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Breakfast

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

Breakfast: Martin Handley

08/08/2009

Martin Handley

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Martin Handley presents a lively mix of music.

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


07.03 

BRAHMS 
Fantasie Op.116 â Capriccio in D Minor 
Nicholas Angelich (piano) 
VIRGIN 3793022 CD1 tr 1 			

07.06 

TELEMANN 
Concerto for Violin & Trumpet in D Major 
Daniel Cuiller (violin/director)
Gilles Rapin (trumpet) 
Stradivaria 
MIRARE MIR 011 trs 24 -26 		


07.19 

BARBER 
Reincarnations Op.16 			
No.iii The Coolin (The Fair Haired One) 
The Dunedin Consort 
Ben Parry (conductor)
LINN CKD 117 tr 4 			

	
07.23 

MOZART 
Rondo in D K485 			
Daniel Barenboim (piano) 
EMI CDC 7473842 tr 2 			


07.31 

SMETANA 
Overture âThe Two Widowsâ 		
BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) 
CHANDOS CHAN 10518 tr 13 		


07.40 

STRAUSS 
2 Songs   
i) Zueignung;  
ii) SchÅn sind, doch kalt die Himmelssterne 
Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) 
Helmut Deutsch (piano)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 901879 trs 1 & 22 	


07.44 

BACH 
Prelude and Fugue in G BWV 541 	
Marie-Claire Alain 
(Metzler organ of the Jesuit Church Lucerne) 
ERATO ECD88236 tr 5 				

07.52 

GRIEG 
Four Psalms Op.74 
â Godâs Son hath set me free 
David Wilson Johnson (baritone) 
Polyphony
Stephen Layton 
HYPERION CDA 66793 tr 10 			

08.03	

TCHAIKOVSKY 
Piano Concerto No.1 in B Flat minor 
final movt 
Martha Argerich (piano) 
Berlin Philharmonic 
Claudio Abbado 
DG 449 816-2 tr 3 					

08.10 

Mikis THEODORAKIS 
The Train leaves at eight 		
Agnes Baltsa (mezzo) 
Athens Experimental Orchestra, 
Stavros Xarhakos (conductor)
DG 477 7428 tr 5 					

08.15  

CHOPIN 
Etudes Op25 No. 5 in E Minor 	
Alfred Cortot (piano) 
ANDANTE AN 1190 CD1 tr 23 			

08.18 

VIVALDI 
Concerto in G Minor RV 156 		
Venice Baroque Orchestra, 
Andrea Marcon (conductor)
ARCHIV 474 5092  trs  28-30		


08.25 

STRAVINSKY 
Ebony Concerto 			
Olli Mustonen (piano)
Dimitri Ashkenazy (clarinet) 
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin (RSO)
Vladimir Ashkenazy (conductor)
DECCA 440 2292 trs 4 â 6 			

08.37

Heino ELLER 
Tone Poem âVidevikâ âTwilightâ 	
The Scottish National Orchestra 
Neeme Jarvi (conductor) 
CHANDOS CHAN 8656 tr 6 			


08.44 

CHABRIER 
Dix Pieces pittoresques â Mauresque 
Angela Hewitt (piano) 
HYPERION CDA67515 tr 7 		


08.48 

PURCELL 	
O Sing Unto The Lord 
Gabrieli Consort 
Gabrieli Players 
Paul McCreesh (conductor) 
ARCHIV 445 8822 tr 15

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CD Review

A thorough look at the week's classical music releases, plus news and recommendations

A thorough look at the week's classical music releases, plus news and the Radio 3 Disc of the Week recommendation

CD Review: Choral Music Recordings/Furtwangler/Player Piano

Choral Music Recordings/Furtwangler/Player Piano

BBC Radio 3 - CD Review, Choral Music Recordings/Furtwangler/Player Piano

With Andrew McGregor. Including choral music recordings, plus Rob Cowan on Furtwangler.

With Andrew McGregor. Including choral music recordings; Rob Cowan on Furtwangler; music for player piano; Tchaikovksy and Stravinsky recordings; Boismortier: Daphnis et Chloe.

Andrew McGregor presents the summer edition of the programme devoted to all that's new in the world of recorded music.

