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Breakfast

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

Breakfast: Sarah Mohr-Pietsch

12/08/2009

Sarah Mohr-Pietsch

BBC Radio 3 - Breakfast, Sarah Mohr-PietschSearch BBC

Sarah Mohr-Pietsch presents music, news - and the occasional surprise.

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

7.03

BERLIOZ
Un bal from Symphonie Fantastique
Berlin Philharmonic
Simon Rattle
EMI16224 Tr 2					

7.10

MOMPOU
Cancion y danza 9
Stephen Hough, piano
Hyperion 66963 Tr 31				

7.14

MOZART
Don Giovanni overture
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Mariner
EMI 47014 Tr 6

7.21

VIVALDI
Concerto in G minor RV 325
Giuliano Carmignola, violin
Venice Baroque Orchestra
Andrea Marcon
Archiv 477600 Trs 7-9

7.30

DIEGO JOSE DE SALAZAR
Salga el torillo hosquillo
Ex Cathedra Consort and Baroque Ensemble
Jeffrey Skidmore
Hyperion 67600 Tr 11

7.36

ELGAR
Sospiri
City of London Sinfonia
Richard Hickox
EMI 47671 Tr 9

7.42

TCHAIKOVKSY
Slavonic march
Katia and Marielle Labeque, pianos
Philips 442778 Tr 11

7.52

BEETHOVEN
Creatures of Prometheus overture
Tonhalle Orchestra of Zurich
David Zinman
Arte Nova 57831 CD1 Tr 1

8.03

HANDEL
Arrival of the Queen of Sheba from Solomon
Taverner Players
Andrew parrott
EMI 69853 Tr 1		

8.07

SMETANA
Bartered Bride overture
Vienna Philharmonic
James Levine
DG 459418 CD2 Tr 5

8.14

LISZT
Hungarian Rhapsody No 2 in C sharp minor
Lang Lang, piano
DG 477597 CD 2 Tr 1

8.23

WAGNER
Dich teure halle from Tannhauser
Kiri te Kanawa, soprano
Philharmonia
Julius Rudel
EMI 57756 Tr 13

8.27

COUPERIN ARR ADES
Composers Ensemble
Thomas Ades
EMI 57610 Tr 14

8.31

MENDELSSOHN
Sinfonia 10 in B minor
Concerto Koln
Teldec 69857 Tr 9

8.42

DEBUSSY
Fireworks from preludes book 2
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano
Chandos 10421 Tr 24

8.47

GLASS
Symphony No 3, 4th Movement
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Dennis Russell Davies
Nonesuch 424508 CD9 Tr 4

8.51

WARLOCK
Sleep
Kathleen Ferrier, contralto
Naxos 111081 Tr 27

8.55

J STRAUSS II
Wine Women and Song
Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra
Willi Boskovsky
EMI 81524 CD2 Tr 4

9.01

TELEMANN
Plainte from Overture in D
Musica Antiqua Koln
Reinhard Goebel
Archiv 429772 Tr 2

9.08

ORFF
March from Carmina Burana
Berlin Philharmonic
Simon Rattle
EMI 57888 Tr 6

9.09

BACH
Brandenburg Concerto No 3 in G
Bach Collegium Japan
Masaaki Suzuki
Bis115 CD1 Trs 8-10

9.22

STRAUSS
Befreit
Simon Keenlyside, baritone
Malcolm Martineau, piano
EMI65902 Tr 16

9.28

COPLAND
El Salon Mexico
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Aaron Copland
Sony 89323 CD2 TR13

9.39

MONTEVERDI
Come dolce hoggi l'auretta
The consort of musicke
Anthony Rooley
L'oiseau Lyre Tr 5

9.43

CHOPIN
Grande Valse Brillante No 1 in E flat, Op 18
Krystian Zimerman, piano
DG  419054 Tr 5

9.49

HANDEL
Hornpipe from Water Music - Suite in F
Academy of Ancient Music
Christopher Hogwood
L'Oiseau Lyre 425640 Tr 25.

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.

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 Bach, Poulenc, Haydn, Caplet, Mompou and Honegger.

With James Jolly. Bach: Partita No 1 in B minor. Poulenc, orch Francaix: The Story of Babar, the Little Elephant. Haydn: Symphony No 64. Caplet: Septet. Mompou: Cants Magics.

With James Jolly.

