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Breakfast

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

Breakfast: Sara Mohr-Pietsch

14/08/2009

Sara Mohr-Pietsch

BBC Radio 3 - Breakfast, Sara Mohr-PietschSearch BBC

Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents music to discover, rediscover and lift the spirits.

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

7.03

DUKAS
Fanfare pour preceder 'La Peri'
Ulster Orchestra
Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN241-32  CD1 tr 1

7.05

PURCELL
Come Ye Sons of Art
Michael Chance and James Bowman (countertenor)
The King's Consort
New College Oxford Choir
Robert King (conductor)
HYPERION CDA 66598 trs 1-3

7.14

CHOPIN
Nocturne in C Minor 1837 (post)
Livia Rev (piano)
HELIOS CDH55194 tr 9

7.18

BERNSTEIN
On The Town - Times Square 1944
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein (conductor)
DG 423 1982 tr 13

7.23

BEETHOVEN
Sonatina in C Minor WoO 43a
Erhard Fietz (mandoline)
Amadeus Webersinke (piano)
DG 453 7722 CD3 tr 10

7.31

MONTEVERDI
Chiome d'oro
La Venexiana
GLOSSA GCD 920904 CD1 tr 6

7.35

ROSENTHAL
Carnaval de Vienne (Humoresque on themes by Johan Strauss)
Piers Lane (piano)
HELIOS CDH55238 tr 3

7.42

HOLST
The Planets - Jupiter
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Davis (conductor)
TELDEC 4509 945412 tr 4

7.51

HANDEL
Solomon - Overture
Gabrieli Consort
Paul McCreesh (conductor)
DECCA 478 1190 CD25 tr 1

8.03

STRAVINSKY
Apollo - Variation d'Apollon
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Simon Rattle (conductor)
EMI CDC 7496362 tr 7

8.08

GLUCK
Orphee e Eurydice
Orchestra or San Francisco Opera
Donald Runnicles (conductor)
TELDEC 4509984182 cd1 tr 29

8.13

DVORAK
Kyrie - Mass in D
Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford
Nicholas Cleobury (organ)
Simon Preston (conductor)
DECCA 448 0892 CD2 tr4

8.19

GLINKA
Ruslan and Ludmilla Overture
Russian National Orchestra
Mikhail Pletnev (conductor)
DG 439 892 2 tr 1

8.25

HANDEL
The Harmonious Blacksmith - Suite No 5 Air and Variations
Moura Lympany (piano)
EMI CDZ 7672042 tr 3

8.31

BERLIOZ
Beatrice and Benedict Overture
Staatskapelle Dresden
Sir Colin Davis
RCA 09026687902 tr 5

8.40

Louis ANDRIESSEN
M is for Man, Music, Mozart - Instrumental 1
Orkest de Volharding
Jurgen Hempel (conductor)
ELEKTRA NONESUCH 7559 793422 tr 3

MOZART
String Quartet in E Flat K160
American String Quartet
NIMBUS NI 2533/5 CD3 trs 16-18

8.55

William HARRIS
Bring Us O Lord God
Gabrieli Consort
Paul McCreesh (conductor)
DG 477 6605 tr 11

9.01

VIVALDI
Sinfonia in B minor RV 168
Venice Baroque Orchestra
Andrea Marcon
ARCHIV 474 5092 trs 10-12

9.07

MESSIAEN
Theme and Variations
Hebrides Ensemble:
Sarah Bevan Baker (violin)
Philip Moore (piano)
LINN CKD 314 tr 9

9.18

Eric COATES
Calling All Workers
The New London Orchestra
Ronald Corp (conductor)
HYPERION CDA66868 tr1

9.22

TRAD.
The Skye Boat Song
Marie McLaughlin (soprano)
Malcolm Martineau (piano)
Isobel Frayling-Cork (clarsach)
HELIOS CDH55336 tr 8

9.26

TCHAIKOVSKY
Andante Cantabile
Halle
Sir John Barbirolli (conductor)
DUTTON CDSJB 1023 tr 3

9.35

BACH
Harpsichord Concerto BWV 1052
Bertrand Cuiller (harpsichord)
Stradivaria
MIRARE MIR 085 trs 1-3

9.57

SCHUMANN
Singet nicht in Trauertonen Op 98a No 7
Dawn Upshaw (soprano)
Richard Goode (piano)
ELEKTRA NONESUCH 7559 793172 tr2.

