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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

28/08/2009

Rob Cowan

BBC Radio 3 - Breakfast, Rob Cowan

Rob Cowan presents a lively mix of music.

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

07:03am

FUCIK
Einzug der Gladiatoren, Marsch, op.68
Tschechische Philharmonie
VÃ¡clav Neumann (conductor)
TELDEC 8.42337  Tr 4

07:06am

RACHMANINOV
Valse from Suite No.2 (for 2 pianos)
Martha Argerich (piano)
Nelson Freire (piano)
PHILIPS 475 8520  Tr 2

07:12am

THOMAS TOMKINS
Of all the birds that I do know
The King's Singers
Anthony Rooley (lute)
EMI CLASSICS 2 07063 2, CD4  Tr 10

07:14am

BRAHMS
Rondo from Serenade No.1 in D major, Op 11
London Symphony Orchestra
IstvÃ¡n KertÃ©sz (conductor)
DECCA 4216282  Tr 6

07:21am

DEBUSSY
Clair de Lune from Suite Bergamasque
Renaud CapuÃ§on (violin)
JerÃ´me Ducros (piano)
VIRGIN CLASSICS 00946 374087 2  Tr 10

07:26am

TELEMANN
Menuet I & II from Overture in D major to Ino
Musica Antiqua KÃ¶ln
Reinhard Goebel (director)
ARCHIV PRODUKTION 429 772-2  Tr 7

07:32am

COPLAND
Fanfare for the Common Man
Netherlands Wind Ensemble
Richard Dufallo (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN9210  Tr 1

07:36am

JOSEF SUK
Burleska op.17, no.4
Itzhak Perlman (violin)
Samuel Sanders (piano)
EMI CLASSICS 4 76957 2, CD1  Tr 3

07:39am

MOZART
Rondo - Non piu di fiori vaghe catene (No more shall Hymen descend)
(from La clemenza di Tito, K.621)
Magdalena Kozena (mezzo-soprano)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Simon Rattle (conductor)
ARCHIV 00289 477 5799  Tr 7

07:47am

MARTINU
Divertimento (Serenade No.4)
Oldrich Vlcek (violin)
Sdenek Zindel (viola)
Prague Chamber Orchestra
SUPRAPHON SU36432031  Trs 9-11

07:53am

JOPLIN
The Easy Winners
Boston Pops Orchestra
Arthur Fiedler (conductor)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 00289 477 6115, CD2  Tr 14

08:03am

TCHAIKOVSKY
Variations on a Rococo Theme, op.33 (Theme & variations 1 & 2)
Stephen Isserlis (cello)
The Chamber Orchestra of Europe
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
VIRGIN CLASSICS VC7911342  Trs 2-4

08:12am

MOZART
Allegro from Piano Trio No.5 in C major, K.548
Kungsbacka Piano Trio
NAXOS 8.570519  Tr 6

08:09am

HAYDN
Aria (Hanne): Welche Labung fur die Sinne! (O how pleasing to the senses)
(from The Seasons)
Gundula Janowitz (soprano)
Wiener Symphoniker
Karl BÃ¶hm (conductor)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4239222, CD1  Tr 16

08:22am

SCHUBERT
Impromptu No.4, D.899
Imogen Cooper (piano)
OTTAVO OTRC78923  Tr 8

08:31am

DEBUSSY
Trois Melodies (Paul Verlaine)
Christopher Maltman (baritone)
Malcolm Martineau (piano)
HYPERION CDA67357  Trs 13-15

08:39am

JENKINS
Fantasy 11 in g (six-part consort)
Phantasm
AVIE AV2099  Tr 7

08:45am

GRIEG
Symphonic Dances, op.64, no.4
Halle orchestra
Sir John Barbirolli (conductor)
DUTTON LABORATORIES CDSJB 1012  Tr 12

08:57am

WALTER LEIGH
Allegro from Trio for flute, oboe & piano
Locrian Ensemble
EPOCH CDLX 7143  Tr 10

09:00am

TCHAIKOVSKY
Valse-Scherzo, op.34
Boris Belkin (violin)
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Vladimir Ashkenazy (conductor)
DECCA ELOQUENCE 476 7488  Tr 7

09:09am

ARVO PART
I am the true vine
Theatre of Voices
The Pro Arte Singers
Paul Hillier (director)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 907242  Tr 2

09:17am

FRANZ XAVER RICHTER
String Quartet in Bb major
Concentus musicus Wien
Nikolaus Harnoncourt (director)
TELDEC 2564 69852-6  Trs 11-13

09:31am

BEETHOVEN
Sonata No.22, op.54 in F major
Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
RCA RED SEAL 82876 59421 2  Trs 4-5

09:44am

MAHLER
Scherzo: Schattenhaft - Trio FlieÃend, aber nicht schnell
Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich
David Zinman (conductor)
RCA RED SEAL 88697 50650 2  Tr 3

09:55am

HAMELIN
Etude No.9 (d'apres Rossini)
Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano)
HYPERION CDA 67050  Tr 3.