10.00am
Bach: Partita No1 in B minor, BWV1002
Gidon Kremer (violin)
ECM 47672912

10.27am
Poulenc, orch Francaix: The Story of Babar, the Little Elephant
Barry Humphries (speaker)
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
John Lanchbery (conductor)
NAXOS 8554170

10.56am
Haydn: Symphony No 64 in A
BBC Philharmonic
Nicholas Kraemer (conductor)
Recording made especially for Classical Collection

11.13am
Caplet: Septet
Sharon Coste, Sandrine Piau (sopranos)
Sylvie Deguy (mezzo-soprano)
Ensemble Musique Oblique
HARMONIA MUNDI HMA 1901417

11.28am
Mompou: Cants Magics
Stephen Hough (piano)
HYPERION CDA 66963

11.39am
Honegger: Jeanne d'Arc au Bucher (conclusion)
Joan of Arc ...... Nelly Borgeaud (speaker)
The Virgin ...... Christianne Chateau (soprano)
Priest ...... Rene Brun (speaker)
Kuhn Children's Choir
Czech Philharmonic Chorus and Orchestra
Serge Baudo (conductor)
SUPRAPHON 1105572.

With James Jolly. 
Bach Partita No 1 in B minor, BWV1002 Gidon Kremer (violin) 
10.27 Poulenc, orch Françaix The Story ofBabar, the Little Elephant Barry Humphries (speaker), Melbourne SO, conductor John Lanchbery 
10.56 Haydn Symphony No 64 in  BBC Philharmonic, conductor Nicholas Kraemer 
11.13 Capiet Septet 
Sharon Coste and Sandrine Piau (sopranos), 
Sylvie Deguy (mezzo), Ensemble Musique Oblique 
11.28 Mompou Cants Magics Stephen Hough (piano) 
11.39 Honeqger Jeanne dArcauBucher (conclusion)  
Kuhn Children 's Choir, Czech Philharmonic Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Serge Baudo

Composer of the Week

An informative guide to composers' lives and their music.

An informative and accessible guide to composers' lives and their music.

Composer of the Week: Carl Orff (1895-1982)

Composer of the Week: Carl Orff (1895-1982): Episode 3: Fairytales (Second World War)

Episode 3

Episode 3: Fairytales (Second World War)

Carl Orff (1895-1982)

Fairytales (Second World War)

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Carl Orff (1895-1982), Fairytales (Second World War)

Donald Macleod discusses Orff's inspirations, which included fairy tales and ancient myths

Donald Macleod discusses how Orff lived through one of the worst periods in history, yet sought inspiration in fairy tales and Greek myths.

This episode is available until midday on Friday, 21st August as part of the Series Catch-up Trial.

Donald Macleod and Michael Kater discuss how, though Carl Orff lived through one of the most horrific epochs in mankind's history, he tended to look the other way, seeking inspiration in fairy tales and Greek myths.

Opener: Der Mond I. Tanz - arr for wind ensemble
Blaser Ensemble Mainz
Klaus Rainer Scholl (conductor)
Wergo WER 6174-2, Tr 11

Der Mond			
Narrator ...... Rudolf Christ
Four fellows who steal the moon ...... Karl Schmitt-Walter, Helmut Graml, Paul Kuen, Peter Lagger
A farmer ...... Albrecht Peter
Philharmonia Orchestra
Wolfgang Sawallisch (conductor)
EMI CMS 7 63712 2 CD 2, Trs 1-3

Die Kluge
King ...... Marcel Cordes
Donkey-man ...... Rudolf Christ
Mule-driver ...... Benno Kusche
First, Second and Third vagabonds ...... Paul Kuen, Hermann Prey, Gustav Neidlinger
Gaoler ...... Georg Wieter
The farmer's daughter/The clever girl ...... Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
EMI CMS 7 63712 2 CD 1, Trs 8-10

Carmina Burana Part 3		
Berliner Philharmonic
Simon Rattle (conductor)
EMI 7243 5 578888 2 5, Trs 15-25.

