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Breakfast

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

Breakfast: Rob Cowan

25/08/2009

Rob Cowan

BBC Radio 3 - Breakfast, Rob Cowan

Rob Cowan presents music to discover, rediscover and lift the spirits.

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


7:03

MONTEVERDI
Chiome d'Oro
Emma Kirkby & Evelyn Tubb (sopranos)
Consort of Musicke
Anthony Rooley (director)
PICKWICK PCD 881   T1


7:06

SCHUBERT
Ballet (Rosamunde)
Dresden Staatskapelle
Willi Boskovsky (conductor)
BERLIN CLASSICS 0090042BC  T11


7:14

LECLAIR
Sonata for Two Violins Op.3 No.4
Itzhak Perlman & Pinchas Zukerman (violins)
BMG CLASSICS 60735-2  T7 â 9


7:24

Richard STRAUSS
Andante for Horn & Piano 
Radovan Vlatkovic (horn)
Jeffrey Tate (piano)
EMI CDC7 49867-2  T5


7:31

SUPPÃ
Overture - Die Frau Meisterin
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner (conductor)
EMI 50999 5 09029-2  T4


7:42

HAYDN
With Joy the Impatient Husbandman (Spring - The Seasons)
John Shirley-Quirk (baritone)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Colin Davis (conductor)
PHILIPS 434 169-2  D1 T4


7:47

HANDEL
Organ Concerto Op.4 No.2 in B Flat Major
Accademia Bizantina
Ottavio Dantone (organ / director)
DECCA 478 1465  T5 â 8


8:03

J Strauss II
Unter Donner und Blitz
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Carlos Kleiber (conductor)
Sony SK 48376  T11


8:07

MAHLER
Wer hat dies Liedlein erdacht?
Lob des hohen Verstands  (Des Knaben Wunderhorn)
Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano)
Dietrich Henschel (baritone)
Orchestre des Champs-Elysees
Philippe Herreweghe (conductor)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 901920  T7 & 8


8:12:00

Nigel WESTLAKE
Wooden Ships (Antarctica - Suite for Guitar & Orchestra)
John Williams (guitar)
London Symphony Orchestra
Paul Daniel (conductor) 
SONY SK 53361  T3


8:17

RAMEAU
Contre-danse, EntrÃ©e, Rigaudons, Menuets un peu lents avec Tambourin, Menuets (Acante et Cephise)
Orchestra of the 18th Century
Frans BrÃ¼ggen (conductor)
GLOSSA GCD 921103  T12 â 16


8:31

BACH
Prelue & Fugue in G major BWV541
Ton Koopman (organ of the Basilica, Ottobeuren)
INTERDISC 97440/4  T1


8:39

SCHUMANN
KonzertstÃ¼ck (Introduction & Allegro Appassionato) Op.92
Murray Perahia (piano)
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Claudio Abbado (conductor)
SONY SK 64577 T4


8:56

MOZART
Ein musikalischer Spass K522 (4th movement)
The English Concert
Andrew Manze (director)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 907280  T14


9:00

BRITTEN
Hymn to St. Cecilia
Cambridge Singers
John Rutter (conductor)
COLLEGIUM COLCD 119  T1


9:11

PURCELL
Fantasia in five parts 'upon one note'
Fretwork
VIRGIN VC5 45062-2  T14


9:17

PROKOFIEV
Russian Overture Op.72
Paris Conservatoire Orchestra
Jean Martinon (conductor)
DECCA 475 7209  D6 T1


9:31

MENDELSSOHN
Finale (Incidental music for A Misummer Night's Dream)
Sandrine Piau (soprano), Choir of La Chapelle Royale & Collegium Vocale
Orchestre des Champs-Elysees
Philippe Herreweghe (conductor)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 901502  T11


9:36

DVORAK
Symphony No.3 (1st movement)
Prague Symphony Orchestra
Vaclav Smetacek (conductor)
SUPRAPHON SU 3968-2  T1


9:48

NYMAN
Skating (Monsieur Hire)
The Michael Nyman Band
VENTURE CDVED 957  D1 T11


9:50

WAGNER-LISZT
Liebestod
Byron Janis (piano)
EMI CDC5 56780-2  T11

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 Bax, Brahms, Korngold, Schreker, Purcell, Dvorak and Verdi.

