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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

14/07/2009

Rob Cowan

BBC Radio 3 - Breakfast, Rob CowanSearch BBC

Rob Cowan shares his personal choice of great music to start the day.

Rob Cowan shares his personal choice of great music to start the day. Including a Haydn piano sonata.

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


7.03	

SCHUMANN
Fantasiestucke, Op 88 â II. Humoreske
Martha Argerich (piano)
Gidon Kremer (violin)
Mischa Maisky (cello)
DG 463 700-2   T6


7.10

KERN
Waltz in Swing Time from Swing Time
National Philharmonic Orchestra
John McGlinn
EMI49630    T11


7.13

WAGNER
Mastersingers Overture
BPO
Karajan
EMI76896    T6


7.23

MUSSORGSKY
Coronation scene from boris godunov
ROH chorus and orchestra
Edward Downes
DECCA480095   CD1   T4


7.31

MONTEVERDI
Zefiro torna, e di soavi accenti (1632)
Nicholas Mulroy (tenor)
Nicholas Hurndall Smith (tenor)
I Fagiolini
Barokksolistene
Robin Hollingworth (director)
CHANDOS CHAN 0760   T5


7.38

BEETHOVEN
Moonlight Sonata â Last movement
Mikhail Pletnev, piano
VIRGIN61834	   T3


7.47	

MORALES
Regina Caeli
Brabant Ensemble
Stephen Rice
HYPERION67694   T7


7.51

STENHAMMAR
Serenade In F â 2nd Mvt
Swedish Radio SO
Stig Westerburg
EMI68166   T4


8.03

MOZART
March in D, K189
ASMF
Marriner
PHILIPS416484   T1


8.08

RAMEAU
Zais Overture
Talens Lyriques
Christophe Rousset
OISEAU LYRE455293   T3


8.14

STRAUSS arr Godowsky
Wein, Weib und Gesang
Shura Cherkassky (piano)
DECCA 448 063-2   T4


8.24	

KORNGOLD
Sterbelied
Linda Finnie, contralto
BBC Philharmonic
Edward Downes
CHANDOS10431   T1


8.31

HAYDN
String Quartet in C Op 76/3 âEmperor Quartetâ: 1st mvt Allegro
Alban Berg Quartet
TELDEC844081   T1


8.39	

MENDELSSOHN arr Rachmaninov
Scherzo from Midsummer Nightâs Dream
Simon Trpceski, piano
EMI57943   T12


8.43

IBERT
Escales
Jules Goetgheluck (oboe)
French National RSO
Leopold Stokowski (conductor)
EMI CDM5 65422 2 8   T11-13	


8.58	

SCARLATTI
Tocatta In D Minor
Gerard Abiton and Jurgen Schollmann, guitars
LARGO5101   T1


9.03

HAYDN
Piano Sonata in C sharp minor Hob 36/49
Emanuel Ax, piano
SONY89363   T10-12	


9.17	

GRIEG
Arabian Dance and Anitraâs Dance from Peer Gynt
ASMF
Lucia Popp, soprano
Neville Marriner
EMI61866    CD4   T8-9


9.24

Leonardo LEO
Violin Concerto in D major
Musica Antiqua Koln
Reinhard Goebel (violin/director)
ARCHIV 445 612-2   T19-22


9.38	

Herman HUPFELD
As Time Goes By
Teddy Wilson Trio
ESSENTIAL JAZZ CLASSICS55408   CD1	   T20


9.45

MARTINU
Suite from Juliette
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Charles Mackerras (conductor)
SUPRAPHON SU 3994-2   T1-3

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. Music to start the day, including at 9.00 a Haydn piano sonata.

Classical Collection

Programme presenting a sequence of great music in classic recordings

Classical Collection: 14/07/2009

BBC Radio 3 - Classical Collection, 14/07/2009

James Jolly presents music by Debussy, Beethoven, Vierne, Mozart, Couperin and Rachmaninov

With James Jolly. Including Debussy: La cathedrale engloutie. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 3. Vierne: Les cloches de Hinckley. Mozart: Horn Concerto. Plus Couperin, Rachmaninov.

With James Jolly.

