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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

23/09/2009

Sara Mohr-Pietsch

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Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents a refreshing mix of music.

07:03

TCHAIKOVSKY
Melodie (Souvenir d'un lieu cher, op.42)
Itzhak Perlman (violin)
Samuel Sanders (piano)
EMI CLASSICS 4 76957 2, CD2/T.7							
		
07:07
	
BACH
Sinfonia 
(Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbats, BWV 42)
The English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
SDG SDG131, T.15								

07:13	

GRIEG
Lyric pieces, op.62, no.6
Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
EMI 3943992, T.6								

07:16

DVORAK 
Finale from Serenade in D minor, op.44
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
Neville Marriner (conductor)
PHILIPS 400 020-2, T.9								

07:23	

VERDI
La donna Ã¨ mobile (Rigoletto)
Placido Domingo (tenor)
New Philharmonia Orchestra		
Sherrill Milnes (conductor)
RCA VICTOR GD84265, T.6													
07.25

VERDI
Prelude from Act III, Don Carlo
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
Bernard Haitink (conductor)
PHILIPS 4544632, CD2/T.7							

07:32	
	
RAVEL
Alborada del gracioso (from Miroirs)
Imogen Cooper (piano)
WIGMORE HALL LIVE WHLIVE0018, T.11						

07:39

TAVERNER
Quemadmodum a 6
Hesperion XX
Jordi Savall (director)
ALIA VOX AV 9804, T.17								

07:45

ROSSINI
Overture to La scala di seta (The Silken Ladder)
Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal
Charles Dutoit (conductor)
DECCA 433 074-2, T.1								

07:51

SILVIUS LEOPOLD WEISS
Presto from Sonata No.50 in Bb major
Jakob Lindberg (lute)
BIS CD 1534, T.13									
08:03

MOZART
Voi che sapete che cosa Ã¨ amor 
(Cherubino, Le nozze di Figaro, K.492)
Magdalena Kozena (mezzo-soprano)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Sir Simon Rattle (conductor)
ARCHIV PRODUKTION 477 5799, T.2								
08:07

GERSHWIN
I Got Rhythm
William Tritt (piano)
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel (conductor)
TELARC CD80166, T.2								

08:16	

CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO
Tarantella
Oscar Ghiglia (guitar)
EMI CLASSICS 6 95452 2, CD1/T.18							
08:20	

COATES
The Dam Busters march
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Barry Wordsworth (conductor)
WARNER CLASSICS 2564 61438-2, T.17						

08:24	

PURCELL
Chacony in G minor
The Bach Players
HYPHEN PRESS MUSIC 002, T.5							

08:32	

ARNOLD
Fantasy for Brass Band, op.114
Grimethorpe Colliery Band
Elgar Howarth (conductor)
DECCA 476 5348, CD3/T.16								
08:43

HANDEL
Voli colla sua tromba 
(from Ariodante, HWV 33)
Ildebrando DâArcangelo (bass)
Modo Antiquo
Federico Maria Sardelli (director)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 477 8361, T.7						

08:47

SCHUBERT
Impromptu in Ab major, D.899
Krystian Zimerman (piano)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 477 8168, CD6/T.20					

08:56

MENDELSSOHN
Overture âThe Hebridesâ, op.26 
(âFingalâs Caveâ) Rome version, 1830, 
edited by Christopher Hogwood.
Gewandhausorchester
Riccardo Chailly (conductor)
DECCA 478 1525, T.9								

09:08

JUAN DE ARAUJO
Dixit Dominus
Ex Cathedra
Jeffrey Skidmore (conductor)
HYPERION SACDA67600, T.2							

09:18

RAVEL
Pavane pour une Infante dÃ©funte
Claude Delangle (saxophone)
Singapore Symphony Orchestra
Lan Shui (conductor)
BIS CD 1357, T.5									
09:25

CHOPIN
Waltz no.5 in A flat major, op.42
Ingrid Fliter (piano)
EMI CLASSICS 5099969835124, T.5							

09:30	

BACH 
Concerto in D minor for 2 violins, BWV 1043
Jascha Heifetz (violin)
Erich Friedman (violin)
New Symphony Orchestra of London
Sir Malcolm Sargent (conductor)
RCA RED SEAL 88697 04605 2. T.1-3						

09:46	

WAGNER
In fernem Land (Lohengrin)
Jonas Kaufmann (tenor)
Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Claudio Abbado (conductor)
DECCA 478 1463, T.1								
	
09:54	

DELIUS
A Song Before Sunrise
London Symphony Orchestra
Barry Wordsworth (conductor)
COLLINS CLASSICS 13362, T.5

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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 Monterverdi, Respighi, Mozart, Foss, Corelli, Haydn, Puccini

With James Jolly. Including Monteverdi: Sinfonia (L'incoronazione di Poppea). Respighi: Feste romane. Mozart: Rondo in D, K485. Foss: Fantasy Rondo. Berlioz: La mort d'orphee.

