, captive princess ...... Sophie Boulin (soprano)
Lisaura, captive princess too ...... Isabelle Poulenard (soprano)
Tassile, Indian King ...... Jean Nirouet (countertenor)
Clito, Alexander's sidekick ...... Stephen Varcoe (baritone)
Leonato, ditto ...... Guy de Mey (tenor)
Cleone, ditto ...... Ria Bollen (mezzo-soprano)
La Petite Bande
Sigiswald Kuijken (conductor).

Handel's opera which tells the tale of Alexander the Great's advance into India

Radio 3's cycle of Handel's operas continues with his tale of Alexander the Great's advance into India. After he capture one of its cities, the Macedonian king becomes embroiled in a love triangle

Liszt

Petrarch Sonnet No 123 (Années de 
Pèlerinage: Book 2) Nikolai Lugansky (piano)

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: 14/09/2009 Vladimir Jurowski and Emma Kirkby

14/09/2009 Vladimir Jurowski and Emma Kirkby

BBC Radio 3 - In Tune, 14/09/2009 Vladimir Jurowski and Emma Kirkby

Presented by Petroc Trelawny. With Vladimir Jurowski, Christopher Purves and Emma Kirkby.

Presented by Petroc Trelawny. With conductor Vladimir Jurowski and baritone Christopher Purves on performing Falstaff, plus soprano Emma Kirkby on her Lufthansa festival concert.

Petroc Trelawny presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world.

With conductor Vladimir Jurowski and baritone Christopher Purves talking about Glyndebourne's production of Verdi's Falstaff. Christopher also performs in the studio.

Plus soprano Emma Kirkby discussing her concert at the 2009 Lufthansa festival, in which she performs with lutenist Jakob Lindberg and harpsichordist Steven Devine. She talks to Petroc about her chosen repetoire - a personal journey through 150 years of English song.

17:02
TCHAIKOVSKY
Cossack Dance (Mazeppa)
London Symphony Orchestra 
Charles Mackerras (conductor)
MERCURY 434 352-2	
T8			
4:14			 

17:07
SIGISMONDO D’INDIA
Da l’onde del mio Pianto
Emma Kirkby (soprano)
Jakob Lindberg (lute)
BIS CD 1734/35		
CD4 T9		
3:22				

17:11
LIVE		
VERDI
Falstaff, Act 1(Ehi! Paggio!)
Christopher Purves (baritone)
Susanna Stranders (piano)
4’18	

17:22
Falstaff, Act 2 (Alfin t’ho colto, raggiante fior)
Bryn Terfel (Falstaff)
Adrianne Pieczonka (Mrs Alice Ford)
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Claudio Abbado (conductor)
DG 471 194-2		
CD2 T3		
3:17

17:29
Falstaff, Act 3 (Tutto nel mondo e burla)
Giuseppe Valdengo (Falstaff)
Herva Nelli (soprano)
Entire cast
NBC Symphony Orchestra
Arturo Toscanini (conductor)
RCA GD 60251 A		
CD2 T30	
3:01

	 
17:37
CHOPIN
3 Mazurkas, op.63
Maria Joao Pires (piano)
DG 477 7483			
CD2 T2-4		
6:16
				
17:44	
BACH
Concerto for oboe and violin in C minor, BWV.1060
Julia Fischer (violin)
Audrey Rubtsov (oboe)
DECCA 478 0650		
T10-12		
14:06

18:03	
HAYDN
Sinfonia in D major, Hob.1a:6 (L’Incontro Improvviso)
Haydn Sinfonietta Wien (period instruments)
Manfred Huss (director)
BIS CD 1818			
CD1 T8		
7:10
			
18:11
SCARLATTI
Che sara? Chi’a me lo dice? . . . 
(Non so qual piu m’ingombra)
Emma Kirkby (soprano)
London Baroque
Charles Medlam (cello & director)
BIS CD 1734/35		
CD3 T2		
4:14
	
18:20
DOWLAND
O Sweet Woods
Emma Kirkby (soprano)
Anthony Rooley (lute)
BIS CD 1734/35		
CD4 T1		
6:25

18:33
HANDEL
Ad plausus ad jubila (O Qualis de Coelo Sonus)
Emma Kirkby (soprano)
London Baroque:
Charles Medlam (cello & director)
BIS CD 1734/35		
CD1 T14		
3:27						
			 
18:37
WAGNER	
Good Friday Music (Parsifal, Act III)
Halle
Mark Elder (conductor)
CD HLL 7517		
T2			
10:19

18:48
GABRIEL JACKSON
Salve Regina
Polyphony
Stephen Layton (director)
HYPERION CDA 67708	
T10			
5’15

18:54
MEDTNER
Canzona matinata in G major, Op.38 No.4
Nikolai Demidenko (piano)
HYPERION CDH 55315	
T4			
5:04

Petroc Trelawny presents a selection of music, with guests and news from the arts world.

