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Breakfast

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

Breakfast: Fiona Talkington

12/09/2009

Fiona Talkington

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Fiona Talkington presents a lively mix of music.

07:03		

RAMEAU
Overture to Les FÃªtes dâHÃ©bÃ© 
â Les Talens lyriques
Les Talens Lyriques
Christophe Rousset (director)
OISEAU LYRE 4552932, T.7		


07:08	

CHOPIN
Ballade no.1 in G minor, op.23
Maurizio Pollini (piano)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4596832, T.1	


07:18

MOZART
Church Sonata No.2 in B flat major, KV 68
Daniel Chorzempa (organ)
Deutsche Bachsolisten
Helmut Winschermann (conductor)
PHILIPS 422 754-2, CD1/T.2			

07:23		

WEBER
Overture â Ruler of the Spirits, op.27
The Philharmonia
Neeme Jarvi (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN9066, T.6			


07:30		

CARL DAVIS
Pride and Prejudice opening title music
Melvyn Tan (fortepiano)
Studio orchestra
Carl Davis (conductor)
EMI CDEMC3726, T.1								

07:34	

VIVALDI 
Autumn â Concerto in F major, op.8, 
no.3 (RV 293)
Gidon Kremer (violin)
Kremerata Baltica
NONESUCH 7559795682, T.9-11		


07:45	

BACH
Aria: Ei! Wie schmeckt der Coffee sÃ¼Ãe 
(Mm! how sweet the coffee tastes)
(from Kaffee-Kantate, BWV 211)
Emma Kirkby (soprano)
Academy of Ancient Music
Christopher Hogwood (director)
OISEAU LYRE 4176212, T.2		


07:50: 	

ARNOLD
English Dances, Set 2, op.33 (arr. Farr)
Grimethorpe Colliery Band
Elgar Howarth (conductor)
DECCA 476 5348, CD3/T.8-11		


08:03	

BACH (orch. Sir Henry Wood)
Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV565
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Davis (conductor)
TELDEC 4509978682, T.1				

08:14	

BRIDGE
Scherzetto for cello and piano
Julian Lloyd Webber (cello)
John McCabe (piano)
ASV CD DCA 807, T.5			


08:17


HANDEL
Dopo notte (Ariodante)
Angelika Kirchschlager (mezzo-soprano)
Kammerorchester Basel
Laurence Cummings (conductor)
SONY CLASSICAL 82876889522, T.4		


08:25	

MERCER/PREVERT/KOZMA
Autumn Leaves
Dizzy Gillespie (trumpet)
Oscar Peterson (piano)
PABLO J33J20049, T.3			


08:32	

KURT WEILL
September Song (from Knickerbocker Holiday)
Das Palast Orchester with its singer Max Raabe
H.K. Gruber (conductor)
RCA 09026634132, T.9			


08:39	

DEBUSSY
Hommages Ã  Rameau (Images, Set 1)
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano)
MEMBRAN 223042, CD6/T.8			


08:46	

FORSTER
Sonata Ã  7 for 2 cornettini e fagotto, 2 violini, viola e violone
Musica Fiata
Roland Wilson (director)
CPO 9995842, T.3			


08:52	

BACH
Aria (Duetto) Wir eilen mit schwachen
(We hasten with weak but diligent steps)
From Cantata BWV 78
Malin Hartelius (soprano)
Robin Tyson (alto)
The English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
SDG 114, T.7				


08:55	

LUCAS RUIZ DE RIBAYAZ
Zarabandas â South American baile
The Harp Consort
Andrew Lawrence-King (director)
DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI 05472 77810 2, T.12

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CD Review

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

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

CD Review: 12/09/2009

BBC Radio 3 - CD Review, 12/09/2009

With Andrew McGregor. Including Pergolesi from Claudio Abbado and Neapolitan opera arias.

With Andrew McGregor. Including Pergolesi and Neapolitan opera arias. New opera releases on DVD from Knussen and Tan Dun. Releases from Lully, Monteverdi, Victoria. Verdi: Requiem.

Andrew McGregor presents the summer edition of Radio 3's programme devoted to all that's new in the world of recorded music.

Including tracks from the following:

09.00am

PERGOLESI: Stabat Mater; Salve Regina in C minor; Violin concerto in B flat
Rachel Harnisch (soprano), Sara Mingardo (contralto), Bruno Carmignola (violin), Orchestra Mozart, Claudio Abbado (conductor)
Archiv 477 8077 (CD)

“LAVA: Opera arias from 18th Century Napoli”
Including arias by Pergolesi, Porpora, Hasse, Vinci and Leo
Simone Kermes (soprano), Le Musiche Nove, Claudio Osele (conductor)
DHM CD 88697 54121 2 (CD)

PORPORA: Opera arias
Karina Gauvin (soprano), Il Complesso Barocco, Alan Curtis (conductor)
ATMA ACD2 2590 (CD)
For more information see www.atmaclassique.com/en/albums/albuminfo.aspx?albumid=1370