10.00am
Debussy, orch. Stokowski: La cathedrale engloutie (Preludes, Book 1)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Wolfgang Sawallisch (conductor)
EMI 555592-2

10.10am
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 3 in C minor, Op 37
Artur Pizarro (piano)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Charles Mackerras (conductor)
LINN CKD336 (2 CDs)

10.46am
Vierne: Les cloches de Hinckley (Pieces de Fantasie, Op 44)
Marie-Bernadette Dufourcet Hakim (organ of Notre-Dame)
PRIORY PRCS422

10.54am
Mozart: Horn Concerto in E flat, K447
William Purvis (horn)
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
DG 471 435-2 (5 CDs)

11.11am
Couperin: Le varillon de Cithere (14th ordre)
Alexandre Tharaud (piano)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC901956

11.14am
Couperin: The Bells (Third book of Harpsichord Music - 17th Suite)
Alan Cuckston (harpsichord)
NAXOS 8.550461

11.17am
Strauss: Dance Suite after Couperin - Carillon
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Erich Leinsdorf (conductor)
ASV CD-COE 809

11.21am
Rachmaninov: The Bells, Op 35
Natalia Troitskaya (soprano)
Ryszard Karczykowski (tenor)
Tom Krause (baritone)
Choir and Orchestra of the Concertgebouw
Vladimir Ashkenazy (conductor)
DECCA 414 455-2.

With James Jolly. 
Debussy, orch Stokowskl La cathédrale engloutie (Preludes, Book 1) Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch 
10.10 Beethoven Piano Concerto No 3 in C minor Artur Pizarro , Scottish Chamber Orchestra, conductor Charles Mackerras 
10.46 Vierne Les cloches de Hinckley (Pieces de fantasie, Op 44) 
Marie-Bernadette Dufourcet Hakim (organ) 
10.54 Mozart Horn Concerto in E flat, K447 William Purvis , Orpheus Chamber Orchestra 
11.11 Couperln Three pieces depicting bells 
Played by Alexandre Tharaud (piano); Alan Cuckston (harpsichord); Chamber Orchestra of Europe 
11.21 Rachmaninov The Bells 
Natalia Troitskaya (soprano), 
Ryszard Karczykowski (tenor), Tom Krause (baritone), Choir and Orchestra of the Concertgebouw, conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy

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: Jonathan Harvey (1939-)

Composer of the Week: Jonathan Harvey (1939-): Episode 2

Episode 2

Jonathan Harvey (1939-)

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Jonathan Harvey (1939-), Episode 2

Including Homage to Cage, Nataraja, Flight-Elegy and The Riot.

Donald Macleod explores the music of Jonathan Harvey in the company of the composer himself. Including Homage to Cage ÃÂ  Chopin, Nataraja, Flight-Elegy, The Riot and String Trio.

Donald Macleod in the company of British composer Jonathan Harvey.

Harvey's instrumental and chamber works, beginning with two minutes of musical madness for prepared piano and tape, based on the finale of Chopin's Piano Sonata in B flat minor. This is followed by a musical depiction of the god Shiva in his guise as Nataraja, Lord of the Dance.

Then a memorial to Harvey's friend Peter Gibbs, ex-RAF pilot and leader of the BBC Scottish Orchestra, who died in a mysterious plane crash; The Riot, an exhilarating trio for flute, clarinet and piano (the name is an anagram of the Dutch group for whom it was written - Het Trio); and a recent work, Harvey's String Trio, whose energising spark, the composer tells us, is the collision of two different musical moods - the sacred and the folkoristic.

Homage to Cage, ÃÂ  Chopin (und Ligeti ist auch dabei - 1998) for piano and tape	
Florian Hoelscher (piano)
Neos 10828 Tr 6

Nataraja (1983) for flute and piano	
Pirmin Grehl (flute/piccolo)
Florian Hoelscher (piano)
Neos 10828 Tr 1

Flight-Elegy (1983/9) for violin and piano	
Julie-Anne Derome (vioin)
AndrÃÂ© Ristic (piano)
Atma ACD2 2254 Tr 9

The Riot (1993) for flute/piccolo, bass clarinet and piano	
Het Trio:
Harrie Starreveld (flute/piccolo)
Harry Sparnaay (bass clarinet)
RenÃÂ© Eckhardt (piano)
Sargasso SCD28044 Tr 1

String Trio (2004)
Irvine Arditti (violin)
Ralf Ehlers (viola)
Lucas Fels (cello)
Aeon AECD 0975, CD 2 Tr 1.