With James Jolly.

10.00am
Monteverdi: Sinfonia (L'incoronazione di Poppea)
Fortuna ...... Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano)
La Virtu ...... Catherine Bott (soprano)
Amore ...... Marinella Pennicchi (soprano)
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
ARCHIV 447 088-2 (3 CDs)

10.08am
Respighi: Feste romane
Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Daniele Gatti (conductor)
CONIFER 75605 51292 2

10.34am
Mozart: Rondo in D, K485
Mitsuko Uchida (piano)
PHILIPS 420 185-2

10.39am
Lukas Foss: Fantasy Rondo
Donald Berman (piano)
BRIDGE 9271A/D (4 CDs)

10.49am
Corelli: Concerto grosso in B flat, Op 6 No 5
English Concert
Trevor Pinnock (conductor)
ARCHIV 474 907-2 (2 CDs)

11.00am
From Manchester:
Haydn: Symphony No 76
BBC Philharmonic
Nicholas Kraemer (conductor)

11.26am
Puccini: Ah! Finalmente!; Recondita armonia (Tosca)
Angelotti ...... Giacomo Prestia (bass)
Cavaradossi ...... Placido Domingo (tenor)
Scarpia ...... Ruggero Raimondi (bass-baritone)
RAI Chorus and Symphony Orchestra
Zubin Mehta (conductor)
TELDEC 0630 12372-2 (3 CDs)

11.36am
Kapsberger: Libro Quarto D'intavolatura di Chitarone (excerpt)
Rolf Lislevand (theorbo)
ASTREE E 8515

11.45am
Berlioz: La mort d'orphee
Daniel Galvez Vallejo (tenor)
Pas-de-Calais North Regional Choir
Lille National Orchestra
Jean-Claude Casadesus (conductor)
HARMONIA MUNDI 901542.

With James Jolly.
Monteverdi Prologue: L'incoronazione di Poppea
English Baroque Soloists, conductor John Eliot Gardiner

10.08 Respighi Feste romana Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, conductor Daniele Gatti

10.34 Mozart Rondo in D, K485 Mitsuko Uchida (piano)

10.39 Foss Fantasy Rondo Donald Berman (piano)

10.49 Corelll Concerto Grosso in B flat, Op 6 No 5 English Concert, conductor Trevor Pinnock

11.00 Live from Manchester
Haydn Symphony No 76 in E flat BBC Philharmonic, conductor Nicholas Kraemer

11.26 Puccini Ahl Finalmentel; Recondita armonia (Tosca)
RAI Chorus and SO, conductor Zubin Mehta

11.36 Kapsberqer Libro quarto d'intavolatura di chitarone (excerpt) Rolf Lislevand (theorbo)

11.45 Berlioz La mort d'Orphie Daniel Galvez Vallejo (tenor), Pas-de-Calais North Regional Choir, Lille National Orchestra, conductor Jean-Claude Casadesus

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: John Tavener (1944-)

Composer of the Week: John Tavener (1944-2013): Episode 3

Episode 3

John Tavener (1944-2013)

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, John Tavener (1944-2013), Episode 3

Donald Macleod explores Tavener's working relationship with the nun Mother Thekla.

Donald Macleod explores the importance of John Tavener's relationship with the Russian Orthodox nun, Mother Thekla, with whom he had a close friendship and working relationship.

Donald Macleod explores the importance of John Tavener's relationship with the Russian Orthodox nun, Mother Thekla.

Tavener had an extraordinary bond with his mother. When he married, Tavener couldn't bear to be parted from her and, not surprisingly, his marriage foundered. The death of his mother hit him very hard, but not long afterwards another woman was to take her place - a nun called Mother Thekla, with whom Tavener would have a close friendship and unique working relationship for many years.

With a work based on a translation by Mother Thekla of the remarkable writings of a priest, written shortly before his death in a prison camp in Siberia, as well as a complete performance of one of the most frequently performed contemporary works in recent years.