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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 Smetana, Dvorak, Schoenberg, Haydn, Warlock and Delius.

With James Jolly. Including Smetana: Ma Vlast. Dvorak: Waldesruhe. Schoenberg: Lied der Waldtaube. Haydn: Symphony No 69. Warlock: The Frostbound Wood. Warlock: Walking the Woods.

With James Jolly.

10.00am
Smetana: From Bohemia's Woods and Fields (Ma Vlast)
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Rafael Kubelik (conductor)
SUPRAPHON 11 1208-2

10.15am
Dvorak: Waldesruhe, Op 68 No 5
Steven Isserlis (cello)
Stephen Hough (piano)
HYPERION CDA67529

10.21am
Schoenberg: Lied der Waldtaube
Jessye Norman (mezzo-soprano)
Members of Ensemble Intercontemporain
Pierre Boulez (conductor)
SONY SMK48466

10.35am
Haydn: Symphony, No 69
Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia Budapest
Bela Drahos (conductor)
NAXOS 8.550769

10.56am
Warlock: The Frostbound Wood
Ian Partridge (tenor)
Jennifer Partridge (piano)
ETCETERA KTC1078

11.00am
Warlock: Walking the Woods
Benjamin Luxon (baritone)
David Willison (piano)
CHANDOS CHAN8643

11.03am
Delius: Violin Sonata in B
Tasmin Little (violin)
Piers Lane (piano)
CONIFER 75605 51315 2

11.29am
Takemitsu: In the Woods (Rosedale)
Franz Halasz (guitar)
BIS CD1075

11.33am
Villa-Lobos: First Bird Song - Twilight Song (Forest of the Amazon)
Renee Fleming (soprano)
Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra
Chorus of the Moscow Physics and Engineering Institute
Alfred Heller (conductor)
DELOS DE1037

11.58am
Jankowski: A Walk in the Black Forest
Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass
HIGH COIN SABRECD2009.

With 
James Jolly. Smetana From Bohemia's Woods and Fields (Ma Vlast) Czech PO, conductor Rafael Kubelik 
10.15 Dvorak Waldesruhe, Op 68 No 5 
Steven Isserlis (cello), Stephen Hough (piano) 
10.21 Schoenberg Lied der Waldtaube Jessye Norman (mezzo), Ensemble 
Intercontemporain, conductor Pierre Boulez 
10.35 Haydn Symphony No 69 in C (Laudon) 
Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia , conductor Bela Drahos 
10.56 Warlock The Frostbound Wood 
Ian Partridge (tenor), Jennifer Partridge (piano) 
11.00 Warlock Walking the Woods
 Benjamin Luxon (baritone), David Willison (piano) 
11.03 Delius Violin Sonata in B 
Tasmin  Little  (violin), Piers  Lane  (piano) 
11.29 Takemitsu Rosedale (In the Woods) 
Franz Halasz (guitar) 
11.33 Villa-Lobos Forest of the Amazon (excerpt) Renée Fleming (soprano), Moscow Physics and Engineering Institute Chorus, Moscow Radio 
Symphony Orchestra, conductor Alfred Heller

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 5

Episode 5

Nicolay Yakovlevich Myaskovksy (1881-1950)

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Nicolay Yakovlevich Myaskovksy (1881-1950), Episode 5

Donald Macleod charts Myaskovsky's final, tragic years.

Donald Macleod charts Myaskovsky's final, embittered years, as he was driven to an early grave through persecution.

Donald Macleod discusses Myaskovsky's final years, when he not only suffered with stomach cancer, but also with bitterness and resentment induced by a second wave of persecution during Stalin's cultural attacks. Some of the composer's final works - the Second Cello Sonata, the 13th String Quartet and the 27th Symphony - each won him a Stalin Prize. Having asked Shostakovich whether his life's work was pointless, the composer died a few days later in 1950.