Donald Macleod and Michael Kater unravel the complex life and work of Carl Orff

Donald Macleod is joined by Professor Michael Kater, author of the book Composers in the Nazi Era, to unravel the complex life and work of Carl Orff

Composer of the Week: Orff

3/5. Though Orff lived through one of the most horrific epochs in mankind's history, he tended to look the other way, seeking inspiration in fairy tales and Greek myths. With Donald Macleod and Michael Kater. arr Wanek Tanz (Der Mond) Blaser Ensemble Mainz, conductor Klaus Rainer Scholl 
Der Mond (excerpt)    
Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch Die Kluge  
Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch Uf dem anger (Carmina Burana) Berlin Radio Choir, Berlin PO, conductor Simon Rattle

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: Mananan International Festival 2009

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Mananan International Festival 2009: Episode 2: Gillian Webster, Doric String Quartet

Episode 2

Episode 2: Gillian Webster, Doric String Quartet

Mananan International Festival 2009

Gillian Webster, Doric String Quartet

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert, Mananan International Festival 2009, Gillian Webster, Doric String QuartetClose menu

Gillian Webster (soprano) and the Doric String Quartet in Puccini, Respighi and Debussy.

Penny Gore presents Gillian Webster (soprano) and the Doric String Quartet. Puccini: Crisantemi. Respighi: Il Tramonto. Debussy: String Quartet in G minor.

Radio 3 at the Summer Festivals.

Penny Gore presents a chamber music concert from the 2009 Mananan International Festival on the Isle of Man.

Gillian Webster (soprano)
Doric String Quartet

Puccini: Crisantemi for string quartet
Respighi: Il Tramonto for soprano and string quartet
Debussy: String Quartet in G minor, Op 10.

Penny Gore presents a series of concerts from the 2009 Mananan International Festival

Penny Gore presents a series of chamber concerts from the 2009 Mananan International Festival, held on the Isle of Man

Afternoon on 3

With Penny Gore. 
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 
The second concert from the 2009 Mananan Festival. Gillian Webster (soprano), Doric Quartet Puccini Crisantemi 
Respighi II Tramonto 
Debussy String Quartet 
2.00 BBC Proms 2009 
Last Friday's Prom, with Andrew McGregor. 
Martin Owen (horn), BBCSO, conductor Oliver Knussen Respighi Fountains of Rome Helen Grime Virga 
Stravinsky Jeu de cartes 
Oliver Knussen Horn Concerto Balakirev, orch Casella Islamey

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: Prom 30/BBC SO - Knussen

Prom 30/BBC SO - Knussen

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Prom 30/BBC SO - Knussen

BBC SO/Knussen in Respighi, Helen Grime, Stravinsky, Knussen and Balakirev (orch Casella).

BBC Proms 2009: Another chance to hear the BBC SO under Oliver Knussen. Respighi: Fountains of Rome. Helen Grime: Virga. Plus Stravinsky, Knussen, Balakirev (orch Casella).

Presented by Penny Gore.

BBC Proms 2009:

Another chance to hear a Prom conducted by Oliver Knussen, the BBC SO's new artist-in-association. 

It features Respighi's dawn-to-dusk tour of Rome's most famous fountains, Helen Grime's dramatic evocation of the atmosphere before a storm and Stravinsky's 1936 ballet Jeu de cartes - a musical poker game in three 'deals'.

The concert concludes with Balakirev's 'oriental fantasy' inspired by the Caucasus, where Casella propelled an already virtuosic keyboard piece into even more exotic extremes, and Knussen's own thrilling Horn Concerto.

Martin Owen (horn)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Oliver Knussen (conductor)

Respighi: Fountains of Rome
Helen Grime: Virga
Stravinsky: Jeu de Cartes
Oliver Knussen: Horn Concerto
Balakirev, orch Casella: Islamey.

Choral Evensong

Sung choral evening services from around the country

Choral Evensong: 12/08/2009

BBC Radio 3 - Choral Evensong, 12/08/2009

From the Three Choirs Festival at Hereford Cathedral.

From the Three Choirs Festival at Hereford Cathedral.

Introit: Ave Maria (Bruckner)
Responses: Leighton
Psalm: 66 (Crotch)
First Lesson: 1 Samuel 20 vv18-42
Canticles: Jesus College Service (Mathias)
Second Lesson: Acts 2 vv1-21
Anthem: Warum toben die Heiden (Mendelssohn)
Hymn: O Holy Ghost, thy people bless (Kingsfold)
Organ Voluntary: Sonata No 1 in F minor - 1st mvt (Mendelssohn)

Organist: Peter Dyke
Director of Music: Geraint Bowen.

