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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

04/06/2009

Rob Cowan

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With Rob Cowan. Including Dannie Abse reading his poem A Doctor's Love Song.

With Rob Cowan. Including at 8.30am a Poem for Today, with Dannie Abse reading his poem A Doctor's Love Song, and at 9.00am a Haydn Piano Sonata.

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



07.03

TORELLI
Sinfonia for trumpet in D major, G.4
Thomas Reiner (trumpet)
Southwest German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim
Sebastian Tewinkel (conductor)
NAXOS 8.570501   Tr 1-3


07.06

BARTOK
Rumanian Folk Dances 
Peter Frankl (piano)
ASV CDDCA687   Tr 8


07.11

GABRIEL PIERNE
Pastorale Op.14/1
Reyjkavik Wind Ensemble
CHANDOS CHAN 9362   Tr 16


07.16

WEBER 
Oberon - overture
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
DG 474 275-2    CD1   Tr 6


07.23

WALTER LEE
Romance for two violins, viola, cello and piano
Locrian Ensemble 
DUTTON CDLX 7143   Tr 1


07.31

RIMSKY KORSAKOV
Dubinushka Op.62
USSR Radio Symphony Orchestra
Vladimir Fedoseyev (conductor)
OLYMPIA OCD 227   Tr 1


07.36		

LISZT
CsÃ¡rdÃ¡s ObstinÃ©
Alfred Brendel (piano)
VANGUARD VMCD 7701   Tr 9


07.40

MOZART
Concert aria K582 âChi sa, chi sa, qual sia
Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano)
Vienna Chamber Orchestra
GyÃ¶rgy Fischer (conductor)
DECCA 430 513 2    Tr 3


07.45

CPE BACH 
Trio Sonata in D minor Wq. 160 (H.590)
London Baroque
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 901511	  Tr 13-15

	
07.53

DVORAK
Slavonic Dance Op.72 No.4
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Karel Sejna (conductor)
SUPRAPHON SU 1916-2    Tr 12


08.03

STRAVINSKY
Suite No.1 for small orchestra
Ensemble InterContemporain
Pierre Boulez (conductor)
SONY CLASSICAL SMK 45843    Tr 20-23
	 

08.08

TELEMANN
Oboe Sonata
Paul Goodwin (baroque oboe)
Susan Sheppard (baroque cello)
Nigel North (theorbo)
John Toll (harpsichord)	
HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 907152	   Tr 12-15						


08.16

SCHUMANN
FantasiestÃ¼cke, Op.12 (No.s 1-3, 5)
Des Abends
Aufschwung 
Warum?
Traumes Wirren 
Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
BBC BBCL 4222-2   Tr 18-20


08.31

POEM FOR TODAY
Dannie Abse: A Doctorâs Love Song


08.34

HANDEL
Mi credi infedele (You believe me disloyal)
From Siroe, Re di Persia
Ann Hallenberg (Siroe â alto)
Cappella Coloniensis
Andreas Spering (director)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 901826.27  CD1  T23


08.38		

SIBELIUS
The Oceanides 
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Thomas Beecham (conductor)
EMI 509 692    Tr 9


08.50

VIVALDI 
Concerto in D minor Op.4 No.7 RV 249
Concerto Italiano
Rinaldo Alessandrini (director)
OPUS 111 OPS30181    Tr 18-19


08.58

BRAHMS
Lieder Op.62 No.3: Waldesnacht
NDR Chorus
DG 00289 477 8183   CD42   Tr3


09.04

HAYDN
Piano Sonata Hob 16:43
Fazil Say (piano)
NAIVE V5070   Tr 4-6


09.20

YORK BOWEN
Trio in 3 movements Op.118 â Finale
Endymion Ensemble
DUTTON CDLX7115   Tr 7


09.28

BACH
VergnÃ¼gte Ruhâ, beliebte Seelenlust BWV 170 â aria 
Aafje Heynis (contralto)
Netherlands Chamber Orchestra
Szymon Goldberg (conductor)
PHILIPS 438 507-2    CD2   Tr 7


09.36

ELGAR 
Cockaigne (In London Town) Op.40
HallÃ© 
Mark Elder (director)
HALLE CDHLL 7501    Tr 19


09.51

BEETHOVEN
Bagatelle Op.33 No.5
Stephen Bishop Kovacevich (piano)
PHILIPS 426 976 2   Tr 5


09.55		

GERSHWIN
Liza
Benny Goodman Quartet
DEFINITIVE RECORDS DRCD11169   CD2 Tr 2

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.