Akathist of Thanksgiving (excerpt)
James Bowman, Timothy Wilson (countertenor)
Martin Baker (organ)
Westminster Abbey Choir and BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Martin Neary (conductor)
Sony Classical  SK64446  Tr 8


The Protecting Veil
Steven Isserlis (cello)
London Symphony Orchestra
Gennadi Rozhdestvensky (conductor)
EMI 2 37691-2  Trs 1-8

Composer of the Week: John Tavener (1944-2013)

Donald Macleod explore the life and work of maverick British composer John Tavener

Donald Macleod explore the life and work of maverick British composer John Tavener. His work is notable for its pared-down beauty and intense spiritual nature.

Composer of the Week: John Tavener

3/5. Presented by Donald Macleod. Akathist of Thanksgiving (excerpt) 
James Bowman and Timothy Wilson (countertenors), Martin Baker (organ), Westminster Abbey Choir, BBC Singers, BBCSO, conductor Martin Neary The Protecting Veil Steven Isserlis (cello), LSO, conductor Gennadi Rozhdestvensky RptdaMOpm

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: Clandeboye Festival 2009

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Clandeboye Festival 2009: Episode 2

Episode 2

Clandeboye Festival 2009

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert, Clandeboye Festival 2009, Episode 2Close menu

Barry Douglas (piano) and Richard Watkins (French horn) perform Strauss and Tchaikovsky.

Sean Rafferty presents Barry Douglas (piano) and Richard Watkins (French horn) in Strauss: Andante, plus Tchaikovsky's Piano Trio, with Graf Mourja (violin) and Andres Diaz (cello).

Radio 3 at the Summer Festivals

Presented by Sean Rafferty.

In a concert given at the 2009 Clandeboye Music Festival, pianist Barry Douglas is joined by French horn player Richard Watkins for a short Andante by Strauss, before joining violinist Graf Mourja and cellist Andres Diaz in a performance of Tchaikovsky's only piano trio, dedicated to pianist and teacher Nikolai Rubinstein.

Strauss: Andante for horn and piano
Richard Watkins (horn)
Barry Douglas (piano)

Tchaikovsky: Trio for violin cello and piano
Graf Mourja (violin)
Andres Diaz (cello)
Barry Douglas (piano).

Sean Rafferty presents highlights of the 2009 Clandeboye Festival in Bangor, County Down

Sean Rafferty presents highlights of the 2009 Clandeboye Festival in Bangor, County Down. Founded by pianist Barry Douglas, it features performances from musicians from around the world

Afternoon on 3

With Penny Gore.
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: 2/4. The Clandeboye Music Festival. With Sean Rafferty.
Richard Watkins (horn), Graf Mourja (violin), Andres Diaz (cello), Barry Douglas (piano)
Strauss Andante for horn and piano
Tchaikovsky Piano Trio in A minor, Op 50
2.00 BBC Concert Orchestra
Performances from the Bath Festival.
Stravinsky Scherzo a la russe
Chopin, arr Stravinsky Waltz in E flat, Op 18 (Grande valse brilliante)
Gershwin Piano Concerto Joanna MacGregor
Stravinsky Symphony in Three Movements
Gershwin An American in Paris
BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Charles Hazlewood
Spollansky Dedication (Idol of Paris) Roderick Elms (piano), BBC Concert Orchestra/Rumon Gamba
Spollansky Suite: Northwest Frontier
BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Rumon Gamba

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: BBC Concert Orchestra

Afternoon Concert: BBC Concert Orchestra: Episode 3

BBC Concert Orchestra

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, BBC Concert Orchestra, Episode 3

BBC CO in Stravinsky: Scherzo a la russe. Plus Chopin, Gershwin, Stravinsky and Spoliansky

The BBC CO perform at the 2009 Bath Festival. Stravinsky: Scherzo a la russe. Chopin: Waltz, Op 18 (Joanna McGregor - piano). Plus music by Gershwin, Stravinsky and Spoliansky.

Radio 3 at the Summer Festivals

Penny Gore presents the BBC Concert Orchestra performing a programme of music from the 2009 Bath Festival.

