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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

29/09/2009

Sara Mohr-Pietsch

BBC Radio 3 - Breakfast, Sara Mohr-Pietsch

With Sara Mohr-Pietsch. Great pieces, great performances and a few surprises.

07:02

CHOPIN
âValse brillanteâ, op.34, no.1 in A flat major
Ingrid Fliter (piano)
EMI CLASSICS 69835124, T.2										
07:09
	
RUED LANGGAARD
Lokkende toner, BVN 112
Ars Nova Copenhagen
TamÃ¡s VetÃ¶ (conductor)
DA CAPO 6.220561, T.1								
	
07:15

TCHAIKOVSKY
Polonaise from Eugene Onegin
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
David Zinman (conductor)
TELARC CD-80378, T.8								

07:20

ANON
Tom of Bedlam
Elizabeth Kenny (lute)
HYPERION CDA67776, T.3					

07:22

HANDEL
Concerto grosso, op.3, no.6 in D major, HWV 317
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Sir Neville Marriner (conductor)
DECCA 478 1190, CD4/T.7					
	
07:32	

SAINT-SAENS
Le Cygne from Le Carnaval des animaux
Christian Poltera (cello)
Kathryn Stott (piano)
CHANDOS CHAN 10552, T.9				

07:35
	
TELEMANN 
La majeste / La grace / La vaillance from Heroic Music, or 12 Marches
Hakan Hardenberger (trumpet)
Simon Preston (organ)
PHILIPS 4340742, T.20-22								
07:42

ANON
Un Cavalier di Spagna (A Spanish Knight)
LâArpeggiata
Marco Beasley (vocal)
ALPHA ALPHA901, T.2								

07:46

MOZART
Finale from Piano Concerto No.23 in A major, K488
Mitsuko Uchida (piano / director)
The Cleveland Orchestra
DECCA 478 1524, T.6								

07:55

VIVALDI
Dopo unâorrida procella (Griselda)
Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano)
Il Giardino Armonico 
Giovanni Antonini (conductor)
DECCA 466 569-2, T.2					
				
08:03

LISZT
15th Hungarian Rhapsody â Rakoczy March (after Vladimir Horowitz)
Arcadi Volodos (piano)
SONY CLASSICAL SK 60893, T.1							
		
08:09

SHOSTAKOVICH 
Allegretto (Polka) for String Quartet
Emerson String Quartet
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 475 7407, CD4/T.2					

08:12	

VIVALDI 
Mentre dormi Amor fomenti
Magdalena Kozena (mezzo-soprano)
Venice Baroque Orchestra
Andrea Marcon (director)
ARCHIV PRODUKTION 477 8096, T.15						

08:21

BANTOCK
The Sea Reivers (Hebridean Sea Poem no.2)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Vernon Handley (conductor)
HYPERION CDS44281, T.14								

08:25

PARSONS
In Nomine V a 7
Hesperion XX
Jordi Savall (director)
ALIAVOX AV9804, T.29					

08:31

SCHUMANN
Mit Myrten und Rosen, lieblich und hold (from Liederkreis, op.24)
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone)
Christoph Eschenbach (piano)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4744662, CD1/T.37		

08:34

DVORAK
Slavonic Dance No.5 in A major
Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam
Bernard Haitink (conductor)
PHILIPS 422 477-2, T.15					

08:39

MARTINU
Madrigal Sonata (for piano, flute and violin)
(Members of The Dartington Ensemble):-
William Bennett (flute)
Oliver Butterworth (violin)
Clifford Benson (piano)
HYPERION CDA66133, T.13-14							

08:50:

MASSENET
Prelude to Werther, Act I
London Symphony Orchestra
Antonio Pappano (conductor)
EMI CLASSICS 5 56820 2, CD1/T.1							

08:55

BACH		
Menuet 1 â Menuet 2 (Partita No.3 in E major)Alina Ibragimova (violin)	
HYPERION CDA67691/2, CD2/T.13							

09:01

RAVEL
Feria from Rapsodie espagnole
Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
Vovka Ashkenazy (piano)
DECCA 478 1090, T.10								

09:08

LALO
Fantaisie Norvegienne
Jean-Jacques Kantorow (violin)
Granada City Orchestra
Kees Bakels (conductor)
BIS CD 1680, T.4-6									
09:22