From the Three Choirs Festival at Hereford Cathedral. Introit: Ave Maria (Bruckner). Responses: Leighton. Psalm: 66 (Crotch). First Lesson: 1 Samuel 20, vv18-42. Canticles: Jesus College Service (Mathias). Second Lesson: Acts 2, w1-21. Anthem: Warum toben die Heiden (Mendelssohn). Hymn: 0 Holy Ghost, Thy People Bless (Kingsfold). Organ Voluntary: Sonata No 1 in F minor (1st mvt) (Mendelssohn). 
Director of music Geraint Bowen. Organist Peter Dyke. Repeated on Sunday at 4pm

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: 12/08/2009 Philip Glass, Dennis Russell Davies and Ian Brown

12/08/2009 Philip Glass, Dennis Russell Davies and Ian Brown

BBC Radio 3 - In Tune, 12/08/2009 Philip Glass, Dennis Russell Davies and Ian Brown

Presented by Petroc Trelawny. With composer Philip Glass and Dennis Russell Davies.

Presented by Petroc Trelawny. With composer Philip Glass and conductor Dennis Russell Davies ahead of their Prom, plus Ian Brown on The Nash Ensemble and the Musical Brain.

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

With composer Philip Glass and conductor Dennis Russell Davies ahead of the performance of Glass's Violin Concerto and the UK premiere of his Symphony No 7 at Prom 37.

And Nash Ensemble pianist Ian Brown discusses the project Nash Ensemble and the Musical Brain, along with psychologist Dr Katie Overy.

17:02
GLASS
Mishima: Opening
Philip Glass Ensemble
NONESUCH 424508 2
Tr. 1
1â10

17:03
BRAHMS
String Quintet no.1 in F, Op.88: Finale
The Nash Ensemble
ONYX 4043
Tr. 3
4â47

17:09
GLASS
Koyaanisqatsi: The grid (extract)
The Western Wind Vocal Ensemble
Philip Glass Ensemble
Michael Riesman (conductor)
ORANGE MOUNTAIN OMM0058
Tr. 10
4â05

17:22
GLASS
Violin concerto: 1st mvt (extract)
Gidon Kremer (violin)
DG 437 091 2
Tr. 1
3â48

17:35
GLASS
Evil and Ignorance (6th movment, Symphony no.5)
Ana Maria Martinez (soprano)
Denyce Graves (mezzo)
Michael Schade (tenor)
Eric Owens (baritone)
Albert Dohmen (bass baritone)
Morgan State University choir
Hungarian Radio Childrenâs Choir
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
Dennis Russell Davies (conductor)
NONESUCH 7559 79618 2
CD 1 Tr. 6
5â55

17:42
BERLIOZ
Waverley overture
Dresden Staatskapelle
Sir Colin Davis (conductor)
RCA 09026 68790 2
Tr. 2
10â17

17:55
PURCELL
Beati omnes qui timent Dominum
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers (conductor)
CORO COR16069
Tr. 4
4â29

17:56
FILL

18:03
LIVE
BACH
Gavotte (Partita no.6 in E minor, BWV.830)
Ian Brown (piano)
2â17

18:07
PROKOFIEV
Romeo & Juliet: Dance of the Knights
Berlin Philharmonic
Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor)
SONY 8869 752991 2
Tr. 7
5â47

18:15
LIVE
How to practice motor exercises (demo)
Ian Brown (piano)
0â30

18:24
LIVE
Mozart Piano quartet in G minor: Slow mvt (extract)
Ian Brown (piano)
0â30

18:30
BEETHOVEN
Minuet (Septet, 3rd mvt)
The Nash Ensemble
ASV GLD 4002	
Tr. 6
3â08

18:37
LIVE
Mozart G minor Piano Quartet: Finale (extract)
Ian Brown (piano)
0â30

18:39
MOZART
Piano Quartet in G minor, K.478: Finale (Rondo)
The Nash Ensemble
ASV GLD 4015	
Tr. 3
7â33

18:48
PARRY
I know my soul hath power to know all things (songs of Farewell)
Manchester Cathedral Choir
Christopher Stokes (director)
NAXOS 8 572104
Tr. 5
1â47

18:50
BARTOK
An evening wih the Szekely; Swineherdâs Dance (Hungarian Sketches, Sz.97)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Pierre Boulez (conductor) 
DG 477 8125
CD 2 Tr. 9 & 13	
4â47

18:55
MENDELSSOHN
Lieder ohne Worte op.53 (No.1)
Roberto Prosseda (piano)
DECCA
Tr. 19
3â25

Interviews with composer Philip Glass and conductor Dennis Russell Davies. With Petroc Trelawny.