With James Jolly. Including Bax: The Happy Forest. Brahms: In Waldeseinsamkeit. Weber: Wolf Glen Scene (Der Freischutz - Act 2). Dvorak: From the Bohemian Woods (Nos 1, 4, 5, 6).

With James Jolly.

10.00am
Bax: The Happy Forest
BBC Philharmonic
Vernon Handley (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN10446

10.12am
Brahms: In Waldeseinsamkeit, Op 85 No 6
Hans Hotter (baritone)
Gerald Moore (piano)
EMI 7631982

10.14am
Korngold: Waldeseinsamkeit (Zwolf Lieder, Op 5 No 11)
Dietrich Henschel (baritone)
Helmut Deutsch (piano)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC901780

10.16am
Schreker: Waldeinsamkeit (2 Liebeslieder)
Andras Schmidt (baritone)
Adrian Baianu (piano)
ARTE NOVA 74321 72126 2

10.20am
Brahms: String Quintet No 1 in F, Op 88
Hagen Quartet
DG 453 420-2

10.50am
Purcell: Scene of the Drunken Poet (The Fairy Queen - Act 1)
Blindfolded Poet ...... Richard Suart (bass)
Fairies ...... Gillian Fisher, Lorna Anderson (sopranos)
The Sixteen Choir and Orchestra
Harry Christophers (conductor)
COLLINS 70132 (2 CDs)

10.59am
Dvorak: From the Bohemian Woods, Op 68 (Nos 1, 4, 5, 6)
Duo Crommelynck
CLAVES 509106

11.16am
Boris Tchaikovsky: Murmuring Forest Suite
Saratov Conservatory Symphony Orchestra
Kirilil Ershov (conductor)
NAXOS 8.570195

11.30am
Verdi: Don Carlo (Act 1) - original version
Carlo ...... Placido Domingo (tenor)
Tebaldo ...... Delia Wallis (soprano)
Elisabetta ...... Montserrat Caballe (soprano)
Conte di Lerma ...... Ryland Davies (tenor)
Ambrosian Opera Chorus
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor)
EMI CDS 747701 8 (3 CDs).

With James Jolly. 
Bax The Happy Forest BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Vernon Handley 
10.12 Brahms In Waldeseinsamkeit, Op 85 No 6 Hans  Hotter  (baritone), Gerald Moore (piano) 
10.14 Korngold Waldeseinsamkeit (12 Lieder, Op 5), Dietrich Henschel (baritone), Helmut Deutsch (piano) 
10.16 Schreker Wa/deinsamkeit (Zwei Liebestieder) Andras Schmidt (baritone), Adrian Baianu (piano) 
10.20 Brahms String Quintet No 1 in F, Op 88 Hagen Quartet, Gérard Causse (viola) 
10.50 Purcell The Fairy Queen (Act Scene of the Drunken Poet) Gillian Fisher and Lorna Anderson (sopranos), Richard Stuart (bass), The Sixteen 
Choir and Orchestra, conductor Harry Christophers 
10.59 Dvorak From the Bohemian Woods, Op 68 (excerpts) Duo Crommelynck 
11.16 Boris Tchaikovsky Suite: The Murmuring Forest Saratov Conservatory Symphony Orchestra, conductor Kirill Ershov 
11.30 Verdi Don Carlos (Act 1)  
Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Royal Opera House Orchestra, conductor Carlo Maria Giulini

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: Nicolay Yakovlevich Myaskovksy (1881-1950)

Composer of the Week: Nicolay Yakovlevich Myaskovksy (1881-1950): Episode 2

Episode 2

Nicolay Yakovlevich Myaskovksy (1881-1950)

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Nicolay Yakovlevich Myaskovksy (1881-1950), Episode 2

Donald Macleod explores Myaskovsky's time at the St Petersburg Conservatory.