Stravinsky: Scherzo a la russe
BBC Concert Orchestra
Charles Hazlewood (conductor)

Chopin, arr Stravinsky: Waltz, Op 18 (Grand valse brillante)
BBC Concert Orchestra
Charles Hazlewood (conductor)

Gershwin: Piano concerto in F
Joanna MacGregor (piano)
BBC Concert Orchestra
Charles Hazlewood (conductor)

Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements
Gershwin: An American in Paris
BBC Concert Orchestra
Charles Hazlewood (conductor)

Spoliansky: Dedication (Idol of Paris)
Roderick Elms (piano)
BBC Concert Orchestra
Rumon Gamba (conductor)

Spoliansky: Suite: Northwest Frontier
BBC Concert Orchestra
Rumon Gamba (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: BBC Concert Orchestra

Series of performances given in 2009 by the BBC Concert Orchestra

Choral Evensong

Sung choral evening services from around the country

Choral Evensong: 23/09/2009

BBC Radio 3 - Choral Evensong, 23/09/2009

From Chelmsford Cathedral.

Introit: My soul, there is a country (Parry)
Response: Tomkins
Office Hymn: Beyond all mortal praise (Marlborough Gate)
Psalms: 114, 115 (Tonus Peregrinus, Martin)
First Lesson: 1 Kings 10 vv1-25
Canticles: Chichester Service (Walton)
Second Lesson: Acts 17 vv1-15
Anthem: The Scribe (Howells)
Final Hymn: Ye that know the Lord is gracious (Rustington)
Anthem: Our day of praise is done (Ivor Atkins)
Organ Voluntary: March from The Birds of Aristophanes (Parry, arr Alcock)

Assistant organist: Oliver Waterer
Director of music: Peter Nardone.

From Chelmsford Cathedral
Introit: My Soul, There Is a Country (Parry)
Response: Tomkins.
Office Hymn: Beyond All Mortal Praise (Marlborough Gate)
Psalms: 114, 115 (Tonus peregrinus, Martin)
First Lesson: 1 Kings 10, vv 1-25
Canticles: Chichester Service (Walton)
Second Lesson: Acts 17, vv 1-15
Anthem: The Scribe (Howells)
Final Hymn: Ye That Know the Lord is Gracious (Rustington)
Anthem: Our Day of Praise is Done (Ivor Atkins )
Organ Voluntary: March from The Birds (Parry, arr Alcock)
Director of music: Peter Nardone
Assistant organist: Oliver Waterer

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: 23/09/2009 James Lisney and Sonia Wieder-Atherton

23/09/2009 James Lisney and Sonia Wieder-Atherton

BBC Radio 3 - In Tune, 23/09/2009 James Lisney and Sonia Wieder-Atherton

Presented by Sean Rafferty. With pianist James Lisney and cellist Sonia Wieder-Atherton.

Presented by Sean Rafferty. Pianist James Lisney and cellist Sonia Wieder-Atherton talk to Sean and perform in the studio.

Presented by Sean Rafferty.

With a selection of music and guests from the arts world, including pianist James Lisney, who joins Sean to talk about his forthcoming four concery series of all Schubert's solo piano music, written after he commended Winterreise (1827-1828).

Plus cellist Sonia Wieder-Atherton performing in the studio and talking about her forthcoming performance at Wigmore Hall as part of Imogen Cooper's birthday celebrations.


17:02
FASCH
Concerto for trumpet, 2 oboes, basson & strings
Zefiro
Alfredo Bernadini (director/oboe)
DHM  88697 367922
Tracks 1-3
6â31
	
17:10	
PUCCINI
Suor Angelica (Senza mamma, o bimbo, tu sei morto!)
Renee Fleming (soprano)
Guiseppe Verdi Orchestra, Milan
Marco Armiliato (conductor)
DECCA 478 1533			
Track 1
4â26
	
17:18
LIVE  
SCHUBERT
Impromptu C minor, D. 899 no. 1	
James Lisney (piano)
8â51

17:35
LIVE   
SCHUBERT
Sonata in B flat, D.960 (Scherzo)
James Lisney (piano)
3â57

17:40	
FUX
Orfeo ed Euridice (Rondinella)
Le Jardin Secret
CORO COR 16074			
Track 16
4â02
	
17:45
MAHLER
Symphony no.3: 2nd mvt (Menuetto)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Bernard Haitink (conductor)
CSO CSOR 901701			
CD 2, track 1
9â52
	
17:56	
ANONYMOUS
Allmayne and Corant
Elizabeth Kenny
HYPERION CDA67776
Track 22
3â04

18:03
BACH arr. Wieder-Atherton/Cooper 
Jesu, der du meine Seele, BWV.78
Sonia Wieder-Atherton (cello x2)
Imogen Cooper (piano)
RCA 8869 720187 2			
CD 1, track 1
3â43
	