Donald Macleod explores the music of Jonathan Harvey, in the company of the composer

Donald Macleod explores the music of Jonathan Harvey, in the company of the composer himself

Composer of the Week:Jonathan Harvey

2/5. In the company of the composer, Donald Macleod introduces a programme devoted to Harvey's instrumental and chamber works, including two minutes of musical madness for prepared-piano and tape based on the finale of Chopin's Piano Sonata in B flat minor, and his more recent String Trio (2004). 
Homage to Cage, à Chopin (und Ligeti ist auch dabei) for piano and tape Florian Hoelscher (piano) Nataraja Pirmin Grehl (flute/piccolo), Florian Hoelscher (piano) 
Flight-Elegy Julie-Anne Derome (violin), Andr6 Ristic (piano) The Riot Het Trio 
String Trio Irvine Arditti (violin), Ralf Ehlers (viola), Lucas Fels (cello) 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: City of London Festival 2009

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: City of London Festival 2009: Episode 5: Tai Murray, Giles Vonsattal

Episode 5

Episode 5: Tai Murray, Giles Vonsattal

City of London Festival 2009

Tai Murray, Giles Vonsattal

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert, City of London Festival 2009, Tai Murray, Giles VonsattalClose menu

Tai Murray (violin), Giles Vonsattal (piano) perform at the 2009 City of London Festival.

Jonathan Swain presents a concert by Tai Murray (violin) and Giles Vonsattal (piano) peforming Mozart, Ysaye and Prokofiev at the City of London Festival 2009.

Radio 3 at the Summer Festivals

A concert by Tai Murray (violin) and Giles Vonsattal (piano) given as part of the 2009 City of London Festival. Presented by Jonathan Swain.

Mozart: Sonata in B flat for violin and piano, K378
Ysaye: Violin Sonata in D minor, Op 27, No 3 (Ballade)
Prokofiev: Violin Sonata No 1 in F minor, Op 80.

Series of concerts given at the 2009 City of London arts festival

Series of concerts given at the 2009 City of London Festival, featuring members of the Radio 3 New Generation Artists scheme

Afternoon on 3

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 
Jonathan Swain presents a recital given by Radio 3 New Generation Artists at St Lawrence Jewry as part of this year's City of London Festival. Tai Murray (violin), Giles Vonsattal (piano) Mozart Violin Sonata in B flat, KV378 
Ysaye Violin Sonata in D minor, Op 27 No 3 (Ballade) Prokofiev Violin Sonata No 1, Op 80 
2.00 Spotlight on the BBC Performing Groups Chagrin The Hoffnung Symphony Orchestra BBC Philharmonic, conductor Rumon Gamba Haydn String Quartet in D minor, Op 76 No 2 (Fifths) Hagen Quartet 
J Gottlieb Harrer  Mein Herz ist bereit BBC Singers, conductor David Hill , Stephen Farr (organ) 
Haydn String Quartet in D minor Op 103 (unfinished) Ouatuor Mosaïques 
2.45 Rachmaninov Symphony No 1 in D minor 
BBC Philharmonic, conductor Gianandrea Noseda Haydn String Quartet in B flat, Op 76 No 4 (Sunrise) Hagen Quartet 
4.55 Rachmaninov The Miserly Knight  
BBC Philharmonic, conductor Gianandrea Noseda

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: Spotlight on the BBC Performing Groups

Afternoon Concert: Spotlight on the BBC Performing Groups: Episode 2: BBC Philharmonic

Episode 2: BBC Philharmonic

Spotlight on the BBC Performing Groups

BBC Philharmonic

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Spotlight on the BBC Performing Groups, BBC Philharmonic

BBC Philharmonic in Haydn String Quartets, and a Rachmaninov opera and symphony.

A focus on the BBC Philharmonic. Including works by Chagrin, J Gottlieb Harrer, a Rachmaninov symphony and opera, and Haydn String Quartets.

A focus on the BBC's Performing Groups, who provide the backbone of every year's Proms performances, including on the first and last nights. This programme turns the spotlight on the BBC Philharmonic. Plus Haydn String Quartets.

