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Breakfast

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

Breakfast: Sara Mohr-Pietsch

18/09/2009

Sara Mohr-Pietsch

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Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents a refreshing mix of music.

07:02

DVORAK
Slavonic Dance, op.72, no.3 in F major
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Ivan Fischer (conductor)
PHILIPS 464 601-2, T.11								
		
07:06	
	
CHOPIN
Berceuse in D flat major, op.57
Maurizio Pollini (piano)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 431 623-2, T.5		
			
07:11

BACH
Coffee cantata, BWV 211. Chorus: âDie Katze lÃ¤Ãt das Mausen nicht.â
Anne Grimm (soprano)
Paul Agnew (tenor)
Klaus Mertens (bass)
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir
CHALLENGE CLASSICS CC72280, T.10						

07:15	

KORNGOLD
3rd movement from Concerto for violin and orchestra in D major, op.35
Matthew Trusler (violin)
Dusseldorf Symphony Orchestra
Yasuo Shinozaki (conductor)
ORCHID CLASSICS ORC100005, T.6			
			
07:25	

JOHN WARD
Fantasia No.12 a5 Leggiadra sei
Phantasm
LINN CKD 339, T.21													
07:31	
	
SMETANA 
Polka in A major
AndrÃ¡s Schiff (piano)
WARNER CLASSICS 2564 69175-3, T.8						

07:38	

HANDEL
Sonata in B flat major, HWV 377
Michala Petri (recorder)
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fieldsâ Chamber Ensemble
PHILIPS 4126022, T.18-20							

07:45

SCHUBERT
MorgengruÃ from Die SchÃ¶ne MÃ¼llerin
James Gilchrist (tenor)
Anna Tilbrook (piano)
ORCHID CLASSICS ORC100006, T.8						

07:53	

ELGAR
Sospiri, op.70
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Sir John Barbirolli (conductor)
EMI CLASSICS 3 67918 2, CD2/T.6							
	
08:03 	

HANDEL
Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah 		
Les Arts Florissants 
dir. William Christie
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 901498.99 CD2 Tr.13			
		
08:07	

SHOSTAKOVICH 
March from Jazz Suite No.2
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly (conductor)
DECCA 475 9983, T.8			


08:12								
SCHUBERT transc. LISZT
Der MÃ¼ller und der Bach from Die SchÃ¶ne MÃ¼llerin
Elizabeth Wood from in Scotland
BBC RECORDING			


08:18	

CHABRIER
FÃªte polonaise (from Le Roi malgrÃ© lui)
Wiener Philharmoniker
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 447 751-2, T.10					

08:27

ALFIO ANTICO
Luna Lunedda
LâArpeggiata
ALPHA 503, T.6									

08:32

SACCHINI
La Contadina in corte â Overture
English Chamber Orchestra
Richard Bonynge (conductor)
DECCA 466 434-2, CD2/T.11							

08:38

SCHOENBERG
Die eiserne Brigade
London Sinfonietta
David Atherton (conductor)
DECCA 4256262, T.8								

08:43							
LEÃ WEINER
Pereg recruiting dance, Op.40
Hagai Shaham (violin)
Arnon Erez (piano)
HYPERION CDA67735, T.9								

08:51

BERNSTEIN
Overture to Candide
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein (conductor)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 477 8168, CD1/T.13				

08:56	

MOZART
Rondo in A minor, K.511
Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
DECCA 4363832, CD1/T.4								

09:06

HAYDN
Agnus Dei from Nelson Mass in D minor, Hob.XXII:11
Luba Orgonasova (soprano)
Elisabeth von Magnus (contralto)
Deon van der Walt (tenor)
Alasteir Miles (baritone)
Arnold Schoenberg Chor
Concentus musicus Wien
Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor)
TELDEC 0630171292, T.6								
	
09:13	

STRAVINSKY
Dumbarton Oaks (Concerto in E flat)
Orchestra of St. Lukeâs
Robert Craft (conductor)
NAXOS 8.557507, T.4-6								

09:28

SCHUBERT
Wiegenlied, D.867
Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo-soprano)
Aribert Reimann (piano)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 429 766-2, T.4					

09:34	

BOYCE
Symphony No.3
The Serenata of London
Barry Wilde (director)
CARLTON CLASSICS 3036701722, T.7-9					

09:39

DUKE ELLINGTON
A Little Max
Duke Ellington (piano)
Charlie Mingus (bass)
Max Roach (drums)
BLUE NOTE CDP 7 46398 2, T.2										
09:43

RICHARD RODNEY BENNETT
Murder on the Orient Express
Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
John Mauceri (conductor)
DECCA 470 371-2, T.8					
			
09:48		

CHRISTOPHER TYE
Omnes gentes, plaudite manibus
The Choir of Westminster Abbey
James OâDonnell (director)
HYPERION CDA67704, T.1								

09:54	

LUTOSLAWSKI
Variations on a Theme by Paganini
Martha Argerich (piano)
Nelson Freire (piano)
PHILIPS 475 8520, T.6

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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 Liszt, Haydn, Binge, Gurney and Bruckner.