09.40am

SAARIAHO: L’Amour de Loin
Ekaterina Lekhina (Clemence), Marie-Ange Todorovitch (Le Pelerin), Daniel Belcher (Jaufre Rudel), Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Kent Nagano (conductor)
Harmonia Mundi HMC801937-38 (2 Hybrid SACDs)

TAN DUN: Marco Polo
Charles Workman (Polo), Sarah Castle (Marco), Stephen Richardson (Kublai Khan), Nancy Allen Lundy (Water), Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, Cappella Amsterdam, Tan Dun (conductor)
BBC Opus Arte OA1010D (DVD)

KNUSSEN: Where the Wild Things Are / Higglety Pigglety Pop!
Glyndebourne Festival Opera, London Sinfonietta, Oliver Knussen (conductor)
NVC Arts 5186543112 (DVD)


10.30am 

WALTON: Cello concerto; Passacaglia; BLOCH: Cello suite No.1; LIGETI: Sonata for solo cello; BRITTEN: Ciaccona (from Cello suite No.2)
Pieter Wispelwey (cello), Sydney Symphony, Jeffrey Tate (conductor)
Onyx Classics ONYX 4042 (CD)

“La Barcha D’Amore”: 17th century European vocal and instrumental music inspired by mythology and love-poetry
Montserrat Figueras (soprano), Hopkinson Smith (theorbo), Hesperion XXI, Les Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall (director)
AliaVox AV9811 (CD)

“Maestros del Siglo de Oro”
MORALES: Officium Defunctorum; Missa pro defunctis; GUERRERO: Sacrae cantiones; VICTORIA: Cantica beatae Virginis
La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Hesperion XX, Jordi Savall (director)
AliaVox AVSA 9867 A/C (3 Hybrid SACDs, Budget price)

LULLY: Atys
Guy de Mey (Atys), Guillemette Laurens (Cybele), Agnes Mellon (Sangaride), Jean-Francois Gardeil (Celenus), Les Arts Florissants, William Christie (director)
Harmonia Mundi HML 5901257-59 (3 CDs, Mid-price)

ELGAR arr. Tertis: Cello concerto; SCHNITTKE: Viola concerto
David Aaron Carpenter (viola), Philharmonia Orchestra, Christoph Eschenbach (conductor)
Ondine ODE 1153-2 (CD)


11.30 am

VERDI: Requiem
Christine Brewer (soprano), Karen Cargill (mezzo), Stuart Neill (tenor), John Relyea (bass), London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis (conductor)
LSO Live LSO 0683  (2 Hybrid SACDs, Mid-price)

VERDI: Requiem
Violete Urmana (soprano), Olga Borodina (mezzo), Ramon Vargas (tenor), Ferruccio Furlanetto (bass), WDR Chorus and Symphony Orchestra Koln, NDR Chorus, Chorus of Teatro Regio Turin, Semyon Bychkov (conductor)
Profil PH08036 (2 Hybrid SACDs, Mid-price)

VERDI: Requiem
Anja Harteros (soprano), Sonia Ganassi (mezzo), Rolando Villazon (tenor), Rene Pape (bass), Coro and Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano (conductor)
EMI Classics 6 98936 2 (2 CDs, Mid-price)

Summer CD Review

With Andrew McGregor. 
A new recording of Pergolesi's music from Claudio Abbado and the Orchestra Mozart, and recordings of 18th-century Neapolitan opera arias from soprano Simone Kermes. 
9.45 Richard Morrison reviews recent releases of 20th-century opera from Oliver Knussen and Tan Dun on DVD, and Kaija Saariaho 's L'amour de loin on SACD. 
10.30 Recent releases and reissues of works by Lully, Monteverdi and Victoria. 
11.25 Recent recordings of Verdi's Requiem from Colin Davis , Antonio Pappano and Semyon Bychkov. bbc.co.uk/radio3/cdreview PHONE: [number removed] email: cdreview@bbc.co.uk Text [number removed] (standard rate) Disc details are posted on the website and on CEEFAX, BBC1. page 651

Music Feature

Programmes exploring music and music-related subjects

Music Feature: A Guide to Accomplishment

19/07/2008

A Guide to Accomplishment

BBC Radio 3 - Music Feature, A Guide to Accomplishment

Fiona Talkington presents an insight into the world of the 18th-century amateur musician.

Looking at the novels of Jane Austen, Fiona Talkington and Jeanice Brooks of Southampton University present an insight into the world of the amateur musician in the 18th century.

Concentrating on the novels of Jane Austen, Fiona Talkington and Dr Jeanice Brooks of Southampton University present an insight into the world of the amateur musician in the late 18th century, looking at society's attitudes to them and the notion of female 'accomplishment'.

In conversation with Dr Jeanice Brooks , Fiona Talkington looks at musical accomplishment in society during the 1790s, when aspiring young ladies played the piano, the harpsichord or the harp. With readings by Siriol Jenkins. Producer Johannah Smith

The Early Music Show

Performance and news from the world of early music.

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

The Early Music Show: Jean-Marie Leclair

11/10/2008

Jean-Marie Leclair

BBC Radio 3 - The Early Music Show, Jean-Marie Leclair

Lucie Skeaping considers the evidence concerning the murder in 1764 of Jean-Marie Leclair.