Chagrin: The Hoffnung Symphony Orchestra
BBC Philharmonic
Rumon Gamba (conductor)

Haydn: String Quartet in D minor, Op 76, No 2 (Fifths)
Hagen Quartet

J Gottlieb Harrer: Mein Herz ist bereit
Stephen Farr (organ)
BBC Singers
David Hill (conductor)

Haydn: String Quartet D minor, Op 103 (Unfinished)
Quatuor Mosaiques

2.45pm
Rachmaninov: Symphony No 1 in D minor
BBC Philharmonic
Ginanadrea Noseda (conductor)

Haydn: String Quartet B flat, Op 76, No 4 (Sunrise)
Hagen Quartet

4.55pm
Rachmaninov: The Miserly Knight, Op 24 - opera in three scenes
Baron ...... Ildar Abdrazakov (bass)
Albert ...... Misha Didyk (tenor)
Duke ...... Sergey Murzaev (baritone)
Moneylender ...... Peter Bronder (tenor)
Servant ...... Gennadi Bezzubenkov (bass)
BBC Philharmonic
Gianadrea Noseda (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: Spotlight on the BBC Performing Groups

A focus on the BBC's Performing Groups, who provide the backbone of BBC Proms performances

A focus on the BBC's Performing Groups, who provide the backbone of every year's BBC Proms performances, including on the first and last nights

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: 14/07/09 Elin Manahan Thomas, Ashley Wass and Alexander Zemtsov

14/07/09 Elin Manahan Thomas, Ashley Wass and Alexander Zemtsov

BBC Radio 3 - In Tune, 14/07/09 Elin Manahan Thomas, Ashley Wass and Alexander Zemtsov

Presented by Sean Rafferty. With soprano Elin Manahan Thomas.

Presented by Sean Rafferty. With soprano Elin Manahan Thomas, plus Ashley Wass, Alexander Zemtsov, Alexander Chaushian and Denitsa Laffchieva previewing their Wigmore Hall recital.

Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world, including Welsh soprano Elin Manahan Thomas singing in the studio ahead of her performance at the Cheltenham Festival 2009.

Plus a preview of a Wigmore Hall recital from chamber musicians Ashley Wass (piano), Alexander Zemtsov (viola), Alexander Chaushian (cello) and Denitsa Laffchieva (clarinet).

17:03    
HANDEL
Samson (Let the bright seraphim)
Elin Manahan Thomas [soprano]
The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Harry Christophers [conductor]
HELIODOR 4765970                  
Track 12            
5â09

17:08    
VERDI
La Traviata (Prelude to Act I)
BBC Philharmonic 
Sir Edward Downes
CHAN 9696                               
Track 1             
3â30

17:13                
DVORAK
Bagatelle Op 47 No 5 (for 2 violins, cello and harmonium)
Josef SUK [violin]
Miroslav AMBROS [violin]
Jiri BARTA [cello]
Jan SIMON [harmonium]
SUPRAPHON SU 3976-2                       
Track 9             
4â30

17:18
LIVE     
HAYDN 
Hunting the hare            
Elin Manahan Thomas [soprano]             
Chris Glyn [piano]                                  
2'21

SEGUE

17:21
LIVE
HAYDN
The rising of the lark 
Elin Manahan Thomas [soprano]             
Chris Glyn [piano]                                     
2'01

SEGUE

17:23    
LIVE     
HAYDN
Away to the oaken grove 
Elin Manahan Thomas [soprano]
Chris Glyn [piano]                                     1â27

17:29    
LIVE     
HAYDN
Loathe to depart
Elin Manahan Thomas [soprano]
Chris Glyn [piano]                                     2.56

17:35    
LIVE     
HAYDN
Dafydd y Garreg Wen (David of the White Rock) 
Elin Manahan Thomas [soprano]
Chris Glyn piano]                                2â47                                                 
17:38    
BRITTEN
Peter Grimes (Sunday Morning)
Joan Cross [Ellen Orford]
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Reginald Goodall
EMI 7 64727 2               
CD 2 Track 19 & 20                    
3â38

17:51    
WAGNER 
Tristan and Isolde (Liebestod)
BBC Philharmonic
Edward Downes 
CDR                             
Track 1             
7â30                                        