With James Jolly. Including Liszt: Consolation No 3. Haydn: Symphony No 75 in D. Binge: Elizabethan Serenade. Gurney: Elizabethan Songs (selection). Bruckner: Symphony No 8.

With James Jolly.

10.00am
Trad: Blow the wind southerly
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
DECCA 417 192-2

10.03am
Liszt: Consolation No 3
Daniel Barenboim (piano)
DG 435 591-2 Tk 3

10.07am
Haydn: Symphony No 75 in D
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Martin Sieghart (conductor)
ORFEO    C 253 931 A

10.32am
Binge: Elizabethan Serenade
BBC Concert Orchestra
Vernon Handley (conductor)
CLASSIC FM 75605570032

10.35am
Gurney: Elizabethan Songs (selection)
Susan Bickley (mezzo-soprano)
Iain Burnside (piano)
NAXOS 8.572151

10.43am
Bruckner: Symphony No 8 in C minor
Berlin Philharmonic
Eugen Jochum (conductor)
DG  429 079-2.

Introduced by James Jolly. 
Trad Blow the Wind Southerly Kathleen Ferrier (contralto) 
10.03 Liszt Consolation No 3 Daniel Barenboim (piano) 
10.07 Haydn Symphony No 75 in D Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, conductor Martin Sieghart 
10.32 Binge Elizabethan Serenade 
BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Vernon Handley 
10.35 Gurney Elizabethan Songs (excerpts) Susan Bickley (mezzo), lain Burnside (piano) 
10.43 Bruckner Symphony No 8 in C minor Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Eugen Jochum

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: Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)

Composer of the Week: Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959): Episode 5: New York: Wowing Americans

Episode 5

Episode 5: New York: Wowing Americans

Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)

New York: Wowing Americans

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959), New York: Wowing Americans

Donald Macleod reflects on New York's devotion to Villa-Lobos and his music.

Donald Macleod reflects on New York's devotion to Villa-Lobos and his music. It was the place from where he achieved global recogition.

It was in New York that global recognition came to Villa-Villa Lobos. Donald Macleod reflects on that city's devotion to the man and his music.

New York Skyline Melody
Alfred Heller (piano)
ETCETERA KTC 1123  Tr 11

Guitar concerto (excerpts)
Northern Chamber Orchestra
Nicholas Ward (director)
Norbert Kraft (guitar)
NAXOS 8.550729 Tr 5 (excerpt) and Tr 6

Genesis
Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Roberto Duarte (conductor)
MARCO POLO 8.223357 Tr 1

Bendita Sabedoria
Corydon Singers
Matthew Best (conductor)
HYPERION CDA66638 Tr 7-12

Jet Whistle (Assobio a Jato)
Rebecca Rust (cello)
Emmanuel Pahud (flute)
MARCO POLO 8.223527  Trs 14-16.

Exploring Villa-Lobos's life by looking at the places that were important to him

Donald Macleod explores Villa-Lobos's life by looking at five of the places which were important to him

Composer of the Week: Villa-Lobos

5/5. New York: Wowing Americans. It was in New York that global recognition came to 
Villa-Lobos. Donald Macleod reflects on that city's devotion to the man and his music. New York Skyline Melody Alfred Heller (piano) 
Guitar Concerto (cadenza and finale) 
Robert Kraft , Northern Chamber Orchestra, director Nicholas Ward 
Genesis 
Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Roberto Duarte Bendita sabedoria 
Corydon Singers, conductor Matthew Best 
AssobioaJato Emmanuel Pahud (flute), Rebecca Rust (cello) Repeated at 10pm

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: Welsh Festivals

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Welsh Festivals: Episode 4: James Gilchrist and the Carducci Quartet

Episode 4

Episode 4: James Gilchrist and the Carducci Quartet

Welsh Festivals

James Gilchrist and the Carducci Quartet

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert, Welsh Festivals, James Gilchrist and the Carducci QuartetClose menu

James Gilchrist (tenor) and the Carducci Quartet in music by Haydn and Huw Watkins.