Performance on 3

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

Performance on 3: LSO/Gergiev

LSO/Gergiev

BBC Radio 3 - Performance on 3, LSO/Gergiev

Martin Handley presents the LSO/Valery Gergiev in Stravinsky, Schoenberg and Rachmaninov.

Martin Handley presents the LSO under Valery Gergiev in Stravinsky: Symphony in 3 Movements. Schoenberg: Violin Concerto (Nikolai Znaider - violin). Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances.

Martin Handley presents a concert given at the Barbican Hall, London, for the London Symphony Orchestra's Emigres series, featuring three important works by European emigres in the USA, written in the 1930s and 1940s.

Stravinsky's Symphony in Three Movements, with its bold American gloss and material Stravinsky originally intended for Hollywood movie soundtracks, is followed by Schoenberg's Violin Concerto, a highly virtuosic piece that was branded unplayable at the time. These are followed by Rachmaninov's Symphonic Dances, his final composition, and which conjure his Russian homeland.

Nikolaj Znaider (violin)
London Symphony Orchestra
Valery Gergiev (conductor)

Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements
Schoenberg: Violin Concerto
Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances

Plus recordings by past winners of the RPS awards, which celebrate their 20th anniversary in 2009. Soprano Miah Persson, winner of the Radio 3 Listeners' Award in 2006, sings Mozart arias.

Britten: 7 Sonnets of Michelangelo
Andrew Kennedy (tenor)
Roger Vignoles (piano)

Mozart: Schon lacht der Holde Fruhling
Miah Persson (soprano)
Swedish Chamber Orchestra
Sebastian Weigle (conductor)

A concert from the LSO's Emigres series recorded last week at London's Barbican Hall and introduced by Martin Handley. 
Nikolaj Znaider (violin), London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Valery Gergiev 
Stravinsky Symphony in Three Movements Schoenberg Violin Concerto 
Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances 
Followed by another in a series of recordings by past winners of the RPS Music Awards. 
Miah Persson (soprano), winner of the Radio 3 Listeners' Award 2006, sings Mozart arias.

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: Charlie Kaufman

Charlie Kaufman

BBC Radio 3 - Night Waves, Charlie Kaufman

Matthew Sweet talks to Oscar-winning screenwriter Charlie Kaufman.

Matthew Sweet talks to Oscar-winning screenwriter Charlie Kaufman, who has made his directorial debut with Synecdoche, New York, starring Philip Seymour Hoffman and Samantha Morton.

Matthew Sweet talks to Oscar-winning screenwriter Charlie Kaufman, who makes his directorial debut with Synecdoche, New York, starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Samantha Morton and Catherine Keener.

Often described as having a surreal style, Kaufman's previous work includes Being John Malkovich, Adaptation and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. His new film is about a theatre director who struggles with his work and the women in his life, as he attempts to create a life-size replica of New York inside a warehouse as part of his new play.

Matthew Sweet talks to Oscar-winning screenwriter Charlie Kaufman , who makes his directorial debut with Synecdoche, New York, starring Philip Seymour Hoffman , 
Samantha Morton and Catherine Keener. Often described as having a surreal style, Kaufman's previous work includes Being John Malkovich , Adaptation and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. 
Synecdoche is about a theatre director who struggles with his work and the women in his life, as he attempts to create a life-size replica of the Big Apple inside a warehouse as part of his new play. Producer Natalie Steed

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: Tomorrow is Today

The Essay: Tomorrow is Today: Episode 4: Leontia Flynn

Episode 4: Leontia Flynn

Tomorrow is Today

Leontia Flynn

BBC Radio 3 - The Essay, Tomorrow is Today, Leontia FlynnClose menu

Poet Leontia Flynn gives her thoughts on the arts in Northern Ireland since 1998.

Poet Leontia Flynn, whose often politically-inspired work has seen her shortlisted for the Whitbread Poetry Award, gives her thoughts on the arts in Northern Ireland since 1998.

Series looking at the arts in Northern Ireland since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998.