18:03                
MONTI
CzÃ¡rdÃ¡s
Christian Lindberg [trombone]
Roland PÃ¶ntinen [piano]
BIS CD 258                   
Track 4                         
4â30

18:08                
WILLIAM HAWLEY
Labbra vermiglie e belle Chanticleer
Director: Joseph Jennings
TELDEC 0927 48556 2   
Track 11                        
4â24

18:12    
LIVE     
SCHUMANN 
Marchenerzahlungen op 132 (1st movement)
Ashley Wass [piano]
Alexander Zemtsov [viola]
Denitsa Laffchieva [clarinet]                     
2â41

18:20    
LIVE     
BEETHOVEN 
Trio in Bb op 11 2nd movement 
Ashley Wass [piano]
Alexander Chaushian [cello]
Denitsa Laffchieva [clarinet]                    
Approx 5' 20

18:30    
LIVE     
MOZART 
Trio no 2 in Eb K 498 Kegelstatt (Minuet)
Ashley Wass [piano]
Alexander Zemtsov [viola]                      
Denitsa Laffchieva[clarinet]                     
5' 50     

18:37    
HOLST
St Paulâs Suite
The St Paul Chamber Orchestra
Christopher Hogwood
DECCA 470 191-2                      
CD 2 Tracks 1-4 
12â30

18:52
HANDEL-HALVORSEN  
Passacaflia
Nigel Kennedy [Violin] and Lynn Harrell[cello]
EMI 7243 5 56963 2 8
Track 5
6â56

Performance on 3

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

Performance on 3: Nordic Chamber Orchestra/Christian Lindberg

Nordic Chamber Orchestra/Christian Lindberg

BBC Radio 3 - Performance on 3, Nordic Chamber Orchestra/Christian Lindberg

Christian Lindberg conducts the Nordic Chamber Orchestra.

The Nordic Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Christian Lindberg, perform music by their Scandinavian compatriots from the 18th century to the present day.

Sweden's flamboyant virtuoso trombonist, conductor and composer Christian Lindberg brings the Nordic Chamber Orchestra to the Guildhall in London as part of the 2009 City of London Festival.

Lindberg is a champion of new music and the Swedish ensemble focuses on music from Scandinavia from the 18th century to the present day. This concert features music by Johan Helmich Roman, the 'father of Swedish music' and an important figure in 18th-century Sweden, as well as music for strings by Grieg, Sibelius and Nielsen. To round off, they perform the London premiere of Lindberg's own Kundraan for trombone and strings - a piece of musical theatre where the antihero Kundraan meets Lucifer.

Nordic Chamber Orchestra
Christian Lindberg (conductor/trombone)

Roman: Music for a Royal Wedding: Little Drottningholm
Purcell: Chacony in G minor
Part: Fratres
Grieg: Holberg Suite
Nielsen: Little Suite for Strings, Op 1
Sibelius: Impromptu in B minor, Op 5
Lindberg: Kundraan for trombone and strings
Jan Sandstrom: A Christian Song

Followed by performances from past seasons of the BBC Proms, with highlights from Folk Day in 2008:

Traditional: Young Edmund; Searching for Lambs
Bella Hardy (voice, violin)
Corinna Hewat (harp) 
Chris Sherburn (concertina) 


Traditional: Little Musgrave
Martin Simpson (voice, guitar)

Traditional: Sloe Gin set; Fakenham Fair
Bellowhead

Traditional: Dog and Gun
Bella Hardy (voice, violin)
Corinna Hewat (harp) 
Chris Sherburn (concertina)

Swedish trombonist, conductor and composer Christian Lindberg brings the Nordic Chamber 
Orchestra to the Guildhall in London as part of the City of London Festival. This evening's concert focuses on Scandinavian music from the 18th century to the present day. 
Nordic CO, director Christian Lindberg (trombone) Roman Little Drottningholm (Music fora a Royal Wedding) Purcell Chacony in G minor Arvo Part Fratres 
Grieg Holberg Suite 
Nielsen Little Suite for Strings, Op 1 Sibelius Impromptu in B minor, Op 5 Christian Lindberg Kundraan 
Followed by performances from past seasons of the Proms.