Lucie Skeaping considers the evidence concerning the inexplicable murder in October 1764 of Jean-Marie Leclair, one of the foremost French violinists and composers of his day.

Jean Marie Leclair's story is one of the most mysterious of the French baroque. He began life as a lacemaker before finding a career as a dancer, and eventually as a virtuoso violinist and composer, he became so celebrated that he was known as, "The French Corelli". He quickly came to the attention of the King and his compositions became justifiably popular. Then, in 1758 his story takes a sudden twist. Leclair's marriage broke up and he chose to live in a hovel, in a dangerous area of Paris just east of the city walls. Why, nobody knows. He didn't need to live in such circumstances.  One morning, his gardener, suspicious that Leclair's garden gate had been left open, ventured within and discovered the famous Leclair lying murdered in a pool of blood in the vestibule of his house. He had been stabbed three times. The Parisian police under the auspices of the celeberated French Lieutenant General of Police, Antoine de Sartine, held a thorough investigation. So what did happen to Leclair? Had his jealous nephew, Francois, killed him in a fit of pique. Could it have been his impoverished wife, Louise? Did the gardener, Paysant, do it or might it have been a psychopathic stranger? Lucie Skeaping outlines the grisly story with actors taking the parts of the various supsects in the case. The whole programme is illustrated with a selection from some of Leclair's marvellous music.

Producer: Chris Wines 


Playlist:

Sonata 6 in B minor: âLe Tombeauâ
Mvts 1 &2
Les Folies Francoises/Patrick Cohen-Akenine
Alpha 083
Tracks: 9-10

Sonata for two violins Op 3/3
Chiara Banchini/John Holloway
ERATO 2292 45013-2
Track: 7

âViens Amour, quitte Cithereâ
Act 5 Scene 2 âScylla et Glaucosâ
Catherien Dubosc (Sicilienne)
Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists/
John Eliot Gardiner
ERATO ECD 75339
CD 3 Track 26

Concerto in A minor Opus7/5 â mvt 1 Vivace
Simon Standage/Colleium Musicum 90
CHANDOS CHAN0551
Track: 4

Sonata in F Opus 4/4 â iv Presto  
Musica Alta Ripa
WDR GL 3428
Track: 17

Sonata in G minor Op 13 No 3 â iii. Aria
London Baroque
Harmonia Mundi 901646
Track 23

Deuxieme recreation de musique dâune Execution Facile in G minor op 8 â Menuets 1 et 1/Badinage
Les  Nieces de Rameau
PIERRE VERANY PV794011
Track: 12 & 13

Concerto in D Major Op7/2 â mvt 2 Adagio 
Simon Standage/Colleium Musicum 90
CHANDOS CHAN0551
Track: 2

Sonata 6 in B minor: âLe Tombeauâ
Mvt: (3) & 4
Les Folies Francoises/Patrick Cohen-Akenine
Alpha 083
Tracks: (11) & 12

Lucie Skeaping explores the mysterious 1764 murder of French violinist and composer Jean-Marie Ledair ("the French Corelli"). Producer Chris Wines

BBC Proms

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

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

BBC Proms: 2009: Proms Chamber Concerts

BBC Proms: 2009: Proms Chamber Concerts: Part 7: PCM 07 - Purcell Tribute

Part 7 Part 7: PCM 07 - Purcell Tribute

2009

PCM 07 - Purcell Tribute

BBC Radio 3 - BBC Proms, 2009, Proms Chamber Concerts, PCM 07 - Purcell Tribute

A Proms tribute to Henry Purcell, featuring favourite vocal and instrumental works.

From Cadogan Hall, Countertenor Iestyn Davies and members of the Academy of Ancient Music with Richard Egarr continue the 350th anniversary celebrations of Purcell's birth.

From Cadogan Hall, London. Presented by Suzy Klein.

The 2009 Chamber Prom series concludes with a tribute to Henry Purcell in his 350th anniversary year. The programme includes a sequence of his solo songs and keyboard pieces, concluding with his powerful Evening Hymn. There is also John Blow's Ode on the Death of Mr Henry Purcell, a moving response to Purcell's genius.

Iestyn Davies (countertenor)
Simon Wall (tenor)
Members of the Academy of Ancient Music
Richard Egarr (harpsichord/director)

Purcell: Suite in D (excerpts); Hail, Bright Cecilia - Tis nature's voice; A New Ground; Music for a while; Suite in D (excerpts); Sweeter than roses
Blow: Ode on the Death of Mr Henry Purcell
Purcell: Evening Hymn.