With Rob Cowan. At 8.30 a Poem for Today, with Dannie Abse reading A Doctor's Love Song.

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 Gounod, Alkan, De Monte, Palestrina, Verdi and Schubert.

With James Jolly. Includes Gounod: Faust (excerpt). Alkan: Super flumina. Verdi: Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves (Nabucco). Schubert: String Quintet in C. Berlioz: La mort de Cleopatre.

With James Jolly.

10.00am
Gounod: Ballet music (Faust)
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Paul Paray (conductor)
MERCURY 432 014-2

10.17am
Alkan: Super flumina Babylonis, Op 52
Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano)
HYPERION CDA67218

10.25am
De Monte: Super flumina Babylonis 		
The Cardinall's Musick
Andrew Carwood (director)
ASV CD GAU 179

10.30am
Palestrina: Super flumina Babylonis			
Pro Cantione Antiqua
Bruno Turner (director)
ARCHIV 437 072-2

10.35am
Gombert: Super flumina Babylonis			
Oxford Camerata
Jeremy Summerly (conductor) 
NAXOS 8.557732

10.43am
Verdi: Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves (Nabucco - Part 3, Sc 2) 
Chorus and Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin
Giuseppe Sinopoli (conductor) 
DG 410 512-2

10.49am
Schubert: String Quintet in C, D956
Hollywood String Quartet
TESTAMENT SBT1031

11.35am
Berlioz: La mort de Cleopatre
Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
London Symphony Orchestra
Alexander Gibson (conductor)
EMI  562788-2.

Introduced by James Jolly. Gounod: Ballet music: Faust
Detroit Symphony Orchestra, conductor Paul Paray

10.17 Alkan Super flumina Babylonis, Op 52 Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano)

10.25 Settings of the psalm Super flumina
Babylonis by De Monte, Palestrina and Gombert performed by The Cardinally Musick, director Andrew Carwood , Pro Cantione Antigua, director Bruno Turner, and Oxford Camerata, conductor Jeremy Summerly.

10.43 Verdi Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves (Nabucco) Deutsche Oper Berlin Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Giuseppe Sinopoli

10.49 Schubert String Quintet in C, D956 Hollywood Quartet, Kurt Reher (cello)

11.35 Berlioz La mort de Cleopatre
Janet Baker (mezzo), London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Alexander Gibson

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: Joseph Haydn

Composer of the Week: Joseph Haydn (1732-1809): Episode 4

Episode 4

Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), Episode 4

Haydn changed course in L'isola disabitata; La fedelta premiata has a fine operatic finale

Donald Macleod explores Haydn's neglected operas, focusing on how the composer took a striking new direction. Featuring excerpts from L'isola disabitata and La fedelta premiata.

Donald Macleod continues to examine Haydn's neglected operas. He investigates how the composer took a striking new direction in L'isola disabitata and explores La fedelta premiata, which contains arguably the finest operatic finale outside of Mozart's Da Ponte operas.