Including tracks from:

09.05 am

“More Divine than Human”
FAWKYNER: Gaude rosa sine spina; CORNYSH: Salve regina; LAMBE: Magnificat; DAVY: In honore summe matris; BROWNE: Stabat mater
Choir of Christ Church Cathedral Oxford, Stephen Darlington (director)
Avie AV2167 (CD)

HOWELLS: Requiem; WHITACRE: 2 of the Three Songs of Faith; GRANTHAM: We remember them; PIZZETTI: Requiem; PAULUS: The road home; GILKYSON: Requiem
Conspirare, Company of Voices, Craig Hella Johnson (director)
Harmonia Mundi HMU 807518 (Hybrid SACD)

TAVENER: Requiem; Mahashakti; Eternal memory
Ruth Palmer (violin), Josephine Knight (cello), Elin Manahan Thomas (soprano), Andrew Kennedy (tenor), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko (conductor)
EMI Classics 2351342 (CD)



10.05 am 

“Furtwangler: The Complete RIAS Recordings”
The complete recordings made by RIAS with Furtwangler from 1947 to 1954, accompanied by a bonus CD with previously unreleased live recordings of Furtwangler talking on music. 
Works by: Beethoven; Bach; Mendelssohn; Schubert; Brahms; Bruckner; Schumann; Fortner; Wagner; Handel; Hindemith; Gluck; Weber; Blacher; Strauss
Yehudi Menuhin, Gerhard Taschner (violin), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtwangler (conductor) 
Audite 21403 (12 CDs + 1 bonus CD, Budget Price)

More details can be found on the Audite website: http://www.audite.de/sc.php?cd=21403


11.05 am

“Player Piano 4: Original Compositions”
STRAVINSKY: Etude for pianola; HINDEMITH: Toccata; HAASS: Fugue in C; Intermezzo; TOCH: Studie IV; 3 Original pieces for electric Welte-Mignon piano; MUNCH: 6 polyphonic studies; LOPATNIKOFF: Scherzo; CASELLA: 3 Pieces for pianola; MALIPIERO: 3 Improvisations for pianola; DUCHAMP: The bride stripped bare…; ANTHEIL: Mecanique No.1; Ballet mecanique
Bosendorfer piano with Ampico player piano mechanism
MDG 64514042 (CD)

DUCHAMP: Musical erratum; lectures and conversations
Player piano realised by Mats Persson and Kristine Scholz
LTM CD2504 (CD)

NANCARROW: Studies for player piano
1750 Arch Records recordings of Nancarrow’s player pianos
Other Minds OM 1012/15-2 (4 CDs, Mid Price)

“Player Piano 5: Nancarrow V.3”
NANCARROW: Studies for player piano(s) Nos.33-37; 40a-41c
Bosendorfer and Fischer pianos with Ampico player piano mechanism
MDG 645 14052 (CD)

“The Virtuoso Pianolist”
STRAVINSKY: Les Noces (arr composer); arrangements by Rex Lawson of works by LUTOSLAWSKI, RACHMANINOV, HANDEL, WIDOR and SULLIVAN arr MACKERRAS: Pineapple Poll (suite)
Rex Lawson (pianolist)
Other Minds OM 1001-2 (CD)



11.30 am

TCHAIKOVSKY: Swan Lake*; arr STRAVINSKY: The Sleeping Beauty**; STRAVINSKY: Le chant du Rossignol***
Christian Ostertag (violin)**, SWR Symphony Orchestra Baden-Baden und Freiburg, Yuri Ahronovich*, Hiroshi Wakasugi**, Ernest Bour (conductor)***
Hanssler Classic CD 93234 (CD)

STRAVINSKY: The Rake’s Progress
Jayne West (Anne Trulove), Jon Garrison (Tom Rakewell), Arthur Woodley (Father Trulove), John Cheek (Nick Shadow), Shirley Love (Mother Goose), Wendy White (Baba the Turk), Melvin Lowery (Sellem), Jeffrey Johnson (Keeper), Gregg Smith Singers, Orchestra of St Luke’s, Robert Craft (conductor)
Naxos 8660272-73 (2 CDs, Budget Price)

STRAVINSKY: Scherzo fantastique; The Firebird (complete ballet)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Thierry Fischer (conductor)
Signum Classics SIGCD 165 (CD)

BOISMORTIER: Daphnis et Chloe
Gaelle Mechaly (Chloe), Marie-Louise Duthoit (Nymph), Francois-Nicolas Geslot (Daphnis), Till Fechner (Saphir), Alain Buet (Dryas), Renaud Delaigue (Agenor), Arno Guillou (Pan), Le Concert Spirituel, Herve Niquet (conductor)
Glossa GCD 921618 (2 CDs)

Summer CD Review

With Andrew McGregor. 
Recent recordings of choral music, including the 20th-century requiems of John Tavener , Herbert Howells and Ildebrando Pizzetti and Tudor Music from the Eton Choir Book. 
10.00 Rob Cowan discusses recordings made by Wilhelm Furtwa ngler between 1947 and 1954. 11.00 Looking ahead to Multiple Pianos Day at the Proms, recordings of music for player piano by Conlon Nancarrow and rarely heard music by Marcel Duchamp. 
11.30 Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky recordings, including a budget-priced The Rake's Progress from Robert Craft , a live Firebird from the BBC NOW and Sleeping Beauty and Swan Lake from the South West German RSO. 
12.00 Boismortier Daphnis et Chloe 
Le Concert Spirituel, director Herve Niquet. bbc.co.uk/radio3/cdreview PHONE: [number removed] email: cdreview@bbc.co.uk Text [number removed] (standard rate) Disc details are posted on the website and on CEEFAX, BBC1, page 651

Music Feature

Programmes exploring music and music-related subjects

Music Feature: 29/11/2008

29/11/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Music Feature, 29/11/2008

Nigel Simeone tells the story of classical music activity in Nazi-occupied Paris.