ILSE WEBER
Ich wander durch Theresienstadt
Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano)
Bengt Forsberg (piano)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 477 6546, T.1					
	
09:27

RAMEAU
Overture to Castor et Pollux
Les Talens Lyriques
Christophe Rousset (conductor)
LâOISEAU-LYRE 4552932, T.4							

09:29

COPLAND
Danzon Cubano
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Eduardo Mata (conductor)
EMI CLASSICS  3 81498 2, CD1/T.1						

09:38

BACH
Prelude and Fugue No.1 in C major
Daniel Barenboim (piano)
WARNER CLASSICS 2564 61553-2, CD1/T.1&2				

09:43

LIEBERSON
Amor mio, si muero y tu no mueres 
(My love, if I die and you donât - )
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (mezzo-soprano)
Boston Symphony Orchestra
James Levine (conductor)
NONESUCH 7559-79954-2, T.5						

09:51

BOIELDIEU
La Dame blanche
London Symphony Orchestra
Richard Bonynge (conductor)
DECCA 466 431-2, CD1/T.12

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Classical Collection

Programme presenting a sequence of great music in classic recordings

Classical Collection: Sarah Walker

Sarah Walker

BBC Radio 3 - Classical Collection, Sarah Walker

Sarah Walker presents music by Havergal Brian, Bridge, Kodaly, Gluck and Handel.

With Sarah Walker. Including Havergal Brian: Tinker's Wedding. Bridge: 3 Improvisations for the Left hand. Kodaly: Hary Janos Suite. Gluck: Trio Sonata No 4 in B flat.

With Sarah Walker.

10.00am
Havergal Brian: Tinker's Wedding - comedy overture
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Charles Mackerras (conductor)
EMI 764717-2

10.09am
Bridge: Three Improvisations for the left hand
Ashley Wass (piano)
NAXOS 8.557921

10.19am
Kodaly: Hary Janos Suite
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Ferenc Fricsay (conductor)
DG 427 408-2 

10.44am
Weber, arr. Gordon Langford: Overture (Abu Hassan Op 106)
Grimethorpe Colliery Band
Major Peter Parker (director)
CHANDOS CHAN4545

10.47am
Granados, arr. Howard Snell: Andalucia
Simon Stonehouse (flugehorn)
Williams Fairey Band
Bryan Hurdley (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN4544

10.52am
Smetana: The Bartered Bride - Polka (arr. D Wright)
Black Dyke Mills Band
Sir Edward Heath (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN4534

10.58am
Gluck: Trio Sonata No 4 in B flat
Aura Musicale
HUNGARATON HCD32158

11.08am
Stravinsky: Violin Concerto
Northern Sinfonia
Thomas Zehetmair (violin/conductor)
AVIE AV2150

11.30am
Handel: Foundling Hospital Anthem, HWV268
Gillian Fisher, Libby Crabtree (sopranos)
Charles Brett (countertenor)
John Elwes (tenor)
Choir of Winchester Cathedral
Brandenburg Consort
David Hill (conductor)
DECCA 455 041-2 (2 CDs).

With Sarah Walker. 
Havergal Brian Overture: The Tinker's Wedding Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Charles Mackerras 
10.09 Bridge Three Improvisations for the left hand Ashley Wass (piano) 
10.19 Kodaly Suite: Hary Janos Berlin Radio 
Symphony Orchestra, conductor Ferenc Fricsay 
10.44 Three arrangements for brass band performed by the Grimethorpe Colliery Band, Williams Fairey Band and the Black Dyke Band. 
10.58 Gluck Trio Sonata No 4 in B flat Aura Musicale 
11.08 Stravinsky Violin Concerto Northern Sinfonia, director Thomas Zehetmair (violin) 
11.30 Handel Foundling Hospital Anthem: Blessed Are They That Considereth the Poor HWV268 Gillian Fisher and Libby Crabtree (sopranos), 
Charles Brett (countertenor), John Elwes (tenor), Choir of Winchester Cathedral, Brandenburg Consort, conductor David Hill

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: Bohuslav Martinu (1890-1959)

Composer of the Week: Bohuslav Martinu (1890-1959): Episode 2: In Search of Western Culture

Episode 2

Episode 2: In Search of Western Culture

Bohuslav Martinu (1890-1959)

In Search of Western Culture

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Bohuslav Martinu (1890-1959), In Search of Western Culture

Paris offered many literary possibilities, and Martinu honed them into theatrical projects

Presented by Donald Macleod. In Paris, Martinu revelled in the literary possibilities the city offered, and began several theatrical projects.