L'isola disabitata (Sinfonia)
Orchestra de Chambre de Lausanne
Antal Dorati (conductor)
Philips 473 851-2, Disc 6, Tr 1

L'isola disabitata (Act 2, Finale)
Norma Lerer (contralto)
Linda Zoghby (soprano)
Luigi Alva (tenor)
Renato Bruson (baritone)
Orchestra de Chambre de Lausanne
Antal Dorati (conductor)
Philips 473 851-2, Disc 7, Tr 9

La fedelta premiata (Act 1, Sc 3)
Lucia Valentini-Terrani (mezzo-soprano)
Tonny Landy (tenor)
Frederica von Stade (mezzo-soprano)
Alan Titus (baritone)
Ileana Cotrubas (soprano)
Luigi Alva (tenor)
Maurizio Mazzieri (baritone)
Orchestra de Chambre de Lausanne
Antal Dorati (conductor)
Philips 473 476-2, CD1, Trs 15-19

La fedelta premiata (Act 2, Finale)
Lucia Valentini-Terrani (mezzo-soprano)
Tonny Landy (tenor)
Frederica von Stade (mezzo-soprano)
Alan Titus (baritone)
Ileana Cotrubas (soprano)
Luigi Alva (tenor)
Maurizio Mazzieri (baritone)
Kari Lovaas (soprano)
Orchestra de Chambre de Lausanne
Antal Dorati (conductor)
Philips 473 476-2, CD 5, Trs 10-14.

Composer of the Week: Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)

Life and work of Austrian composer Joseph Haydn, focusing on his often neglected operas

The life and work of Austrian composer Joseph Haydn, with a focus on his often neglected operas. Presented by Donald Macleod

4/5. Donald Macleod recounts a period in Haydn's operatic career during which one opera house burns down and another is rebuilt. And the composer takes a striking new direction. 
Overture: L'isola disabitata Lausanne Chamber Orchestra, conductor Antal Dorati 
Sono contente appieno (L'isola disabitata) 
(finale, Part 2) Linda Zoghby (soprano), Norma Lerer (mezzo), Luigi Alva (tenor), Renato Bruson (baritone), Lausanne Chamber Orchestra, conductor Antal Dorati 
La fedelta premiata: Act I Scene 3 
Ileana Cotrubas (soprano), Lucia Valentini-Terrani and Frederica von Stade (mezzos), Tonny Landy and Luigi Alva (tenors), Alan Titus and Maurizio Mazzieri (baritones), Lausanne Chamber Orchestra, conductor Antal Dorati 
La fedelta premiata: Act 2, finale 
Ileana Cotrubas and Kari Lovaas (sopranos), Lucia Valentini-Terrani and Frederica von Stade (mezzos), Tonny Landy and Luigi Alva (tenors), Alan Titus and Maurizio Mazzieri (baritones), Lausanne Chamber Orchestra, conductor Antal Dorati 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: LSO St Luke's Jerwood Hall

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: LSO St Luke's Jerwood Hall: Episode 3: Michelangelo Quartet

Episode 3

Episode 3: Michelangelo Quartet

LSO St Luke's Jerwood Hall

Michelangelo Quartet

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert, LSO St Luke's Jerwood Hall, Michelangelo Quartet

With Louise Fryer. The Michelangelo Quartet in Haydn: Razor Quartet and Sunrise Quartet.

Louise Fryer presents the Michelangelo Quartet in Haydn: String Quartet in F minor, Op 55, No 2 (Razor); String Quartet in B flat, Op 76, No 4 (Sunrise).

Presented by Louise Fryer.

Series of chamber music concerts given at LSO St Luke's Jerwood Hall in London. The Michelangelo Quartet perform two of Haydn's best-known quartets - the Razor and the Sunrise.

Michelangelo Quartet

Haydn: String Quartet in F minor, Op 55, No 2 (Razor); String Quartet in B flat, Op 76, No 4 (Sunrise).

Louise Fryer presents chamber music concerts from LSO St Luke's Jerwood Hall in London

Louise Fryer presents a series of chamber music concerts from LSO St Luke's Jerwood Hall in London

Afternoon on 3

With Louise Fryer. 
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 
Continuing a series of Haydn chamber music recitals recorded at Jerwood Hall, LSO St Luke's. 
Michelangelo Quartet 
Haydn String Quartet in F minor, Op 55 No 2 (Razor) String Quartet in B flat, Op 76 No 4 (Sunrise) 
2.00 Handel Opera Cycle 
Ancient Persia, 1728-style is the setting for Handel's Siroe. Louise Fryer talks about the context of the opera in 18th-century London to Professor Judith Milhous of the City University of New York. 
Handel Siroe  
Capella Coloniensis , director Andreas Spering

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 Concert: Handel: Siroe

Handel: Siroe

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Handel: Siroe

Louise Fryer presents Handel's opera Siroe, with Ann Hallenberg and Capella Coloniensis.