With the observations of poet Leontia Flynn, whose often politically-inspired work has seen her shortlisted for the Whitbread Poetry Award and named one of the Poetry Book Society's Next Generation poets.

Series on the arts in Northern Ireland since the signing of 1998's Good Friday Agreement

Series on the arts in Northern Ireland since the signing of 1998's Good Friday Agreement. With prominents artists discussing the important social changes in that period and how their work has changed

The Essay: Tomorrow Is Today

4/5. The fourth in this week's series of programmes features the thoughts of Northern Ireland-born poet Leontia Flynn , whose often politically inspired work has seen her shortlisted for the Whitbread Poetry Award and named one of the Poetry Book Society's Next Generation poets.

Late Junction

Journeys in music, ancient to future. The home for adventurous listeners

Late Junction: Verity Sharp

Verity Sharp

BBC Radio 3 - Late Junction, Verity Sharp

Verity Sharp presents music from Daniel Melingo, John Adams and Staff Benda Bilili.

Presented by Verity Sharp. With Daniel Melingo singing Argentinian tango, music by John Adams and Staff Benda Bilili playing their own brand of Congolese soukous.

Verity Sharp's varied musical selection includes Daniel Melingo singing Argentinian tango, the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra performing music by John Adams and Staff Benda Bilili playing their own brand of Congolese soukous.

Track List:

23:15
Bustan Abraham: Mabruk
Album: Hamsa 
Nada Productions NADA 13	
s
23:20
Ahmet Aslan: Duzegê Xarpêti 
Album: Veyvé Milaketu
Kalan CD 432

(Segue)

23:27
Carolina Chocolate Drops: Banjo Dreams – Jalidong
Album: Heritage
DixieFrog DFCD 8640

23:32
Staff Benda Bilili: Marguerite
Album: Très Très Fort
Crammed Discs CRAW 51

23:40
Jean Ribouillault (épinette): Valsigineuse – Valse de Fréland
Album: L’Épinette des Vosges
Ocora C 560122

23:43
John Adams: Shaking and Trembling (Shaker Loops)
Performed By San Francisco Symphony; conducted by Edo de Waart
Album: Steve Reich Variations, John Adams Shaker Loops
Philips 412 214 2

(Segue)

23:52
Bortniansky: Lord, Make Me To Know My End
Performed By Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir; directed by Paul Hillier
Album: Orthodox Church Music - Let My Prayer Arise
Harmonia Mundi HMX2907457 59

(Segue)

00:00
KTU: Snow Reader
Album: Quiver
Rockadillo Records ZENCD 2125

00:06
Daniel Melingo: En Un Bondi Color Humo
Album: Rough Guide to Tango 
World Music Network RGNET 1219	

00:11
Ar C’Hoarezed Goadeg (The Goadeg Sisters): Al Lez Vamm
Album: Mouezious Bruded A Vreiz
Keltia Musicque KMCD 11

(Segue)

00:14
Nancy Kerr (voice and fiddle); Ian Carr (guitar): Low Down in the Broom – The Sukebind
Album: Shape of Scrape 
Mrs Casey Records MCRCD 5992

00:18
Mohamed Ilyas & Nyota Zameremeta Orchestra of Zanzibar: Moyoni Sina Nafasi
Album: Taarab
Chiku-Taku Recording Company CHITA 01

00:25
Cabanilles: Symphonia - Tiento de Falsas de Primer Tono
Performed By Al Ayre Español
Album: A Batallar Estrellas
Harmonia Mundi LC7045

(Segue)

00:29
Yonder: Foggy Straits
Album: Yonder
Rootsy 010

00:36
Taffetas: Taffetas
Album: Taffetas
Asmia 10403

(Segue)

00:40
Carlou D: Sam Fall
Album: Ndeye Dior
Foundation Prince Claus 	

00:45
John Wolf Brennan: Para.ph(r)ase (after Steve Reich’s Violin Phase)
Album: Flügel
Creative Works CW1037

(Segue)

00:50
Lise Sinclair (voice); Catriona McKay (harp); Chris Stout (violin); Wendy Weatherby (cello): Lullaby Ida Mirknin
Album: Ivver Entrancin Wis
Shetland Music SADACD 001

00:53
Last Days: The City Failed
Album: The Safety Of The North
N5Music N5MD 166

Another mix of wide-ranging music, including 
Daniel Melingo singing Argentinian tango, the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra in music by John Adams , and Staff Benda Bilili with their own brand of Congolese soukous. Presented by Verity Sharp.