Nigel Simeone visits Paris to tell the story of classical music activity in the city under Nazi occupation, talking to historians, musicologists and musicians.

Nigel Simeone visits Paris to tell the story of classical music activity in the city during the years of Nazi occupation. Historians, musicologists and musicians vividly outline both the oppression and the resistance in the concert halls, conservatoires and radio studios of the time.

Music from the Dark

With the help of historians and performers, Nigel Simeone tells the story of music-making in Paris during the Nazi occupation, 1940-44. Producer Dave Sheasby

The Early Music Show

Performance and news from the world of early music.

An exploration of early music, looking at early developments in musical performance and composition in Britain and abroad. UK only: please note that not all episodes are podcast.

The Early Music Show: Helsinki Baroque Orchestra/York Early Music Young Artists Finalists

Helsinki Baroque Orchestra/York Early Music Young Artists Finalists

BBC Radio 3 - The Early Music Show, Helsinki Baroque Orchestra/York Early Music Young Artists Finalists

Lucie Skeaping presents highlights of a concert given by the Helsinki Baroque Orchestra.

Lucie Skeaping presents highlights of a concert given by the Helsinki Baroque Orchestra as part of the 2009 Schwetzingen Festival. Music includes Roman, Agrell and Stamitz.

Lucie Skeaping presents highlights of a concert given by the Helsinki Baroque Orchestra, directed by Aapo Hakkinen, in the Palace Theatre in Schwetzingen as part of the 2009 Schwetzingen Festival. The music includes a Sinfonia by Johan Helmich Roman, a violin concerto by Agrell, played by violinist Sirkka-Liisa Kaakinen, and a symphony by Stamitz.

Plus profiles of two more young early music groups who were finalists at 2009's York Early Music Young Artists Competition - the Marian Consort from the UK and Metromania from Belgium.

Playlist:

Johan Helmich Roman: Sinfonia No 6 in E minor
Helsinki Baroque Orchestra
Aapo Hakkinen (conductor)

Johan Joachim Agrell: Violin Concerto in D
Sirkka-Liisa Kaakinen (violin)
Helsinki Baroque Orchestra
Aapo Hakkinen (conductor)

Jan Vaclav Stamitz: Symphony in A, Op 3 No 5
Helsinki Baroque Orchestra
Aapo Hakkinen (conductor)

Palestrina: Tu es Petrus
Philippe Rogier: Agnus Dei (Missa Philippus Secundus Rex Hispaniae)
Pierre de Manchicourt: Gaudeamus et exultemus
The Marian Consort
(recorded at York Early Music Festival's Young Artists Competition final on 18th July 2009)

Solage: Helas, je voy mon cuer
Anon: A mon pouir
Borlet: He, tres doulz roussignol ioly
Metromarina
(recorded at York Early Music Festival's Young Artists Competition final on 18th July 2009).

Lucie Skeaping presents highlights of a concert by the Helsinki Baroque Orchestra, directed by Aapo Hakkinen , recorded at this year's Schwetzingen Festival, featuring works by Johan Helmich 
Roman, Agrell and Stamitz. Plus performances by the Marian Consort and Metromania. Producer Rebecca Bean

BBC Proms

The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations.

The world's greatest classical music festival. Stunning performances, unique collaborations and the sheer joy of live music. Relive 2023's highlights before the new season begins.

BBC Proms: 2009: Proms Chamber Concerts

BBC Proms: 2009: Proms Chamber Concerts: Part 3: PCM 03 - The Belcea Quartet

Part 3 Part 3: PCM 03 - The Belcea Quartet

2009

PCM 03 - The Belcea Quartet

BBC Radio 3 - BBC Proms, 2009, Proms Chamber Concerts, PCM 03 - The Belcea Quartet

Belcea Quartet in Haydn: String Quartet in F sharp minor and Britten: String Quartet No 2.

From Cadogan Hall, London. The celebrated Belcea Quartet performs Haydn's String Quartet in F sharp minor and Britten's second Quartet.

From Cadogan Hall, London.

Suzy Klein presents a chamber Prom in which former Radio 3 New Generation Artists the Belcea Quartet pay homage to Haydn and Britten. The former's Quartet comes from a period in the 1780s when he declared that he was writing 'in a new and special way', and the second-movement set of variations is characteristically unexpected and quirky in its shifting contrasts of mood.