Donald Macleod traces Myaskovsky's entry and studies at the St Petersburg Conservatoire, where he became friends with Prokofiev.

Donal Macleod surveys Myaskovsky's life at the St Petersburg Conservatory, under the tutelage of Rimsky-Korsakov, and Glazunov. He introduces part of the composer's String Quartet No 3, which includes a disguised snub at his tutor Lyadov, spelling out the theme 'Beware of Lyadov'.

Whilst at the Conservatoire, Myaskovsky met Prokofiev, who would become a lifelong friend and champion. After graduation, Myaskovsky established himself as a music critic, writing notable articles on composers such as Beethoven and Medtner.

The Moon and the Mist, Op 4 No 13 (1905)
Nicolai Gedda (tenor)
Erik Werba (piano)
EMI 5653522 Tr 16

Reminiscences, Op 29 (1927) - excerpts
Murray McLachlan (piano)
Olympia OCD704 disc 3 Trs 8-11

String Quartet No 3 in D minor, Op 33 (1930) - 1st mvt
Taneyev Quartet
Russian Disc RD CD 11 032 Tr 1

Alastor in C minor, Op 14 after Shelley (1912)
State Symphony Orchestra of the Russian Federation
Evgeny Svetlanov (conductor)
Warner 2564 69689-8 disc 16 Tr 10.

Donald Macleod explores the life and works of composer and music critic Nicolay Myaskovsky

Donald Macleod explores the life and works of Russian composer and music critic Nicolay Myaskovsky

Composer of the Week: Myaskovsky

2/5. A look at Myaskovsky's time at the St Petersburg Conservatoire, where he met 
Prokofiev - who would become a lifelong friend and champion. With Donald Macleod. The Moon and the Mist, Op 4 No 13 
Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Erik Werba (piano) Reminiscences, Op 29 (excerpts) Murray McLachlan (piano) 
String Quartet, Op 33 No 3 (1st mvt) Taneyev Quartet Alastor Russian Federation State Symphony Orchestra, conductor Yevgeni Svetianov

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: Edinburgh International Festival 2009

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Edinburgh International Festival 2009: Episode 1

Episode 1

Edinburgh International Festival 2009

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert, Edinburgh International Festival 2009, Episode 1

Alexei Ogrintchouk (oboe) and friends in music by Britten, Mozart, (attr) Haydn and Ravel.

Alexei Ogrintchouk (oboe) and friends in chamber music. Britten: Phantasy Quartet for oboe and strings. Mozart: Duo in G, K423. attr Haydn: Quartet in B flat, H II B4.

Radio 3 at the Summer Festivals

Former Radio 3 New Generation Artist Alexei Ogrintchouk makes his Edinburgh Festival debut in a varied programme featuring two masterworks for oboe quartet alongside duos for strings by Mozart and Ravel. He is joined in this recital by fellow soloists and friends, cellist Boris Andrianov, violinist Boris Brovstyn and viola player Maxim Rysanov.

Alexei Ogrintchouk (oboe)
Boris Andrianov (cello)
Boris Brovstyn (violin)
Maxim Rysanov (viola)

Britten: Phantasy Quartet for oboe and strings
Mozart: Duo in G, K423
attr Haydn: Quartet in B flat, H II B4
Ravel: Sonata for violin and cello
Mozart: Oboe Quartet in F.

Series of chamber concert performances from the 2009 Edinburgh International Festival

Afternoon on 3

With Jonathan Swain. 
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 
First of a series of concerts from the Edinburgh Festival. Former New Generation Artist 
Alexei Ogrintchouk makes his Festival debut. 
Alexei Ogrintchouk (oboe), Boris Brovtsyn (violin), Maxim Rysanov (viola), Boris Andrianov (cello) Britten Phantasy Quartet Mozart Duo in B flat, K424 
Haydn Quartet in B flat, H lib 4 
Ravel Sonata for violin and cello 
Mozart Oboe Quartet in F K370 
2.30 BBC Proms 2009 
Rebecca Evans (soprano), Caitlin Hulcup (mezzo), Anthony Dean Griffey (tenor), James Rutherford (bass), City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, BBCSSO, conductor Nan Volkov Stravinsky Orpheus 
Beethoven Symphony No 9 in D minor (Choral)  
4.30 New Generation Artists 
Including Haydn's String Quartet in D minor, Op 42 Pavel Haas Quartet