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: Prom 36: Handel Celebration

BBC Proms: 2009: Prom 36: Handel Celebration: Part 1

Part 1 2009

BBC Radio 3 - BBC Proms, 2009, Prom 36: Handel Celebration, Part 1

The Sixteen under Harry Christophers in Handel: Coronation Anthems; Semele (excerpts).

From the Royal Albert Hall. Period ensemble The Sixteen in Handel: The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba; Coronation anthem - Let thy hand be strengthened; Semele (excerpts).

From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Catherine Bott.

Harry Christophers and The Sixteen, one of the leading British period ensembles, offer a selection of Handel's greatest choral successes.

Featuring The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, one of his most beloved works, from his oratorio Solomon, as well as excerpts from his satirical semi-opera Semele.

And, recreating a historic moment, the Royal Albert Hall transforms into Westminster Abbey as the musicians perform the anthems that Handel wrote for George II's coronation in 1727.

Carolyn Sampson (soprano)
Alastair Ross (organ)
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers (conductor)

Handel: The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (Solomon); Coronation anthem - Let thy hand be strengthened; Semele (excerpts); Coronation anthem - My heart is inditing.

BBC Proms: 2009

Prom 36: Handel Celebration

Harry Christophers and The Sixteen offer a selection of Handel's greatest choral successes

Harry Christophers and The Sixteen, one of the leading British period ensembles, offer a selection of Handel's greatest choral successes, including excerpts from Solomon and Semele

BBC Proms 2009

Live from London's Royal Albert Hall, Catherine Bott introduces a commemoration of the 250th anniversary of Handel's death with four anthems that Handel wrote for George II's Coronation in 1727.

Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Alastair Ross (organ), The Sixteen, conductor Harry Christophers

Handel The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (Solomon); Coronation Anthem: Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened; Semele (excerpts); Coronation Anthem: My Heart is Inditing

8.00 Twenty Minutes: Proms Literary Festival
Ian McMillan is joined by Lynda Mugglestone and Matthew Parris to discuss Dr Samuel Johnson.

8.20 Handel Coronation Anthem: The King Shall Rejoice; Salve Regina; Organ Concerto in F; Op 4 No 4; Coronation Anthem: Zadok the Priest

(Repeated on Friday 21 August at 2pm)

BBC Proms: 2009: Proms Plus

BBC Proms: 2009: Proms Plus: Proms Literary Festival - Samuel Johnson

Proms Literary Festival - Samuel Johnson

BBC Radio 3 - BBC Proms, 2009, Proms Plus, Proms Literary Festival - Samuel Johnson

Ian McMillan and Lynda Mugglestone explore the myth and reality of Samuel Johnson.

Ian McMillan is joined by Lynda Mugglestone of Oxford University and writer Matthew Parris to explore the myth and reality of Samuel Johnson, and his hold on the English language.

In a programme recorded in front of a Proms audience, Ian McMillan is joined by Lynda Mugglestone of Pembroke College, Oxford, and journalist Matthew Parris to explore the myth and reality of Dr Samuel Johnson, and his continuing hold on the English language.

Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language, published in 1755, held centre stage in defining and describing the English language for at least 150 years until the publication of the Oxford English Dictionary. Personally unimposing - he was blind in one eye, deaf in one ear, and suffered from an assortment of physical tics which may have been Tourettes - Johnson rose from a modest background as the son of a bookseller in Uttoxeter to become one of the most quoted men of English letters.

His idiosyncratic dictionary is laden with his own personality, and he refers to words like lunch as 'as much food as one's hands can hold' and lexicographer as 'a writer of dictionaries; a harmless drudge that busies himself in tracing the original and detailing the signification of words'.

Proms Plus

Series of events providing a context to the 2009 Proms season's music and artists

Series of events providing a fascinating context to the 2009 Proms season's music and artists

BBC Proms: 2009: Prom 36: Handel Celebration: Part 2

Part 2 BBC Radio 3 - BBC Proms, 2009, Prom 36: Handel Celebration, Part 2

The Sixteen perform Handel choral works, including Zadok The Priest; Motet - Salve Regina.