BBC Proms: 2009

Proms Chamber Concerts

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

BBC Proms Chamber Music 2009

Another chance to hear last Monday's concert from Cadogan Hall in London.,With Suzy Klein. lestyn Davies (countertenor), Simon Wall (tenor), Members of the Academy of Ancient Music, director Richard Egarr (harpsichord) 
Purcell Suite in G (excerpts); 'Tis Nature's Voice (Hail, Bright Cecilia); A New Ground; Music for a While; Suite in D (excerpts); Sweeter than Roses Blow Ode on the Death of Mr Henry Purcell Purcell Evening Hymn

World Routes

Programme exploring music from around the world

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

World Routes: World Routes in Cape Verde

World Routes: World Routes in Cape Verde: Episode 1: Morna, batuque and Eugenio Tavares

Episode 1

Episode 1: Morna, batuque and Eugenio Tavares

World Routes in Cape Verde

Morna, batuque and Eugenio Tavares

BBC Radio 3 - World Routes, World Routes in Cape Verde, Morna, batuque and Eugenio Tavares

Lucy Duran presents Cape Verdean music exploring slavery, emigration and longing for home.

Lucy Duran visits Cape Verde and presents specially-made recordings of music exploring slavery, emigration and longing for home, including the morna style of Cesaria Evora.

Lucy Duran visits Cape Verde, the windswept and dramatic archipelago off the west coast of Africa. She explores the arrival of slaves in the 15th century and the subsequent departure of generations of Cape Verdeans searching for a better life in America and Europe. With rare and specially-made music recordings, including the morna style made famous by Cesaria Evora, which longs for life back on the islands.

Presented by Lucy Duran
Produced by James Parkin

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

Lucy Duran presents rare and specially-made recordings from the islands of Cape Verde

Lucy Duran visits Cape Verde, the windswept and dramatic archipelago off the west coast of Africa. With rare and specially-made recordings

World Routes: Cape Verde: Morna

1/2. Lucy Duran with specially-made recordings of music from the islands of Cape Verde, exploring slavery, emigration, and longing for home. Producer James Parkin

Jazz Library

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

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

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

Jazz Library: Listener Feedback

Listener Feedback

BBC Radio 3 - Jazz Library, Listener Feedback

Alyn Shipton presents a regular round-up of musical suggestions from listeners.

Alyn Shipton presents music recommended by listeners for a jazz collection. Including Jake Hanna, Freddie Hubbard, Booker Little, Shelly Manne, Joni Mitchell and Billy Taylor.

Alyn Shipton looks back over the previous few months of Jazz Library and plays music suggested by listeners as essential additions to any jazz collection. With pieces by Jake Hanna, Freddie Hubbard, Booker Little, Shelly Manne, Joni Mitchell and Billy Taylor, among others.

Alyn Shipton presents music to add to recommendations made during the past three months, including recordings by Jake Hanna and Billy Taylor. Producer Alyn Shipton

Jazz Record Requests

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

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

Jazz Record Requests: 12/09/2009

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Geoffrey Smith presents a selection of listeners' jazz requests.

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

Jazz Record Requests
Presented by Geoffrey Smith
Saturday 12 September 2009 5pm–6pm

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

Wa Wa Wa (M Schaeffer) (3:28)
Performed by European Classic Jazzband: Bent Persson (tp) Mike Pointon (tb) Tomas Ornberg (cl, ss, bs) Ray Smith (p) Tom Stuip (bj) Goran Lind (b)
Recorded 13 – 15 December 1983, Holland
Taken from the album Whip Me With Plenty of Love
LP (Stomp Off SOS 1070. B1)

Crazy Valves (Nat Gonella) (2:28)
Performed by Nat Gonella with his Georgians
Recorded 1936
Taken from the album The Jazz Side of Nat
1996 CD (Empress RAJCD882 (1) Track 17)

Invention for Guitar and Trumpet (Bill Holman) (2:52)
Performed by Stan Kenton and his Orchestra: Stan Kenton (p) Sal Salvador (g) Maynard Ferguson (tp) Buddy Childers, Conte Candoli, Don Dennis, Ruben McFall (tp) Bob Burgess, Frank Rosolino, Bill Russo, Keith Moon, George Roberts (tb) Vinnie Dean, Lee Konitz (as) Bill Holman, Richie Kamuca (ts) Bob Gioga (bs) Don Bagley (b) Stan Levey (d)
Recorded 11 September 1952, Chicago
Taken from the album New Concepts of Artistry in Rhythm
LP (Capitol LC 6595. S2/1)

Taps Miller (Basie, Clayton) (3:17)
Performed by Shorty Rogers and his Orchestra: Shorty Rogers (tp) Conrad Gozzo (tp) Maynard Ferguson (tp) Harry Edison (tp) Pete Candoli (tp) Milt Bernhart (tb) Harry Betts (tb) Bob Enevoldsen (solo vtbn) John Graas (Fhn) Paul Sarmento (tb) Herb Geller (as) Bud Shank (as) Zoot Sims (ts) Jimmy Giuffre (ts) Bob Cooper (bs) Marty Paich (p) Curtis Counce (bs) Shelly Manne (d) 
Recorded 3 March 1954, Los Angeles
Taken from the album Shorty Rogers - West Coast Jazz Disc Three: Basie Eyes
2005 CD (Proper P1467 Track 17)

Where or When (Rodgers, Hart) (3:20)
Performed by Peggy Lee (v) Benny Goodman (cl) Lou McGarity (tb) Mel Powell (p) Tom Morgan (g) Sid Weiss (b) Ralph Collier (d)
Recorded 24 December 1941
Taken from the album Peggy with Benny
EP (Philips BBE 12172. S1/2)