Britten's atmospheric and evocative Second Quartet was composed in 1945 to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the death of Henry Purcell, and the finale is an extended set of variations which offers an extraordinary glimpse of Purcell's sound world refracted through the imagination of a composer who loved his music.

Belcea Quartet

Haydn: String Quartet in F sharp minor, Op 50, No 4
Britten: String Quartet No 2.

BBC Proms: 2009

Proms Chamber Concerts

Series of concerts by small classical musical ensembles, broadcast from Cadogan Hall

BBC Proms Chamber Music 2009

Another chance to hear last Monday's concert at London's Cadogan Hall, introduced by Suzy Klein. Belcea Quartet 
Haydn String Quartet in F sharp minor, Op 50 No 4 Britten String Quartet No 2

World Routes

Programme exploring music from around the world

Programme exploring music from around the world, featuring interviews with performers, live concerts, monthly CD reviews and special location reports

World Routes: Album Releases/Kasai Allstars Session

Album Releases/Kasai Allstars Session

BBC Radio 3 - World Routes, Album Releases/Kasai Allstars Session

A round-up of the latest world music albums plus a studio session with the Kasai All Stars

Lucy Duran is joined by Nigel Williamson and Rita Ray for a round-up of the latest world music albums. Plus a session with Congolese trance music supergroup the Kasai Allstars.

Lucy Duran is joined by writer Nigel Williamson, and DJ and broadcaster Rita Ray for a round-up of the latest world music albums. Plus a specially-recorded session with Congolese trance music supergroup the Kasai Allstars.

WORLD ROUTES

Presented by Lucy Duran
Produced by Peter Meanwell

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

Saturday 7th August 2009

In Session:

Kasai Allstars
Mputu Ebondo Meso Meso (vocals/guitar)
Kabese Ngandu (vocals)
Kalenga Ditu (vocals/small likembe/tam-tam)
Kabongo Tshisensa (vocals/dance/likembe)
Mupemba Lumbue (vocals/guitar)
Tshimanga Muamba(vocal/tam-tam/flute)
Ngalula Ndaye vocal, dance
Tshilumba Nkelende vocal, xylophone, flute
Didi Bafuafua vocal, xylophone
Yempongo Xadiya vocal, dance, drummer
Mbuyamba Nyunyi vocal, dance, likembe
Ntumba Ngalula vocal, dance

Drowning Goat (Mbuji-Mayi)
Kasai Allstars
BBC Recording by sound engineer Martin Appleby, Broadcasting House, 2009 

CD Roundup with Nigel Williamson and Rita Ray

Choice 1 (Nigel)
Diabate: Fulolón (Ethnicity)
Kimi Diabate
Album: Karam
Cumbancha CMB-CD-12

Choice 2 (Rita)
Lulla
Tinariwen
Album: Imidiwan : Companions
Independiente ISOM78LP

Choice 3 (Nigel) 
Raindance
Radioclit, Esau Mwamwaya, Ft. M.I.A.
Album: The Very Best –Warm Heart of Africa
Moshi Moshi Records

Choice 4 (Lucy)
Allen: Pariwo
Tony Allen
Album: Secret Agent
World Circuit WCD082

Choice 5 (Rita)
Arr. Mario Caldato Jr.: Tia
Artur Nunes
Album: Comfusões 1 - From Angola To Brasil
Out Here Records OH 012

Mpofu
Kasai Allstars
BBC Recording by sound engineer Martin Appleby, Broadcasting House, 2009 

Mbua-A-Matumba
Kasai Allstars
BBC Recording by sound engineer Martin Appleby, Broadcasting House, 2009

Lucy Duran is joined by writer Nigel Williamson and DJ and broadcaster Rita Ray for a round-up of the latest world music albums. Plus a specially recorded session by the Congolese trance collective Kasai Allstars. Producer Peter Meanwell

Jazz Library

Advice and guidance to those interested in building a library of jazz recordings

Programme offering advice and guidance to those interested in building a library of jazz recordings or adding to an existing one

Advice and guidance to those interested in building a library of jazz recordings.

Jazz Library: Jake Hanna

Jake Hanna

BBC Radio 3 - Jazz Library, Jake Hanna

Alyn Shipton presents an archive interview with Jake Hanna, exploring the drummer's music.

Drummer Jake Hanna joins Alyn Shipton to select highlights from his recordings, including discs with Woody Herman, Harry James, Marian McPartland and Toshiko Akiyoshi.

Best known as the powerhouse behind the 1960s Woody Herman band, Jake Hanna was one of the most versatile and experienced drummers in jazz before his death in February 2010.

Alyn Shipton presents an archive interview with Hanna in which the drummer selects the highlights from his recorded work, including discs with Herman, Harry James, Marian McPartland and Toshiko Akiyoshi.

When Jake Hanna joined Harry James, the bandleader sent his wife to collect him and his drums from the station - not everyone can claim to have been met off a train by Betty Grable.