From the Royal Albert Hall, London. The Sixteen perform Handel choral works, including Zadok The Priest; Coronation anthem - The King shall rejoice; Motet - Salve Regina.

From the Royal Albert Hall, London.

Catherine Bott presents the conclusion of The Sixteen's Prom featuring Handel's greatest choral successes, with more anthems written for George II's coronation in 1727, including the well-loved Zadok The Priest.

Carolyn Sampson (soprano)
Alastair Ross (organ)
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers (conductor)

Handel: Coronation anthem - The King shall rejoice; Motet - Salve Regina; Organ Concerto in F, Op 4 No 4 - original version; Coronation anthem - Zadok the Priest.

Sunday Feature

Exploring music, history, science, philosophy, film, visual arts and literature.

In-depth documentaries which explore music, history, science, philosophy, film, visual arts and literature.

Sunday Feature: John Milton's Adventurous Song

07/12/2008

John Milton's Adventurous Song

BBC Radio 3 - Sunday Feature, John Milton's Adventurous SongClose menu

David Norbrook traces Milton from his age to ours, and considers his importance today.

David Norbrook places Milton's work in the light of the social and political turmoil of his time, exploring changing views of him over the centuries and his importance to us today.

David Norbrook, Merton Professor of English Literature at Oxford University, places Milton's work in the context of the social and political turmoil of his times, exploring the changing views of him over the centuries and his importance to us today.

David Norbrook , Merton Professor of English 
Literature at Oxford University, explores changing views of Milton. Producer Julian May

BBC Proms: 2009: Prom 37 - Philip Glass

Prom 37 - Philip Glass

BBC Radio 3 - BBC Proms, 2009, Prom 37 - Philip Glass

A Prom devoted to Philip Glass' music. Glass: Violin Concerto; Symphony No 7 (UK premiere)

From the Royal Albert Hall, London. A Prom devoted to the music of minimalist composer Philip Glass. Glass: Violin Concerto; Symphony No 7 (A Toltec Symphony - UK premiere).

From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Verity Sharp.

In the first Prom devoted exclusively to the music of American minimalist composer Philip Glass, the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and BBC Symphony Chorus are joined by violinist Gidon Kremer and conductor Dennis Russell Davies, both long-term advocates of Glass' music.

Harmonic, pulsing and with constant repetition of small figures or phrases, minimalism blossomed from a small underground movement on the west coast of the United States in the 1960s, becoming one of the most popular forms of late 20th century music. Philip Glass, one of its early pioneers, is one of the most prolific, influential and instantly identifiable composers of our age.

This concert showcases two of his most important works for full orchestra: his first major orchestral score - the Violin Concerto of 1987 - and the Toltec Symphony of 2004, which takes its title from the ancient pre-Columbian culture that reigned in Mesoamerica long before the coming of the Europeans. 

Gidon Kremer (violin)
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Dennis Russell Davies (conductor)

Philip Glass: Violin Concerto; Symphony No 7 (A Toltec Symphony - UK premiere).

Selected coverage from the classical concerts of the Proms' 115th season.

From the Royal Albert Hall, London, with Verity Sharp. A late-night concert featuring two of Philip Glass's most important works for full orchestra. Gidon Kremer (violin), BBC Symphony Chorus, BBCSSO, conductor Dennis Russell Davies Violin Concerto; Symphony No 7 (A Toltec Symphony) (first UK performance)

Late Junction

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

Late Junction: Max Reinhardt

Max Reinhardt

BBC Radio 3 - Late Junction, Max Reinhardt

Max Reinhardt presents music and sound art from Aotearoa to Brazil.

Max Reinhardt presents works by sound artists from Aotearoa/New Zealand, the Bob Brozman Orchestra and a Brazilian classic featuring Joyce, Nana Vasconcel and Mauricio Maestro.

Max Reinhardt presents works from a collection of sound artists from Aotearoa/New Zealand, Afro Mada by the Bob Brozman Orchestra and a Brazilian classic from 1970, featuring Joyce, Nana Vasconcelos and Mauricio Maestro.