Sonata No 5 in B, Op 64 (1944) - 3rd mvt
Murray McLachan (piano)
Olympia OCD704 disc 2 Tr 9

Symphony No 21 in F sharp minor, Op 51 (1940) - excerpt
State Symphony Orchestra of the Russian Federation
Evgeny Svetlanov (conductor)
Warner 2564 69689-8 disc 14 Tr 1

Sonata No 2 in A minor for cello and piano, Op 81 (1948-9) - 2nd mvt
Yuli Turovsky (cello)
Luba Edlina (piano)
Chandos CHAN8523 Tr 6

String Quartet No 13 in A minor, Op 86 (1949) - 2nd, 3rd mvts
The Kopelman Quartet
Nimbus NI5827 Trs 2-3

Symphony No 27 in C minor, Op 85 (1949)
Russian State Symphony Orchestra
Valeri Polyansky (conductor)
Chandos CHAN10025 Tr 3.

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

5/5. The composer's last years. With Donald Macleod. Piano Sonata No 5, Op 64 No 1(3rd mvt) Murray McLachlan 
Symphony No 21 (Andante sostenuto) Russian 
Federation State SO, conductor Yevgeni Svetlanov Cello Sonata No 2, Op 81 (2nd mvt) Yuli Turovsky , Luba Edlina (piano) 
String Quartet No 13, Op 86 (2nd and 3rd mvts) Kopelman Quartet 
Symphony No 27 (3rd mvt) 
Russian State SO, conductor Valeri Polyansky

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: Hebrides Ensemble, Christopher Maltman

Hebrides Ensemble, Christopher Maltman

Edinburgh International Festival 2009

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert, Edinburgh International Festival 2009, Hebrides Ensemble, Christopher Maltman

Baritone Christopher Maltman performs Debussy, Mahler, Schoenberg and J Strauss II.

Baritone Christopher Maltman performs with the Hebrides Ensemble in a programme including Debussy, Mahler, Schoenberg and J Strauss II.

Radio 3 at the Summer Festivals

Scotland's Hebrides Ensemble with baritone Christopher Maltman present chamber arrangements made by Schoenberg and his students of contemporary orchestral works, including Berg's trio version of his own Chamber Concerto.

Christopher Maltman (baritone)
Hebrides Ensemble

Debussy, arr Sachs: Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune
Berg: Adagio (Chamber Concerto) arr for violin, piano and clarinet
Mahler, arr Schoenberg: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
Schoenberg, arr Webern: Chamber Symphony No 1
J Strauss II, arr Schoenberg: Rosen aus dem Suden.

Series of chamber concert performances from the 2009 Edinburgh International Festival

Afternoon on 3

With Jonathan Swain. 
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 
More Edinburgh Festival highlights, with chamber arrangements made by Schoenberg and his students of contemporaneous orchestral works. 
Christopher Maltman (baritone), Hebrides Ensemble Debussy, arr Sachs Prélude a l'après-midi d'un faune Berg Adagio (Chamber Concerto) 
Mahler, arr Schoenberg Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen Schoenberg, arr Webern Chamber Symphony No I 
J Strauss (son), arr Schoenberg Rosen aus dem Suden

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 44/Prokofiev, Bartok, Dvorak

Prom 44/Prokofiev, Bartok, Dvorak

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Prom 44/Prokofiev, Bartok, Dvorak

Ivan Fischer conducts his Budapest Festival Orchestra in Prokofiev, Bartok and Dvorak.

BBC Proms 2009: A Prom featuring the Budapest Festival Orchestra in music by Prokofiev, Bartok and Dvorak. Plus New Generation Artists: Music by Brahms and Haydn.

Presented by Jonathan Swain.

BBC Proms 2009:

A Prom in which Hungary's leading orchestra makes a welcome return to the Royal Albert Hall, under principal conductor Ivan Fischer. With Prokofiev's klezmer-tinged Overture on Hebrew Themes, Bartók's expansive Second Violin Concerto, with the dynamic Leonidas Kavakos, and Dvorak's most darkly dramatic and passionate symphony - the Seventh.

Leonidas Kavakos (violin)
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Ivan Fischer (conductor)

Prokofiev: Overture on Hebrew Themes
Bartok: Violin Concerto No 2
Dvorak: Symphony No 7 in D minor

4.15pm
Performances by Radio 3 New Generation Artists, including:

Brahms: Clarinet Trio in A minor, Op 114
Claudio Bohorquez (cello)
Ronald van Spaendonck (clarinet)
Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano)

Haydn: Piano Sonata in E minor, H XVI 34
Ingrid Fliter (piano).