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 Offenbach, Vaughan Williams, Schubert, Haydn and Hindemith.

With James Jolly. Including Offenbach: Overture (Orpheus in the Underworld). Vaughan Williams: An Oxford Elegy. Schubert: Impromptu in A flat, D935. Haydn: Symphony No 65 in A.

With James Jolly.

10.00am
Offenbach: Overture (Orpheus in the Underworld)
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Paul Paray (conductor)
MERCURY 4343322

10.10am
Vaughan Williams: An Oxford Elegy
John Westbrook (speaker)
Choir of King's College Cambridge
Jacques Orchestra
David Willcocks (conductor)
EMI 7699962

10.32am
Schubert: Impromptu in A flat, D935, No 2
Radu Lupu (piano)
DECCA 4117112

10.40am
Haydn: Symphony No 65 in A
The English Concert
Trevor Pinnock (conductor)
ARCHIV 4293992

10.58am
Hindemith: Horn Concerto
Dennis Brain (horn)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Paul Hindemith (conductor)
EMI 3773442

11.13am
Beethoven: Cello Sonata in C, Op 102, No 1
Yo Yo Ma (cello)
Emanuel Ax (piano)
SONY SM2K 89870

11.32am
Debussy: Nocturnes
Wayne State University Women's Glee Club
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Paul Paray (conductor)
MERCURY UCCP 7077.

With James Jolly. 
Offenbach Overture: Orpheus in the Underworld 
Detroit Symphony Orchestra, conductor Paul Paray 
10.10 Vauqhan Williams An Oxford Elegy 
John Westbrook (speaker), Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Jacques Orchestra, conductor David Willcocks 
10.32 Schubert impromptu in A flat, D935 No  RaduLupu (piano) 
10.40 Haydn Symphony No 65 in A 
English Concert, conductor Trevor Pinnock 
10.58 Paul Hindemith Horn Concerto Dennis Brain , Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by the composer 
11.13 Beethoven Cello Sonata in C, Op 102 No 1 Yo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax (piano) 
11.32 Debussy Nocturnes 
Wayne State University Women's Glee Club, Detroit SO, conductor Paul Paray

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 5: Father, I Have Sinned

Episode 5

Episode 5: Father, I Have Sinned

Carl Orff (1895-1982)

Father, I Have Sinned

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Carl Orff (1895-1982), Father, I Have Sinned

Donald Macleod explores Orff's final works and personal correspondence.

Donald Macleod and Michael Kater ask whether Carl Orff was having feelings of guilt in later life, looking at his final works and his personal correspondence.

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

Michael Kater and Donald Macleod consider whether Orff was experiencing feelings of guilt in later life, looking at his final works and his personal correspondence.

Opener (Gunild Keetman): Gassenhauer - Street song (Schulwerk)
Instrumental Ensemble
BMG Conifer 75605513572, Tr 19

Nanie und Dithyrambe
Czech Philharmonic Chorus
Instrumental Ensemble
Vaclav Smetacek (conductor)
Supraphon 1137 Side 2, Trs 1-2 

Prometheus desmotes		
Prometheus ...... Roland Hermann
Bavarian Radio Chorus and Symphony Orchestra
Rafael Kubelik (conductor)
Orfeo C5269921 CD 1, Tr 3 (fade out)

De temporum fine comoedia
Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano)
Peter Schreier (tenor)
Josef Greindl, Rolf Boysen (bass)
Tolzer Boys Choir
RIAS Chamber Choir
Cologne Radio Chorus
Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
DG 429 859-2, Trs 13-18.