18:08
FALLA
Ritual fire dance (El amor brujo)
Hamburg State Philharmonic	
Ingo Metzmacher (conductor)
EMI CDC 557129 2		
Track 3
3â57 
	
18:17
 LIVE  
JANACEK-KRAWCZYK
Chant on a morevian poem 		
Sonia Wieder-Atherton (cello)
Youen Cadiou (bass)
3â51

SEGUE

18:21
LIVE  
BACH
Suite no.3 in C major, BWV. 1009 (Gigue) Sonia Wieder-Atherton (cello)
3â14

18:29
LIVE 
TRADITIONAL
Jewish song (in remembrance of Schubert) Sonia Wieder-Atherton (cello)
Youen Cadiou (bass)
3â22

18:33	
RACHMANINOV
Moment Musical Op. 16 No. 5
Barry Douglas (piano)
BBC RECORDING	(recorded 19 August 2009 at the Clandeboye Festival)
3â19  

18:39	
VIVALDI
Concerto in F major, Op.8 no.3 (Autumn)
Lara St John (violin)
Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela
Eduardo Marturet (conductor)
ANCALAGON ANC 134		
Track 7-9	
10â32

18:50	
JUAN DE ARAUJO
En el muy gran Padre Ignacio
Ex Cathedra Consort & Baroque Ensemble
Jeffrey Skidmore (conductor)
HYPERION CDA67600
Track 9
3â14

18:54
BUTTERWORTH
The banks of green willow
Halle 
Mark Elder (conductor)
HALLE CDHLL 7503	
Track 4
5â50

Performance on 3

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

Performance on 3: Baroque Concertos

Baroque Concertos

BBC Radio 3 - Performance on 3, Baroque Concertos

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment in Corelli, Vivaldi, Bach, Handel and Geminiani.

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment/Margaret Faultless in Baroque concertos by Corelli, Vivaldi, Bach, Handel, Geminiani. Plus Three Choirs Festival: Delius: Dance Rhapsody No 1.

Presented by Martin Handley.

In a concert given at Kings Place, London, Margaret Faultless directs the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, with Lisa Beznosiuk (flute) and Stephen Devine (harpsichord) in Baroque concertos.

Lisa Beznosiuk (flute)
Steven Devine (harpsichord)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Margaret Faultless (director/violin)

Corelli: Concerto grosso in D, Op 6 No 1
Vivaldi: Concerto in D for two violins and cello, Op 3 No 11
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No 5
Handel: Concerto grosso in B flat, Op 6 No 7
Vivaldi: Flute Concerto in G minor (La Notte)
Geminiani: Concerto grosso (La Follia)

Followed by music first performed at the Three Choirs Festival in the course of its long and distinguished history:

John McCabe: Notturni ed alba		
Jill Gomez, soprano			
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Louis Fremaux
EMI CDM 7631762 tracks 20-24 

Delius: Dance Rhapsody No 1	
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Norman Del Mar
Unicorn UKCD2071 tr.1

The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment plays Baroque concertos in a programme recorded at Kings Place, London's newest concert hall. Lisa Beznosiuk (flute), Steven Devine (harpsichord), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, director Margaret Faultless (violin) Corelll Concerto Grosso in D, Op 6 No 1 
Vivaldi ConcertoinDfor two violins and cello, Op 3 No 11  Bach Brandenburg Concerto No 5 in D, BWV1050 Handel Concerto Grosso in B flat, Op 6 No 7 
Vivaldi Flute Concerto in G minor (La notte), RV439 Gemlnianl Concerto Grosso in D minor (La follia) Followed by music first performed at the Three Choirs Festival during its long and distinguished history, including Dance Rhapsody No 1 by Delius.

Night Waves

Radio 3’s flagship arts programme until 2013. Over 350 editions available in the archive.

Radio 3’s flagship arts programme until 2013. Search the extensive archive for interviews, debates and reviews. Go to Free Thinking for the new home of arts and ideas on Radio 3.

Night Waves: Anne McElvoy

Anne McElvoy

BBC Radio 3 - Night Waves, Anne McElvoy

Anne McElvoy talks to sculptor Anish Kapoor ahead of a new exhibition.

Anne McElvoy and a round-table of guests debate the pressing cultural issues and big ideas of the week.

As a new exhibition of Anish Kapoor's work opens at the Royal Academy of Arts, Anne McElvoy talks to the sculptor about his love of colour and the playful drama of new pieces such as the cannon that fires gory shells of red wax at the gallery wall.