Once he'd moved to Paris, Martinu revelled in the literary possibilities the French capital offered, and soon turned this fascination into several theatrical projects. Presented by Donald Macleod.

Dance of the Hare (Suite from the ballet Spalicek)
Brno State Philharmonic Orchestra
Charles Mackerras (conductor)
Conifer CDCF202 CD1  Tr 17

The devil's dance with Mariken (Hry o Marii)
Prague Radio Chorus
Prague Symphony Orchestra
Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)
Supraphon 11 1802 632 CD1  Tr 7

Julietta (excerpt, Act 2)
Maria Tauberova (soprano)
Michel Ivo Zidek (tenor)
Chorus and Orchestra of the National Theatre, Prague
Jaroslav Krombholc (conductor)
Supraphon 108176-2 CD2  Tr 3

Double Concerto for Two String Orchestras, Piano and Timpani
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra
Charles Mackerras (conductor)
Supraphon 103393-2 CD1  Trs 1-3

His sister a poisoner (A Bouquet of Flowers)
Libuse Domanenska (soprano)
Lubomir Havlak (tenor)
Czech Philharmonic Chorus and Orchestra
Karel Ancerl (conductor)
Praga PR 254061 CD1  Tr 2.

Donald Macleod explores the 20th century Czech composer who embraced the avant-garde

Donald Macleod on the life and works of the 20th century Czech composer. He was educated in the Romantic style but embraced the avant-garde as a composer, taking influence from jazz and neo-classicism

Composer of the Week: Martinu

2/5. In Search of Western Culture. Once he'd moved to Paris, Martinu revelled in the literary possibilities offered by the French capital. Donald Macleod reveals how he turned this fascination into several theatrical projects. 
Suite: Dance of the Hare (Spalicek) Brno State Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Charles Mackerras 
The Devil's Dance with Mariken (Hry o Marii) Prague Radio Chorus, Prague Symphony Orchestra, conductor Jiri Belohlavek Julietta (excerpt) 
Maria Tauberova (soprano), Michel Ivo Zidek (tenor), Chorus and Orchestra of the National 
Theatre Prague, conductor Jaroslav Krombholc Double Concerto for two string orchestras, piano and timpani Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Charles Mackerras 
His Sister a Poisoner (A Bouquet of Flowers) 
Libuse Domaninska (soprano), Lubomir Havlak (tenor), Czech Philharmonic Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Karel Ancerl Rptdatiopm

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: Schwetzingen Festival 2009

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Schwetzingen Festival 2009: Episode 1: Arcadi Volodos

Episode 1

Episode 1: Arcadi Volodos

Schwetzingen Festival 2009

Arcadi Volodos

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert, Schwetzingen Festival 2009, Arcadi Volodos

John Shea presents Arcadi Volodos (piano) in Scriabin, Mompou, Ravel and Liszt.

John Shea presents Arcadi Volodos (piano). Scriabin: Piano Sonata No 7. Mompou: Paisajes. Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales. Liszt: Apres une lecture de Dante.

John Shea presents highlights from the 2009 EBU Schwetzingen Festival in Germany.

Russian virtuoso pianist Arcadi Volodos performs Scriabin's ecstatic White Mass sonata, works by Spanish composer Mompou, a set of waltzes by Ravel and one of Liszt's most formidable compositions, the sonata Apres une lecture de Dante.

Arcadi Volodos (piano)

Scriabin: Piano Sonata No 7, Op 64 (White Mass)
Mompou: Paisajes - La fuente y la campana; El lago; Carros de Galicia
Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales
Liszt: Apres une lecture de Dante, Fantasia quasi sonata (Annees de pelerinage - 2eme annee: Italie).