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: A New Age of Austerity?

A New Age of Austerity?

BBC Radio 3 - Night Waves, A New Age of Austerity?

Philip Dodd discusses the politics, culture and morality of a possible age of austerity.

Philip Dodd and guests discuss the politics, the culture and the morality of a possible age of austerity.

Amidst recession, economic change and general belt tightening, Philip Dodd presents a special edition of Night Waves on a coming idea in British culture - Austerity. 

David Cameron recently declared the Conservatives to be the party of austerity and Philip interviews Ed Vaizey on what this means to him as shadow minister for culture. A panel of guests also discuss what a more austere Britain might look like. Cultural historian Christopher Frayling talks about the aesthetics of austerity in film and popular culture, how scarcity can make the arts a locus of escapist fantasy rather than gritty realism, and author and banker Oliver Kamm explains just how much of a structural change our economic lives are about to undergo 

Historian Dominic Sandbrook examines the British puritanical tradition of simple virtue and how previous eras of post-war austerity have been incorporated into our national story. Should the coming years be seen as a necessary corrective after a period of greed and excess or simply the next stage in Britain's long post war decline? And Classicist Catherine Edwards looks at the even deeper roots of Austerity in Stoic philosophy and Roman ideas of virtue that still reverberate today.  

The panel is also be joined by Scottish poet Robert Crawford to discuss thrift and the environment, the impact of the financial crisis in Scotland and to broach the moral dimension of austerity - whether there is true virtue in thrift, whether austerity is simply a moral gloss on poverty and whether to be truly noble, austerity must be a choice and not a necessity.

Philip Dodd discusses whether Britain is about to enter a new age of austerity. Producer James cook

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: Nature in China

The Essay: Nature in China: Episode 2: Wild Wall - The Unkempt and Unrestored Wall

Episode 2: Wild Wall - The Unkempt and Unrestored Wall

Nature in China

Wild Wall - The Unkempt and Unrestored Wall

BBC Radio 3 - The Essay, Nature in China, Wild Wall - The Unkempt and Unrestored WallClose menu

Robert Macfarlane explores nature in China, visiting the Great Wall.

Series in which writer and climber Robert Macfarlane explores the state of the natural environment in China, and focuses on the Great Wall.

Series in which writer Robert Macfarlane goes in search of what remains of wild China

Series in which writer and climber Robert Macfarlane goes in search of what remains of wild China

The Essay: Nature In China

2/4. Wild Wall -the Unkempt and Unrestored Wall Robert Macfarlane visits the Great Wall of China.

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

With Verity Sharp, who presents music from Tibet and Mexico.

Verity Sharp presents music from Tibet and Mexico, a track from James Yorkston's new album of British folk songs and the traditional music of Brittany played on bombarde and organ.

Verity Sharp presents music from Tibet and Mexico, alongside a track from Fife singer James Yorkston's new album of British folk songs. 

Also Diabolus in Musica performing the early Renaissance music of Guillaume Dufay, the traditional music of Brittany played on bombarde and organ, and Solisti New York performing Vermont Counterpoint by Steve Reich.

Track List:

23:15
Frigg: Kotkanpää
Album: Frigg 
Northside NSD 6079

23:19
James Yorkston & The Big Eyes Family Players: Martinmas Time
Album: Folk Songs
Domino WIGCD 236P

23:24
Mahasoa (kabosy); Ivoseha Bernadette (langoro); Rasoanome, Blandine & Zanamasinae Claudine (kantsa); Remanindry (whistle): Gorodo 
Album: Madagascar - Pays Antandroy
Ocora France C560077 

23:29
Vorivoatsy (lead vocal); Sambiasy (voice); Mazoto (voice & armpit rhythm): Kidiboky 
Album: Madagascar - Pays Antandroy
Ocora France C560077

23:32
Samuel Brooks: Quittin’ Time Song
Album: Negro Work Songs and Calls
Rounder CD 1517

(Segue)		

23:33
The Country Gentlemen: I Am A Pilgrim
Album: Classic Southern Gospel
Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40137

(Segue) 

23:35
Martin Simpson (guitar); Joe Weed (violin): To Be A Pilgrim
Album: A Closer Walk With Thee
Gourd Music GM 117 

(Segue)