BBC Proms 2009

Another chance to hear last Tuesday's Prom. Leonidas Kavakos (violin), Budapest Festival Orchestra, conductor Ivan Fischer 
Prokofiev Overture on Hebrew Themes 
Bartok Violin Concerto No 2 
Dvorak Symphony No 7 in D minor  
4.15 New Generation Artists 
Brahms Clarinet Trio in A minor, Op 114 
Ronald van Spaendonck (clarinet), 
Claudio Bohorquez (cello), Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano) Haydn Piano Sonata in E minor, H XVI 34 Ingrid Fliter

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: 28/08/2009 Tom Arthurs, Richard Fairhurst and Sharon Bezaly

28/08/2009 Tom Arthurs, Richard Fairhurst and Sharon Bezaly

BBC Radio 3 - In Tune, 28/08/2009 Tom Arthurs, Richard Fairhurst and Sharon Bezaly

Presented by Petroc Trelawny. With Tom Arthurs, Richard Fairhurst and Sharon Bezaly.

Presented by Petroc Trelawny. Performances from flugelhornist/trumpeter Tom Arthurs and pianist Richard Fairhurst, with Israeli-Swedish flautist Sharon Bezaly in the studio.

Petroc Trelawny presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world, with performances from three members of the Radio 3 New Generation Artists scheme appearing in a series of special concerts at the Cadogan Hall, London.

Including a recital by jazz flugelhornist/trumpeter Tom Arthurs and pianist Richard Fairhurst, plus Israeli-Swedish flautist Sharon Bezaly playing in the studio.

17:02
KHACHATURIAN
Galop from Masquerade 
London Symphony Orchestra
Stanley Black
Decca 478 1847 
CD 13 Track 8	
2â36

17:06
TELEMANN
Vivace â 1st mvt â from Sonata in F major for flute and continuo
Sharon Bezaly (flute)
Terence Charlston (harpsichord)
Charles Medlam (bass viol)
BIS CD 1689
Track 22
2â08

17:09
MARTINU
Les Fresques de Piero della Francesca
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra
Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor)
Supraphon 10 3393-2
Track 6	
5â00

17:15
LIVE
TOM ARTHURS
Postcard from Pushkin
Tom Arthurs (flugelhorn)
Richard Fairhurst (piano)			
BBC Commission
6â04

17:29
LIVE 
TOM ARTHURS
Teeth
Tom Arthurs (trumpet)
Richard Fairhurst (piano)
6â47

17:37
STRAVINSKY
Rite of Spring: Dance of the Young Girls (extract)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen
1â05

17:42
BYRD
Libera me, Domine, de morte aeterna
The Cardinallâs Musick
Andrew Carwood (director)
ASV CD GAU 197
Track 15
3â57

17:47
TCHAIKOVSKY
Marche Slave Op 31
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Yuri Temirkanov (conductor)
RCA 82876 55781-2
CD 3 Track 6
8â59

17:58
LIVE
BACH	
Suite No 2 in B minor: Badinerie
Sharon Bezaly (flute)
0â50

18:03
BRAHMS 
Fantasien Op 116 â No 7 Capriccio
Imogen Cooper (piano)
Ottavo OTR C39027
Track 26
2â10

18:06
GRAINGER
Scotch Strathspey and Reel
Monteverdi Choir
English Country Gardiner Orchestra
John Eliot Gardiner
Philips 446 657-2
Track 10
6â52

18:13
BACH 
Sonata in E flat major for Flute and harpsichord BWV 1031
Sharon Bezaly (flute)
Terence Charlston (harpsichord)
BIS CD 1689
Track 19
3â32

18:21
LIVE
DEBUSSY
Syrinx
Sharon Bezaly (flute)
3â05

18:27
DENG YU-XIAN arr. QU CHUNQUAN
Longing for the Sea Breeze
Sharon Bezaly (flute)
Taipei Chinese Orchestra
Chung Yiu-Kwong (conductor)
BIS SACD 1759
Track 10
1â53

18:31
MOZART
Rondo in D major K184
Sharon Bezaly (flute)
Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra
Juha Kangas (conductor)
BIS SACD 153901
Track 5
5â46

18:38
LENNON/MCCARTNEY
Fool on the Hill
The Swingle Singers
Virgin 50999 966956 2 3
CD 3 Track 6
4â51

18:42
DEBUSSY
The girl with the flaxen hair
Noriko Ogawa (piano)
BIS CD 1205	
Track 8	
2â40

18:46
HANDEL
Hallelujah Chorus (extract)
ECO and Chorus
Raymond Leppard
WCJ 2564 69283-5
CD2 Track 20
0â34

18:48
MISCHA SPOLIANSKY ORCH. ZALVA
Dedication from Idol of Paris
Roderick Elms (piano)
BBC Concert Orchestra
Rumon Gamba (conductor)
Chandos 10543
Track 16
7â10	

18:56
TRAD ARR STEPHEN HOUGH
Matildaâs Waltz
Stephen Hough (piano)
Hyperion CDA 67686
Track 12
2â45

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 57: Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky

BBC Proms: 2009: Prom 57: Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky: Part 1

Part 1 2009

BBC Radio 3 - BBC Proms, 2009, Prom 57: Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky, Part 1

BBC SO/David Robertson in Stravinsky: Agon. Tchaikovsky: Concert Fantasia in G, Op 56.