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

5/5. Michael Kater and Donald Macleod explore whether Orff experienced feelings of guilt in later life, looking at his final works and correspondence. Gassenhauer (Schulwerk) Instrumental Ensemble Nanie und Dithyrambe Czech Philharmonic Chorus, Instrumental Ensemble, conductor Vaclav Smetacek Prometheus desmotes Roland Hermann 
(Prometheus), Bavarian Radio Chorus and Symphony Orchestra, conductor Rafael Kubelik De temporum fine comoedia 
Christa Ludwig (mezzo), Peter Schreier (tenor), Josef Greindl (bass), Rolf Boysen (speaker), Tolz Boys Choir, RIAS Chamber Choir, Cologne Radio Chorus, Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Herbert von Karajan

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 4: Markus Werba, Julius Drake

Episode 4

Episode 4: Markus Werba, Julius Drake

Mananan International Festival 2009

Markus Werba, Julius Drake

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert, Mananan International Festival 2009, Markus Werba, Julius DrakeClose menu

Markus Werba (baritone) and Julius Drake (piano) perform Schumann and Brahms.

Penny Gore presents a performance by Markus Werba (baritone) and Julius Drake (piano). Schumann: Dichterliebe. Brahms: Vier Ernste Gesange.

Radio 3 at the Summer Festivals.

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

Markus Werba (baritone)
Julius Drake (piano)

Schumann: Dichterliebe
Brahms: Vier Ernste Gesange.

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 last in a series of chamber music concerts from the 2009 Mananan International Festival of Music and the Arts on the Isle of Man. 
Markus Werba (baritone), Julius Drake (piano) Schumann Dichterliebe 
Brahms Vier ernste Gesange

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 29/BBC Philharmonic - Gianandrea Noseda

Prom 29/BBC Philharmonic - Gianandrea Noseda

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Prom 29/BBC Philharmonic - Gianandrea Noseda

BBC Philharmonic Italian tribute: featuring Mendelssohn, Rossini, Maxwell Davies, Respighi

Presented by Penny Gore. BBC Proms 2009: Another chance to hear the BBC Philharmonic's tribute to Italy, featuring music by Mendelssohn, Rossini, Maxwell Davies and Respighi.

Presented by Penny Gore.

BBC Proms 2009:

Another chance to hear a Prom in which the BBC Philharmonic under its Italian-born chief conductor Gianandrea Noseda pay tribute to his native land. Featuring the symphony Mendelssohn composed while holidaying in Rome, music by Rossini, Peter Maxwell Davies' serenade Roma amor and Respighi's celebration of the capital's famous pines. 

Vivica Genaux (mezzo-soprano)
BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)

Mendelssohn: Symphony No 4 in A (Italian)
Rossini: Mura felice (La donna del lago); Rossini: Nacqui all'affanno e al pianto...Non piu mesta (La Cenerentola)
Peter Maxwell Davies: Roma amor
Respighi: Pines of Rome

4.30pm
Music from a recital given by Keith Lewis and Melvyn Tan at the 2008 Edinburgh Festival, including:

Beethoven: An die ferne Geliebte, Op 98
Hahn: Quand je fus pris au pavillon; L'air; Les etoiles 
Keith Lewis (tenor)
Melvyn Tan (piano).

BBC Proms 2009

Another chance to hear last Thursday's Prom. Vivica Genaux (mezzo), BBC Philharmonic, conductor Gianandrea Noseda 
Mendelssohn Symphony No 4 in A (Italian) Rossini Mura Felice (La Donna del Lago); 
Nacgui all'affanno e alpianto ... non piu mesta (La Cenerentola) 
Peter  Maxwell  Davies Roma amor 
Respighi Pines of Rome  
4.30 Music from a recital given at last year's Edinburgh Festival. 
Beethoven An die ferne Geliebte, Op 98 
Hahn Quandje fus pris au pavilion; Lair; Les étoiles Keith Lewis (tenor), Melvyn Tan (piano)

In Tune

Live music and interviews from the world's finest classical musicians.

Radio 3's drivetime show brings you incredible live music and interviews from the world's finest classical, jazz, folk and world musicians.

Radio 3's drivetime show brings you incredible live music and interviews from the world's finest classical, jazz, folk and world musicians. If it's happening in the world of music, you'll hear it first on In Tune.

In Tune: 14/08/09 Julian Philips, Harry Bicket, Shaan

14/08/09 Julian Philips, Harry Bicket, Shaan

BBC Radio 3 - In Tune, 14/08/09 Julian Philips, Harry Bicket, Shaan

Presented by Petroc Trelawny. With composer Julian Philips and conductor Harry Bicket.