James Gilchrist (tenor) and the Carducci Quartet. Haydn: String Quartet in D, Op 20, No 4. Huw Watkins: In my craft or sullen art. Janacek: String Quartet No 1.

Presented by Penny Gore.

In a concert given at St Andrew's Church, Presteigne, James Gilchrist (tenor) and the Carducci Quartet perform two classic works for string quartet and a recent setting of a poem by Dylan Thomas.

James Gilchrist (tenor)
Carducci Quartet

Haydn: String Quartet in D, Op 20, No 4
Huw Watkins: In my craft or sullen art for tenor and string quartet
Janacek: String Quartet No 1.

Series of recitals given at festivals across Wales

Afternoon on 3

With Penny Gore. 
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 
A performance from this summer's Presteigne Festival. James Gilchrist (tenor), Carducci Quartet Haydn String Quartet in D, Op 20 No 4 Huw Watkins In My Craft or Sullen art 
Janacek String Quartet No 1 (Kreutzer Sonata)

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 on 3: The Consolation of Philosophy

Afternoon Concert: The Consolation of Philosophy: Episode 5: Handel: Orlando (Act 3)

Episode 5: Handel: Orlando (Act 3)

The Consolation of Philosophy

Handel: Orlando (Act 3)

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, The Consolation of Philosophy, Handel: Orlando (Act 3)

Penny Gore presents Act 3 of Handel's Orlando. Plus music by Bernstein, Rubbra and Finzi.

Handel Operas 2009: Penny Gore presents Act 3 of Handel's opera Orlando, followed by music inspired by philosophy, from Bernstein, Rubbra and Finzi. Plus Leeds Pianothon highlights.

Handel Operas 2009

Penny Gore presents the final part of Orlando, a work about love and jealousy, and considered to be one of Handel's greatest operas.

Handel: Orlando (Act 3)

Orlando ...... Patricia Bardon (mezzo-soprano)
Angelica ...... Rosemary Joshua (soprano)
Medoro ...... Hilary Summers (contralto)
Dorinda ...... Rosa Mannion (soprano)
Zoroastro ...... Harry van der Kamp (bass)
Les Arts Florissants
William Christie (conductor)

Plus more music inspired by philosophy - including Finzi's setting of Wordsworth's great poem Intimations of Immortality.

3.00pm
Bernstein: Serenade (after Plato's Symposium)
Svetlin Roussef (violin)
Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra
Myung-Whun Chung (conductor)

Rubbra: Symphony No 8 (Hommage a Teilhard de Chardin)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Richard Hickox (conductor)

4.00pm
Finzi: Intimations of Immortality
Andrew Kennedy (tenor)
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Concert Orchestra
Paul Daniel (conductor)

4.45pm
A final selection of highlights from Radio 3's 2009 Leeds Pianothon, a celebration of amateur piano playing which took place at the Clothworkers Concert Hall at the University of Leeds.

Peter Duffy from Silsden, Yorkshire
Howells: Jackanapes, Op. 14 no. 3

Noriko Moffat from near Carlisle
Szymanowski: Prelude in C minor, Op. 1 no. 7

James Bumstead from Nottingham
Paul Harvey (adapted J. Bumstead): Rumba Toccata

Afternoon Concert: The Consolation of Philosophy

Penny Gore presents inspired by philosophers and philosophical ideas

Penny Gore presents programmes featuring music inspired by philosophers and philosophical ideas. With pices inspired by philosophers ancient and Modern, from Plato to Wittgenstein

Handel Opera Cycle

The conclusion of Handel's Orlando is followed by the last instalment of this week's philosophy-inspired music. Handel Orlando, Act 3 
See yesterday for details of performers 
3.00 Bernstein Serenade (after Plato's Symposium) Svetlin Roussef (violin), 
French Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Myung-Whun Chung Rubbra Symphony No 8 
(Hommage a Teilhard de Chardin) BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor Richard Hickox 
4.00 Finzi Intimations of Immortality 
Andrew Kennedy (tenor), BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Paul Daniel 
4.45 A final selection of highlights from 
Radio 3's Leeds Pianothon, held last weekend.