23:30
Celestine Ukwu and His Philosophers National: Obialu Be Onye Abiagbunia Okwukwe
Album: Celestine Ukwu
Premier Music KMCD 018

23:37
Demarnia Lloyd & Stuart Harris: Long Ride
Album: Dirt Beneath the Day Dream	
The Audio Foundation Audiofoundation.org. NZ

(Segue)

23:39
Banks Bailey: Springfield
Album: Vibrations From The Holocene	
Quiet World Eight

(Segue)

23:44
Stephen Goss: The Gust of Wind (From Interludes)
Performed By Graham Caskie
Album: Preludes and Interludes
Cadenza Music CACD 1208	

23:48
Joyce, Nana Vasconcelos, & Mauricio Maestro: Tudo Bonito	
Album: Visions Of Dawn 
Far Out Recordings FARO 138CD

23:51
La Lakers: Cough Genesis Ramparts for Gulf Eurhythmics	
Album: Dirt Beneath The Day Dream	
The Audio Foundation Audiofoundation.org. NZ

23:55			
Holly Throsby: Would You? (feat Bonnie 'Prince' Billie)	
Album: A Loud Call
Woo Me
				
23:59			
Brouwer: Suite No. 1, âAntiguaâ â Preludio, Fuga, Sarabanda & Giga	
Performed By Graham Anthony Devine	
Album: Brouwer - Guitar Music Vol. 4
Naxos 8.570251

(Segue)

00:05	
Malcolm Middleton: Somebody Loves You
Album: A Brighter Beat
Full Time Hobby FTH 033CD		

00:11
Bob Brozman Orchestra: Afro Mada
Album: LumiÃ¨re	
Riverboat Records/World Music Network TUGCD 1046

(Segue)

00:16
Harvey Matusow's Jew's Harp Band: Wetsocks
Album: Creative Outlaws - UK Underground 1965 â 1971 
Trikont US-0383

(Segue)		

00:20					
Volcano!: --------
Album: Paperwork
Leaf BAY 63CDP

00:21
John Cage & David Tudor: Part 1	(Extract)
Album: Indeterminacy
Smithsonian Folkways SF 40804/5

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00:26
Palestrina: Missa Ut Re Mi Fa Sol La - Agnus Dei		
Performed By Huelgas Ensemble Directed By Paul Van Nevel
Album: La Quinta Essentia	
Harmonia Mundi HMC 901922


00:33
Charlie Louvin: Wreck On The Highway	
Album: Charlie Louvin Sings Murder Ballads and Disaster Songs
Tompkins Square TSQ 2127

(Segue)

00:36
Alex McKinnon: Piano Coalescence	
Album: Dirt Beneath The Day Dream	
Audio Foundation Audiofoundation.org. NZ

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00:39
Gyuto Monks: Mahakala
Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts
Album: Dhama Suna	
Detour 0630 190642

00:44					
Bassekou Kouyate: Falani	
Album: I Speak Fula 
Out Here Records OH 013

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00:50
Slim & Slam: Flat Fleet Boogie		
Album: Teenage - The Creation Of Youth: 1911-1946 Compiled by Jon Savage 
Trikont 0396

00:53
Nat Birchall (tenor sax): Many Blessings
With Adam Fairhall (piano); Gavin Barras (Bass) & Gaz Hughes (Drums)
Album: Akhenaten
Condwana GOND CD 002

Including Afro Mada by the Bob Brozman 
Orchestra, and a Brazilian classic from the 1970s featuring Joyce, Nana Vasconcelos and Mauricio Maestro. With Max Reinhardt.

Through the Night

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

Through the Night: 13/08/2009

13/08/2009

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 13/08/2009

Music including Schumann, Tchaikovsky, Bach, Frescobaldi, Respighi, Schubert and Wassenaer

Music including Schumann, Tchaikovsky, Bach, Frescobaldi, Respighi, Schubert, Wassenaer, Hartmann, Brahms, Kalnins, Kapp, Jongen, Debussy, Delius, Forster, Dvorak, Mozart, Dohnanyi.

