BBC Radio 3 is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 30th September 1967. It replaced Third Programme.

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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

02/10/2009

Sara Mohr-Pietsch

BBC Radio 3 - Breakfast, Sara Mohr-Pietsch

Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents music, news and the occasional surprise.

7.03 

SCHUBERT 
Impromptu in E flat 
Alfred Brendel (piano) 
PHILIPS 4425432 Track 2 						

7:08 

HANDEL 
Music for Royal Fireworks â Overture 
The English Concert
Trevor Pinnock 
ARCHIV 4231492 CD 2 Track 1 							 

7:16

DEBUSSY 
La fille aux cheveux de lin 
Krystian Zimerman (piano) 
DG 4357732 2 CD 1 Track 8 							

7:19 

JENKINS 
Fantasy 6 in g 
Phantasm 
AVIE AV 2120 Track 7 								

7:23

SULLIVAN: Patience 		
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Sir Neville Marriner
PHILIPS 4349162 Track 9  


7.31

TCHAIKOVSKY 
Swan Lake Valse 
Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal
Charles Dutoit 
DECCA 4362122 CD 1 Track 2 							 

7:39

FAURE 
Sicilienne 
Sharon Bezaly (flute)
Roland Pontinen (piano) 
BIS CD1239 Track 11 								 

7:43

TALLIS 
Spem in alium 
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers
CHANDOS CHAN 0513 Track 1 						 
	    
7:53 

MENDELSSOHN
Capriccio in E minor, 4 Pieces Op 81 
Elias Quartet 				
ASV GLD 4025 Track 6 


8.03

MOZART 
Marriage of Figaro Overture 
Staatskapelle Dresden
Hans Vonk 
CAPRICCIO 10070 Track 2 							 

8:08 

SCHUMANN 
Arabesque in C major, Op 18 
Andras Schiff (piano)
DSPRCD044 Track 2							      

8:15

BRIDGE
Seascape, from The Sea
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Richard Hickox, conductor
CHANDOS CHAN 10568 (2) CD1. Tr.1				

8.20 

PACHELBEL 
CANON and Gigue 
Daniel Hope (violin)
Soloists from Chamber Orchestra of Europe 
DG 00289 477 8094 Tracks 7 and 8 						 

8.31 

DVORAK 
Romantic piece for violin and piano, Op 75, Allegro moderato 
Pavel Sporcl (violin)
Petr Jirikovsky (piano)
SUPRAPHON SU 36212 Track 3 						 

8:35            

LEHAR 
Ballsirenen Waltz (Lehar)
Vienna Philharmonic
John Eliot Gardiner
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON  4631852 Track 3 						

8:43

BACH arr. Bruno Giuranna
Quodlibet, Goldberg Variation no.30
Trio Broz (two sisters and a brother)
VELUT LUNA CVLD 170  Tr.31


8:45

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS 
Rhosymedre 
Thomas Trotter 
(Mander East organ of St Giles Cripplegate) 
REGIS REGCD 302 Track 22 							 

8:50 

CHABRIER 
Espana 
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa 
DG 4312592 Track 10 								

8:57 

TRAD spiritual 
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child 
Wynton Marsalis (cornet)
Eastman Wind Ensemble/Donald Hunsberger 
CBS CD44726 Track 14 								

09:00

VIVALDI 
Concerto RV 419 
Christophe Coin (cello)
Il Giardino Armonico]
Giovanni Antonini 
NAÃVE OP 30426 Track 1-3 					 

9:10

Ambroise THOMAS 
Hamlet: âO vin, dissipe la tristesse!â
Simon Keenlyside, baritone
Munich Radio Orchestra
Ulf Schirmer (Conductor)
SONY BMG 82876884822 Tr.7					

9:15 

BACH 
Sonata no 2 in A minor BWV 1003 (Andante) 
Alina Ibragimova (violin) 
HYPERION CDa67691 Track 15 		 		  	 

9:21

HOLST 
The Planets, Op 32 
âJupiter Bringer of Jollity 
London Symphony Orchestra
Richard Hickox 
PCD 890 Track 4 									 
9:30