From the Royal Albert Hall. Featuring the BBC Symphony Orchestra under David Robertson. Stravinsky: Agon. Tchaikovsky: Concert Fantasia in G, Op 56 (Stephen Hough - piano).

From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Penny Gore.

The BBC Symphony Orchestra and pincipal guest conductor David Robertson complete the Proms's survey of Stravinsky's ballets with Agon. It is a dazzling set of 12 dances for as many dancers that the septuagenarian composer based on material taken from a 17th-century dance manual and re-energised using his own unique 20th-century viewpoint.

And Stephen Hough completes his Proms one-man piano marathon of Tchaikovsky's concertante works with the curiously neglected Concert Fantasia.

Stephen Hough (piano)
Steven Isserlis (cello)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
David Robertson (conductor)

Stravinsky: Agon
Tchaikovsky: Concert Fantasia in G, Op 56.

BBC Proms: 2009

Prom 57: Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky

The BBC SO under David Robertson perform music by Stravinsky and Tchaikovsky

BBC SO/David Robertson in peformances of Agon, concluding the Proms's survey of Stravinsky ballets, and the Concert Fantasia in G, ending Stephen Hough's marathon of Tchaikovsky's concertante works

From the Royal Albert Hall, London, presented by Penny Gore. This season's survey of Stravinsky's ballets concludes with Agon, based on material from a 17th-century dance manual; and Stephen Hough completes his one-man marathon of Tchaikovsky's concertante works with a rarely heard gem.

Stephen Hough (piano), Steven Isserlis (cello), BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor David Robertson

Stravinsky Agon

Tchaikovsky Concert Fantasia in G

8.00 Twenty Minutes: Proms Plus
Julian Anderson and Stephen Walsh join Louise Fryer to discuss Stravinsky's final ballet, Agon.

8.20 Tchaikovsky Variations on a Rococo Theme; Francesca da Rimini

(Rptd on Friday 11 September at 2pm)

BBC Proms: 2009: Proms Plus

BBC Proms: 2009: Proms Plus: Agon

Agon

BBC Radio 3 - BBC Proms, 2009, Proms Plus, Agon

Louise Fryer discusses Stravinsky's final ballet, Agon.

Louise Fryer is joined by composer Julian Anderson and Stravinsky biographer Stephen Walsh to discuss the composer's final ballet, Agon.

As part of a series celebrating Stravinsky's ballets, Louise Fryer is joined by composer Julian Anderson and Stravinsky biographer Stephen Walsh to discuss the composer's final example, Agon.

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 57: Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky: Part 2

Part 2 BBC Radio 3 - BBC Proms, 2009, Prom 57: Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky, Part 2

BBC SO/David Robertson in Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme; Francesca da Rimini.

From the Royal Albert Hall, London. BBC Symphony Orchestra under David Robertson in Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme (Steven Isserlis - cello); Francesca da Rimini.

From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Penny Gore.

The BBC Symphony Orchestra under principal guest conductor David Robertson are joined by cellist Steven Isserlis for a performance of Tchaikovsky's 18th-century Rococo Variations, followed by Francesca da Rimini, his tale of forbidden love and eternal punishment inspired by a story in Dante's Inferno.

Steven Isserlis (cello)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
David Robertson (conductor)

Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme; Francesca da Rimini.

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: The First War on Terror

28/09/2008

The First War on Terror

BBC Radio 3 - Sunday Feature, The First War on TerrorClose menu

Hari Kunzru on writers' responses to the Anarchists of the Victorian and Edwardian era.

Novelist Hari Kunzru explores how pulp fiction writers and great novelists responded to the UK's first 'war on terror' - against the Anarchists of Victorian and Edwardian times.

Novelist Hari Kunzru explores how pulp fiction writers and great novelists got to grips with the UK's first major 'war on terror' - against the Anarchists of Victorian and Edwardian times. These 'scare novels' responded to the Anarchists' wish to abolish the State by depicting outlandish scenarios such as political assassinations and large-scale bombings.