1.00am
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856): Symphony No 2 in C minor, Op 61
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Harding (conductor) 

1.39am
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893): Piano Concerto No 1 in B flat minor, Op 23
Alexander Toradze (piano)
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) 

2.15am	
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Sonata No 3 in G minor for viola da gamba and keyboard, BWV 1029
Lars Anders Tomter (viola)
Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)

2.29am
Frescobaldi, Girolamo (1583-1643): Messa della Domenica
Peter van Dijk (organ)

2.41am
Respighi, Ottorino (1879-1936): Suite No 2 (Ancient Airs and Dances)
CBC Vancouver Orchestra
Mario Bernardi (conductor)

3.01am
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828): Piano Quintet in A, D667 (Trout)
Nikolai Demidenko (piano)
Marianne Thorsen (violin)
Are Sandbakken (viola)
Leonid Gorokhov (cello)
Dan Styffe (double bass) 

3.45am
Wassenaer; Unico Wilhelm van (1692-1766): Concerto No 2 in B flat
Combattimento Consort Amsterdam
Jan Willem de Vriend (conductor)

3.56am
Hartmann, Johan Peter Emilius (1805-1900): Etudes Instructives, Op 53
Nina Gade (piano)

4.06am
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897): Tragic Overture, Op 81
Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Dausgaard (conductor) 

4.19am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Gloria in Excelsis Deo, BWV 191
Ann Monoyios (soprano)
Colin Ainsworth (tenor)
Tafelmusik Chamber Choir
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
Ivars Taurins (conductor) 

4.34am
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897): Rhapsody in G minor, Op 79, No 2
Robert Silverman (piano)

4.42am
Kalnins, Alfred (1879-1951): Ballad for cello and piano
Marcis Kuplais (cello)
Ventis Zilberts (piano)

4.49am
Kapp, Artur (1878-1952): Cantata (Paikesele)
Hendrik Krumm (tenor)
Aime Tampere (organ)
Estonian Radio Mixed Choir
Estonian Boys' Choir
Estonian State Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi (conductor)

5.01am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Overture (The Marriage of Figaro, K492)
Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra in Katowice
Miroslaw Blaszczyk (conductor) 

5.05am
Jongen, Joseph (1873-1953): Allegro appassionato, Op 95, No 2
Grumiaux Trio:
Luc Devos (piano)
Philippe Koch (violin)
Luc Dewez (cello) 

5.13am
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918): L'isle joyeuse (1904)
Philippe Cassard (piano) 

5.19am
Delius, Frederick (1862-1934): Violin Concerto 
Philippe Djokic (violin)
Symphony Nova Scotia
Georg Tintner (conductor) 

5.48am
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897): Schaffe in mir, Gott, ein rein Herz, Op 29, No 2
Wiener Kammerchor
Johannes Prinz (director) 

5.54am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Prelude and Fugue in C minor, BWV 546
Leo van Doeselaar on the 1725 Frans Caspar Schnitger (organ) 

6.08am
Forster, Kaspar (1616-1673): Ah, peccatores 
Olga Pasiecznik, Marta Boberska (soprano)
Kai Wessel (alto)
Krzysztof Szmyt, Jacek Wislocki (tenor)
Dirk Snellings (bass)
Il Tempo

6.16am
Dvorak, Antonin (1841-1904): Polonaise in E flat for orchestra
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Ludovit Rajter (conductor)

6.23am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Nine Variations in C on Dezede's arietta Lison dormait for piano, K264
Bart van Oort (fortepiano) 

6.35am
Dohnanyi, Erno (1877-1960): Variations on a Nursery Song, Op 25
Arthur Ozolins (piano)
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Mario Bernardi (conductor).

Schumann Symphony No 2 in C minor Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No I in B flat minor 2.15 Bach Viola da Gamba Sonata No 3 in G minor, BWV1029 2.29 Frescobaldi Messa della Domenica 2.41 Respiqhi Ancient Airs and Dances: Suite No 2 3.01 Schubert Piano Quintet in A, D667 (Trout) 145 Wassenaer Concerto No 2 in B flat 156 Hartmann Etudes Instructives, Op 53 4.06 Brahms Tragic Overture 4.19 Bach Gloria in Excelsis Deo, BWV191 4.34 Brahms Rhapsody in G minor, Op 79 No 2 4.42 Kalnins Ballad 4.49 Kapp Cantata: Paikesele 5.01 Mozart Overture: The Marriage of Figaro 
5.05 Jongen Allegro appassionato, Op 95 No 2 5.13 Debussy Lisle joyeuse 5.19 Delius Violin Concerto 5.48 Brahms Schaffe in mir, Gott. ein rein Herz, Op 29 No 2 5.54 Bach Prelude and Fugue in C minor, BWV546 6.08 Forster Ah, peccatores 6.16 Dvorak Polonaise in E flat 6.23 Mozart Nine Variations in C on Dezede's arietta, K264 (Lison dormait) 6.35 Dohnanyi Variations on a Nursery Song

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