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 40/Stravinsky, Beethoven

Prom 40/Stravinsky, Beethoven

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Prom 40/Stravinsky, Beethoven

A Prom featuring Stravinsky's ballet Orpheus and Beethoven's Choral Symphony.

BBC Proms 2009: A Prom featuring Stravinsky's ballet Orpheus and the annual performance of Beethoven's Choral Symphony. Ilan Volkov conducts the BBC SSO.

Presented by Jonathan Swain.

BBC Proms 2009:

A Prom featuring Stravinsky's Orpheus, as part of a series of the composer's ballets, followed by the annual performance of Beethoven's Choral Symphony, with by Ilan Volkov in his last Proms appearance as the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra's chief conductor.

Rebecca Evans (soprano)
Caitlin Hulcup (mezzo-soprano)
Anthony Dean Griffey (tenor)
James Rutherford (bass)
City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov (conductor)

Stravinsky: Orpheus
Beethoven: Symphony No 9 (Choral)

4.30pm
Performances by Radio 3 New Generation Artists:

Haydn: String Quartet in D minor, Op 42
Pavel Haas Quartet.

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: 25/08/2009 Nicholas McGegan and Hopkinson Smith

25/08/2009 Nicholas McGegan and Hopkinson Smith

BBC Radio 3 - In Tune, 25/08/2009 Nicholas McGegan and Hopkinson Smith

Presented by Petroc Trelawny. With conductor Nicholas McGegan and lutenist Hopkinson Smith

Petroc Trelawny presents music and guests from the arts world, including, ahead of their Edinburgh festival performances, conductor Nicholas McGegan and lutenist Hopkinson Smith.

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

Ahead of their Edinburgh Festival performances Petroc talks to Nicholas McGegan, who conducts Handel's Acis and Galatea and Admeto Rei Di Tessaglia, and Hopkinson Smith, giving a recital at the Queen's Hall.

17.02
SMETANA
Polka: To Our Lasses (Nasim devam) 
Prague Symphony Orchestra
Vaclav Smetacek (conductor)
SUPRAPHON 10 1429
Track 1
3â56

17.07
FRANCISCO GUERAU
Canarios
Hopkinson Smith, baroque guitar
NAÃVE E8908
Track 18
2â24

17.10
HANDEL
Overture; O the pleasure of the plains! (Acis & Galatea)
NDR Choir			
Gottingen Festival Orchestra
Nicholas McGegan (director)
CARUS 83.420
Tracks 1-2
8â54

17.26
HANDEL
Cangio dâaspetto (Admeto, Act 1 Sc.6)
RenÃ© Jacobs, counter-tenor (Admeto)
Il Complesso Barocco
Alan Curtis (conductor)
VIRGIN VMT561369 2
CD1 Track 16
5â07

17.38
HANDEL
Hallelujah chorus (Messiah)
U.C. Berkeley Chamber Chorus
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
Nicholas McGegan, director
Harmonia Mundi 907050.52
CD 2 Track 12
3â19

17.42
MICHAEL NYMAN
Out of the Ruins
The Holy Echmiadzin Chorus
Khoren Meykhanejian, conductor
SILVA SCREEN FILMCD 063
Track 1
11â30

17.57
KAPSPERGER
Gagliarda
Hopkinson Smith (lute)
NaÃ¯ve E8908
Track 14
1â58	

18.03
ROSSINI
The Thieving Magpie (Overture)
London Classical Players
Roger Norrington (conductor)
VIRGIN 7243 5 61900 2 3
Track 5
9â37

18.14
BACH
Prelude, Partita no.3 in E major, BWV.1006
Hopkinson Smith, 13 course (24 string) lute
NAÃVE E8908
Track 21
4â47