Highlights of chamber concerts from the 2009 Schwetzingen Festival in Germany

Highlights of chamber concerts from the 2009 Schwetzingen Festival in Germany. One of the largest musical events in Europe, it has been running since 1952

Afternoon on 3

With John Shea. 
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 
1/8. Jonathan Swain introduces the first of a series of concerts from the Schwetzingen Festival. Arcadi Volodos (piano) 
Scrlabin Piano Sonata No 7 Op 64 (White Mass) Mompou Paisajes 
Ravel Valses nobles et sentimentales 
Liszt Après une lecture de Dante (Annees de pèlerinage, 2eme annee: Italie) 
2.00 Dance 
Barber Suite: Souvenirs 
Ulster Orchestra, conductor David Angus Dvorak Overture Othello 
2.40 Janacek Lachian Dances BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor Grant Llewellyn Martinu Cello Concerto No 2 
Danjulo Ishizaka , BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor Grant Llewellyn 
Andriessen M Is for Man, Music and Mozart BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor Clark Rundell 
4.10 Ravel Ma Mere I'Oye (complete ballet) BBC NOW, conductor Thierry Fischer

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: Dance

Afternoon Concert: Dance: Episode 2

Dance

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Dance, Episode 2

John Shea with music inspired by dance from Barber, Dvorak, Janacek, Martinu and Ravel.

John Shea presents music inspired by dance. Barber: Suite: Souvenirs. Dvorak: Overture (Othello). Janacek: Lachian Dances. Martinu: Cello Concerto No 2. Ravel Ma mere l'oye.

Presented by John Shea. 

A series of performances of music inspired by dance, featuring a set of folk-infused dances inspired by Czech composer Janacek's native region in the lower slopes of the Beskydy Hills, plus Ravel's complete ballet score for Mother Goose.

Barber: Suite: Souvenirs
Ulster Orchestra
David Angus (conductor)

Dvorak: Overture (Othello)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Grant Llewellyn (conductor)

2.40pm
Janacek: Lachian Dances
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Grant Llewellyn (conductor)

Martinu: Cello Concerto No 2
Danjulo Ishizaka (cello)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Grant Llewellyn (conductor)

Andriessen: M is for Man, Music and Mozart
Ella Kirkpatrick (soprano)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Clark Rundell (conductor)

4.10pm
Ravel: Ma mere l'oye (complete ballet)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Thierry Fischer (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: Dance

John Shea presents performances of music inspired by dance

John Shea presents performances of music inspired by dance, plus concerts given as part of the 2009 International Competition for Young Conductors

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: Sean Rafferty

Sean Rafferty

BBC Radio 3 - In Tune, Sean Rafferty

Sean Rafferty's guests include mezzo Anne Sofie von Otter and pianist Clara Rodriguez.

Sean Rafferty's guests include Swedish mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter and pianist Clara Rodriguez, who plays music from her native Venezuela.

Presented by Sean Rafferty.

Swedish mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter performs songs by composers who were prisoners in the Nazi concentration camp of Terezin.

Venezuelan pianist Clara Rodriguez performs in the studio ahead of a recital at St John's Smith Square.

17.03
CHABRIER
Danse Slave (Le Roi malgrÃ© lui)
Toulouse Capitole Orchestra
Michel Plasson (conductor)
EMI CDC5 74336 2
CD 1 Track 7
5â14

17.09
LIVE MUSIC
MOLEIRO
Joropo
Clara Rodriguez (piano)
3â08

17.13
HOLST  
Fugal Concerto, op.40 no.2	
William Bennett (flute)
Peter Graeme (oboe)
English Chamber Orchestra
Imogen Holst (conductor)
LYRITA SRCD.223
Tracks 3-5
7â52

17.21
LIVE MUSIC
ILSE WEBER
Wiegela
Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano)
Bengt Forsberg (piano)
2â18

17.30
KAREL SVENK 
Vsechno jde
Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano)
Bengt Forsberg (piano)
2'04

17.38
EMMERICH KALMAN
Terezin-Lied 				
Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano)
Bengt Forsberg (piano)
3'14

17.42
TELEMANN
Concerto in D for three Trumpets
Haken Hardenberger (trumpet)
Michael Laird (trumpet)
William Houghton (trumpet)
Academy of St.Martin-in-the-Fields
Iona Brown (conductor)
PHILIPS 420 954 2
Tracks 1-5
10â04

17.53
RACHMANINOV
Vespers Op. 37 (Mattins: Blessed art Thou, O Lord)
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Paul Hillier (conductor)
Harmonia Mundi HMU807504
Track 9	
5â28