Radio 3 marks the 250th anniversary of Handel's death with a complete cycle of his operas

In 2009, Radio 3 marks the 250th anniversary of the death of George Frideric Handel with a complete cycle of his operas, all broadcast in the order they were first performed

Handel Opera Cycle: Orlando

Handel Opera Cycle: Orlando: Episode 2: Orlando (Act 3)

Episode 2

Episode 2: Orlando (Act 3)

Orlando

Orlando (Act 3)

BBC Radio 3 - Handel Opera Cycle, Orlando, Orlando (Act 3)

Penny Gore presents Act 3 of Handel's Orlando.

Penny Gore presents Act 3 of Handel's opera Orlando, a work about love and jealousy.

Penny Gore presents the final part of Handel's opera Orlando, a work about love and jealousy.

Handel: Orlando (Act 3)

Orlando ...... Patricia Bardon (mezzo-soprano)
Angelica ...... Rosemary Joshua (soprano)
Medoro ...... Hilary Summers (contralto)
Dorinda ...... Rosa Mannion (soprano)
Zoroastro ...... Harry van der Kamp (bass)
Les Arts Florissants
William Christie (conductor).

William Christie conducts a Orlando, an opera described as one of Handel's greates

William Christie conducts a performance of Orlando, an opera described as one of Handel's greatest. Patricia Bardon plays the hero who goes mad from unrequited love

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: 18/09/5009 Valery Gergiev, L'elisir d'amore

18/09/5009 Valery Gergiev, L'elisir d'amore

BBC Radio 3 - In Tune, 18/09/5009 Valery Gergiev, L'elisir d'amore

Presented by Sean Rafferty. With conductor Valery Gergiev and Donizetti at Scottish Opera.

Presented by Sean Rafferty. With conductor Valery Gergiev talking about the LSO and performances of Dutilleux, plus Scottish Opera's revival of Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore.

Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world.

Conductor Valery Gergiev talks about the London Symphony Orchestra and performances of Dutilleux at the Barbican, and from Glasgow, Australian soprano Elena Xanthoubakis (Adina) and director Giles Havergal talk about the revival of the 1994 production of Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore, due to open there.

17.02
DONIZETTI
LâElisir dâAmore: Prelude and opening chorus
The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra
James Levine (conductor)
Deutsche Grammophon 429 744-2
CD 1 Tracks 1-2
5â01
		
17.08
RACHMANINOV
Ne poy, krasavitsa, pri mne (Sing not to me), Op. 4 No. 4
Anna Netrebko (soprano)
Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre
Valery Gergiev (conductor)
Deutsche Grammophon 4776384
Track 3
5â04
	
17.14
RAVEL
Concerto pour la main gauche (Concerto for the Left Hand) (extract)
Jacques FÃ©vrier (piano)
Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion FranÃ§aise
Georges Tzipine (conductor)
EMI 5694642
CD 1 Track 1
2â44
	
17.22
DUTILLEUX
LâArbre des songes: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
Isaac Stern (violin)
Orchestre National de France
Lorin Maazel (conductor)
SMK64508
Track 7
3â53

17.31
MAHLER
Symphony No. 8: Part 2, xii. Alles VergÃ¤ngliche
LSO 
Valery Gergiev (conductor)
LSO LIVE LSO0669
Track 18
5â17

17.37
BACH
Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid, BWV 58
Carolyn Sampson (soprano)
Peter Kooij (bass)
Bach Collegium Japan
Masaaki Suzuki (conductor)
BIS SACD 1631
Tracks 17-21
13â50

17.52
LISZT (after Schubert)
SoirÃ©es de Vienne, S427 (No. 6)
Patrick Rapold (piano)
Sony 88697157942
Track 5
6â26

18.03
HOLST
Planets: Jupiter bringer of Jollity
BBC NOW
Mark Elder (conductor)
BBCP 1003-2
Track 6
7â43
		
18.12
CHOPIN
Waltz for piano (Op. 69 No. 1) in A flat major âLâAdieuâ
Ingrid Fliter (piano)
EMI CDR 5099969835124
Track 9
3â25

18.16
DONIZETTI
LâElisir dâamore: Benedette queste carte!
Joan Sutherland (Adina)
Luciano Pavarotti (Nemorino)
Maria Casula (Ginanetta)
Ambrosian Opera Chorus
English Chamber Orchestra
Richard Bonynge (conductor)
DECCA 414461-2
CD 1 Track 4
5â00
		
18.26
JANACEK
The Makropulos Case: Act II: Janek, come on no-one here will see us. 
Elena Xanthoudakis (Kristina)
Thomas Walker (Janek)
English National Opera
Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN3138
Track 9
2â58		