Petroc Trelawny presents a selection of music and guests. With composer Julian Philips, conductor Harry Bicket and members of the cast of the Bollywood Prom.

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

A taste of composer Julian Philips's new opera for Glyndebourne, Yellow Sofa; conductor Harry Bicket talks about his Proms debut, conducting Handel's Samson; members of the cast of the Bollywood Prom, including Bollywood star Shaan, come into the studio ahead of their performance.

17.02
NIELSEN
Overture (Maskarade)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Davis (conductor)
VIRGIN VC 791210-2
Track 1
4'37

17.08
BEETHOVEN
String Quartet in F major, Op.18 No.1 (Scherzo)
The Wihan Quartet
NIMBUS NI 6105
CD1 Track 3
3'22

17.12
LIVE MUSIC
JULIAN PHILLIPS
Yellow Sofa (Number 2: Prologue)
Martha Bredrin (Amarela)
Gareth Hancock (piano)
3'25

17.22
LIVE MUSIC
JULIAN PHILLIPS
Yello Sofa (Number 11: Fado) 
Martha Bredrin (Amarela)
Gareth Hancock (piano)
3'10

17.31
LIVE MUSIC
JULIAN PHILLIPS
Yello Sofa (Number 19: Epilogue)
Martha Bredrin (Amarela)
Gareth Hancock (piano)
1'31

17.33
MOZART
Symphony No.26 in E-flat major, K.184
Le Cercle de lâHarmonie
Jeremie Rhorer (director)
VIRGIN 234868-2
Tracks 5-7
8'12

17.42
RASAMANJARI
Maayi ri lall aaj apano â drut bandish in teental (Raga Ajad Hindol)
Manjiri Asnare-Kelkar (vocal)
Pundit Anand Asnare (tabla)
NRCD 0155
Track 4
4'42

17.48
SCHUMANN
Etude 12 (Finale): Allegro brillante (Etudes Symphoniques, Op.13)
Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano)
WARNER 2564 63426-2
Track 18
6'43

17.55
BRAHMS
Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G minor (orch. Brahms)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Marin Alsop (conductor)
Naxos 8.557429
Track 5
3'07


18.00	News

18.03
RAVEL
Feria (Rapsodie espagnole)
Vlaidmir and Vovka Ashkenazy (pianos)
DECCA 478 1090
Track 10
6.03'

18.10
HANDEL
Sinfonia (Samson, HWV.57, Act 1)
The English Concert
Trevor Pinnock (director)
ARCHIV 447 279-2
Tracks 18-20
7'54

18.25
BACH
Aria: Schafe kÃ¶nnen sicher weiden (Sheep may safely graze)
(Cantata: Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!,BWV.208)
David Daniels (counter-tenor)
Pamela Thorby & Merlin Harrison (voice flute)
The English Concert
Harry Bicket (director)
VIRGIN 5099951903725
Track 13
4.13

18.36
HANDEL
Let the bright Seraphim (Samson, Act 3)
Renee Fleming (soprano)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Harry Bicket (director)
DECCA 475 6186
Track 9
5'30

18.42
ALBENIZ, arr. XUEFEI YANG
Sevilla (Suite Espanola, Op.47)
Xuefei Yang (guitar)
EMI 206322-2
Track 1
4'34

18.48
SCHUBERT
Notturno in E-flat major, D.897
David Trio
ALTARA 1038(2)
Track 5
9'27

18.58
LIVE MUSIC
Raga Gaud Malhar
[This is sung more in the rainy season and expresses the feelings of a beloved young girl, waiting for her lover when it starts raining]
Manjiri Asnare Kelkar (khyal singer) 
Hanif Kahn (tabla)
Sudhir Nayak (harmonium)
6'21

19.10
LIVE MUSIC
Raga Kaushi Kanada and Taal Jhaptaal (blend of two ragas)
[A late night melody]
Manjiri Asnare Kelkar (khyal singer) 
Hanif Kahn (tabla)
Sudhir Nayak (harmonium)
9'14

19.25
SHAAN
Gum Sum Ho Kyon?
Shaan (vocals)
Ramakant Patil (flute)
Rajesh Rajbhatt (percussion)
EMI 522432-2
CD1 Track 2
3.42

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 39: Greenwood, Stravinsky, Birtwistle

BBC Proms: 2009: Prom 39: Greenwood, Stravinsky, Birtwistle: Part 1

Part 1 2009

BBC Radio 3 - BBC Proms, 2009, Prom 39: Greenwood, Stravinsky, Birtwistle, Part 1

BBC Symphony Orchestra in Jonny Greenwood: Popcorn Superhet Receiver. Stravinsky: Apollo.