18.25
BERNARD JOACHIM HAGEN
Largo (Lute Concerto in A)
Hopkinson Smith (lute)
Chiara Banchini, David Plantier (violins)
Daivd Courviosier (viola)
Roel Dieltens (cello)
NAÃVE E8908
Track 12
4â27
	
18.34
GASPAR SANZ
Marizapalo; La Tarantela
Hopkinson Smith (baroque guitar)
NAÃVE E8908
Tracks 8-9
6â22

18.43
WALTON arr Mathieson		
Suite from Henry V 
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra	
AndrÃ© Previn (conductor)
CARL 30367 01862
Tracks 10-14
15â40

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 53: Purcell, Handel, Haydn, Mendelssohn

BBC Proms: 2009: Prom 53: Purcell, Handel, Haydn, Mendelssohn: Part 1

Part 1 2009

BBC Radio 3 - BBC Proms, 2009, Prom 53: Purcell, Handel, Haydn, Mendelssohn, Part 1

Roger Norrington conducts the OAE in works by Handel, Haydn and Purcell.

From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Roger Norrington conducts the OAE in popular works celebrating Radio 3's Composers of the Year. Works by Handel, Haydn and Purcell.

From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch.

Roger Norrington conducts a programme of popular works, celebrating Radio 3's Composers of the Year 2009. It begins with Purcell's suite Abdelazar, with its famous tune later used by Britten in his Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra. American mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato then joins one of the world's leading period instrument orchestras for famous arias by Handel and a dramatic scena by Haydn.

Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Roger Norrington (conductor)

Purcell: Suite: Abdelazar
Handel: Ombra mai fu (Xerxes); Ah, mio cor! (Alcina); Suite No 2 in D (Water Music)
Haydn: Scena di Berenice.

BBC Proms: 2009

Prom 53: Purcell, Handel, Haydn, Mendelssohn

Roger Norrington conducts a celebration of Radio 3's four composers of the year for 2009

Roger Norrington conducts the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment in a celebration of Radio 3's four composers of the year in 2009: Purcell, Handel, Haydn and Mendelssohn

BBC Proms 2009

From London's Royal Albert Hall , with Sara Mohr-Pietsch . 
Joyce DiDonato (mezzo), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, conductor Roger Norrington Purcell Suite: 
Abdelazar Handel Ombra mai fu (Xerxes); Ah, mio cor! (Alcina): Suite No 2 in D: Water Music 
Haydn Berenice , che fail H XXIVa 10

BBC Proms: 2009: Proms Plus

BBC Proms: 2009: Proms Plus: Proms Anniversary Composers

Proms Anniversary Composers

BBC Radio 3 - BBC Proms, 2009, Proms Plus, Proms Anniversary Composers

Sara Mohr-Pietsch discusses Radio 3's 2009 anniversary composers with members of the OAE.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch discusses Radio 3's four anniversary composers in 2009 with members of OAE - oboist Anthony Robson, viola player Nicholas Logi and conductor Roger Norrington.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch hosts a discussion at the Royal College of Music about Radio 3's four anniversary composers in 2009 - Purcell, Handel, Haydn and Mendelssohn - with members of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor Roger Norrington is joined by the OAE's principal oboist, Anthony Robson, and viola player Nicholas Logi.

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

Twenty Minutes: Proms Plus

Tonight's conductor and members of the orchestra discuss the influence of this year's anniversary composers on British musical life. 
8.20 Mendelssohn Symphony No 3 in A minor (Scottish) Repeated on Tuesday 8 September at 2pm

BBC Proms: 2009: Prom 53: Purcell, Handel, Haydn, Mendelssohn: Part 2

Part 2 BBC Radio 3 - BBC Proms, 2009, Prom 53: Purcell, Handel, Haydn, Mendelssohn, Part 2

Roger Norrington conducts the OAE in Mendessohn: Symphony No 3 in A minor (Scottish).