Message to the Messangers (South) (6:08)
Performed by Tubby Hayes Quintet: Tubby Hayes (ts) Dickie Hawdon (tp) Harry South (p) Pete Elderfield (b) Bill Eyden (d)
Recorded 17 July 1956
Taken from the album The Swinging Giant Volume Two
2001 CD (Jasmine JASCD617 Track 4)

St. Thomas (Sonny Rollins) (5:27)
Performed by Campbell Burnap (tb) Ron Drake (ts, cl) Bob Barnard (tp) Tony Barnard (g) John Pearce (p) Paul Morgan (b) Terry Jenkins (d)
Recorded 10 – 11 September 1997, London
Taken from the album Night Workers
1998 CD (Mainstem MCD0010 (1) Track 8)

That’s All (Alan Brandt, Bob Haymes) (3:46)
Performed by Scott Hamilton (ts) Bill Berry (tp) Nat Pierce (p) Monty Budwig (b) Jake Hanna (d)
Recorded 1977
Taken from the album Is A Good Wind Who is Blowing Us No Ill
CD (Concord Jazz CCD4042 (1) Track 1)

Whistlestar (Cat Stevens arr. David Gordon) (3:50)
Performed by Evelyn Nallen (Recorder) Eddie Hession (Accordion) David Gordon (Harpsichord, Piano, Fender Rhodes Piano) Oli Hayhurst (Double Bass) Tom Hooper (Drums) Ichiro Tatsuhara (Percussion) Monica McTaggart (Handbells)
Recorded 20 May 2009
Taken from the album Whistlestar
2009 (Mister Sam Records: Available online at www.evelyn-nallen.com)

Hercab (Gianluigi Trovesi) (6:58)
Performed by Gianluigi Trovesi Octet: Roberto Bonati (bass) Fulvio Maras (perc) Vittorio Marinoni (drums) Marco Micheli (bass) Rodolfo Migliardi (trombone, tuba) Pino Minafra (trumpet, flügelhorn, didjeridoo, voice) Marco Remondini (cello) Gianluigi Trovesi (alto saxophone, alto clarinet, bass clarinet)
Recorded 1992
Taken from the album From G to G
CD (Soul Note 1212312 (1) Track 7)

Blues (ad lib) (10:35)
Performed by Nat 'King' Cole (p) J.J. Johnson (tb) Illinois Jacquet (ts) Jack McVea (ts) Les Paul (g) Johnny Miller (b) Lee Young (d)
Recorded 2 July 1944, Philharmonic Auditorium, Los Angeles
Taken from the album The Complete JATP Performances: Nat King Cole
1999 CD (Definitive DRCD11144 Track 3)


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Words and Music

A journey of discovery, weaving music with poetry and prose read by leading actors.

A weekly journey of discovery, weaving together a range of music with poetry and prose read by leading actors.

Words and Music: Ballad of the Northern Lights

03/08/2008

Ballad of the Northern Lights

BBC Radio 3 - Words and Music, Ballad of the Northern LightsClose menu

Poems and music on the theme of the North. Readings are by Stella Gonet and Douglas Hodge.

Douglas Hodge and Stella Gonet read poetry and prose on the theme of the North - from Ted Hughes, Katrina Porteous and Philip Larkin. With music by Sibelius, Holst and Delius.

Douglas Hodge and Stella Gonet read poetry and prose on the theme of the North - from Ted Hughes, Katrina Porteous, Philip Larkin and Kathleen Jamie. Music includes Sibelius' Symphony No 4, Delius' North Country Sketches, Holst's A Moorside Suite and Ewan MacColl's The Shoals of Herring.

Ballad of the Northern Lights. Douglas Hodge and Stella Gonet read poetry and prose on the theme of the North, including works by Ted Hughes , Katrina Porteous , Philip Larkin and Kathleen Jamie. With music by Sibelius, Delius, Hoist and Elvis Costello.

BBC Proms: 2009: Prom 76: Last Night of the Proms

BBC Proms: 2009: Prom 76: Last Night of the Proms: Part 1

Part 1 BBC Radio 3 - BBC Proms, 2009, Prom 76: Last Night of the Proms, Part 1

David Robertson conducts the Last Night festivities. Music is from Purcell, Haydn, Mahler.

From the Royal Albert Hall. David Robertson conducts the traditional festivities in the Last Night of the Proms. With Sarah Connolly (mezzo) and Alison Balsom (trumpet).

From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Sean Rafferty.

Proms-featured pianist Stephen Hough joins Sean in the Radio 3 box for the traditional Last Night festivities, led for the first time by David Robertson, principal guest conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra.

The programme includes music by some of Radio 3's Composers of the Year: a concerto by Haydn, played by former New Generation Artist Alison Balsom and a famous lament by Purcell, sung by Sarah Connolly. There is also Oliver Knussen's Flourish, sparked by Stravinsky's Fireworks from the First Night.

Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano)
Alison Balsom (trumpet)
BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
David Robertson (conductor)

Oliver Knussen: Flourish with Fireworks
Purcell, arr. Henry Wood: New Suite
Purcell: Thy hand, Belinda...When I am laid in Earth (Dido's Lament); With drooping wings ye cupids come (Dido and Aeneas)
Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in E flat
Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
Villa-Lobos: Choros No 10 (Rasga o Coracao).

Prom 76: Last Night of the Proms

David Robertson conducts the festivities of the Last Night of the Proms for the first time

David Robertson conducts the traditional festivities of the Last Night of the Proms for the first time, with soloists Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano) and Alison Balsom (trumpet)

BBC Proms 2009: Last Night of the Proms

Presented by Sean Rafferty, live from London's Royal Albert Hall.
Sarah Connolly (mezzo), Alison Balsom (trumpet), BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, conductor David Robertson
Oliver Knussen: "Flourish with Fireworks"
Purcell, arr Henry Wood: "New Suite"
Purcell: "When I Am Laid in Earth"; "With Drooping Wings Ye Cupids Come" ("Dido and Aeneas")
Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in E flat, H Vlle 1
Mahler: "Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen"
Vllla-Lobos: Choros No 10 ("Rasga o Coracao)
8.55 Around the Parks Highlights from the Proms in the Park events taking place in London, Glasgow, Hillsborough (Northern Ireland), Swansea and Salford.
9.15 Arnold: "A Grand, Grand Overture"
Ketelbey: "In a Monastery Garden"
Piazzolla: "Libertango"
Gershwin, arr Barry Forgie: "They Can't Take That Away from Me" ("Shall We Dance") (BBC commission: first performance)
BBC Proms inspire composers: "Fireworks Fanfares" (BBC commission: first performance)
Handel: "Music for the Royal Fireworks" (excerpts)
Arne, arr Sargent: "Rule, Britannia!"
Parry: "Jerusalem"
Elgar: "Pomp and Circumstance" March No 1 in D
The National Anthem

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BBC Proms: 2009: Proms in the Park

Proms in the Park

BBC Radio 3 - BBC Proms, 2009, Proms in the Park

Highlights from the Proms in the Park events, from England, N Ireland, Wales and Scotland.

Highlights from the five Proms in the Park events, taking place in Hyde Park, Hillsborough Castle, Glasgow Green, Singleton Park in Swansea and Buile Hill Park in Salford.

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

BBC Proms: 2009: Prom 76: Last Night of the Proms: Part 2

Part 2 BBC Radio 3 - BBC Proms, 2009, Prom 76: Last Night of the Proms, Part 2

Sean Rafferty presents the conclusion of the traditional Last Night festivities.

From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Sean Rafferty presents the conclusion of the Last Night festivities, with music by Arnold, Ketelbey, Piazzolla, Gershwin, Handel and Elgar.

From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Sean Rafferty.

Proms-featured pianist Stephen Hough joins Sean in the Radio 3 box for Part 2 of the traditional Last Night festivities, led for the first time by David Robertson, principal guest conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra.

The programme concludes with orchestral fireworks by Handel, new fanfares specially-written by six young Proms Inspire composers for a special link-up with the Proms in the Parks events around the UK. And there is fun and games in memory of Gerard Hoffnung, with Malcom Arnold's uproarious piece that includes vacuum cleaners, floor polishers and rifles.

Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano)
Alison Balsom (trumpet)
BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
David Robertson (conductor)

Arnold: A Grand, Grand Overture
Ketelbey: In a Monastery Garden
Piazzolla: Libertango
Gershwin, arr. Barry Forgie: Shall We Dance - They can't take that away from me (BBC commission: world premiere)
BBC Proms Inspire composers: Fireworks Fanfares (BBC commission: world premiere)
Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks - excerpts
Arne, arr. Sargent: Rule, Britannia!
Parry: Jerusalem
Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No 1
The National Anthem.

Hear and Now

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

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

Hear and Now: 12/09/2009

BBC Radio 3 - Hear and Now, 12/09/2009

Ivan Hewett is joined by Julian Anderson to discuss music by Bouliane, Leroux and Ligeti.

Ivan Hewett is joined by Julian Anderson to discuss music by Denys Bouliane, Philippe Leroux and Gyorgy Ligeti.

Ivan Hewett is joined by Julian Anderson to discuss music by Denys Bouliane, Philippe Leroux and Gyorgy Ligeti.

Donatienne Michel-Dansac (soprano)
Rolf Hind (piano)
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)

Denys Bouliane: Du fouet et du plaisir (for piano and ensemble) 17:24
Philippe Leroux: Voi(rex) - for voice, six instruments and electronics 24:35
Gyorgy Ligeti: Concerto for piano and orchestra. 25:56

Introduced by Ivan Hewett with Julian Anderson. Donatienne Michel-Dansac (soprano), Rolf Hind 
(piano), Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, conductor Martyn Brabbins 
Denys  Boullane Du fouet et du plaisir Philippe  Leroux Voi(rex) Ligeti Piano Concerto

The Early Music Show: Milton's Comus

13/12/2008

Milton's Comus

BBC Radio 3 - The Early Music Show, Milton's Comus

Catherine Bott explores John Milton's masque Comus.