SCHUBERT 
Die Schone Mullerin  (Morgengruss) 
James Gilchrist (tenor) 
Anna Tilbrook (piano)                       ORCD 100006 Track 8 								 

9:35

MOZART
Piano concerto no.12 in A K414 â Rondo (final movement)
Melvyn Tan (piano / director)
London Chamber Orchestra
LCO LIVE â rec St Johns Smith Square 				

9:41

LANDI 
Homo fugit velut umbra 
LâArpeggiata
Christina Pluhar
Stephan van Dyck tenor
ALPHA 020 Track 1 							 

9:47

BRAHMS 
Hungarian Dance no 4 
Vienna Philharmonic
Claudio Abbado 
DG 4106152 Track 4 							 

9:51

ELGAR 
Salut dâamour Op 12 
Nigel Kennedy (violin)
Steven Isserlis (cello)
Peter Pettinger (piano) 
CHANDOS CHAN 8380 Track 5 					

9:55

CHOPIN 
Waltz Lâadieu 
Ingrid Fliter (piano)
EMI White label  Track 8

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

Classical Collection

Programme presenting a sequence of great music in classic recordings

Classical Collection: Sarah Walker

Sarah Walker

BBC Radio 3 - Classical Collection, Sarah Walker

Sarah Walker presents music by Donizetti, Haydn, Handel, Holst and Dvorak.

With Sarah Walker. Including Donizetti: Sinfonia in D minor per la morte di Capuzzi. Haydn: Symphony No 79. Handel: Suite No 5 in E. Holst: The Hymn of Jesus. Dvorak: Symphony No 4.

With Sarah Walker.

10.00am
Donizetti: Sinfonia in D minor per la morte di Capuzzi
Camerata Budapest
Laszlo Kovacs (conductor)
NAXOS 8.557492

10.12am
Haydn: Symphony No 79
Vienna Chamber Orchestra
Ernst Marzendorfer (conductor)
ORPHEUS ORH 235 (LP)

10.33am
Handel: Suite No 5 in E
Scott Ross (harpsichord)
ERATO ECD 75195 (2 CDs)

10.48am
Holst: The Hymn of Jesus, Op 37
Huddersfield Choral Society
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Malcolm Sargent (conductor)
DUTTON CDAX 8012

11.09am
Dvorak: Symphony No 4 in D minor, Op 13
London Symphony Orchestra
Istvan Kertesz (conductor)
DECCA 417 596-2

11.53am
Trad., arr. Vignoles: Lowlands
Jonathan Lemalu (baritone)
Roger Vignoles (piano)
EMI 5752032.

With Sarah Walker. 
Donizetti Sinfonia in D minor per la mortediCapuzzi Camerata Budapest, conductor Laszlo Kovacs 
10.12 Haydn Symphony No 79 in F Vienna Chamber Orchestra, conductor Ernst Marzendorfer 
10.33 Handel Suite No 5 in E Scott Ross (harpsichord) 
10.48 Holst The Hymn of Jesus, Op 37 Huddersfield Choral Society, 
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Malcolm Sargent 
11.09 Dvorak Symphony No 4 in D minor London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Istvan Kertesz 
11.53 Trad, arr Viqnoles Lowlands 
Jonathan Lemalu (baritone), Roger Vignoles (piano)

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 5: A Czech in Exile

Episode 5

Episode 5: A Czech in Exile

Bohuslav Martinu (1890-1959)

A Czech in Exile

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Bohuslav Martinu (1890-1959), A Czech in Exile

War and politics prevented Martinu returning to Czechoslovakia, and affected his music.

Donald Macleod looks at the events which contributed to Martinu's chosen exile and assesses how they affected his music.

The Second World War and politics both played parts in preventing Martinu's return to Czechoslovakia. Donald Macleod looks at the events which contributed to Martinu's chosen exile and assesses how they affected his music.