From the Royal Albert Hall. Roger Norrington and the OAE's celebration of Radio 3's four Composers of the Year in 2009 concludes with Mendessohn's evocative Scottish Symphony.

From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch.

Roger Norrington and the OAE's celebration of Radio 3's four Composers of the Year in 2009 concludes with Mendessohn's evocative Scottish Symphony.

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Roger Norrington (conductor)

Mendelssohn: Symphony No 3 in A minor (Scottish).

Music Feature

Programmes exploring music and music-related subjects

Music Feature: The Art of Noises

The Art of Noises

BBC Radio 3 - Music Feature, The Art of Noises

Robert Worby examine the Art of Noises, an offshoot of the Italian Futurism movement.

Robert Worby examines the least-documented aspect of the Futurist art movement -  the Art of Noises, asking why it continues to resonate for many musicians and artists today.

One hundred years after the founding manifesto of Futurism, Robert Worby examine the least-documented aspect of Italy's most audacious art movement: the Art of Noises.

The most influential futurist musician was Luigi Russolo who argued for a complete reappraisal of classical orchestras to include sounds of the modern world. He designed and built early mechanical synthesisers, or intonarumori, to recreate the sounds of factories, cars and whistles.

Robert travels to Milan, the birthplace of Futurism, to visit reconstructions of the intonarumori - a collection of instruments invented by Russolo - and re-imagine the sounds of the trams and the mighty railway station which inspired them. With all but a few shards of Russolo's music lost or destroyed, why do the Art of Noises continue to resonate for many musicians and artists today?

A century after the advent of the Futurism arts movement, Robert Worby examines the legacy of Luigi Russolo (1885-1947). Producer Joby Waldman

BBC Proms: 2009: Prom 54 - Michael Nyman

Prom 54 - Michael Nyman

BBC Radio 3 - BBC Proms, 2009, Prom 54 - Michael Nyman

Michael Nyman and his band perform excerpts from his film soundtracks and a world premiere

From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Best known for his soundtracks to movies such as The Piano and Wonderland, Michael Nyman brings his band to the Proms for the first time.

From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Fiona Talkington.

Now best known for his soundtracks to such movies as The Piano, Gattaca and Wonderland, Michael Nyman started out as a musicologist, editing scores by Handel and Purcell. Nyman makes his Proms debut with his band performing selections from some of his best-known scores and the world premiere of a piece specially commissioned by the BBC for this concert.

Anu Komsi (soprano)
Michael Nyman Band
Michael Nyman (director/piano)

Michael Nyman: The Draughtsman's Contract (excerpts); The Musicologist Scores (BBC commission: world premiere); Blume; Psalm (Six Celan Songs); Memorial (The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover).

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

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.
Michael Nyman and his band make their Proms debut - performing some of Nyman's best-known film music, plus a special Proms commission. Presented by Fiona Talkington.
Anu Komsi (soprano), Michael Nyman Band, director Michael Nyman (piano)

Film music: The Draughtsman's Contract; The Musicologist Scores (BBC commission, 1st performance); Blume; Psalm (Six Celan Songs); Memorial (The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover)

(Repeated on Wednesday 9 September at 2pm)

Late Junction

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

Late Junction: Fiona Talkington

Fiona Talkington

BBC Radio 3 - Late Junction, Fiona Talkington

Fiona Talkington presents music from Ian Boddy and Markus Reuter, plus Hilde Kirkeboen.

Presented by Fiona Talkington. With Ian Boddy and Markus Reuter in music inspired by Messiaen, Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares in Bulgarian folk and fiddle playing by HIlde Kirkeboen.

Fiona Talkington's varied selection includes Ian Boddy and Markus Reuter playing electronic music inspired by Messiaen,  Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares singing in the open-throated Bulgarian folk style and the hypnotic fiddle playing of HIlde Kirkeboen.