How should the liberal democracies of Europe respond to the electoral success of the far right? Should they be banned from broadcasting or must it be accepted that they have a legitimate, if controversial, voice? With the prospect of the British National Party's Nick Griffin taking his place around the Question Time table, Anne and guests explore as the debate intensifies.

Night Waves casts a beady eye over theatre in the former Soviet Union as a four-year season opens at the Royal Shakespeare Company. Artistic Director Michael Boyd and writer Anthony Neilson talk to Anne about their experiences of directing the first two new specially commissioned plays from Russia.

Journalist and author Michela Wrong reviews a new film, Heart of Fire, from a team with a top class cinema pedigree, about child soldiers in Eritrea.

Anne McElvoy and a roundtable of guests debate the cultural issues of the week. Producer Kirsty pope

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: The Scientist and the Romantic

The Essay: The Scientist and the Romantic: Episode 3: The Stinkhorn and the Perfumier

Episode 3: The Stinkhorn and the Perfumier

The Scientist and the Romantic

The Stinkhorn and the Perfumier

BBC Radio 3 - The Essay, The Scientist and the Romantic, The Stinkhorn and the PerfumierClose menu

Nature writer Richard Mabey discusses connections between scent and memory.

Nature writer Richard Mabey discusses connections between scent and memory and how we're informed of our love affairs and hey-days by the scents carried on the wind.

Nature writer Richard Mabey reflects on his lifelong relationship with science and the natural world.

He ponders why we are all so good at remembering scents, despite their having little relevance for our survival. He tries to unpick how, as Marcel Proust famously wrote, fragrance and flavour 'bear unflinchingly, in the tiny and almost impalpable drop of their essence, the vast structure of recollection'.

Nature writer Richard Mabey on his relationship with science and the natural world

Nature writer Richard Mabey discusses on his lifelong relationship with science and the natural environment

The Essay: The Scientist and theRomantic

3/5. The Stinkhorn and the Perfumier. Nature writer Richard Mabey examines the connections between scent and memory and how people are informed of their love affairs and heydays by the scent carried on the wind.

Late Junction

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

Late Junction: Fiona Talkington

Fiona Talkington

BBC Radio 3 - Late Junction, Fiona Talkington

Fiona Talkington presents a varied musical selection from around the globe.

Track List:

23:15
Sonny Terry with Sticks McGhee: Jail House Blues
Album: Sonny Terry  The Folkways Years  1944-1963
Smithsonian Folkways CDSF 40033

(Segue)

23:19
Ken Nordine: Blue
Album: Colours
Asphodel 0954

23:21
Randi Tytinvag: Rat Race
Album: Let Go
MUD 2074

(Segue)

23:26
Dr Ox: Zinc Finger
Tanja Orning (cello) & Natasha Barrett (computer)
Album: Dr Ox
C74 O13

23:30
Session A9: Trip to Austin / The Arm Breaker
Album: Bottlenecks and Armbreakers
Raj Records CD 003

23:34
Dimitri Terzakis: Die Farben des Ozeans for Organ
Performed By Almut RÃ¶ssler (organ)
Album: Chamber Works Terzakis
CPO 7770442

(Segue)

23:42
Messiaen: Feuillet Inedit No. 4
Performed By Thomas Bloch (Ondes Martenot) & Bernard Wisson (Piano)
Album: Music for Ondes Martenot
Naxos 8.555779

(Segue)

23:45
Nadia Boulanger: Lux Aeterna
Performed By Isabelle Sabrie (Soprano); Francis Pierre (Harp); Olivier Charlier (Violin); Raphaelle Semexis (Cello); Conducted By Emile Naoumoff
Album: In Memoriam Lili Boulanger
Marco Polo 8.223636

23:47
Julie Tippetts and Martin Archer: Daydreams and Candle-Light / Tightrope
Album: Ghosts of Gold
Discus 37CD

23:53
Justin Adams and Juldeh Camara: Futa Jalo
Album: Tell No Lies
Real World CDRW 170

23:59
David Sylvian: The Greatest Living Englishman
Album: Manafon
Samadhisound SS016

00:11
Philip Glass: Bed
Performed By The Philip Glass Ensemble
Album: Einstein On The Beach
M4K 38875

00:23
Tallis: Spem In Alium
Performed By The Sixteen, Directed By Harry Christophers
Album: Sounds Sublime
Coro 16073

00:33
Nick Cave and Warren Ellis: Song For Jesse
Album: White Lunar
Mute Records

00:36
A Filetta: Sab Tuum, Uinvittu, Pater Noster & Treblinka
Recorded at The FÃ¸rde Festival 2009

00:44
Ken Nordine: Cerise
Album: Colours
Asphodel 0954

(Segue)

00:45
Gary Burton & Chick Corea: Crystal Silence
Album: Crystal Silence The ECM Recordings 1972-79
ECM 1768057

00:55
Werner Heider: Gong Game for 12 Gongs and Four players
Performed By Cabaza Percussion Quartet
Album: Cabaza Percussion Quartet
CPO 9993442

Fiona Talkington introduces world music, electronica and ethnic sounds.