Radio 3's series of Handel operas continues with Siroe, a work set in Ancient Persia, with Ann Hallenberg and Capella Coloniensis, directed by Andreas Spering.

Handel Operas 2009

Radio 3's series of Handel operas continues with Siroe, a work set in Ancient Persia in the 1720s.

To help put the piece in context, Louise Fryer talks to Professor Judith Milhous, from the City University of New York, about the intriguing world of opera and theatre in 1720s London.

Handel: Siroe

Siroe, Prince of Persia ...... Ann Hallenberg (mezzo-soprano) 
Emira, his Indian lover ...... Johanna Stojkovic (soprano) 
Laodice, her rival ...... Sunhae Im (soprano) 
Medarse, Siroe's younger brother ...... Gunther Schmid (countertenor) 
Cosroe, their father ...... Sebastian Noack (baritone) 
Arasse, Siroe's general ...... Timm de Jong (bass) 
Capella Coloniensis
Andreas Spering (director).

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: Siroe

Handel Opera Cycle: Siroe: Episode 1: Siroe

Episode 1

Episode 1: Siroe

Siroe

BBC Radio 3 - Handel Opera Cycle, Siroe, Siroe

Louise Fryer presents Handel's opera Siroe, with Anne Hallenberg and Capella Coloniensis.

Radio 3's series of Handel operas continues with Siroe, a work set in Ancient Persia, with Anne Hallenberg and Capella Coloniensis directed by Andreas Spering.

Radio 3's series of Handel operas continues with Siroe, a work set in Ancient Persia in the 1720s.

To put in context, Louise Fryer talks to Professor Judith Milhous, from the City University of New York, about the intriguing world of opera and theatre in 1720s London.

Handel: Siroe

Siroe, Prince of Persia ...... Ann Hallenberg (mezzo-soprano) 
Emira, his Indian lover ...... Johanna Stojkovic (soprano) 
Laodice, her rival ...... Sunhae Im (soprano) 
Medarse, Siroe's younger brother ...... Gunther Schmid (countertenor) 
Cosroe, their father ...... Sebastian Noack (baritone) 
Arasse, Siroe's general ...... Timm de Jong (bass) 
Capella Coloniensis
Andreas Spering (director).

Louise Fryer presents a performance of Siroe, an opera set in Ancient Persia in the 1720s

As part of Radio 3's complete Handel opera cycle, Louise Fryer presents a performance of Siroe, a work set in Ancient Persia in the 1720s

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: 04/06/2009 Torleif Thedeen and The King and I

04/06/2009 Torleif Thedeen and The King and I

BBC Radio 3 - In Tune, 04/06/2009 Torleif Thedeen and The King and I

Presented by Sean Rafferty. With cellist Torleif Thedeen and guests from The King and I.

Sean Rafferty presents director Jeremy Sam and singers from The King and I at the Royal Albert Hall. Plus music from cellist Torleif Thedeen.

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

Cellist Torleif Thedeen performs in the studio and talks to Sean about his forthcoming engagement with the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

Plus director Jeremy Sams joins Sean in the studio to talk about a new Royal Albert Hall production of The King and I, by Rodgers and Hammerstein. With excerpts from the musical performed by Maria Friedman, Ethan Le Phong and Yanle Zhong.