This is just one of the stories that Jake Hanna tells Alyn Shipton in his highly entertaining account of his recording career, which also includes work with Bing Crosby and re-launching the career of Rosemary Clooney as a jazz singer.

Best known as the powerhouse behind the 1960s Woody Herman band, Jake Hanna is arguably one of the most versatile and experienced drummers in jazz. In conversation with Alyn Shipton he selects highlights from his own recorded work, including discs with Herman, Harry James , Marian McPartiand and Toshiko Akiyoshi. Producer Alyn Shipton

Jazz Record Requests

Alyn Shipton presents jazz records of all styles as requested by you.

Join our community of jazz lovers. Alyn Shipton is waiting for your requests: email jazzrecordrequests@bbc.co.uk or use #jazzrecordrequests on social.

Jazz Record Requests: 08/08/2009

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Geoffrey Smith presents a selection of listeners' jazz requests.

Geoffrey Smith presents a selection of listeners' jazz requests. Email jazz.record.requests@bbc.co.uk.

Jazz Record Requests
Presented by Geoffrey Smith
Saturday 8 August 2009 1700 - 1800

JRR Signature Tune:
Oh, but on the Third Day (Happy Feet Blues) (Wynton Marsalis)
Performed by Wynton Marsalis (tp), Marcus Roberts (p), Todd Williams (ts), Dr Michael White (cl), Danny Barker (bj), Teddy Riley (tp), Freddie Lonzo (tb), Reginald Veal (b), Herlin Riley (d)
Recorded 28 October 1988
Taken from the album The Majesty of the Blues
1989 CD (CBS 465129 2)

The Jazz Scene (Steve Race) (2:47)
Performed by the Jazz Stars: Don Rendell (ss) Joe Harriott (as) Tubby Hayes, Ronnie Scott (ts) Ronnie Ross (bs) Terry Shannon (p) Lennie Bush (b) Allan Ganley (d)
Recorded 6 September 1962
Taken from the album The Jazz Stars
LP (Pye 7NJ 2059 S1/1)

Conception (George Shearing) (2:53)
Performed by George Shearing (p) Marjorie Hyams (vb) Chuck Wayne (g) John Levy (b) Denzil Best (d)
Recorded 27 July 1949
Taken from the album Jazz Masters 57
1996 CD (Verve 5299002 (1) Track 11)

Grandpaâs Spells (Jelly Roll Morton) (3:25)
Performed by Jelly Roll Morton (p)
Recorded Mid 1920s
Taken from the album Blues and Rags from Piano Rolls 1924/1925
1989 CD (Jazz Anthology 550122(1) Track 5)

Fat and Greasy (Grainger, Johnson) (3:07)
Performed by Fats Waller and his Orchestra: Herman Autrey (tp) Emmett Matthews (ss) Rudy Powell (cl, as) Gene Sedric, Bob Carroll (ts)  Fats Waller (p, vib, voc) Hank Duncan (p) James Smith (g) Charles Turner (b) Yank Porter (d)
Recorded 4 December 1935, New York
Taken from the album Handful of Keys
CD (Proper Properbox 71(4) Track 5)

Strange Things Happening Every Day (Trad. arr. Tharpe) (2:50)
Performed by Sister Rosetta Tharpe (v, g) Sam Price Trio: Sammy Price (p) Abe Bolar (b) Harold âDocâ West (d)
Recorded 22 September 1944, New York
Taken from the album The Original Soul Sister
CD (Proper Properbox 51 Track 14)

Five Spot After Dark (Golson) (5:25)
Performed by Shirley Scott (organ) Stanley Turrentine (ts) Bob Cranshaw (b) Otis Finch (d)
Recorded 1964
Taken from the album Blue Flames
LP (Transatlantic PR 7338 S1/3)

STALF (Paul Rutherford) (3:26)
Performed by Paul Rutherford (tb)
Recorded 1986, London
Taken from the album Trombolenium
CD (Emanem 4072(1) Track 8)

Boff-Boff (Hawkins) (5:07)
Performed by Louis Armstrong and the All Stars: Louis Armstrong (tp) Jack Teagarden (tb) Barney Bigard (v) Dick Cary (p) Arvell Shaw (b) Sidney Catlett (d)
Recorded 30 November 1947
Taken from the album Louis Armstrong Câest Ci Bon: Satchmo in the Forties 
2001 CD (Proper P1196 Track 9)

Poinciana (Ahmad Jamal) (8:07)
Performed by Ahmad Jamal (p) Israel Crosby (b) Vernell Fournier (d) 
Recorded 16 January 1958, Live at the Pershing Club - Chicago, Illinois
Taken from the album Live at the Pershing & the Spotlight Club 
CD (Jazz Hour with JHR73522 (1) Track 6)