From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Sarah Walker presents the BBC Symphony Orchestra performing Johnny Greenwood's Popcorn Superhet Receiver and Stravinsky's ballet Apollo.

From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Sarah Walker.

The BBC Symphony Orchestra perform two works for strings - Popcorn Superhet Receiver by Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood is a gritty and exciting work inspired by the medium of radio. It won the Radio 3 Listeners' Award at the 2006 British Composer Awards. This is followed by Stravinsky's classically-poised ballet Apollo.

Strings of the BBC Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins (conductor) 

Jonny Greenwood: Popcorn Superhet Receiver
Stravinsky: Apollo.

BBC Proms: 2009

Prom 39: Greenwood, Stravinsky, Birtwistle

The BBC Symphony Orchestra in works by Jonny Greenwood, Stravinsky and Harrison Birtwistle

The BBC Symphony Orchestra perform works by Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood, as well as Stravinsky and Harrison Birtwistle

From London's Royal Albert Hall , with Sarah Walker. To mark Harrison Birtwistle 's 75th birthday, the BBC Symphony Orchestra presents the central act to the composer's "lyric tragedy", in which Orpheus journeys to the Underworld through a series of 17 arches. Plus Stravinsky's ballet Apollo. BBCSO, conductor Martyn Brabbins 
Jonny Greenwood Popcorn Superhet Receiver Stravinsky Apollo 
8.20 Twenty Minutes: The Entrance to the Underworld Historian Domhnall Uilleam Stiubhart of Edinburgh University's Celtic 
Department explores High Pasture Cave on the Isle of Skye with archaeologist Steven Birch. 
8.40 Harrison Birtwistle 
The Arches (The Mask of Orpheus)  
BBC Singers, BBCSO, conductors Martyn Brabbins and Ryan Wigglesworth , Ian Dearden (sound projection Repeated on Monday 24 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: Entrance to the Underworld

Entrance to the Underworld

BBC Radio 3 - Twenty Minutes, Entrance to the Underworld

Domhnall Uilleam Stiubhart explores the High Pasture Cave on the island of Skye.

Historian Domhnall Uilleam Stiubhart of Edinburgh University's Celtic department and archaeologist Steven Birch explore the mysterious High Pasture Cave on the island of Skye.

High Pasture Cave on the island of Skye is one of an entirely new category of archaeological site - shedding light on the life, death and thinking of Iron Age people. It's marked by fire and feasting. In mid-winter, sacrifices of as many as 50 piglets could be made, their bones deposited in the cave, along with many other gifts for the gods, even what are possibly the bone pegs from a lyre. But there was also death here, in this cave with its underground stream. The bones of a woman, a very young baby and a foetus were offered up, covered by stones on a ritual stairway to the depths. The foetal bones had been mixed with the bones of a fetal pig. Isotope analysis showed that the woman and the babies were related. Archaeologists have long been puzzled about the fate of the Iron Age dead. What light can the cave, its offerings and its underground stream shed on this mystery?

Historian Dòmhnall Uilleam Stiùbhart of Edinburgh University's Celtic department explores the site with archaeologist Steven Birch. Fraser Hunter, a curator of the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh and Orcadian archaeologist Martin Carruthers, help us understand the fascinating lives and afterlives of our Iron Age ancestors. We'll also hear music on replica Bronze age instruments from Scottish musicologist John Purser.

BBC Proms: 2009: Prom 39: Greenwood, Stravinsky, Birtwistle: Part 2

Part 2 BBC Radio 3 - BBC Proms, 2009, Prom 39: Greenwood, Stravinsky, Birtwistle, Part 2

BBC Symphony Orchestra in Harrison Birtwistle: The Arches (The Mask of Orpheus).

From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Sarah Walker. The BBC Symphony Orchestra performs the central act of Harrison Birtwistle's 'lyric tragedy' The Mask of Orpheus.