17:01
RICHARD RODGERS
The King and I (Overture)
Unnamed studio orchestra
Lehman Engel (conductor)
SONY SK 53328 
Track 1
4â58	

17:08
MONTEVERDI
Zefiro torna (e di soavi accenti) 
I Fagiolini
Barokksolistene
Robert Hollingworth (director)
CHANDOS CHACONNE CHAN 0760 
Track 5
6â05

17:15
LIVE
BRITTEN
Suite for Cello, op.72 (Lamento)
Torleif ThedÃ©en (cello)
3â15
							
17:24
ELGAR
Concerto for cello and orchestra in E minor (2nd Movement)
Torleif ThedÃ©en (cello)
MalmÃ¶ Symphony Orchestra
Lev Markiz (conductor)
BIS CD486 
Track 5	
4â36

17:33		
LIVE
BACH
Suite no.1 in G major, BWV 1007 (Sarabande)
2â26

SEGUE

17:36
BACH
Suite no.3 in C major, BWV 1009 (BourÃ©e I â BourÃ©e II)
Torleif ThedÃ©en (cello)	
5â43					

17:40	
SIBELIUS
Finland Awakes from Press Celebrations Music, JS 137
Lahti Symphony Orchestra
Osmo Vanska (conductor)
BIS-CD-1921/23 
CD2, Track14	
7â54

17:50
CHOPIN
Valse brilliante, Op.34 No.1
Maria Joao Pires (piano)
ERATO ECD88067
Track 14
5â32
	
17:55
VIVALDI
Ottone (Dopo unâorrida procella)
Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano)
Il Giardino Armonico
Giovanni Antonini (conductor)
DECCA 4665692DEC 
Track 2
4â04	

18:03		
WIENIAWSKI
Polonaise de Concert
Nikolaj Znaider (violin)
Daniel Gortler (piano)
RCA 82876504702 
Track1
5â05

18:09
BEETHOVEN
Egmont Overture, op.84
Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal
Kent Nagano (conductor)
RCA RED SEAL 88697400842 
CD2, track 5
7â56
NEW RELEASE.

18:17
LIVE	
RICHARD RODGERS
The King and I	(Hello, Young Lovers)
Maria Friedman (Anna)
Gareth Valentine (piano)
3â02			

18:27
LIVE	
RICHARD RODGERS
The King and I (I have dreamed)
Ethan Le Phong (Lun Tha)
Yangle Zhong (Tuptim)
Gareth Valentine (piano)	
2â39			

18:35	
LIVE
RICHARD RODGERS
The King and I (Getting to know you)
Maria Friedman (Anna)
Gareth Valentine (piano)
1â29
	
18:38	
BACH
Unser Mund sie voll Lachens, BWV 110 (opening chorus)
Bach Collegium Japan
Masaaki Suzuki (director)
BIS SACD 1761 
Track 1
6â17
NEW RELEASE

18:46
MILHAUD
Scaramouche Op165b
Stephen Coombs (piano)
Artur Pizarro (piano)
HYPERION CDA67014
Track 1-3
9â05

18:55
GRANADOS
Spanish Dance No.5
John Williams (guitar)
SONY 88697529852
Track 17
4â17

Performance on 3

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

Performance on 3: Nikolaj Znaider

Nikolaj Znaider

BBC Radio 3 - Performance on 3, Nikolaj Znaider

Nikolaj Znaider and LSO Chamber Ensemble in Brahms and Schoenberg at the Bath Festival '09

Presented by Petroc Trelawny. Violinist Nikolaj Znaider and the LSO Chamber Ensemble perform Brahms and Schoenberg at Bath Assembly Rooms as part of the 2009 Bath Music Festival.

Radio 3 at the Summer Festivals

As part of the Bath Music Festival 2009, Petroc Trelawny presents a performance by leading Danish violinist Nikolaj Znaider. He has built a particularly strong relationship with the London Symphony Orchestra, and in this programme he is joined by the orchestra's principal leaders.

The programme begins with one of Brahms' most famous chamber works, the Sextet in B flat, Op 18, which is followed by a work heavily indebted to the compositional style of Brahms - Schoenberg's high-Romantic work, Verklarte Nacht.