A comedy on the bridge (excerpt)
Jarmila Kratka (soprano)
Richard Novak (bass)
Brno Janacek Opera Orchestra
Frantisek Jilek (conductor)
Supraphon 112140-2 611, CD1 Trs 6-10

The Greek Passion (Act 3, Sc 1-2)
Rita Cullis, Helen Field, Catherine Savory (sopranos)
John Mitchinson, Arthur Davis (tenors)
John Tomlinson (bass)
Czech Philharmonic Choir
Brno State Philharmonic Orchestra
Charles Mackerras (conductor)
Supraphon 103611-2 CD2

Gilgamesh (Part 1)
Ivan Kusnjer (baritone)
Ludek Vele (bass)
Eva Depoltova (soprano)
Stefan Margita (tenor)
Milan Karpisek (spoken word)
Slovak Philharmonic Choir
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
Zdenek Kosler (conductor)
Marco Polo 8.223316, CD1 Trs 1-10

String Quartet No 5 (2nd mvt - Adagio)
Stamitz Quartet
Bohuslav Matousek (violin)
Josef Kekula (violin)
Jan Peruska (viola)
Vladimir Leixner (cello)
BR 100152-54, CD Vol 2 Tr 6.

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

5/5. A Czech in Exile. The Second World War and politics both played a part in preventing Martinu's return to Czechoslovakia. Donald Macleod explores the events behind the composer's chosen exile and assesses how they affected his music. A Comedy on the Bridge (excerpt) 
Jarmila Kratka (soprano), Richard Novak (bass), Brno Janacek , Opera Orchestraconductor Frantisek Jilek 
The Greek Passion (excerpt) 
Rita Cullis , Helen Field and Catherine Savory 
(sopranos), John Mitchinson and Arthur Davis (tenors), John Tomlinson (bass), Czech Philharmonic Choir, Brno State Philharmonic 
Orchestra, conductor Charles Mackerras Gilgamesh (Epic of Gilgamesh, part one) 
Eva Depoltova (soprano), Stefan Margita (tenor), Ivan Kusnjer (baritone), Ludek Vele (bass), 
Milan Karpisek (speaker), Slovak Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra, conductor Zdenek Kosier String Quartet No 5 (2nd mvt) 
Stamitz Quartet  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: Schwetzingen Festival 2009

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Schwetzingen Festival 2009: Episode 4: Maria Joao Pires, Pavel Gomziakov

Episode 4

Episode 4: Maria Joao Pires, Pavel Gomziakov

Schwetzingen Festival 2009

Maria Joao Pires, Pavel Gomziakov

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert, Schwetzingen Festival 2009, Maria Joao Pires, Pavel Gomziakov

Chamber concert recordings from all over the UK and beyond.

John Shea introduces a performance by Maria Joao Pires (piano) and Pavel Gomziakov (cello). Chopin: Piano Sonata in B minor, Op 58; Cello Sonata in G minor, Op 65.

Presented by John Shea.

The renowned and somewhat elusive Portuguese pianist Maria Joao Pires joins forces with young Russian cellist Pavel Gomziakov in a concert of late Chopin from the 2009 Schwetzingen Festival in Germany.

Maria Joao Pires (piano)
Pavel Gomziakov (cello)

Chopin: Piano Sonata in B minor, Op 58; Cello Sonata in G minor, Op 65.

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 
4/8. A concert from this year's Schwetzingen Festival, presented by Jonathan Swain. 
Pavel Gomziakov (cello), Maria Joao Pires (piano) Chopin Piano Sonata in B minor. Op 58; Cello Sonata in G minor. Op 65

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 5

Dance

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Dance, Episode 5

John Shea presents Act 3 of Handel's opera Oreste. Plus Dance: Poulenc, Lambert and Enescu

Handel Operas 2009: John Shea presents Act 3 of Handel's Oreste, starring Mary-Ellen Nesi. Plus Dance: Poulenc: Les biches. Lambert: Horoscope. Enescu: Romanian Rhapsody No 1.

Presented by John Shea.

Handel Operas 2009:

Radio 3's complete cycle of Handel operas continues with Act 3 of Oreste - a 'pasticcio', compiled by the composer from his own catalogue of previous works.

Handel: Oreste (Act 3)

Oreste ...... Mary-Ellen Nesi (mezzo-soprano)
Ermione ...... Maria Mitsopoulou (soprano)
Ifigenia ...... Mata Katsuli (soprano)
Pilade ...... Antonis Koroneos (tenor)
Toante ...... Petros Magoulas (bass)
Filotete ...... Nicholas Spanos (countertenor)
Camerata Stuttgart
George Petrou (conductor)

3.05pm Dance:

Series of performances of music inspired by dance.