In John Milton's 400th anniversary year, Catherine Bott travels to Ludlow Castle to explore his masque Comus and the music it has inspired.  Includes excerpts from Comus and Milton's sonnet to Lawes..

Comus (A Mask Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634) was a masque written by John Milton in honour of chastity and it was first presented on Michaelmas, 1634, before John Egerton, Earl of Bridgewater at Ludlow Castle in celebration of the Earl's elevation to President of Wales with music by Henry Lawes.  Milton and Lawes had a close friendship and collaborated on a number of works, but Lawes was not the last composer to write music for this masque.  In Milton's 400th anniversary year, Catherine Bott travels to Ludlow Castle to explore the occasion of that first performance and the music which Comus went on to inspire.  The programme includes excerpts from Comus and Milton's sonnet to Lawes: To Mr. H. Lawes, on his Aires read by Robert Glenister.

PLAYLIST:

HENRY LAWES Sitting by the Streams
Consort of Musicke/Anthony Rooley
Hyperion CDA 66135
Track 17

JOHN MILTON (father) Fair Oriana in the morn
I Fagiolini
Chandos CHAN 0682
Track 23

HENRY LAWES Sweet Stay Awhile
The Consort of Musicke/Anthony Rooley
Hyperion CDA 66135
Track 3

MAZZOCCHI La Catena d’Adone
Les Arts Florissant/William Christie
Virgin Classics 3381542
Track 2

HENRY LAWES From the heav’ns now I fly; 
Robin Blaze (countertenor)/Elizabeth Kenny (theorbo)
Hyperion CDA 67589
Track 9

Segue to: 

WILLIAM LAWES Country Dance; 
Elizabeth Kenny (lute)
Hyperion CDA 67589
Track 12

Segue to:

HENRY LAWES Sweet Echo…
Rebecca Outram (soprano)/Elizabeth Kenny (theorbo)
Hyperion CDA 67589
Track 11

THOMAS ARNE By the Rushy-fringed bank/ Brightest Lady
Emma Kirby (soprano)/Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood
Decca 470 372-2
Track 13 (CD2/2)

THOMAS ARNE Fame’s an Echo/ Not on Beds of Fading Flowers
Julianne Baird (soprano)/Colin Tilney (harpsichord)/Alison Mackay (viola da gamba)
Dorian DOR 90105
Tracks 7, 8

HANDEL Comus
Patrizia Kwella (soprano)/Margaret Cable (mezzo)/David Thomas (bass)/Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood
OISEAU LYRE 421 479-2
Tracks 20-25

HENRY LAWES Sitting by the Streams
Consort of Musicke/Anthony Rooley
Hyperion CDA 66135
Track 17

Catherine Bott looks at John Milton 's masque Comus, with the original music by Henry Lawes and works it inspired by later composers. Producer Sam Philips

Through the Night

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

Through the Night: 13/09/2009

13/09/2009

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 13/09/2009

Music including Jean Hotteterre, Chedeville, Marais, Noskowski, Lopes-Graca and Chopin.

Music including Jean Hotteterre, Chedeville, Marais, Noskowski, Lopes-Graca, Chopin, Brun, Franck, Schumann, Szymanowski, Wagner, CPE Bach, Vanhal, Weber, Sweelinck and Durante.

1.00am
Hotteterre, Jean (pere) 1610-1682, ed. Lazarevitch, Francois: La Noce Champetre ou l'Himen Pastoral from Pieces pour la Muzette (Paris, 1722)
1.13am
Chedeville (Le Cadet), Nicolas (1705-1782): Recorder Sonata in G minor, Op 13, No 6
1.21am
Hotteterre, Jacques (1674-1763): Les Delices ou Le Fargis
1.26am
Forqueray, Antoine - 'le pere' (1671-1745): Two keyboard pieces - La Du Vaucel; La Angrave
1.35am
Chedeville (Le Cadet), Nicolas (1705-1782): Les Saisons Amusantes Part II - Transcription of Vivaldi's Les Plaisirs de l'Ete for musette, recorder, violin and bass continuo (Paris, 1739)
1.44am
Chedeville (Le Cadet): Les Saisons Amusantes Part IV - Transcription of Vivaldi's L'Hiver for musette, recorder, violin and bass continuo (Paris, 1739)
1.52am
Marais, Marin (1656-1728): Four works for viola da gamba and bass continuo, from Pieces de Viole, 5me livre, Paris (1725)
2.05am
Naudot, Jacques-Christophe (1690-1762): Moderement - for two high voices (recorder and violin) and bass continuo, from Six Fetes rustiques, Op 8, 3me Fete (Paris, c.1732)
2.08am
Monteclair, Michel Pignolet de (1667-1737): Airs champetres for two high voices and bass continuo, from Serenade ou Concert, divise en trois suites de pieces (Paris, 1697)
2.15am
Chedeville (Le Cadet), Nicolas (1705-1782): Les Saisons Amusantes, Part I: Transcription of Vivaldi's Le Printemps for musette, recorder, violin and bass continuo (Paris, 1739)
Ensemble 1700:
Francois Lazarevitch (musette)
Vittorio Ghielmi (viola da gamba)
Monica Waisman (violin)
Andre Henrich (theorbo/baroque guitar)
Alexander Puliaev (harpsichord)
Dorothee Oberlinger (recorder/director)