18.33
DONIZETTI
LâElisir dâamore: Prendi; per me sei libero 
Joan Sutherland (Adina)
Luciano Pavarotti (Nemorino)
English Chamber Orchestra
Richard Bonynge (conductor)
DECCA 414461-2
CD 2 Track 12
11â15

18.45
GRIEG
Anitraâs Dance (Anitras dans, from Peer Gynt, Op.23)
Mie Miki (accordian)
BIS-CD-1629
Track 1
2â59

18.49
LISZT
Hungarian State Orchestra
Gyula Nemeth (conductor)
HUNGAROTON HCD 12721-2
Track 5
10â32

Sean Rafferty presents music and arts news.

Performance on 3

Performance on 3 has been replaced by Radio 3 Live in Concert.

Performance on 3: Performance on 3: Beethoven, Mozart, Haydn

Performance on 3: Performance on 3: Beethoven, Mozart, Haydn: Episode 1: Part 1

Episode 1

Episode 1: Part 1

Performance on 3: Beethoven, Mozart, Haydn

Part 1 BBC Radio 3 - Performance on 3, Performance on 3: Beethoven, Mozart, Haydn, Part 1

BBC NOW/Francois-Xavier Roth performs works by Beethoven and Mozart.

From St David's Hall, Cardiff. The BBC NOW under Francois-Xavier Roth performs Beethoven's dramatic Leonore Overture No 3 and Mozart's Piano Concerto No 12 in A (with Paul Lewis).

From St David's Hall, Cardiff. Presented by Petroc Trelawny.

The BBC National Orchestra of Wales opens its new season with a concert of masterpieces from Vienna, starting with the dramatic Leonore Overture No 3, one of Beethoven's four attempts at an opener for his opera Fidelio. It is followed by Mozart's sunny concerto, among the earlier concertos he wrote for the Vienna concert season. The soloist is one of the foremost interpreters of the Viennese classics, Paul Lewis.

Paul Lewis (piano)
Piia Komsi (soprano)
Isabelle Druet (mezzo-soprano)
Hans Jorg Mammel (tenor)
Matthew Rose (bass)
BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales
Francois-Xavier Roth (conductor)

Beethoven: Leonore Overture No 3
Mozart: Piano Concerto No 12 in A, K414.

Francois-Xavier Roth conducts the BBC NOW in a concert of masterpieces from Vienna

Francois-Xavier Roth conducts the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in a concert of masterpieces from Vienna. Music includes Beethoven's Leonore Overture No 3, plus works by Mozart and Haydn

From St David 's Hall, Cardiff, the BBC 
National Orchestra of Wales opens its new season with a concert of masterpieces from Vienna, starting with the dramatic Overture: 
Leonora No 3, one of Beethoven's four attempts at an opener for his opera Fidelio. The grand finale is the Nelson mass, composed by Haydn around the time that Lord Nelson was engaged in fighting the French forces, and Vienna itself was under threat from Napoleon. Between these, Mozart's sunny concerto, one of the earlier concertos he wrote for the Vienna concert season. Presented by Petroc Trelawny . 
Piia Komsi (soprano), Isabelle Druet (mezzo), Hans Jorg Mammel (tenor), Matthew Rose (bass), Paul Lewis (piano), BBC National Chorus and Orchestra of Wales, conductor François-Xavier Roth Beethoven Overture: Leonora No 3 
Mozart Piano Concerto No 12 in A, K414 
7.40 TWenty Minutes Petroc Trelawny talks to tonight's performers about the art of "period performance" on modern instruments. Plus research on the musicians who first performed Haydn's masses and how Lord Nelson made his mark on musical history. 
8.00 Haydn Mass in D minor H XXII 11 (Nelson)

Twenty Minutes

Eclectic arts magazine programme, exploring a range of fascinating subjects

Eclectic arts magazine programme, exploring a range of fascinating people, places and events

Twenty Minutes: 18/09/2009

BBC Radio 3 - Twenty Minutes, 18/09/2009

Petroc Trelawny discusses 'period performance' on modern instruments.

Petroc Trelawny discusses 'period performance' on modern instruments. Plus news from the USA on the musicians who first performed Haydn's masses, and the Mass for Troubled Times.

From the foyer stage at St David's Hall, Cardiff, Petroc Trelawny discusses the art of 'period performance' on modern instruments.