From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Sarah Walker.

The BBC Symphony Orchestra performs the central act of Harrison Birtwistle's 'lyric tragedy' The Mask of Orpheus, in which the central character journeys to the Underworld through a series of 17 arches. The wind, brass and percussion of the orchestra are joined by the BBC Singers and an impressive cast of soloists, led by conductors Martyn Brabbins and Ryan Wigglesworth.

This work was a high point in Birtwistle's longstanding and continuing obsession with the Orpheus myth. It took him a decade to compose, working with the librettist Peter Zinovieff and sound engineer Barry Anderson, who realised the electronic interludes. 

Harrison Birtwistle: The Arches (The Mask of Orpheus)

Orpheus (the man) ...... Alan Oke (tenor) 
Orpheus (myth/puppet) ...... Thomas Walker (tenor) 
Euridice (the woman) ...... Christine Rice (mezzo-soprano) 
Euridice (the myth)/Persephone ...... Anna StÃ©phany (mezzo-soprano) 
Hecate ...... Claron McFadden (soprano) 
Charon/Caller/Hades ...... Andrew Slater (bass-baritone) 
Fury 1/Woman 1 ...... Rachel Nicolls (soprano) 
Fury 2/Woman 2 ...... Anna Dennis (soprano) 
Fury 3/Woman 3 ...... Louise Poole (mezzo-soprano) 
Judge 1 ...... Christopher Gillett (tenor) 
Judge 2 ...... Hakan Vramsmo (baritone) 
Judge 3 ...... Tim Mirfin (bass)
BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Orchestra 
Martyn Brabbins (conductor) 
Ryan Wigglesworth (2nd conductor)
Ian Dearden (sound projection).

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: Darwin's Conundrum

15/02/2009

Darwin's Conundrum

BBC Radio 3 - Sunday Feature, Darwin's Conundrum

An exploration of what Charles Darwin really thought about faith and religion.

An exploration of what Charles Darwin really thought about faith and religion, showing that he had a more complex relationship with them than is often believed.

An investigation into what Charles Darwin really thought about faith and religion. Although he has become an icon for militant secularists, and his theory of evolution is often used to challenge faith and belief, Darwin had a much more complex relationship with religion than is often believed and at one stage was even training to be a priest.

Angela Tilby explores Charles Darwin 's views on faith. Producer Phil Pegum

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: My Son the Fiddler

The Essay: My Son the Fiddler: Episode 4: The Beaux Arts Trio and Beyond

Episode 4: The Beaux Arts Trio and Beyond

My Son the Fiddler

The Beaux Arts Trio and Beyond

BBC Radio 3 - The Essay, My Son the Fiddler, The Beaux Arts Trio and BeyondClose menu

Christopher discusses Daniel's work as part of the Beaux Arts Trio and on other projects.

Author Daniel Hope discusses his violin player son Daniel's work as part of the Beaux Arts Trio and on other projects.

Author Christopher Hope recalls helping to bring up his son Daniel, who has become a renowned violin player. The question is, how does a writer and a musician survive in the same family?

He discusses Daniel's work as part of the Beaux Arts Trio and on other projects.

Author Christopher Hope recalls watching his son Daniel become a renowned violinist

Author Christopher Hope recalls watching his son Daniel become a renowned violinist, and how as a tone deaf father he helped and hindered his development

4/4. The Beaux Arts Trio and beyond. The last of four programmes in which Christopher Hope traces the rise to success of his violinist son Daniel.

World on 3

Radio 3's world music programme, with new CDs and studio sessions

World on 3: Charlie Gillett

Charlie Gillett

BBC Radio 3 - World on 3, Charlie Gillett

Charlie Gillett presents more highlights from the 2009 WOMAD Festival.

Charlie Gillett presents a varied mix of world sounds, including a specially-recorded session from 2009's WOMAD world music festival from Charlton Park in Wiltshire.