18.03
LIVE MUSIC
SCARLATTI
Sonata in E minor, Kirkpatrick 232
Clara Rodriguez (piano)
2â53

18.06
BIZET
La fleur que tu mâavais jetÃ©e (Flower Song)
(Act 2, Carmen)
Placido Domingo (tenor)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Georg Solti (conductor)
DECCA 458 204 2
Track 8
3â49

18.11
LIVE MUSIC
MARIA LUISA ESCOBAR
Noche de luna en Altamira (vals-nocturno)
Clara Rodriguez (piano)
3â26

18.19
PABLO CAMACARO
DiversiÃ³n (ritmo orquÃ­dea)
Clara Rodriguez (piano)
2â18
		
18.25
LIVE MUSIC
HARACLIO FERNÃNDEZ (ARR.PEDRO TORO)
The devil is on the loose /El diablo suelto (vals-joropo) 
Clara Rodriguez (piano)
1â29

18.28
HANDEL
Tra le fiamme
Magdalena Kozena, mezzo-soprano
Les Musiciens du Louvre
Marc Minkowski (director)
ARCHIV 469 065 2
Tracks 18-21
16â03

18.45
ELGAR
Severn Suite Op. 87 (IV: Commandery)
RLPO
Sir Charles Groves (conductor)
EMI 5036032
CD 7 Track 12
5â52

18.52
BEETHOVEN
Trio in D op.70 no.1 âGhost Trioâ (Final movement)
Eggner Trio
LCL 806
Track 3
7â33

Performance on 3

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Performance on 3: CBSO/Nelsons, with Hakan Hardenberger

CBSO/Nelsons, with Hakan Hardenberger

BBC Radio 3 - Performance on 3, CBSO/Nelsons, with Hakan Hardenberger

CBSO/Andris Nelsons in music by Britten and Debussy about the sea. Plus Turnage and Haydn.

CBSO/Andris Nelsons, with Hakan Hardenberger (trumpet), in music by Britten and Debussy about the sea. Plus Turnage: From the Wreckage and Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in E flat.

From Symphony Hall, Birmingham. Presented by Petroc Trelawny.

Swedish virtuoso trumpeter Hakan Hardenberger joins the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Andris Nelsons in a programme featuring music by Britten and Debussy about the sea, plus Turnage and Haydn.

Few composers have captured the power and mystery of the oceans better than Debussy and Britten - the former in his swirling orchestral masterpiece, the latter in the interludes from his best-loved opera. With Hardenberger performing a work written for him by former CBSO composer-in-association Mark-Anthony Turnage, along with Haydn's popular E flat concerto.

Hakan Hardenberger (trumpet)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons (conductor)

Britten: Four Sea Interludes and Passacaglia (Peter Grimes)
Turnage: From the Wreckage
Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in E flat
Debussy: La mer

Plus highlights of the 2009 International Besancon Competition for Young Conductors, one of the most prestigious events of its kind, which this time features the BBC Symphony Orchestra.

Mozart: Porgi Amor 

Edith Canat de Chizy: Times
Competition winner: Kazuki Yamada (conductor).

A concert recorded at Symphony Hall, Birmingham. With Petroc Trelawny. Hakan Hardenberger (trumpet), 
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, conductor Andris Nelsons 
Britten Four Sea Interludes and Passacaglia (Peter Grimes ) 
Mark-Anthony Turnaqe From the Wreckage Haydn Trumpet Concerto in E flat, H Vile 1 Debussy Lamer 
In the second half of the programme, highlights of the International Besangon Competition of Young Conductors, this year featuring the BBC Symphony Orchestra.

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: Clive James/Agnes Varda

Clive James/Agnes Varda

BBC Radio 3 - Night Waves, Clive James/Agnes Varda

Matthew Sweet talks to celebrated essayist, critic and writer Clive James.

Matthew Sweet talks to essayist and cultural commentator Clive James, and also explores the work of Agnes Varda - the first lady of French New Wave cinema.

Matthew Sweet talks to Clive James, celebrated Australian essayist and commentator on culture both high and low, about the latest instalment of his memoirs, 'Blaze of Obscurity', which tackles his years as a TV critic. 

Matthew explores the work of Agnes Varda - the first lady of French New Wave cinema, whose five decade career as a pioneering female director is examined in her new film The Beaches of Agnes, with guests Emilie Bickerton and Ginette Vincendeau. 