Plus news from the United States on ground-breaking research on the musicians who first performed Haydn's masses, a report from Eisenstadt on the work known originally as the Mass for Troubled Times, and how Lord Nelson made his mark on musical history.

Performance on 3: Performance on 3: Beethoven, Mozart, Haydn: Episode 2: Part 2

Episode 2: Part 2

Part 2 BBC Radio 3 - Performance on 3, Performance on 3: Beethoven, Mozart, Haydn, Part 2

The BBC NOW under Francois-Xavier Roth performs Haydn's Mass in D minor (Nelson Mass).

From St David's Hall, Cardiff. The BBC National Orchestra of Wales' concert concludes with Francois-Xavier Roth conducting Haydn's Mass in D minor (Nelson Mass).

From St David's Hall, Cardiff. Presented by Petroc Trelawny.

The BBC National Orchestra of Wales' concert concludes with the Nelson Mass, composed by Haydn around the time that Lord Nelson was engaged in fighting the French forces, and Vienna itself was under threat from Napoleon.

Paul Lewis (piano)
Piia Komsi (soprano)
Isabelle Druet (mezzo-soprano)
Hans Jorg Mammel (tenor)
Matthew Rose (bass)
BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales
Francois-Xavier Roth (conductor)

Haydn: Mass in D minor (Nelson Mass).

The Verb

BBC Radio 4

Radio 4's cabaret of the word, featuring the best poetry, new writing and performance

The Verb: Don Paterson/Nick Harkaway/Nemo's Almanac/MacGillivray

Don Paterson/Nick Harkaway/Nemo's Almanac/MacGillivray

BBC Radio 4 - The Verb, Don Paterson/Nick Harkaway/Nemo's Almanac/MacGillivray

Featuring poets Don Paterson and Nick Harkaway, plus singer MacGillivray.

With Ian McMillan. Includes the latest work from poet Don Paterson, Nick Harkaway's version of Under Milk Wood, the Nemo's Almanac quiz and music from MacGillivray.

Ian McMillan presents the weekly cabaret of language, which features Don Paterson's new collection of poems, Rain, which asks questions about life and tries to answer them, paying tribute along the way to the late poet Michael Donaghy and the Origami master Akira Yoshizawa. Paterson's last collection of poetry, Landing Light, won the TS Eliot and Whitbread Prizes.

Nick Harkaway, author of The Gone-Away World, presents a work in progress: Under Milky Way is a reimagining of Dylan Thomas's much-loved Under Milk Wood that sends the sleepy town of Llareggub and its inhabitants into space.

Novelists Toby Litt and Alan Hollinghurst pay tribute to Nemo's Almanac, one of the most fiendish literary quizzes. Over 100 years old, the first version was compiled by a Victorian governess wishing to test and entertain her tiny charges during the school holidays. In its current incarnation, the quiz is a hotly-contested annual competition offering unattributed literary and poetic excerpts on a different theme each month. Competitors must turn literary detective and track down their source. Devotees call themselves Nemoniacs.

With music from singer, songwriter, poet and artist MacGillivray, who won an award from the Slade school of art in 2003 for a unique and curious project which saw her carry a wolf carcass through the Nevada desert. Of Scottish descent, but fascinated by Native American and Inuit culture, MacGillivray sings haunting songs from the American frontier, of wolves and their hunters, love lost and lives lived in the wilderness. She's accompanied by the musician Gwalia on bass guitar. 

And there is a tribute to Scottish folk storyteller and living library of Scottish Traveller language and culture Stanley Robinson who has died aged 69. Stanley was the nephew of Jeannie Robertson, herself a great folk singer and storyteller, and late in his life he was recognised for preserving and bringing to life a body of work that would otherwise have been lost.

Novelists Alan Hollinghurst and Toby Litt delve into the fiendish literary quiz Nemo's Almanac and there's a new commission from novelist Nick Harkaway. Plus American frontier songs by Allister MacGillivray. With Ian McMillan. Producer Laura Thomas

The Essay

Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond.

Leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond, themed across a week - insight, opinion and intellectual surprise.

The Essay: Johnson Now

The Essay: Johnson Now: Episode 5: Post-Colonial Johnson

Episode 5: Post-Colonial Johnson

Johnson Now

Post-Colonial Johnson

BBC Radio 3 - The Essay, Johnson Now, Post-Colonial Johnson

Rudrangshu Mukherjee reflects on the linguistic shadow Samuel Johnson casts over India.