Port of Baltimore Blues (Gerry Mulligan) (7:44)
Performed by Gerry Mulligan (bs) Scott Hamilton (ts) Mike Renzi (p) Jay Leonhart (b) Grady Tate (d)
Recorded 1986, New York
Taken from the album Soft Lights & Sweet Music
1986 CD (Concord Jazz CCD4300 (1) Track 7)

How High the Moon (Nancy Hamilton) (7:02)
Performed by Ella Fitzgerald (v) Paul Smith (p) Jim Hall (g) Wilfred Middlebrooks (b) Gus Johnson (d)
Recorded 13 February 1960
Taken from the album Ken Burns Jazz
2000 CD (Verve 5490872 Track 14)



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Geoffrey Smith presents a selection of listeners' requests from the world of jazz. 
ADDRESS: Jazz Record Requests, BBC Radio 3. 
Broadcasting House. London W1A 1AA Fax: [number removed] email: jazz.record.requests@bbc.co.uk

New Generation Artists

New Generation Artists - a BBC scheme to nurture exceptional young talent

The BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists Scheme helps to support talented musicians to reach the next stages of their careers and brings some of the world’s most promising new talent to listeners across the UK through BBC Radio 3 broadcasts.

New Generation Artists: Maxim Rysanov/Daniela Lehner/Meta4

Maxim Rysanov/Daniela Lehner/Meta4

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Featuring German and English settings of Tennyson, sung by Austrian mezzo Daniela Lehner.

Maxim Rysanov (viola), Ashley Wass (piano) in Beethoven: Notturno in D; Daniela Lehner (mezzo) with Oliver Davies (piano) in settings of Tennyson; Meta4 in Brahms: Quartet, Op 51.

Series of chamber performances from the 2008-2010 intake of BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists.

Russian viola player Maxim Rysanov gives a recital of William Primrose's arrangement of Beethoven's Notturno in D, Austrian mezzo-soprano Daniela Lehner performs settings of Tennyson in English and German, and Finnish quartet Meta4 feature in music by Brahms.

Beethoven, arr Primrose: Notturno in D, Op 42
Maxim Rysanov (viola)
Ashley Wass (piano)

Wallace: Cradle Song (Sweet and low)
Macfarren: Late, late, so late!
Jensen: Wiegenlied (The Princess); Claribel
Daniela Lehner (mezzo-soprano)
Oliver Davies (piano)

Brahms: String Quartet in C minor, Op 51, No 1
Meta4.

Sarah Walker presents performances by members of BBC Radio 3's New Generation Artists Scheme. Beethoven, arr Primrose Notturno in D, Op 42 Maxim Rysanov (viola), Ashley Wass (piano) Wallace Cradle Song (Sweet and Low) Macfarren Late , Late, So Late! 
Jensen Wiegenlied (The Princess); 
Claribel Daniela Lehner (mezzo), Oliver Davies (piano) Brahms String Quartet in C minor, Op 51 No 1 Meta4

BBC Proms: 2009: Prom 31: Tchaikovsky, Lutoslawski, Respighi

BBC Proms: 2009: Prom 31: Tchaikovsky, Lutoslawski, Respighi: Part 1

Part 1 BBC Radio 3 - BBC Proms, 2009, Prom 31: Tchaikovsky, Lutoslawski, Respighi, Part 1

NYO/Vasily Petrenko with Stephen Hough (piano) in Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No 1.

From the Royal Albert Hall, London. The National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain under Vasily Petrenko, with Stephen Hough (piano) perform Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No 1.

From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Rob Cowan.

The National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain make its annual Proms visit with its new principal conductor, Vasily Petrenko - who made his Proms debut in 2008 with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic. Stephen Hough features in a popular favourite from Petrenko's homeland, Russia, as part of his Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto cycle.

Stephen Hough (piano)
National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain 
Vasily Petrenko (conductor)

Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No 1 in B flat minor.

Prom 31: Tchaikovsky, Lutoslawski, Respighi

The National Youth Orchestra performs music by Tchaikovsky, Lutoslawski and Respighi

The National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain makes its annual Proms visit with a programme featuring orchestral showpieces with a Polish and an Italian tint, plus a work from Russia

BBC Proms 2009

Live from London's Royal Albert Hall, Rob Cowan introduces the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain with its new principal conductor Vasily Petrenko, who only last year made his Proms debut with his Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.
Stephen Hough (piano), National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, conductor Vasily Petrenko

Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No 1 in B flat minor
7.35 Twenty Minutes: Rome and the Writer's Response James Woodhall examines conflicting literary reactions to the Italian capital.
7.55 Lutoslawski Concerto for Orchestra
Respighi Roman Festivals

(Repeated on Monday 17 August at 2pm)

Twenty Minutes

Eclectic arts magazine programme, exploring a range of fascinating subjects

Eclectic arts magazine programme, exploring a range of fascinating people, places and events

Twenty Minutes: Rome and the Writer's Response

Rome and the Writer's Response

BBC Radio 3 - Twenty Minutes, Rome and the Writer's Response

James Woodhall discusses his own and various literary figures' responses to Rome.