2.19am
Noskowski, Zygmunt (1846-1909): Symphony No 3 in F (From Spring to Spring)
Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra in Katowice
Szymon Kawalla (conductor)

3.01am
Erkel, Ferenc (1810-1893): Overture to Nevtelen hosok (Unknown Heroes) - a comic opera (1880)
The Hungarian Radio Orchestra
Andras Korodi (conductor)

3.06am
Lopes-Graca, Fernando (1906-1994): Cancoes heroicas (Heroic Songs) from Books 1 and 2, Op 44 (1946-85)
Rodrigo Gomes (piano)
Ricercare Chorus
Pedro Teixeira (conductor)

3.29am
Chopin, Fryderyk (1810-1849): Polonaise in A flat for piano (Polonaise heroique), Op 53
Jacek Kortus (piano)

3.36am
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828): Polonaise for violin and orchestra in B flat, D580
Peter Zazofsky (violin)
Prima La Musica
Dirk Vermeulen (conductor)

3.43am
Brun, Fritz (1878-1959): Symphony No 2 in B flat
Berne Symphony Orchestra
Dmitri Kitaenjko (conductor)

4.22am
Franck, Cesar (1822-1890): Piece pour grand orgue en la majeur (1854)
4.32am
Franck: Elevation in A (1859)
Joris Verdin (organ of the Cathedral of St-Etienne de St-Brieuc)

4.38am
Moniuszko, Stanislaw (1819-1872): Overture to Flis (The Raftsman - 1858)
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jerzy Salwarowski (conductor)

4.47am
Pachelbel, Johann (1653-1706): Magnificat
Cantus Colln

4.53am
Rosenmuller, Johann (Giovanni), (c.1619-1684): Sonata quarta a 3 - from Sonate (Nuremburg, 1682)
Ensemble La Fenice
Jean Tubery (cornet and conductor)

5.01am
(Sorkocevic) Sorkochevich, Luka (1734-1789): Sinfonie in D
Salzburger Hofmusik
Wolfgang Brunner (organ and director)

5.08am
Ockeghem, Johannes (c.1410-1497): Salve regina (MS Cappella Sistina 46 and Motetti novi libro secondo, Venice 1520)
The Hilliard Ensemble

5.14am
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856): Two movements from Quartet in A minor for strings, Op 41, No 1
Talisker Quartet

5.25am
Szymanowski, Karol (1882-1937): Polish Dances
Jerzy Godziszewski (piano)

5.34am
Wagner, Richard (1813-1883): Prelude to Act III; The Apprentices' Dance; Prelude to Act I of Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Rafael Frubeck de Burgos (conductor)

5.55am
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel (1714-1788): Sonata per il Cembalo solo in G minor, Wq65/17
Andreas Staier (harpsichord)

6.10am
Vanhal, Johann Baptist (1739-1813): Symphony in A minor
Capella Coloniensis
Hans-Martin Linde (conductor)

6.28am
Weber, Carl Maria von (1786-1826), arr. unknown: Concertino in C for oboe and wind ensemble (arr. for trumpet)
Geoffrey Payne (trumpet)
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Michael Halasz (conductor)

6.36am
Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon (1562-1621): Fantasia in G (2, 10)
Vincent van Laar (organ)

6.44am
Gesualdo, Carlo (c.1561-1613): Ave dulcissima Maria for five voices (1603a)
Monteverdi Choir
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)

6.51am
Durante, Francesco (1684-1755): Concerto No 5 in A
Concerto Koln.

A recital of French Baroque chamber music by Ensemble 1700 directed by Dorothee Oberlinger. 
2.19 Noskowski Symphony No 3 in F (From Spring to 
Spring) 3.01 Erkel Overture: Nevtelen Hosok 3.06 Lopes-Graca Cancoes heroicas (Books 1 and 2) 3.29 Chopin Polonaise in A flat, Op 53 (Polonaise héroïque) 3.36 
Schubert Polonaise in B flat, D580 3.43 Brun Symphony No 2 in B flat 4.22 Franck Pièce in A 4.32 Elevation in A 
4.38 Monluszko Overture: Flis 4.47 Pachelbel Magnificat 433 Rosenmuller Sonata quarta a 3 (Sonate) 5.01 
Sorkochevich Sinfonie in D 5.08 Ockeqhem Salve regina (Motetti novi libro secondo) 5.14 Schumann String Quartet in A minor, Op 41 No 1 (excerpts) 5.25 Szymanowski Polish Dances 5.34 Wagner Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg 
(excerpts) 5.55 CPE Bach Sonata in G minor, Wq65 No 17 
6.10 Vanhal Symphony in A minor 6.28 Weber, arr anon Concertino in C for oboe and wind ensemble (arr for trumpet) 6.36 Sweellnck Fantasia in G 6.44 Gesualdo 
Ave dulcissima Maria 6.51 Durante Concerto No 5 in A

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