Nikolaj Znaider (violin)
LSO Chamber Ensemble:
David Alberman (violin)
Edward Vanderspar, Gillianne Haddow (viola)
Tim Hugh (cello)
Rebecca Gilliver (cello)

Brahms: Sextet No 1 in B flat, Op 18
Schoenberg: Verklarte Nacht, Op 4

Followed by part of a series of recordings to celebrate the Bath Music Festival.

Messiaen: 20 regards sur l'enfant jesus for piano (Nos 1-10)
Joanna MacGregor (piano).

BACH - Prelude and Fugue in D major, BWV.850
Till Fellner (piano)
ECM 476 0482
CD1 T9-10

Presented by Petroc Trelawny . As part of this year's Bath Music Festival, violinist Nikolaj Znaider is joined by the principal players of the LSO in a programme that begins with one of Brahms's most famous chamber works, Sextet in B flat, 
Op 18, followed by Schoenberg's Verklarte Nacht. Nikolaj  Znaider  (violin), London Symphony Orchestra Chamber Ensemble 
Brahms Sextet No 1 in B flat, Op 18 Schoenberg Verklarte Nacht, Op 4 
Followed by the third of this week's series of recordings to celebrate the Bath Music Festival 
Messiaen Vingt regards sur I'enfant Jesus (Nos 1-10) Joanna MacGregor (piano)

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: Andy Martin

Andy Martin

BBC Radio 3 - Night Waves, Andy Martin

Philip Dodd talks to surfing enthusiast, professor Andy Martin, about his new book.

Philip Dodd talks to professor Andy Martin, a surfing enthusiast, about his new book, Beware Invisible Cows: My Search for the Soul of the Universe Domestic.

Philip Dodd presents the arts and ideas programme, which includes an interview with professor Andy Martin, a surfing enthusiast, about his new book Beware Invisible Cows: My Search for the Soul of the Universe Domestic. Martin explores the enormous amount of work that is currently undertaken to find out who we are, where we came from and where we are going across the fields of philosophy, physics, literature and religion.

Philip Dodd presents an interview with surfing 
professor Andy Martin about his new book Beware Invisible Cows: My Search for the Source of the Universe. Martin explores the enormous amount of work that is currently being undertaken across the fields of philosophy, physics, literature and religion to find out who we are, where we came from and where we are going. Producer Kirsty Pope

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: Emotional Landscapes

The Essay: Emotional Landscapes: Episode 4: Bitterness

Episode 4: Bitterness

Emotional Landscapes

Bitterness

BBC Radio 3 - The Essay, Emotional Landscapes, Bitterness

Novelist Naomi Alderman discusses bitterness and how we are all prey to it.

Novelist Naomi Alderman discusses bitterness explaining that we are all prey to it. Although we might find it hard to acknowledge, it can be one of the most motivating emotions.

Five leading writers interpret a particular emotion

4/5. Naomi Alderman , author of the novel 
Disobedience, discusses bitterness and reveals why she thinks it is something to which everyone is susceptible.

Late Junction

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

Late Junction: Fiona Talkington

Fiona Talkington

BBC Radio 3 - Late Junction, Fiona Talkington

Fiona Talkington with music from MacGillivray, Hildegard von Bingen, and from Ethiopia.

Fiona Talkington's varied selection includes music from Scottish singer MacGillivray, Hildegard von Bingen and pieces from Southern Ethiopia.

Fiona Talkington's varied selection includes music from Scottish singer MacGillivray, Hildegard von Bingen and pieces from Southern Ethiopia.