He also explores the world of the real anarchists in London's immigrant communities - most of whom were peaceful and cultured East End Jewish activists, trying to improve conditions in the garment trade - in contrast to these terrorists the novelists imagined and the popular press feared.

Bringing the programme up to date, Hari and literary scholars Laurence Davies and Deaglan O'Donghaile also briefly consider the modern response to 9/11, asking whether novels on terrorism ever get it right.

Novelist Hari Kunzru explores the literary dimensions of the Edwardian anarchist scare. Producer Louise Yeoman

BBC Proms: 2009: Prom 58 - Andriessen, Martland, de Bondt

Prom 58 - Andriessen, Martland, de Bondt

BBC Radio 3 - BBC Proms, 2009, Prom 58 - Andriessen, Martland, de Bondt

The Netherlands Wind Ensemble in music by Andriessen, Steve Martland and Cornelis de Bondt

The Netherlands Wind Ensemble marks the birthday of Louis Andriessen and performs his music alongside two of his pupils - Englishman Steve Martland and Dutchman Cornelis de Bondt.

From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Tom Service.

A high-intensity Prom featuring some of the world's best wind players, including the Netherlands Wind Ensemble, who celebrates the music of iconoclastic Dutch composer Louis Andriessen's with his minimalist masterpiece De Staat (The State). It is preceded by a work from Andriessen's English pupil Steve Martland, written for the last big Purcell anniversary in 1995.

The concert ends with Doors Closed, a belated London premiere of a 1980s classic by a leading Dutch pupil of Andriessen's, Cornelis de Bondt. It is a musical ritual of death superimposing the funeral march from Beethoven's Eroica Symphony on the famous Lament from Purcell's Dido and Aeneas.

Netherlands Wind Ensemble
Lucas Vis (conductor)
Bart Schneemann (conductor)

Steve Martland: Beat the Retreat
Louis Andriessen: De staat
Cornelis de Bondt: Doors Closed (London premiere).

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

from the Royal Albert Hall. The Netherlands Nind Ensemble celebrates Dutch composer Louis Andriessen's 70th birthday. Plus a piece by Andriessen's English pupil Steve Martland and a London first performance for a 1980s piece by Cornelis de Bondt. Presented by Verity Sharp. Netherlands Wind Ensemble, conductors Lucas Vis and Bart Schneemann Louis Andriessen
De Staat Steve Martland Beat the Retreat Cornelis de Bondt Doors Closed
Repeated on Wednesday 2 September at 2.30pm

World on 3

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

World on 3: Mary Ann Kennedy

Mary Ann Kennedy

BBC Radio 3 - World on 3, Mary Ann Kennedy

Mary Ann Kennedy presents a session and interview with North American roots trio Groanbox.

Mary Ann Kennedy presents a session and interview with American roots trio Groanbox, who perform music from their new album Gran Bwa. Plus new releases on CD from around the world.

World on 3

Presented by Mary Ann Kennedy
Produced by Felix Carey

Tel 020 7765 4661
Fax 020 7765 5052
e-mail worldon3@bbc.co.uk

Friday 28th August 

Linden/Janice Powers: Smoke em all 
Colin Linden
Album: From the Water
True North Records TND 526

Trad, Arr. Caitro Soto/Rafael Morales: Camote
Novalima
Album: Coba Coba
Cumbancha CMBCD9

Spasiuk: Tierra Colorada 
Chango Spasiuk
Album: Otro Mundo 
WCJ 5186543652

Studio session

Groanbox Boys 
Cory Seznec (banjo/guitar/harmonica/vocals)
Michael Ward-Bergeman (accordion, shackles, vocals)
Paul Clifford (calabash/percussion/vocals)

Groanbox: Fences 
BBC recording by James Birtwistle 2009

Groanbox: Spiders and stones
BBC recording by James Birtwistle 2009

Trad: An Long Eirennach
John Mulhearn, Ft. Bannal
Album: The extraordinary little cough
John Mulhearn self label 880992149242

João Linhared Barbosa/Alfredo Duarte: Mocita dos Caracois
Alfreido Marceneiro
Album: Fado Anthologia
Emarcy 0602517859562

Anon: Aminata Santoro
Toumani Diabate
Album: King of the kora - an introduction
Nascente NSDCD006