World on 3

Presented by Charlie Gillett
Produced by James Parkin

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

Friday 14th August

Jesus Hits Like the Atom Bomb
Pilgrim Travellers
Album: 20 Gospel Greats
Cascade CDROP 1017

Roll 'Em Pete
Joe Turner; Pete Johnson
Album: Roll 'Em Pete
Indigo IGOTCD 2551

Shellela
Getatchew Mekurya
Album: Very Best of Ethiopiques
Manteca MANTDCD 245

Alyo
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble 
Album: Hypnotic Brass Ensemble
Honest Jons HJRCD42

Tale III
Goran Bregovic
Album: Welcome to Bregovic
Wrasse Records WRASS 241

Abdallah Ag Alhousseyni: Tenhert
Tinariwen
Album: Imidiwan : Companions
Independiente ISOM 78 CD

Turbulenza
Mayra Andrade
Album: Storia Storia
RCA Victor 886952 6792

Mistica
Orishas
Album: O la Cubano
EMI France 7243 522052 2

Polio
Staff Benda Bilili
Album: Tres Tres Fort
Crammed Discs CRAW 51

Ian Dury/Chaz Jenkel: Spasticus Autisticus
Ian Dury
Single: Spasticus Autisticus
Polydor POSP 285

WOMAD highlights 

Max Manila: Kaukapol
17 Hippies
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Marrandi
Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu
Album: Gurrumul
Skinnyfish Records SFGU080201

Leonard Cohen: Hallelujah
Yasmin Levy
Album: Sentir
World Village Promo

Moliendo Café (1938)
Conjunto Casino
Album: Cuban Pearls Vol 2
Syllart 6133123

Todos Mortales
Ojos de Brujo
Album: Aucana
Warner Spain 2564691346

Sunshine Day
Osibisa
Album: Very best of Osibisa
Flying Elephant GSTOCD001

Mogo Kele
Oumou Sangare
Album: Seya
World Circuit WCD081

Black Rose (Sidestepper Remix)
Dub Colossus
Album: Return to Addis
Real World Records RWEP13

Charlie Gillett introduces more highlights from this year's Womad festival. Producer James Parkin

Through the Night

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

Through the Night: 15/08/2009

15/08/2009

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 15/08/2009

Music including Schumann, Brahms, Ravel, Glazunov, Borodin, Haydn, Verdi, Bach and Dvorak.

Music including Schumann, Brahms, Ravel, Glazunov, Borodin, Haydn, Verdi, Dvorak, Janacek, Morawetz, Dussek, Bach, Gorczycki, Hartmann, Frumerie, Handel, Schickhardt and Weber.

1.00am
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856): Kreisleriana, Op 16
1.33am
Auerbach, Lera (b.1973): 24 Preludes, Op 41 (excerpts)
1.40am
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897): Seven Fantasies for piano, Op 116
2.04am
Chopin, Fryderyk (1810-1849): Etude No 1 in C for piano, Op 10
2.06am
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937): Pavane pour une infante defunte
Anna Vinnitskaya (piano)

2.13am
Glazunov, Alexander Konstantinovich (1865-1936): Concerto in E flat for saxophone and orchestra, Op 109
Virgo Veldi (saxophone)
Tallinn Chamber Orchestra
Tarmo Leinatamm (conductor) 

2.27am
Borodin, Alexander (1833-1887), ed Glazunov: Symphony No 3
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
Bramwell Tovey (conductor) 

2.45am
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809): Two Marches in E flat for wind 
Bratislava Chamber Harmony
Justus PavlÃ­k (director)

2.52am
Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901): Giovanna D'Arco - Sinfonia
Canadian Opera Company Orchestra
Richard Bradshaw (conductor) 

3.01am
Dvorak, Antonin (1841-1904): Slavonic Dance No 8 in G minor, Op 46
Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Ari Rasilainen (conductor)

3.05am
Dvorak, Antonin (1841-1904): Symphony No 5 in F, Op 76
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
James Conlon (conductor) 

3.45am
Janacek, Leos (1854-1928): The Fiddler's child 
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiri Belohlavek (conductor) 

3.58am
Morawetz, Oskar (1917-2007): Overture on a Fairy Tale
Edmonton Symphony Orchestra
Uri Mayer (conductor)

4.10am
Dussek, Jan Ladislav (1760-1812): Piano Sonata in B flat, Op 35, No 1
Andreas Staier (fortepiano)

4.30am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Fantasia (and unfinished fugue) in C minor for keyboard, BWV 906
Andreas Staier (harpsichord)