And  theatre director Daniel Kramer on Prick Up Your Ears, a new play by Simon Bent playing at the Comedy Theatre in London. It charts the turbulent relationship between playwright Joe Orton and his lover Kenneth Halliwell, played by Matt Lucas.

Matthew Sweet talks to Clive James about the latest instalment of his much fêted memoirs, Blaze of Obscurity. Producer Allegra Mcllroy

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: Enlightenment Voices: Voltaire

The Essay: Enlightenment Voices: Voltaire: Part 2: Voltaire and England

Part 2 Part 2: Voltaire and England

Enlightenment Voices

Voltaire and England

BBC Radio 3 - The Essay, Enlightenment Voices, Voltaire, Voltaire and EnglandClose menu

Nicholas Cronk discusses the effect of Voltaire's time spent in England.

Nicholas Cronk explores how Voltaire's encounter with English culture both influenced the writer personally and had far-reaching consequences for Enlightenment thinking generally.

Series exploring the work of the French writer and philosopher Voltaire.

Professor Nicholas Cronk, director of the Voltaire Foundation at the University of Oxford, explores how Voltaire's encounter with English culture both influenced the writer personally and had far-reaching consequences for Enlightenment thinking generally.

He explains why Voltaire came to England in the first place and considers why the book of essays he wrote - Letters Concerning the English Nation - has been described as 'the first bomb thrown at the ancient regime' - a praise of the country and a covert criticism pre-revolutionary France.

With his vivid and often highly contemporary observations on religion, business, politics, science, philosophy and literature, Voltaire's book on England is as striking today as it was to both French and English readers when it was first published in 1733.

Reader: Simon Russell Beale.

The Essay: Enlightenment Voices

Voltaire

Series on the life and work of Enlightenment writer and thinker Voltaire

Series on the life and work of Enlightenment writer and thinker Voltaire. A prolific polemicist, he wrote some 15 million words, from plays, poems and novesls to pamphlets, letters and essays

2/5. Nicholas Cronk explores how Voltaire's years in England had far-reaching consequences for Enlightenment thinking in general.

Late Junction

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

Late Junction: Verity Sharp

Verity Sharp

BBC Radio 3 - Late Junction, Verity Sharp

Verity Sharp with music from Les Paul, Ravel and Chinese pipa player Lingling Yu.

With Verity Sharp. Featuring music from Les Paul, Maurice Ravel, Chinese pipa player Lingling Yu and the singers of the Pityusic Islands, plus Clara Rockmore playing the theremin.

Verity Sharp's varied musical slection includes guitarist Les Paul playing a Twelfth Street Rag and Lingling Yu performing a traditional piece on the Chinese pipa. There's also a chance to hear the extraordinary glottal stuttering of singers recorded on the Pityusic Islands by Alan Lomax in the 1950s, and Ravel's Piece en forme de Habanera played on the theremin by Clara Rockmore.

Track List:

23:15
La Talvera: Leu En L’an 2002 
Album: Pòble Mon Pòble
Cordae La Tavera TAL 10

(Segue)

23:18
Les Paul: Twelfth Street Rag
Album: Les Paul, Mary Ford
Capitol CDP 7 91299 2

23:21
Lingling Yu (pipa): Yang Chun Bai Xue
Album: Xu Lai
Felmay 8143

(Segue)

23:25
Hirayasu: Nankuru Naisa
Takashi Hirayasu (voice) & Bob Brozman (guitar)
Album: Nankuru Naisa
Riverboat TUGCD 1023

23:31
Unnamed group, Solosolo village, Upolu, Western Samoa: Sasa
Album: South Pacific - Island Music
Nonesuch Explorer Series 7559 79723 3

(Segue)

23:34
Son de la Frontera: Bulería Negra del Gastor
Album: Son De La Frontera
Nuevos Medios NM 15 856

23:39
Marco Horvat & Olga Pitarch (voices); Eric Bellocq (guitar); Bruno Caillat (percussion): Si de Los Ojos Nace
Album: Caccini 
Alpha 043

23:43
Richard Thompson: So Ben Mi Ca Bon Tempo
Album: 1000 Years of Popular Music 
Ricardthompson-music.com BSW 003

(Segue)