Rudrangshu Mukherjee, senior editor of the Calcutta Telegraph, discusses how Samuel Johnson's shadow plays across Indian English.

Four contemporary writers reflect on the mighty linguistic shadow cast by the compiler of the first great dictionary of the English language, Samuel Johnson. Johnson's monumental Dictionary set the standard; after Johnson had pronounced, English could never be the same again. 

In this series four very different writers from across the world reflect on the Johnsonian linguistic heritage as it plays out in their own world and their own lives...

Rudrangshu Mukherjee - Senior Editor of the Calcutta Telegraph - on how Johnson's shadow plays across Indian English.

Producer: Marya Burgess
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Writers from across the world reflect on the linguistic heritage of Samuel Johnson

Five very different writers from across the world reflect on the linguistic heritage of Samuel Johnson as it plays out in their own world and their own lives

5/5. Post-Colonial Johnson. To conclude this week's celebration of the birth of Samuel Johnson , Rudrangshu Mukherjee , senior editor of the Calcutta Telegraph, discusses the 18th-century lexicographer's influence on Indian English.

World on 3

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

World on 3: Dub Colossus: Charlie Gillett

Dub Colossus

Dub Colossus: Charlie Gillett

Charlie Gillett

BBC Radio 3 - World on 3, Charlie Gillett

Presented by Charlie Gillett. Featuring a session from Anglo-Ethiopian band Dub Colossus.

Charlie Gillett presents a session from Dub Colossus, as well as interviews with guitarist and leader Nick Page, and singer Tsedenia Gebremarkos. Plus new world music CDs.

Charlie Gillett introduces a session by Anglo-Ethiopian band Dub Colossus, and interviews guitarist and leader Nick Page along with singer Tsedenia Gebremarkos. Plus new releases on CD from around the world.

World on 3

Presented by Charlie Gillett
Produced by Felix Carey

Tel 020 7765 4661
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Friday 18th September

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

Kada Manja
The Very Best
Album: Warm Heart of Africa 
Moshi Moshi Records

The Great Pretender (Buck Ram) 
Lester Bowie (trumpet); Fontella Bass (vocal); David Peaston (vocal)
Album: The Great Pretender
ECM 8293692

Toko
Momo Wandel Soumah
Album: Afro Swing
Fonti Musicali FMD 217

Live Session by Dub Colossus
Tsedenia Gebremarkos Woldesilassie (vocals)
Sintayehu ‘Mimi’ Zenebe (vocals)
Teremage Woretaw (vocals/masinko)
Feleke Hail Woldermariam (tenor sax)
Samuel Yirga Mitiku (piano)
Nick Page (guitar)
Aniruddha Bas, aka Dr Das (bass)
Nick van Gelder (drums)

Seqota
Dub Colossus
BBC recording by engineers Michael Bacon and Chris Rouse at Broadcasting House, 2009 

Tizita Dub
Dub Colossus
BBC recording by engineers Michael Bacon and Chris Rouse at Broadcasting House, 2009 

Yene Konjo 
Aster Aweke
Album: Aster's Ballads
Kabu KV1NV0-CV

Abendigo
The Abyssinians
Album: Forward to Zion
Klik KLP 9023

Munit
Chalachew Ashenafi
Album: Ilita!: New Ethiopian Dance Music
Terp AS-15

Tezalègn Yètentu
Tlahoun Gèssèssè
Album: Ethiopiques 17
Buda 82266-2

Satta Massa Gana
The Abyssinians
Album: Tree of Life
Bloody & Fire BAFCD 045

Zomaye
Gigi
Single: Gigi
Palm Pictures PALMCD 2068-2 

Live Session by Dub Colossus

Yeka Sub City Rockers
Dub Colossus
BBC recording by engineers Michael Bacon and Chris Rouse at Broadcasting House, 2009 

Asmari Dub
Dub Colossus
BBC recording by engineers Michael Bacon and Chris Rouse at Broadcasting House, 2009 

Lament 1: Bird's Lament
Moondog
Album: Moondog
Honest Jons HJRCD 18

Harom Kerom
DVA
Album: Fonok
Indies MAM435-2

Atabat 
Omar Suleyman
Album: Highway to Hassake
Sublime Frequencies SF031

Jaco
Yasmin Levy
Album: Sentir
World Village 450010

Todos Mortales
Ojos de Brujo
Album: Aocana
Warner Spain 2564691346

La Perla
Calle 13, Ft. Ruben Blades
Album: Los De Atras Vienen Conmigo
Sony BMG 8869 736801 2

Pajarillo
Cimarron
Album: Quitapesares 
Astar Records Promo Cd

Charlie Gillett introduces a session by Anglo-Ethiopian band Dub Colossus and interviews guitarist and leader Nick Page along with the singer Tsedenia Gebremarkos. Producer Felix Carey

Through the Night

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

Through the Night: 19/09/2009

19/09/2009

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 19/09/2009

Music including Verdi, Corelli, Busoni, Vivaldi, Rossini, Haydn, Beethoven, Chopin, Bach.