Track List:

23:15
Tremolo Audio: Nylon 2 (Trifásico Remix)
Album: Visitas 
Mil Records MRCD009

23:20
MacGillivray: Come Mama
Album: Wolf
Bird Records 2009

(Segue)

23:24
Vektor Musik: Leap 2 
Album: Interfoliere (EP)
Rump Recordings RUMPEP002  

(Segue)

23:29
Roberto Fonseca featuring Javier Zalba (clarinet): Bulgarian
Album: Akokan
Enja Records ENJ-0509

23:34
The Hamar People of South Ethiopia: Tingle Apho, Playing the Musical Bow
Album: Nyabole
Wergo SM1707 2

(Segue)

23:57
The Hamar People of South Ethiopia: The Lyre of the Initiates
Album: Nyabole
Wergo SM1707 2

23:43
Alemu Aga arr. J. Garchik: Tew Semagn Hagèré
Performed By Kronos Quartet
Album: Floodplain 
Nonesuch 518349

23:47
Hildegard von Bingen: Ave, Maria, O Auctrix Vitae
Performed By Miriam Andersén & Kelly Landerkin
Album: Hildegard von Bingen & Birgitta von Schweden
Raum Klang RKSR 59802

(Segue)

00:53
MacGillivray: Let Winter
Album: Wolf
Bird Records 2009

23:58
Bob Brozman and Takashi Hirayasu: Bebe Nu Kusakaiga
Album: The Very Best of the Far East
Nascente NSCDD 2014

(Segue)

00:01
Tromsø Kunstforsyning with Sizzle Othaka: Little Birdie
Album: TUR
Norcd 0980

00:06
Jono el Grande: Ballet Morbido in a Dozen Tiny Movements
Album: Neo Dada
Rune Grammofon RCD-2084

(Segue)

00:14
Roberto Fonseca: La Flor Que No Cuidé
Album: Akokan
Enja Records ENJ-0509

(Segue)

00:20
Duruflé: In Paradisum From Requiem
Performed By Vasari Sigers, directed by Jeremy Backhouse
Album: Grunevald - De Profundis
Signum Records SIGCD 163

00:24
Arve Henriksen With Jan Bang: Migration
Album: Cartography
ECM 1780116

(Segue)

00:28
Susanna: Jailbreak
Album: Flower of Evil
Rune Grammofon RCD 2080

00:34
Ronu Majumdar: Remembering Kabir (Raga Khamaj)
Album: Master of The Indian Bansuri
ARC EUCD 2056

(Segue)

00:43
Evelyn Petrova: June - Promenade
Album: The Year’s Cycle
Leo Records CDLR 395

00:49
Tromsø Kunstforsyning with Sizzle Othaka: Mother Nature
Album: TUR
Norcd 0980

(Segue)

00:55
Tromsø Kunstforsyning: Kari Kari
Album: TUR
Norcd 0980

Fiona Talkington 's selection includes Scottish singer MacGillivray, Hildegard von Bingen and music from southern Ethiopia.

Through the Night

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

Through the Night: 05/06/2009

05/06/2009

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 05/06/2009

Music includes Haydn: The Creation, plus Noskowski, Dubois, Telemann, Forster and Zarzycki

Music including Haydn: The Creation, plus Noskowski, Dubois, Telemann, Forster, Zarzycki, Chopin, Mozart, Bach, Kilar, Hammerschmidt, Weber, Ambrosio, Giustini and Alabiev.

1.00am
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809): Die Schopfung (The Creation), H XXI 2
Isa Katharina Gericke (soprano)
Rickard Soderberg (tenor)
Jochen Kupfer (baritone)
Oslo Chamber Choir
Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Christopher Bell (conductor)

2.40am
Noskowski, Zygmunt (1846-1909): The Steppes, Op 66 - symphonic poem
Sinfonia Varsovia
Grzegorz Nowak (conductor)

3.00am
Dubois, Theodore (1837-1924): Three pieces (Messe de mariage)
Anja Hendrikx (organ)

3.18am
Kalsons, Romualds (1936-): Wedding song for orchestra
Lepaja Symphony Orchestra
Imants Resnis (conductor)

3.21am
Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767): Trio No 5 (Essercizii Musici for recorder, violin and continuo)
Camerata Koln

3.32am
Gallot, Jacques (1620-c.1698): Pieces de lute in F minor
Konrad Junghanel (lute)