Track List:

23:45
Lars Hollmer: Augustins Tema
Album: Utsikter
Krax 11

23:49
Piney Gir & The Age Of Reason: Blixa Bargeld’s Bicycle
Album: The Yearling
Hotel Records Room 003

(Segue)

23:50
Tango Crash: Bailá Querida
Album: Bailá Querida
Galileo GMC028

(Segue)

23:54
Nashville Mandolin Ensemble: My Last Days On Earth
Album: Plectrasonics
CMH Records CMH-8010

23:59
Le Mystere Des Voix Bulgares: Pilentze Pee (Pilentze Chante)  
Album: Le Mystere Des Voix Bulgares
Editions Disques Celier 22190 4311

(Segue)

00:00
Janacek: The Barn Owl Has Not Flown & Words Fail
Performed By Andras Schiff
Album: Janacek - On An Overgrown Path
BMG Classics RD60147

00:07
Hilde Kirkebøen: Tjednbalen
Album: Tjednbalen
Etnisk Musikklubb EM 41

(Segue)

00:10
David Holland Quartet: Conference Of The Birds
Album: Conference Of The Birds
ECM 829 373 2

00:16
James Olsen: Chameleon Concerto
Performed By The London Sinfonietta
Album: The Jerwood Series 6
SINF CD2 2009

00:28
Sidsel Endresen: So I Write
Album: So I Write
ECM 841 776 2

(Segue)

00:36
Hildur Gudnadottir: Elevation
Album: Without Sinking
Touch TO:70

00:43
Messiaen: O Sacrum Convivium
Performed By RIAS Chamber Choir Conducted by Daniel Reuss
Album: Messiaen/ RIAS Choir
Harmonia Mundi 901834

00:48
Markus Reuter & Ian Boddy: Spiral Manoeuvre
With SiReneé (voice)
Album: Dervish
DiN33

Including Ian Boddy and Markus Reuter playing electronic music inspired by Messiaen, plus Le 
Mystere des Voix Bulgares, and the fiddle playing of Hilde Kirkeboen. With Fiona Talkington. 
Producer Philip Taqney EMAIL: late.junction@bbc.co.uk

Through the Night

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

Through the Night: 26/08/2009

26/08/2009

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 26/08/2009

Music including Mendelssohn, Brahms, Schumann, Schoenberg, Tchaikovsky, Sweelinck, Handel.

Music including Mendelssohn, Brahms, Schumann, Schoenberg, Tchaikovsky, Sweelinck, Svendsen, Chopin, Muffat, Part, Handel, Schenck, Granados, Bizet, Bach, Mozart, Ravel and Torres.

1.00am
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847): Overture: Meeresstille und gluckliche Fahrt (Calm sea and a prosperous voyage), Op 27
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Simone Young (conductor)

1.15am
Mendelssohn: Concerto in D minor for violin, piano and string orchestra
Leonidas Kavakos (violin)
Enrico Pace (piano)
Risor Festival Strings

1.52am
Mendelssohn: Overture: St Paul, Op 36
Rietze Smits (organ)

2.01am
Mendelssohn: Three Psalms, Op 78
Chamber Choir AVE
Andraz Hauptman (conductor)

2.22am
Mendelssohn: Symphony No 5 in D, Op 107 (Reformation)
Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Vytautas Lukocius (conductor)

2.51am
Mendelssohn: Three Etudes, Op 104 (1834-1838)
Sylviane Deferne (piano)

3.01am
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897): Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op 115
Thomas Friedli (clarinet)
Quartet Sine Nomine

3.38am
Schumann, Clara (1819-1896): 4 Pieces fugitives for piano, Op 15
Angela Cheng (piano)

3.52am
Schoenberg, Arnold (1874-1951): Friede auf Erden for chorus, Op 13
Erik Westbergs Vocal Ensemble

4.02am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Symphony No 17 in G, K129
The Amadeus Polish Radio Chamber Orchestra in Poznan
Agnieszka Duczmal (conductor)

4.20am
Chopin, Fryderyk (1810-1849): Waltz in A minor, Op 34 No 2
Sergei Terentjev (piano)

4.26am
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893): Introduction and waltz (Eugene Onegin, Op 24)
BBC Philharmonic
Vassily Sinaisky (conductor)