23:37
Yonder: Single Man Blues
Album: Yonder
Rootsy 010

23:41
Castello: Second Sonata
Maya Homburger (baroque violin); Barry Guy (bass)
Album: Dakryon
Maya Recordings MCD 0501

23:48
Arpex: El Huilotero
Album: ¡Tierra Caliente!
Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40536

23:53
Danza de Moctezuma: Son de Macustepetia 
Album: Mexico: The Huasteca: Dances and Huapangos 
Ocora C 560180

(Segue)

23:55
Dufay: Se Le Face Ay Pale
Performed By Diabolus in Musica; Julien Ferrando
Album: Mille Bonjours!
Alpha 116

23:57
Unnamed Lute Players & Dancers: Dra-nyen Shab-dro
Album: Dhama Suna
Erato 06301 90642 

00:01
Steve Reich: Vermont Counterpoint
Performed By Solisti New York
Album: Adams/Reich
Red Line Classics 5 72994 2

23:06
Women of Gbiné: Marie-Anne’s Yeli – Liquindi (water drums)
Album: Baka in the Forest
Mad Hatter Music MAHA CD29

(Segue)

00:12
Penny Burns: From An Empty House
Album: Sample Selection
CDR

(Segue)

00:16
Rokia Traoré: Dounia
Album: Tchamantché
Nonesuch 7559 79934 5 

00:22
Chopin: Etude No. 3 in E (Op. 10)
Performed By Maurizio Pollini
Album: Frédéric Chopin, Etudes etc
Deutsche Grammophon 431 221 2

(Segue)

00:26
Herbert Howells: Like As The Hart Desireth The Waterbrooks
Performed By The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge directed by Stephen Cleobury with Christopher Hughes (organ)
Album: English Anthems
EMI CDC 7 54418 2

(Segue)

00:33
Trad: Plah Enézenn Eusa
Performed By André Le Meut (bombarde) & Philippe Bataille (organ)
Album: Sonamb Ihuèl
Coop Breizh CD 985

00:37
Master Trader Norbu Sangpo: Tsong-pen Nor-Sang
Album: Dhama Suna
Erato 06301 90642 

00:43
Stephan Micus (steeldrum & dilruba): Yuko’s Eyes
Album: To The Evening Child
ECM 513 780 2

00:49
Górecki: Lento – Largo (Goodnight)
Performed By Michael McHale (piano); Vourmeen Ryan (flute); Patricia Rozario, (soprano); Stephen Kelly (percussion)
Album: A Place Between 
Louth Contemporary Music Society LCM5901

Music from Tibet and Mexico, a track from Fife singer James Yorkston 's new album of British folk songs, and early Renaissance music by Guillaume Dufay performed by Diabolus in Musica. Plus the traditional sound of Brittany played on bombarde and organ, and Solisti New York playing Vermont Counterpoint by Steve Reich. With Verity Sharp. Producer Elizabeth Arno EMAIL: late.junction@bbc.co.uk

Through the Night

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

Through the Night: 15/07/2009

15/07/2009

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 15/07/2009

Including Schubert, Mozart, Mahler, Grieg, Falla, Franck, Chopin, Weber, Vivaldi, Corelli.

Including Schubert, Mozart, Mahler, Grieg, Falla, Franck, Chopin, Weber, Vivaldi, Corelli, Enescu, Jacquet de la Guerre, Stenhammar, Handel, Faure, Papandopulo, Stravinsky, Arriaga.

Including:

1.00am
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828): Overture in B flat, D470
Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra
Marcello Viotti (conductor)

1.07am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-91): Piano Concerto No 14 in E flat, K449
Maria Joao Pires (piano)
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Saarbrucken
Myung-Whun Chung (conductor)

1.29am
Mahler, Gustav (1860-1911): Symphony No 5 in C minor
Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra
Michael Stern (conductor)

2.38am
Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907): Sonata for Violin and Piano No 2 in G, Op 13
Alina Pogostkina (violin)
Sveinung Bjelland (piano)

3.01am
Falla, Manuel de (1867-1946): Noches en los jardines de Espana
Eduardo del Pueyo (piano)
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic
Jean Fournet (conductor)