23:46
Field Recording: Closing Procession at Sidmouth Folk Week 2009

(Segue)

23:50
The Flies: Harmonica
Album: The Flies
Nocarbon Records

23:59
Tom Russell: Darkness Visible
Album: Blood and Candle Smoke
Proper PRPCD 049

(Segue)

00:03
Trad: Van Thiên Tuong (The Madarin’s Song)
Dán Dôc Huyên monochord player from the Nha nhac ensemble, Vietnam
Album: A Journey To Vietnam
Playasound PS 66509

00:06
Vicent Ribas & Catalina Ribas, voice and tanbor, Sant Josep, Ibiza: Bon Amor Jo et Vénc a Veure (Sweet Love, I Come to see you)
Vicent Ribas & Catalina Ribas, voice and tanbor, Sant Josep, Ibiza
Album: Ibiza and Formentera: The Pityusic Islands
Rounder LC 3719

00:09
Harry Cox: What Will Become of England?
Album: What Will Become of England?
Rounder 11661 1839 2

(Segue)

00:10
Harry Cox: Hunger & Pay
Album: What Will Become of England?
Rounder 11661 1839 2

(Segue)

00:12
William Winter Manuscript: Catches and Glees – Comical Thought
Performed By Sam Sweeny (fiddle) & Hannah James (accordion)
Album: Catches and Glees
RBR CD07

00:16
Ravel: Pièce en Forme de Habanera
Clara Rockmore (theremin) & Nadia Reisenberg (piano)
Album: The Art of the Theremin
Delos D/CD 1014

00:19
Robert Frip: Celebration
Album: Sometimes a Great Notion.... 
Voiceprint MPVP 016CD

(Segue)

00:24
Abida Parveen (voice); Nazir Hussain (tabla); Karam Hussain (dholak); Manzoor Hussain (harmonium); Henri Tournier (bansuri flute): Ishq Na Derda Mot Kolon
Album: Visal
World Village 479 010

00:33
Waterson: Lal
Ian Carr (guitar); Karen Tweed (accordion)
Album: Fyace
Fyasco Records FYASCD 001

(Segue)

00:35
Balaguèra: Quan jo n’èri amoroseta
Album: La Votz Deus Anjos: Polyphonies du Bérn & des Pyrénées
Alpha 506

00:40
Trad arr. NSRO: Personent Hodie
North Sea Radio Orchestra
Album: Birds
Oof Records OOF 010

(Segue)

00:44
Oliver Postgate/Vernon Elliot: The Music of the Spheres (The Clangers)
Performed By Unnamed Players
Album: Clangers - Original Television Music
Trunk Records SOUP 001CD

00:48
Perry: Lorna
Sorgar Rajeant
Album: Music from Goa - Made in Bombay
Trikont 0395

(Segue)

00:53
Les Paul: Tico Tico
Album: Les Paul, Mary Ford
Capitol CDP 7 91299 2

00:55
Antony Santos: Cójelo Ahi
Album: Rough Guide to Merengue & Bachata
World Music Network RGNET 1039

Guitarist Les Paul playing a Twelfth Street Rag, 
Linling Yu performing on the Chinese pipa, Ravel played on the theremin, and the glottal stuttering of singers recorded on the Pityusic Islands by Alan Lomax in the 1950s. Presented by Verity Sharp. Producer Samuel Hickling EMAIL: late.junction@bbc.co.uk

Through the Night

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

Through the Night: 30/09/2009

30/09/2009

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 30/09/2009

Music including Sibelius, Bruckner, Schumann, Mozart, Scriabin, Handel, Bach, Suk, Vivaldi

Music including Sibelius, Bruckner: Symphony No 6, plus Schumann, Mozart, Scriabin, Handel, Bach, Suk, Vivaldi, Wassenaer, Boccherini, Scarlatti, JC Bach, Holst and Poulenc.