4.34am
Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon (1562-1621): Psalm 110: Le Toutpuissant a mon Seigneur et maistre
Netherlands Chamber Choir
Peter Phillips (conductor)

4.42am
Svendsen, Johan (1840-1911): Romance in G for violin and orchestra, Op 26
Julia Fischer (violin)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Christopher Warren-Green (conductor)

4.51am
Chopin (1810-1849): Rondo a la Mazur in F for piano, Op 5
Ludmil Angelov (piano)

5.01am
Muffat, Georg (1653-1704): Sonata
L'Orfeo Barockorchester
Michi Gaigg (director)

5.07am
Moniuszko, Stanislaw (1819-1872) orch Noskowski: Polonaise in E flat
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jerzy Katlewicz (conductor)

5.14am
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759): Aria with variations (Piano Suite No 5 in E, HWV 430 - The Harmonious Blacksmith)
Marian Pivka (piano)

5.19am
Part, Arvo (b.1935): The Woman with the Alabaster box for chorus
Erik Westbergs Vocal Ensemble

5.26am
Schenck, Johann (1660-c.1712): Sonata in F sharp minor, Op 9 No 3
Berliner Konzert:
Hartwig Groth (viola da gamba)
Christoph Lehmann (harpsichord)

5.43am
Granados, Enrique (1867-1916), arr Chris Paul Harman: The Maiden and the Nightingale
Isabel Bayrakdarian (soprano)
Bryan Epperson, Maurizio Baccante, Roman Borys, Simon Fryer, David Hetherington, Roberta Jansen, Paul Widner, Thomas Wiebe, Winona Zelenka (cellos)

5.50am
Bizet, Georges (1838-1875): Carmen Suite No 2
Slovenian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra
Marko Munih (conductor)

6.07am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) arr Mozart: Adagio and Fugue in G minor (after BWV883)
Benjamin Nabarro (violin)
Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano)
Leopold String Trio:
Marianne Thorsen (violin)
Lawrence Power (viola)
Kate Gould (cello)

6.13am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791), arr Franz Danzi: Duos from Don Giovanni arranged for two cellos
Duo Fouquet

6.19am
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937): Piano Trio in A minor (1914)
Bernt Lysell (violin)
Mats Rondin (cello)
Bengt-Ake Lundin (piano)

6.46am
Torres, Jose de (c.1670-1738): Cantada al Santisimo (Afectos amantes)
Marta Almanjano (soprano)
Al Ayre Espanol
Eduardo Lopez Banzo (conductor).

Mendelssohn Overture: Meeresstille und gluckliche Fahrt; Concerto in D minor for violin, piano and string orchestra; Overture: St Paul; Three Psalms, Op 78; Symphony No 5 in D (Reformation); Three Etudes, Op 104 3.01 Brahms Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op 115 3.38 C Schumann Quatre pièces fugitives, Op 15 3.52 Schoenberq Friede auf Erden 4.02 Mozart Symphony No 17 in G, K129 
4.20 Chopin Waltz in A minor, Op 34 No 2 
4.26 Tchaikovsky Introduction and Waltz (Eugene Onegin) 4.34 JP Sweelinck Le Toutpuissant a mon 
Seigneur et maistre 4.42 Svendsen Romance in G 
4.51 Chopin Rondo a la mazur, Op 5 5.01 Muffat Sonata (Concerto No 11 in E minor: Delirium amoris) 
5.07 Monluszko Polonaise in E flat 5.14 Handel Aria with Variations (Piano Suite No 5 in E, HWV430: The 
Harmonious Blacksmith) 5.19 Arvo Part The Woman with the Alabaster Box 5.26 Schenck Viola da Gamba Sonata in F sharp minor, Op 9 No 3 5.43 Granados, arr Harman The Maiden and the Nightingale 5.50 Bizet Carmen Suite No 2 6.07 Bach Adagio and Fugue in G minor (after BWV883) 6.13 Mozart Duos, arr for two cellos (Don Giovanni ) 6.19 Ravel Piano Trio in A minor 
6.46 Torres Cantada al Santisimo Afectos amantes

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