4.38am
Bach: Prelude and fugue in A minor for organ, BWV 561
Norbert Bartelsman (organ)

4.47am
Gorczycki, Grzegorz Gerwazy (c.1665-1734): Laetatus sum for four voices, two violins, two trumpets and organ
Ecce nunc benedicite
Olga Pasiecznik (soprano)
Piotr Lykowski (countertenor)
Wojciech Parchem (tenor)
Miroslaw Borzynski (bass)
Sine Nomine Chamber Choir
Concerto Polacco
Marek Toporowski (chamber organ/director)  

4.55am
Bacewicz, Grazyna (1909-1969): Folk sketches for small orchestral ensemble (1948)
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jan Krenz (conductor)

5.01am
Boccherini, Luigi (1743-1805): Minuet for strings (Quintet, G275)
Varazdin Chamber Orchestra
David Geringas (conductor) 

5.05am
Hartmann, Johan Peter Emilius (1805-1900): 6 Characteerstykker med indledende Smaavers af HC Andersen, Op 50
Nina Gade (piano)

5.18am
Riisager, Knudage (1897-1974): Little Overture
CBC Vancouver Orchestra
Mario Bernardi (conductor)

5.24am
Frumerie, Gunnar de (1908-1987): Pastoral Suite for flute, harp and strings, Op 13b (originally for flute and piano)
Kathleen Rudolph (flute)
CBC Vancouver Orchestra
Mario Bernardi (conductor)

5.37am
Frumerie, Gunnar de (1908-1987), text Lagerkvist: The Lament
Christina Billing, Carina Morling, Aslog Rosen (soprano soloists)
Swedish Radio Choir
Eric Ericson (conductor) 

5.41am
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759): E vivo ancore...Scherza infida; Dopo notte (Ariodante)
Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano)
Les Musiciens du Louvre
Marc Minkowski (conductor) 

6.01am
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759): Sonata in B flat for two violins and basso continuo, Op 2, No 3
Musica Alta Ripa

6.12am
Doppler, Franz (1821-1883): Bird in the woods, Op 21
Janos Balint (flute)
Jeno Kevehazi, Peter Fuzes, Sandor Endrodi, Tibor Maruzsa (horns)

6.18am
Schickhardt, Johann Christian (c.1681-c.1762): Concerto in G minor for flute, two oboes, strings and basso continuo
Musica Ad Rhenum 

6.35am
Weber, Carl Maria von (1786-1826): Quintet in B flat for clarinet and strings, Op 34 (1815) 
Lena Jonhall (clarinet)
Zetterqvist String Quartet.

Schumann Kreisleriana , Op 16 1.33 Lera Auerbach 
24 Preludes, Op 41 (excerpts) Brahms Seven Fantasies, Op 116 Chopin Etude No 7 in C, Op 10 Ravel Pavane pour une infante defunte 2.13 Glazunov Saxophone 
Concerto in E flat, Op 109 2.27 Borodin, ed Glazunov Symphony No 3 2.45 Haydn Two Marches in E flat 
2.52 Verdi Sinfonia: Giovanna DArco 3.01 Dvorak 
Slavonic Dance in G minor, Op 46 No 8; Symphony No 5 in F 3.45 Janacek The Fiddler's Child 3.58 Morawetz Fairy Tale Overture 4.10 Dussek Piano Sonata in B flat, Op 35 No 1 4.30 Bach Fantasia and Unfinished Fugue in C minor, BWV906 4.38 Bach Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV561 4.47 Gorczycki Laetatus sum; Ecce nunc benedicte 4.55 Bacewicz Folk 
Sketches 5.01 Boccherini Minuet (String Quintet, G275) 5.05 Hartmann 6 Characteerstykker med indledende Smaavers of HC Andersen , Op 50 
5.18 Riisaqer Little Overture 5.24 Frumerie Pastoral Suite, Op 13b; The Lament 5.41 Handel Scherza infida; Dop notte (Ariodante) 6.01 Handel Sonata in B flat, Op 2 No 3 6.12 Doppler Bird in the Woods, Op 21 
6.18 Schickhardt Concerto in G minor 
6.35 Weber Clarinet Quintet in B flat, Op 34

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