San Vicente/Otxoa: Lauhazka 
Oreka Tx 
Album: Nomadak Tx 
World Village 468085

Studio session

Groanbox: Hobo Heaven
BBC recording by James Birtwistle 2009 

Groanbox: Where are you now
BBC recording by James Birtwistle 2009

Wood: The Mari Llwyd 
Chris Wood; Rob Harbron; John Dipper
Album: Albion - an anthology
Navigator 29

Willie Colon: La Murga de panama
Papi Brandao y su conjunto aires Tablenos 
Album: Panama! 2
Soundway SNDWCD013

Groanbox perform music from their new album 
Gran Bwa. With Mary Ann Kennedy. Producer Felix Carey

Through the Night

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

Through the Night: 29/08/2009

29/08/2009

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 29/08/2009

Music including Brahms, Dvorak, Milhaud, Stravinsky, Falla, Sibelius, Holland and Telemann

Music including Brahms, Dvorak, Milhaud, Stravinsky, Falla, Sibelius, Holland, Telemann, Strauss, Tchaikovsky, Schumann, Schubert, Grechaninov, Mozetich, Svendsen and Mozart.

1.00am
Charpentier, Marc-Antoine (1643-1704) arr David Juna: Prelude (Te Deum)
Carmen Daniela Sandulescu (piano)
Dan Stoenescu (piano)

1.03am
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897): Four Waltzes and two Hungarian Dances (Nos 4 and 17)
1.15am
Dvorak, Antonin (1841-1904): Slavonic Dances: No 2 in E minor (Dumka) and No 8 in G minor (Furiant)
Carmen Daniela Sandulescu (piano)
Dan Stoenescu (piano)

1.25am
Milhaud, Darius (1892-1974): Scaramouche: Suite for two pianos, Op 165b
Carmen Daniela Sandulescu (piano)
Dan Stoenescu (piano) 

1.35am
Mayerl, Billy (1902-1959): Honky-Tonk (London Foxtrot)
1.38am
Monti, Vittorio (1868-1922) arr Dan Stoenescu (1960): Csardas
1.42am
Bartok, Bela (1881-1945): Romanian Dance No 1
1.43am
Dinicu, GrigoraÅ (1889-1949) arr Pancho Vladigerov: Hora staccato
1.46am
Stravinsky, Igor (1882-1971) arr Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
2.12am
Falla, Manuel de (1876-1946) arr Dan Stoenescu (1960): Fire Dance (El amor brujo)
Carmen Daniela Sandulescu (piano)
Dan Stoenescu (piano)

2.17am
Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957): Symphony No 2 in D, Op 43
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
George Szell (conductor)

3.01am
Holland, Jan David (1746-1827): Agatha, or the Arrival of the Master Opera (1784)
Agatka ...... Marta Roberska (soprano)
Antek ...... Calka Ryszard Minkiewicz (tenor)
Plociuchowa ...... Anna Mikolajczyk (soprano)
Pijasko ...... Miroslaw Borcynski (bass)
Obalski ...... Cezary Szyfman (bass)
Walenty ...... Bogdan Makal (bass)
Antek Gajdak ...... Piotr Zawistowski (bass)
Maciek ...... Piotr Maculewicz (tenor)
Stach ...... Alexander Kunach (tenor)
Pan ...... Wojiech Siemion (reciter)
Concerto Polacco
Marek Toporowski (director)

3.53am
Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767): Sonata in B flat for oboe and basso continuo
Camerata Koln

4.06am
Strauss, Richard (1864-1949): Mood Pictures, Op 9
Ludmil Angelov (piano)

4.28am
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809): Divertimento in G, H IV 4 (London Trio No 4)
Carol Wincenc (flute)
Philip Setzer (violin)
Carter Brey (cello)

4.32am
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893): Concerto in D minor for violin and orchestra, Op 35 (3rd mvt)
Jana Vonaskova-Novakova (violin)
South Bohemian Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra
Zbynek Muller (conductor)

4.44am
Loeillet, Jean Baptiste 'Loeillet de Gant' (1688-1720): Sonata in G
Vladimir Jasko (trumpet)
Imrich Szabo (organ)

4.53am
Le Febure, Johannes (?-1609/12): Motet: O quam gloriosum
Currende, Herman Stinders (organ)
Erik van Nevel (conductor)

4.56am
Le Febure, Johannes (?-1609/12): Motet: Isti sunt viri sancti
Currende, Herman Stinders (organ)
Erik van Nevel (conductor)

5.01am
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856): Overture (incidental music to Manfred, Op 115)
Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra
Rosen Milanov (conductor)