Through the Night

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

Through the Night: 24/09/2009

24/09/2009

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 24/09/2009

Music including Ravel, Lalo, Chausson, CPE Bach, Mozart, Bach, Reger, Britten and Purcell.

Music including Ravel, Lalo, Chausson, CPE Bach, Mozart, Bach, Reger, Britten, Purcell, Corelli, Villa-Lobos, Prokofiev, Lipovsek, Frescobaldi, Chambonnieres, Karlowicz and Wagner.

1.00am
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937): Alborada del gracioso (Miroirs)
SWR Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden and Freiburg
Sylvain Cambreling (conductor)

1.09am
Lalo, Edouard (1823-1892): Symphonie espagnole in D minor, Op 21
Renaud Capucon (violin)
SWR Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden and Freiburg
Sylvain Cambreling (conductor)

1.43am
Chausson, Ernest (1855-1899): Symphony in B flat, Op 20 
SWR Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden and Freiburg
Sylvain Cambreling (conductor)

2.22am
Ravel: Tzigane
Joshua Bell (violin)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)

2.33am
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel (1714-1788): Allegretto con variazoni in C, Wq 118 No 5
Geert Bierling (organ)

2.42am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Arminda's aria: Vorrei punirti indegno (La finta giardiniera - Act 2)
Veronique Gens (soprano)
Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra
Ivor Bolton (conductor)

2.47am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Sonata in F (originally in E), BWV1035
Kerstin Frodin (recorder)
Hans-Ola Ericsson (harpsichord)
Lena Weman Ericsson (viola da gamba)

3.01am
Rachmaninov, Sergey (1873-1943): Etudes-Tableaux
Nicholas Angelich (piano)

3.26am
Reger, Max (1873-1916): Four Tone Poems after Arnold Bocklin
Philippe Koch (violin)
Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra
Olaf Henzold (conductor)

3.55am
Tavener, John (b.1944): Today the Virgin
BBC Singers
Stephen Cleobury (conductor)

3.59am
Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976): Phantasy in F minor
Vanbrugh String Quartet
Lawrence Power (viola)

4.10am
Byrd, William (c.1543-1623): Fantasia in D minor for keyboard, MB XXVIII 46
4.15am
Byrd: Alman, MB117
4.18am
Byrd: Echo Galliard, MB114
Aapo Hakkinen (harpsichord)

4.20am
Purcell, Henry (1659-1695): Hail, bright Cecilia; Fill ev'ry heart (chorus); That thine and music's sacred love (Hail, bright Cecilia, Z328)
Soloists, chorus and instrumentalists of Swiss Radio, Lugano
Diego Fasolis (conductor)

4.23am
Purcell: Soul of the World (Hail, bright Cecilia)
4.26am
Purcell: Thou tun'st this world (Symphony - air - chorus) - Hail, bright Cecilia
Chorus and instrumentalists of Swiss Radio, Lugano
Diego Fasolis (conductor)

4.28am
Purcell: Hail, bright Cecilia (chorus); With rapture of delight (aatb); Hail, bright Cecilia (chorus) - Hail, bright Cecilia
Soloists, choir and instrumentalists of Swiss-Italian Radio, Lugano
Diego Fasolis (conductor)

4.32am
Corelli, Arcangelo (1653-1713): Violin Sonata in A, Op 5 No 6
Pierre Pitzl, Mary Jean Bolli (violas da gamba)
Augusta Campagne (harpsichord)

4.44am
Villa-Lobos, Heitor (1887-1959): Etude No 1 in E minor; Etude No 4 in G (12 Estudios for guitar, A235)
4.50am
Villa-Lobos: Etude No 5 in C (12 Estudios for guitar, A235)
4.53am
Villa-Lobos: Etude No 6 in G (12 Estudios for guitar, A235)
Heiki Matlik (guitar)