James Woodhall discusses his own and various literary figures' responses to the city of Rome.

BBC Proms: 2009: Prom 31: Tchaikovsky, Lutoslawski, Respighi: Part 2

Part 2 BBC Radio 3 - BBC Proms, 2009, Prom 31: Tchaikovsky, Lutoslawski, Respighi, Part 2

NYO/Vasily Petrenko in Lutoslawski: Concerto for Orchestra. Respighi: Roman Festivals.

From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Rob Cowan presents the National Youth Orchestra under Vasily Petrenko in Lutoslawski: Concerto for Orchestra. Respighi: Roman Festivals.

From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Rob Cowan.

The National Youth Orchestra and new principal conductor Vasily Petrenko conclude their Prom through works by Lutoslawski and Respighi. 

Stephen Hough (piano)
National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain 
Vasily Petrenko (conductor) 

Lutoslawski: Concerto for Orchestra
Respighi: Roman Festivals.

Drama on 3

Series of drama performances, ranging from experimental works to the Classics

Drama on 3: Donation

13/01/2008

Donation

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A play about the implications of organ donation, and what survives of us.

Sean Buckley's play about our bodies, the medical and spiritual implications of organ donation, what we wish for and what survives of us.

By Sean Buckley.

An innovative production from the Radio Drama department, devised through a series of workshops and recorded on location across London. Donation is a play about our bodies, the medical and spiritual implications of organ donation, what we wish for and what survives of us.

Lisa ...... Laura Molyneux
Rachel ...... Joannah Tincey
Stella ...... Anna Bengo
Jacob ...... Alex Lanipekun
Paul ...... Sam Pamphilon
Nathan ...... Lloyd Thomas
Jim ...... Peter Harding
Janitor ...... Leon Lissek.

By Sean Buckley. An innovative production, devised through a series of workshops and recorded on location across London, exploring the medical and spiritual implications of organ donation.  
Producer Steven Canny

Hear and Now

Radio 3's primary contemporary music programme, featuring live performances and sessions

Radio 3's primary contemporary music programme, featuring live performances and studio sessions from the best new groups, and premiering works commissioned by the BBC

Hear and Now: 08/08/2009

BBC Radio 3 - Hear and Now, 08/08/2009

A portrait of Unsuk Chin, including her Piano Concerto presented by Ivan Hewett

Ivan Hewett presents a portrait of Unsuk Chin, including Xi for ensemble & electronics, and her Piano Concerto played by Andrew Zolinsky with the BBC Symphony Orchestra.

Ivan Hewett presents a portrait of Unsuk Chin, and discusses her music with Ilan Volkov and andrew Zolinsky

Chin: Xi for ensemble & electronics (22:54)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra conducted by Ilan Volkov

Chin: Piano Concerto (24:55) 
Andrew Zolinsky (piano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Miguel Harth-Bedoya

Akrostichon-Wortspiel (15:47) 
Ensemble InterContemporain conducted by Kazushi Ono
Piia Komsi (soprano)
CD: Deutsche Grammophon 477 511-8

Fantaisie mÃ©canique (12:37)
Ensemble InterContemporain conducted by Patrick Davin
CD: Deutsche Grammophon 477 511-8

Contemporary music, featuring live concerts and studio sessions.

The Early Music Show: Composer Portrait: Nicola Porpora

29/03/2009

Composer Portrait: Nicola Porpora

BBC Radio 3 - The Early Music Show, Composer Portrait: Nicola Porpora

Lucie Skeaping examines the life and works of composer and teacher Nicola Porpora.

Lucie Skeaping examines the life and works of composer and teacher Nicola Porpora, whose early career was overshadowed by the success of Alessandro Scarlatti in his native Naples.

Lucie Skeaping looks at the life and works of the composer and teacher Nicola Porpora, whose early career was overshadowed by the successes of Alessandro Scarlatti in his native Naples.

Lucie Skeaping explores the life and works of Nicola Porpora (1686-1768), who achieved fame not only as a composer, but also as a singing teacher. Producer Les Pratt

Through the Night

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

Through the Night: 09/08/2009

09/08/2009

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 09/08/2009

Music including Beethoven, Keuris, Kabalevsky, Tchaikovsky, Liszt, Nowowiewski and Mozart.

Music including Beethoven, Keuris, Kabalevsky, Tchaikovsky, Liszt, Nowowiejski, Mozart, Telemann, Sibelius, Grainger, Handel, Berlioz, Grieg, Bach, Haydn, Strauss and Milhaud.