3.24am
Franck, Cesar (1822-1890), arr. Jean Pierre Rampal: Flute Sonata
Carlos Bruneel (flute)
Levente Kende (piano)

3.50am
Chopin, Fryderyk (1810-1849): Ballade No 1, Op 23
Hinko Haas (piano)

4.00am
Weber, Carl Maria von (1786-1826): Concertino for clarinet and orchestra in E flat, Op 26
Kari Kriikku (clarinet)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo (conductor)

4.10am
Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741): Kyrie eleison in G minor for double choir and orchestra, RV 587
Choir of Latvian Radio
Riga Chamber Players
Sigvards Klava (conductor)

4.21am
Corelli, Arcangelo (1653-1713): Sarabande, Gigue and Badinerie
Ion Voicu (violin)
Bucharest Chamber Orchestra
Madalin Voicu (conductor)

4.28am
Enescu, George (1881-1955): Konzertstuck in F for viola and piano
Gyozo Mate (viola)
Balazs Szokolay (piano)

4.38am
Jacquet de la Guerre, Elisabeth-Claude (1665-1729): Sonata in D for two violins and continuo
Musica Fiorita

4.47am
Stenhammar, Wilhelm (1871-1927): Excelsior! Op 13 - symphonic overture
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Vassily Sinaisky (conductor)

5.01am
Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759): Susser Blumen Ambraflocken, HWV 204
Helene Plouffe (violin)
Louise Pellerin (oboe)
Dom Andre Laberge (organ)

5.07am
Faure, Gabriel (1845-1924): Nocturne in E minor, Op 107 (1915)
Stefan Lindgren (piano)

5.14am
Papandopulo, Boris (1906-1991): By the grave of the Beauty, Op 39
Slovenian Chamber Choir
Vladimir Kranjcevic (conductor)

5.21am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Rondo concertante in B flat for violin and orchestra, K269
Mozart Anniversary Orchestra
James Ehnes (violin/director)

5.29am
Stravinsky, Igor (1882-1971): 8 Instrumental miniatures for 15 instruments (arr. from Les cinq doigts for piano)
Canadian Chamber Ensemble
Raffi Armenian (conductor)

5.37am
Arriaga, Juan Crisostomo de (1806-1826): Stabat mater
Grieg Academy Choir
Bergen Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra
Juanjo Mena (conductor)

5.45am
Hummel, Johann Nepomuk (1778-1837): Trio in G for violin, viola and cello
Viktor Simcisko (violin)
Alzbeta Plazkurova (viola)
Jozef Sikora (cello)

6.00am
Greef, Arthur de (1862-1940): Piano Concerto No 2 in B
Artur Pizarro (piano)
Flemish Radio Orchestra
Yannick Nezet-Seguin (conductor)

6.23am
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): Piano Sonata in E minor, Op 90
Xaver Scharwenka (piano)

6.35am
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809): Symphony No 8 in G (Le soir)
Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Rolf Gupta (conductor).

Schubert Overture in B flat 1.07 Mozart Piano 
Concerto No 14 in E flat, K449 1.29 Mahler Symphony No 5 2.28 Grteq Violin Sonata No 2 in G, Op 13 3.01 Falla Noches en losjardines de Espaha 3.24 Franck, arr 
Rampal Flute Sonata 3.50 Chopin Ballade No 1 in G minor. Op 23 4.00 Weber Clarinet Concertino in E flat, Op 26 
4.10 Vivaldi Kyrie eleison in G minor, RV587 4.21 Corelll Sarabande , Gigue and Badinerie 4.28 
Enescu Konzertstuck in F 4.38 Jacquet de la Guerre Sonata in D 4.47 Stenhammar Overture: Excelsior! 5.01 Handel Susser Blumen Ambrafloken, HWV204 5.07 Fauré 
Nocturne in E minor, Op 107 5.14 Papandopulo By the Grave of the Beauty, Op 39 5.21 Mozart Rondo Concertante in B flat, K269 5.29 Stravinsky Eight Instrumental 
Miniatures 5.37 Arrlaga Stabat Mater 5.43 Hummel Trio in G for violin, viola and cello 6.00 Greef Piano 
Concerto No 2 6.23 Beethoven Piano Sonata in E minor, Op 90 6.35 Haydn Symphony No 8 in G (Le Soir)

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