4.55am
Weber, Carl Maria von (1786-1826): Perpetuum mobile (Sonata No 1 in C, J138)
Konstantin Masliouk (piano)

5.01am
Bizet, Georges (1838-75): Habanera (L'amour est un oiseau rebelle) - Carmen
Jouko Harjanne (trumpet)
Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Ari Rasilainen (conductor)

5.06am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Aria: Un'aura amorosa (Cosi fan tutte, K588 - Act 1)
Michael Schade (tenor)
Canadian Opera Company Orchestra
Richard Bradshaw (conductor)

5.11am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Aria: Non piu andrai (Le nozze di Figaro)
Russell Braun (baritone)
Canadian Opera Company Orchestra
Richard Bradshaw (conductor)

5.16am
Estendorffer, Anton (1670-1711): Ciaccona super: Joseph, lieber Joseph mein
Peter van Dijk on the Conradus Ruprecht II organ (c.1715) of Tuindorpkerk, Utrecht

5.20am
Prokofiev, Sergey (1891-1953) arr. Borisovsky: Arrival of the Guests; Balcony Scene and Dance of the Knights (Romeo and Juliet)
Gyozo Mate (viola)
Balazs Szokolay (piano)

5.29am
Prokofiev, Sergey (1891-1953) arr. Vadim Borisovsky
5.35am
Lipovsek, Marijan (1910-1995): The Minstrel
Zlata Ognajovic (soprano)
Eva Novsak-Houska (mezzo-soprano)
Mitja Gregorac (tenor)
Zdravko Kovac (bass)
Slovenian Radio Television Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Choir
Jakov Cipci (conductor)

6.00am
Frescobaldi, Girolamo (1583-1643): Toccata per spinettina e violino (1628)
6.04am
Frescobaldi: Canzona seconda detta La Bernadina; Canto solo for violin and chitarrone (Il primo Libro delle Canzoni)
Musica Fiata, Koln
Roland Wilson (director)

6.07am
Chambonnieres, Jacques Champion de (c.1601-1672): Pieces de clavecin du premier livre (Paris, 1670)
Hank Knox (harpsichord)

6.21am
Barisons, Peteris (1904-1947): Damewort (Floral Twine, symphonic suite)
Latvian National Symphony Orchestra
Romualds Kalsons (conductor)

6.27am
Karlowicz, Mieczyslaw (1876-1909): Ten Songs, Op 3 (1896)
Jadwiga Rappe (contralto)
Ewa Poblocka (piano)

6.43am
Wagner, Richard (1813-1883): Prelude and Isolde's Liebestod (Tristan und Isolde)
Oslo Philharmonic
Rafael Fruheck de Burgos (conductor).

Ravel Alborada del gracioso (Miroirs); Lalo Symphonie Espagnole; Chausson Symphony in B flat

2.22 Ravel Tzigane

2.33 CPE Bach Allegretto con variazioni in C, Wq118/5

2.42 Mozart Vorrei punirti indegno (La finta giardiniera)

2.47 Bach Sonata in F, BWV1035

3.01 Rachmaninov Etudes-tableaux, Op 39

3.26 Reger Four Tone Poems after Arnold Bocklin, Op 128

3.55 Tavener Today the Virgin

3.59 Britten PhantasyÃ Quintet

4.10 Byrd Fantasia in D minor, MB28146; Alman, MB117; Echo Gailiard, MB114

4.20 Purcell Hail, Bright Cecilia (excerpts)

4.32 Corelli Violin Sonata in A, Op 5 No 6

4.44 Villa-Lobos Etudes: No 1 in E minor; No 4 in G; No 5 in C; No 6 in G

4.55 Weber Perpetuum mobile (Sonata No 1 in C)

5.01 Bizet Habanera (Carmen)

5.06 Mozart Un'aura amorosa (Cosi fan tutte)

5.11 Non piu andrai (Le nozze di Figaro)

5.16 Estendorffer Ciaccona super Joseph, lieber Joseph mein

5.20 Prokofiev, arr Vailm Borisovsky Arrival of the Guests; Balcony Scene; Dance of the Knights (Romeo and Juliet)

5.35 Upovsek The Minstrel

6.00 Frescobaldi Toccata per spinettina e violino

6.04 Frescobaldi Canzona seconda detta La Bemadina

6.07 Chambonnieres Pieces de clavecin (Book 1)

6.21 Barisons Damewort (Floral Twine)

6.27 Kartowicz 10 Songs, Op 3

6.43 Wagner Prelude and Liebestod (Tristan and Isolde)

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