Through the Night

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

Through the Night: 15/05/2009

15/05/2009

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 15/05/2009

Music including Verdi, Ravel, Gershwin, Nielsen, Grieg, Rameau, Haydn, Beethoven and Bach.

Music including Verdi, Ravel, Gershwin, Nielsen, Grieg, Rameau, Haydn, Beethoven, Rimsky-Korsakov, Glazunov, Scriabin, Dvorak, Bach, Schoenberg, Stravinsky and Borodin.

1.00am
Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901): String Quartet in E minor
Vertavo Quartet

1.25am
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937): String Quartet in F
Biava Quartet

1.56am
Gershwin, George (1898-1937): Lullaby for string quartet  
New Stenhammar String Quartet

2.05am
Nielsen, Carl (1865-1931): Wind Quintet, Op 43
The Ariart Woodwind Quintet

2.32am
Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907): Norwegian Bridal march (Pictures from Country Life, Op 19, No 2)
Edvard Grieg (piano)
Wedding Day at Troldhaugen (Lyric Pieces, Op 65)
Valerie Tryon (piano)

2.43am
Rameau, Jean-Philippe (1683-1764): Symphonies and Dances
Bratislava Wind Quintet

3.01am
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809): Symphony No 67 in F, H I 67
Oslo Philharmonic
Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos (conductor)

3.27am
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): Sonata No 8 in G for violin and piano, Op 30
Mats Zetterqvist (violin)
Mats Widlund (piano)

3.44am
Czerny, Carl (1791-1857): Fantasie in F minor for piano four hands, Op 226
Stefan Lindgren, Daniel Propper (piano)

3.54am
Liszt, Franz (1811-1886): Ave Maria
Chorus of Swiss-Italian Radio
Stefano Innocenti (organ)
Diego Fasolis (conductor)

3.59am
Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai (1844-1908): Capriccio Espagnol, Op 34
BBC Philharmonic
Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor)

4.16am
Glazunov, Alexander Konstantinovich (1865-1936): Concert waltz No 2 in F for orchestra, Op 51
CBC Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
Kazuyoshi Akiyama (conductor)

4.25am
Arensky, Anton Stepanovich (1861-1906): Suite No 1 in F for two pianos, Op 15
James Anagnoson, Leslie Kinton (pianos)

4.40am
Scriabin, Alexander (1872-1915): Le poeme de l'extase, Op 54
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov (conductor)

5.01am
Dvorak, Antonin (1841-1904): Scherzo capriccioso, Op 66
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Richard Hickox (conductor)

5.13am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Partita No 5 in G for keyboard, BWV 829
Glenn Gould (piano)

5.27am
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): Six Variations in F for piano, Op 34
Glenn Gould (piano)

5.40am
Schoenberg, Arnold (1874-1951): Suite, Op 25
Glenn Gould (piano)

5.54am
Stravinsky, Igor (1882-1971): Octet for wind instruments
Canadian Chamber Ensemble
Raffi Armenian (conductor)

6.09am
Borodin, Alexander (1833-1887): Symphony No 1 in E flat
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
Bramwell Tovey (conductor)

6.42am
Stravinsky, Igor (1882-1971): Petrushka (excerpts)
Alex Slobodyanik (piano).

Verdi String Quartet in E minor Vertavo Quartet 
1.25 Ravel String Quartet in F 1.56 Gershwin Lullaby 
2.05 Nielsen Wind Quintet. Op 43 2.32 Grieg 
Norwegian Bridal March (Pictures from Country Life, 
Op 19 No 2): Wedding Day at Troldhaugen (Lyric Pieces, Op 65 No 6) 2.43 Rameau Symphonies and Dances 
3.01 Haydn Symphony No 67 in F 3.27 Beethoven 
Violin Sonata in G, Op 30 No 3 3^4 Czerny Fantasie in F minor for piano four hands, Op 226 3.54 Liszt Ave Maria 3.59 Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio espagnol 
4.16 Glazunov Concert Waltz No 2 in F, Op 57 
4.25 Arensky Suite No 1 in F, Op 15 4.40 Scrlabin Le poeme de I'extase, Op 54 5.01 Dvorak Scherzo capriccioso, Op 66 5.13 Bach Partita No 5 in G for keyboard, BWV829 5^7 Beethoven Six Variations in F, 
Op 34 5.40 Schoenberq Suite, Op 25 5.54 Stravinsky Wind Octet 6.09 Borodin Symphony No 1 in E flat 
6.42 Stravinsky Three movements (Petrushka)

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