5.14am
Schubert, Francois (1808-1878) arr Casals: Die Biene or L'Abeille (12 Bagatelles, Op 13 No 9) 
Jan-Erik Gustafsson (cello)
Heini Karkkainen (piano)

5.15am
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918) arr Grechaninov: Beau soir - arr for cello and piano
Jan-Erik Gustafsson (cello)
Heini Karkkainen (piano)

5.18am
Grechaninov, Alexandr Tikhonovich (1864-1956): Six Motets, Op 155
Yves Castagnet (organ)
Radio France Chorus
Vladislav Chernuchenko (conductor)

5.37am
Buxtehude, Dietrich (1637-1707): Toccata in F, BuxWV 156
Tong-Soon Kwak (organ)

5.46am
Mozetich, Marjan (b.1948): Affairs of the Heart: a concerto for violin and string orchestra (1997)
Juliette Kang (violin)
CBC Vancouver Orchestra
Mario Bernardi (conductor)

6.09am
Liszt, Franz (1811-1886): Sonetto 104 del Petrarca
Yuri Boukoff (piano)

6.16am
Lassus, Orlande de (1532-1594): Motet: Praeter rerum seriem
The King's Singers:
Jeremy Jackson, Alastair Hume (countertenor)
Robert Chilcott (tenor)
Colin Mason, Simon Carrington (baritone)
Stephen Connolly (bass)

6.20am
Svendsen, Johan (1840-1911): Norwegian Artists' Carnival, Op 14
Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Ari Rasilainen (conductor)

6.27am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791) transcr Petric: Adagio and Rondo in C minor for glass harmonica, flute, oboe, viola and cello, K617
Joseph Petric (accordion)
Moshe Hammer, Marie Berard (violins)
Douglas Perry (viola)
David Hetherington (cello)

6.38am
Frescobaldi, Girolamo (1583-1643), arr Eberhard Kraus: Madrigale
Heinz della Torre (trumpet)
Stefan Schlegel (trombone)
Paolo D'Angelo (accordion)

6.39am
Frescobaldi, Girolamo (1583-1643): Canzona decimasettima, detta La Diodata, a due bassi for curtal, bass sackbut, organ and chitarrone (Il primo Libro delle Canzoni - Rome 1628)
6.44am
Frescobaldi: Canzona nona, detta La Gualterina a due Canti
Musica Fiata, Koln
Roland Wilson (director)

6.47am
Hurlebusch, Conrad Friedrich (1696-1765): Concerto in A minor for two oboes, solo violin, strings and basso continuo
Paul van de Linden, Kristine Linde (oboes)
Manfred Kraemer (violin)
Musica ad Rhenum.

Charpentier, arr Juna Prelude (Te Deum) Brahms 
Four Waltzes; Hungarian Dances Nos 4 and 17 Dvorak 
Slavonic dances: No 2 in E minor (Dumka); No 8 in G minor (Furiant) Mllhaud Suite for Two Pianos, Op 165b 
(Scaramouche) Mayerl Honky-Tonk (London Foxtrot) Monti, arr Stoenescu Csardas Bartok Romanian Dance No I Dlnicu, arr Vladiqerov Hora staccato 
Stravinsky The Rite of Spring Falla, arr Stoenescu Ritual Fire Dance (El amor brujo) Carmen Daniela 
Sandulescu and Dan Stoenescu (pianos) 2.17 Sibelius Symphony No 2 3.01 Holland Agatha , or the Arrival of the Master 3.53 Telemann Oboe Sonata in B flat 4.06 Strauss Mood Pictures, Op 9 4.28 Haydn London Trio in G, H IV 4 4.32 Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D minor (3rd mvt) 4.44 Loeillet Trumpet Sonata in G 
4.53 Le Febure 0 quam gloriosum; Isti sunt viri sancti 
5.01 Schumann Overture: Manfred 5.14 Schubert, arr Casals Die Biene (Bagatelles, Op 13 No 9) 5.15 Debussy, arr Grechaninov Beau soir 5.18 Grechaninov Six 
Motets, Op 155 5.37 Buxtehude Toccata in F, BuxWV156 
5.46 Mozetich Affairs of the Heart 6.09 Liszt 
Sonetto 104 del Petrarca 6.16 Lassus Praeter rerum seriem 6.20 Svendsen Norwegian Artists' Carnival, Op 14 
6.27 Mozart, transcr Petric Adagio and Rondo in C minor, K617 6.38 Frescobaldi, arr Kraus Madrigale 
6.39 Frescobaldi Canzona decimasettima, detta La diodata; Canzona nona, detta La Gualterina 6A7 Hurlebusch Concerto in A minor

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