3.42am
Forster, Kaspar Jr (1616-1673): Congregantes Philistei (Dialogi Davidis cum Philisteo)
Marta Boberska (soprano)
Kai Wessel (alto)
Krzystof Szmyt (tenor)
Dirk Snellings (bass)
Il Tempo Baroque Ensemble
Agata Sapiecha (director)

3.57am
Zarzycki, Aleksander (1834-1895): Polish Suite, Op 37
National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Andrzej Straszynski (conductor)

4.22am
Chopin, Fryderyk (1810-1849): Ballade No 1 in G minor, Op 23
Valerie Tryon (piano)

4.32am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Violin Sonata in C, K296
Malin Broman (violin)
Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano)

4.49am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Concerto in A minor for four keyboards, BWV 1065 (Vivaldi's Concerto for four violins, RV 580)
Ton Koopman, Tini Mathot, Patrizia Marisaldi, Elina Mustonen (harpsichords)
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra
Ton Koopman (director)

5.00am
Jongen, Joseph (1893-1953): Chant du Mai, Op 53, No 1
Leo van Doeselaar (organ)

5.07am
Kilar, Wojciech (b.1932): Choral Prelude
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Wojciech Rajski (conductor)

5.25am
Frescobaldi, Girolamo (1583-1643): Toccata quinta in G (secondo libro), transcr Bartok
Jan Michiels (piano)

5.30am
Dufay, Guillaume (c.1400-1474): Gaude virgo mater Christi for four voices
Huelgas Ensemble
Paul van Nevel (director)

5.34am
Hammerschmidt, Andreas (1611/12-1675): Suite in D minor for gambas (Ester Fleiss)
Hesperion XX
Jordi Savall (director)

5.50am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): French suite No 2 in C minor, BWV 813
Cristian Niculescu (piano)

6.04am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Ave Verum Corpus, K618
Nederlands Kamerkoor
La Petite Bande
Sigiswald Kuijken (conductor)

6.08am
Weber, Carl Maria von (1786-1826): Quintet in B flat for clarinet and strings, Op 34
Joze Kotar (clarinet)
Slovene Philharmonic String Quartet

6.33am
Ambrosio, Giovanni (fl. after 1450): Rostiboli Gioioso
Ensemble Claude-Gervaise
Gilles Plante (director)

6.38am
Giustini, Lodovico (1685-1743): Suonata X in F minor (Sonate da Cimbalo di piano e forte detto volgarmente di martelletti, Florence 1732)
Wolfgang Brunner (fortepiano)

6.47am
Alabiev, Alexander (1787-1851): Overture in F minor
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Mario Kosik (conductor).

Haydn Oratorio: Die Schopfung Isa Katharina Gericke (soprano), Rickard Soderberg (tenor), Jochen Kupfer (baritone), Oslo Chamber Choir, Norwegian Radio Orchestra, conductor Christopher Bell 2.40 
Noskowskl The Steppes, Op 66 3.00 Dubois Three Pieces (Messe de manage) 3.18 Kalsons Trio No 5 
(Essercizii Musici) 3.32 Gallot Pieces de lute in F minor 
3.42 Forster Congregantes Philistei (Dialogi Davidis cum Philisteo) 3.57 Zarzycki Polish Suite, Op 37 
4.22 Chopin Ballade No 1 in G minor, Op 23 
4.32 Mozart Violin Sonata in C K296 4.49 Bach, after Vivaldi Concerto in A minor for four keyboards, BWV1065 5.00 Jonqen Chant du Mai, Op 53 No 1 
5.07 Kilar Chorale Prelude 5.25 Frescobaldi, transcr Bartok Toccata quinta in G 5.30 Dufay Gaude virgo mater Christi 5.34 Hammerschmidt Suite in D minor (Ester Fleiss ) 5.50 Bach French Suite No 2 in C minor, BWV813 6.04 Mozart Ave Verum Corpus, K618 
6.08 Weber Clarinet Quintet in B flat. Op 34 6.33 
Ambrosio Rostiboli gioioso 6.38 Giustinl Piano Sonata No 10 in F minor 6A7 Alablev Overture in F minor

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