1.00am
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): Symphony No 1 in C, Op 21
Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic
Frans Bruggen (conductor)

1.31am
Keuris, Tristan (1946-1996): Symphony in D (1995)
Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic
Jaap van Zweden (conductor) 

1.59am
Kabalevsky, Dmitri (1904-1987): Four arias (Colas Breugnon)
Celine ...... Urve Tauts (soprano)
Colas ...... Georg Ots (baritone)
Estonia Radio Symphony Orchestra
Vallo Jarvi (conductor)

2.17am
Tchaikovsky, Piotr Il'yich (1840-1893): The Seasons, Op 37b 
Juhani Lagerspetz (piano)

3.01am
Tchaikovsky 1840-1893): Francesca da Rimini, Op 32
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra in Bratislava
Robert Stankovsky (conductor) 

3.27am
Liszt, Franz (1811-1886): Apres une Lecture de Dante (Fantasia quasi Sonata, S160, No 7)
Yuri Boukoff (piano)

3.43am
Nowowiejski, Felix (1877-1946): Three Songs, Op 56 (The Bialowieza Forest folder)
Polish Radio Chorus
Marek Kluza (conductor) 

4.05am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Piano Sonata in C, K545
Vanda Albota (piano)

4.16am
Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767): Cantata: Unschuld und ein gut Gewissen, TWV I 1440
Veronika Winter (soprano)
Patrick von Goethem (alto)
Markus Schafer (tenor)
Ekkehard Abele (bass)
Rheinische Kantorei
Das Kleine Konzert
Hermann Max (conductor)

4.29am
Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957): Lemminkainen's Return (Lemminkainen Suite, Op 22)
BBC Philharmonic
Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor)

4.36am
Grainger, Percy (1882-1961): Handel in the Strand
Leslie Howard (piano)

4.39am
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759): Suite in G for 'flauto piccolo' (Water Music)
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra
Paul Dyer (conductor)

4.50am
Berlioz, Hector (1803-1869): Le Carnival Romain, Op 9 
Oslo Philharmonic
Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor) 

5.01am
Borgstrom, Hjalmar (1864-1925): Music to Johan Gabriel Borkman
Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Kjell Seim (conductor)

5.13am
Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907): Three Lyric Pieces: Erotik (Love Poem), Op 43, No 5; Troldtog (March of the Trolls), Op 54, No 3; Nocturne (Notturno), Op 54, No 4
Juhani Lagerspetz (piano)

5.23am
Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767): Concerto in D for trumpet and orchestra
Friedemann Immer (trumpet)
Musica Antiqua Koln
Reinhard Goebel (director)

5.30am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Komm, Jesu, komm, BWV 229
Tafelmusik Chamber Choir
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
Ivars Taurins (conductor) 

5.39am
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809): Five Songs (Six original canzonettas)
Allan Clayton (tenor)
Roger Vignoles (piano) 

5.55am
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828), orch Webern: Six German Dances, D820
Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra
Justin Brown (conductor) 

6.04am
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): 32 Variationen in C minor, WoO 80
Theo Bruins (piano)

6.15am
Strauss, Richard (1864-1949): Till Eulenspiegel, Op 28
Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra
Antoni Wit (conductor)

6.30am
Milhaud, Darius (1892-1974): La creation du monde, Op 81a
Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra
Bernhard Klee (conductor) 

6.50am
Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957): Serenade No 2 in G minor for violin and orchestra, Op 69b
Judy Kang (violin)
Orchestre Symphonique de Laval
Jean-Francois Rivest (conductor).

Beethoven Symphony No I in C 1.31 Keuris Symphony in D 1.59 Kabalevsky Colas Breugnon (excerpts) 
2.17 Tchaikovsky The Seasons, Op 37b 3.01 Tchaikovsky Franceses da Rimini 3.27 Liszt Après une Lecture de Dante 3^3 Nowowiejski Three Songs, Op 56 (The Bialowieza Forest Folder) 4.05 Mozart Piano 
Sonata in C, K545 4.16 Telemann Cantata: Unschuld und ein gut Gewissen, TWV1 1440 4.29 Sibelius Lemminkainen 's Return (Suite: Lemminkainen) 
4.36 Grainger Handel in the Strand 4.39 Handel 
Water Music Suite in G 4.50 Berlioz Overture: Roman Carnival 5.01 Borgstrom Music to Johan Gabriel Borkman 5.13 Grieg Three Lyric Pieces 
5.23 Telemann Trumpet Concerto in D 
5.30 Bach Komm, Jesu, komm, BWV229 
5.39 Haydn Five Songs from Six Original Canzonettas 
5.55 Schubert, orch Webern Six German Dances, D820 
6.04 Beethoven 32 Variations in C minor, WoO 80 
6.15 Strauss Till Eulenspiegei 6.30 Milhaud La Création du Monde 6.50 Sibelius Serenade No 2, Op 69b

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