Music including Verdi: Messa da Requiem, plus Corelli, Busoni, Vivaldi, Rossini, Haydn, Beethoven, Chopin, Bach, Tournier, L Couperin, Andriessen, Debussy, Kuljeric and Gaultier.

1.00am
Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901): Messa da Requiem for soloists, chorus and orchestra (1874)
Ragnhild Heiland Sorensen (soprano)
Ingebjorg Kosmo (mezzo-soprano)
Ivar Gilhuus (tenor)
Oddbjorn Tennfjord (baritone)
Collegium Vocale
Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Johannes Fritzsch (conductor)

2.24am
Corelli, Arcangelo (1653-1713): Sonata da chiesa in E minor, Op 3, No 5
Camerata Tallin:
Jan Oun (flute)
Mati Karmas (violin)
Heiki Matlik (guitar)

2.32am
Busoni, Ferruccio (1866-1924): All' Italia (Seven Elegies - 1907)
Valerie Tryon (piano)

2.40am
Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741): Concerto in F for treble recorder, RV 442
Michael Schneider (recorder)
Camerata Koln

2.48am
Rossini, Gioachino (1792-1868): Introduction and theme and variations
Laszlo Horvath (clarinet)
The Hungarian Radio Orchestra
Geza Oberfrank (conductor)

3.01am
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809): Piano Sonata in D
Andreas Staier (fortepiano)

3.18am
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): String Quartet E flat, Op 127
Oslo Quartet

4.02am
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): Piano Trio in E flat, Op 1, No 1
Kungsbacka Trio

4.32am
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809): Symphony No 22 in E flat, H I 22 (The Philosopher)
Prima La Musica
Dirk Vermeulen (conductor) 

4.48am
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809): Sonata in G minor, H XVI 44
Petras Geniusas (piano)

5.01am
Chopin, Fryderyk (1810-1849): Impromptu in G flat, Op 51
Krzysztof Jablonski (piano)

5.06am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Suite No 1 in G for solo cello, BWV 1007
Guy Fouquet (cello)

5.26am
Tournier, Marcel (1879-1951): Sonatine, Op 30
Rita Costanzi (harp)

5.43am
Couperin, Louis (c.1626-1661): Suite in G
Rosalind Halton (harpsichord)

6.00am
Andriessen, Hendrik (1892-1981): Five Intermezzi (Intermezzi per Organo, Secunda Raccolta 1943-1946)
Albert de Klerk (organ)

6.13am
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918): Syrinx for solo flute
Ian Mullin (flute)

6.16am
Kuljeric, Igor (1938-2006): Barocchiana for solo marimba
Ivana Bilic (marimba)

6.29am
Gaultier, Ennemond (1575-1651): Lute pieces in D minor 
Konrad Junghanel (lute)

6.48am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Toccata in D for keyboard, BWV 912
Leif Ove Andsnes (piano).

Verdi Messa da Requiem 2.24 Corelll Sonata da chiesa in E minor, Op 3 No 5 2.32 Busonl All' Italia (Seven 
Elegies) 2.40 Vivaldi Concerto in F for treble recorder 
2.48 Rossini Introduction and Theme and Variations 
3.01 Haydn Piano Sonata in D, H XVI 33 3.18 Beethoven String Quartet in E flat, Op 127; Piano Trio in E flat, Op 1 No 14.32 Haydn Symphony No 22 in E flat (Philosopher) 
4.48 Piano Sonata in G minor, H XVI 44 5.01 Chopin Impromptu in G flat, Op 515.06 Bach Cello Suite No I in G, BWV1007 5.26 Tournier Sonatine , Op 30 5A3 
Couperin Suite in G 6.00 H Andriessen Five Intermezzi (intermezzi per organo, secunda raccolta) 6.13 Debussy Syrinx 6.16 Kuljeric Barocchiana 6.29 Gaultier Lute Pieces in D minor 6.48 Bach Toccata in D, BWV912

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