1.00am
Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957): Tapiola, Op 112 - symphonic poem
1.22am
Bruckner, Anton (1824-1896): Symphony No 6 in A
Liege Philharmonic Orchestra
Petri Sakari (conductor) 

2.24am
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856): Symphonische Etuden for piano, Op 13 (1837)
Andras Schiff (piano)

2.50am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Constanze's aria: Martern aller Arten (Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail)
Cyndia Sieden (soprano)
Prima La Musica
Dirk Vermeulen (conductor) 

3.01am
Scriabin, Alexander (1872-1915): Symphony No 1 in E, Op 26 (1900) 
Larissa Diadkova (mezzo-soprano)
Endrik Wottrich (tenor)
Choeur de Radio France
Orchestre National de France
Riccardo Muti (conductor)

3.52am
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759): Aria and Variations in D minor
Jan Jongepier (organ)

4.04am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750), orch. Schoenberg: Prelude and Fugue in E flat, BWV 552
Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Edo de Waart (conductor)

4.21am
Szokolay, Sandor (b.1931): Sonatina for harpsichord
Janos Sebestyen (harpsichord)

4.25am
Suk, Josef (1874-1935): Elegie, Op 23
Suk Trio

4.31am
Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741): Sonata in C for oboe, violin and continuo, RV 779
Camerata Koln

4.45am
Mielczewski, Marcin (1590-1651): Deus in nomine tuo - Psalmkonzert for bass, two violins, cello and continuo
Concerto Polacco

4.50am
Wassenaer, Unico Wilhelm van (1692-1766): Concerto No 6 in E flat (Sei Concerti Armonici 1740)
Combattimento Consort Amsterdam
Jan Willem de Vriend (conductor)

5.01am
Boccherini, Luigi (1743-1805) arr. Francesco Squarcia: String Quintet No 60 in C, G324 (La msica notturna delle strade di Madrid) - arr for string orchestra
I Cameristi Italiani

5.15am
Scarlatti, Domenico (1685-1757): Sonata in C, L104
Natalya Pasichnyk (piano) 

5.18am
Scarlatti, Domenico (1685-1757), arr Timothy Kain: Sonata in D, K430
Guitar Trek

5.21am
Paganini, Niccolo (1782-1840): Sonata No 3 in C for violin and guitar (Centone di sonate, Op 64)
Andrea Sestakova (violin)
Alois Mensik (guitar)

5.26am
Bach, Johann Christian (1735-1782): Quintet in F for flute, oboe, violin, viola and continuo, Op 11, No 3
Les Adieux

5.36am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Piano Sonata in D, K284
Cathal Breslin (piano)

6.08am
Gabrieli, Giovanni (c.1553-1612): Sonata Pian' e forte
Brass section of the Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Kjetil Haugsand (conductor) 

6.13am
Gesualdo, Carlo (c.1560-1613), arr Maxwell Davies: Two motets - arr for brass quintet
The Graham Ashton Brass Ensemble

6.22am
Holst, Gustav (1874-1934): Wind Quintet in A flat, Op 14
Cinque Venti

6:37am
Poulenc, Francis (Jean Marcel) (1899-1963): Sonata for two pianos (1953) 
Roland Pontinen, Love Derwinger (pianos).

Sibelius Tapiola Bruckner Symphony No 6 in A 
2.24 Schumann Symphonische Etuden for piano, Op 13 
2.50 Mozart Martern aller Arten (Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail) 3.01 Scriabin Symphony No I in E 
3.52 Handel Aria and Variations in D minor 
4.04 Bach, orch Schoenberq Prelude and Fugue in E flat, BWV552 4.21 Sandor Szokolay Sonatina for harpsichord 4.25 Suk Elegie , Op 23 4.31 Vivaldi Sonata in C for oboe, violin and continuo, RV779 
4.45 Mielczewski Psalmkonzert for bass, two violins, cello and continuo 4.50 Wassenaer Concerto No 6 in E flat (Sei concerti armonici) 5.01 Boccherini, arr Squarcia String Quartet in C, Op 30 No 6, G324 (La musica notturna delle strade di Madrid) 5.15 D Scarlatti Sonata in C, Kkl59 5.18 D Scarlatti, arr Kain Sonata in D, Kk430 5.21 Paganinl Sonata No 3 for violin and guitar, Op 64 (Centone di sonate) 5.26 JC Bach 
Quintet in F for flute, oboe, violin, viola and continuo, Op 11 No 3 5.36 Mozart Piano Sonata in D, K284 
6.08 G Gabriell Sonata Pian' e forte 
6.13 Gesualdo, arr Peter Maxwell Davies Two Motets for brass quintet 6.22 Hoist Wind Quintet in A flat, Op 14 6.37 Poutenc Sonata for two pianos

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