Poulenc: Suite: Les biches
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Pascal Rophe (conductor)

Lambert: Suite: Horoscope
Ulster Orchestra
Rumon Gamba (conductor)

3.55pm
Enescu Romanian Rhapsody No 1
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Rossen Milanov (conductor)

Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet (excerpts)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Tadaaki Otaka (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

Handel Opera Cycle

Handel Oreste: Act 3 See yesterday for performer details 
3.05 Music inspired by dance. Poulenc Suite: Les biches 
BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Pascal Rophe Lambert Suite: Horoscope 
Ulster Orchestra, conductor Rumon Gamba 
3.55 Enescu Romanian Rhapsody No 1 BBCSO, conductor Rossen Milanov 
Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet (excerpts) BBC NOW, conductor Tadaaki Otaka 
5.00 In Tune 
Introduced by Sean Rafferty. From the City Halls, Glasgow, the BBC Scottish Symphony 
Orchestra under conductor Michal Dworzynski perform works by Mahler, Dvorak, Panufnik, 
Debussy and Strauss, as well as celebrating the music of Peter Maxwell Davies , who is 75 this year. Harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani joins the orchestra as soloist in Poulenc's Concert Champêtre.

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: Oreste

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

Episode 2

Episode 2: Oreste (Act 3)

Oreste

Oreste (Act 3)

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

John Shea presents Act 3 of Handel's opera Oreste, starring mezzo-soprano Mary-Ellen Nesi.

John Shea presents Act 3 of Handel's Oreste, starring mezzo-soprano Mary-Ellen Nesi.

Presented by John Shea.

Radio 3's complete cycle of Handel operas continues with Act 3 of Oreste - a 'pasticcio', compiled by the composer from his own catalogue of previous works.

Handel: Oreste (Act 3)

Oreste ...... Mary-Ellen Nesi (mezzo-soprano)
Ermione ...... Maria Mitsopoulou (soprano)
Ifigenia ...... Mata Katsuli (soprano)
Pilade ...... Antonis Koroneos (tenor)
Toante ...... Petros Magoulas (bass)
Filotete ...... Nicholas Spanos (countertenor)
Camerata Stuttgart
George Petrou (conductor).

John Shea presents a performance of Handel's 'pasticcio' opera Oreste

John Shea presents a performance of Handel's Oreste, a pastiche, compiled by the composer from his earlier works. Mezzo Mary-Ellen Nesi and soprano Maria Mitsopoulou lead the cast

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 features live from Glasgow, the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

Sean Rafferty presents live from the City Halls in Glasgow. Michal Dworzynski conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in music by Mahler, Poulenc and Strauss.

At the City Halls in Glasgow, Sean Rafferty presents the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Michal Dworzynski, in music by Mahler, Debussy, Richard Strauss and Poulenc's Concert Champetre, in which the harpsichord soloist is Mahan Esfahani - one of the BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists.

17:04
DVORAK
Carnival Overture
BBC SSO
MichaÅ DworzyÅski (conductor)
LIVE
9â24

17:15		
MAHLER
Blumine
BBC SSO
MichaÅ DworzyÅski (conductor)
LIVE
7â39

17:25
MAXWELL DAVIES
Farewell to Stromness [arr strings]
BBC SSO
MichaÅ DworzyÅski (conductor)
LIVE
3â37

17:35
POULENC
Concert champetre for harpsichord and Orchestra
Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord)
BBC SSO
MichaÅ DworzyÅski (conductor)
LIVE
24â47

18:06
BACH
Chromatische Fantaisie und Fugue, BWV 903
Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord)
LIVE
11â41

18:25
PANUFNIK
Heroic Ov (08)  
BBC SSO
MichaÅ DworzyÅski (conductor)
LIVE
6â35

18:34
DEBUSSY
Premiere Rhapsody for clarinet and orch 
Yann Ghiro (clarinet)
BBC SSO
MichaÅ DworzyÅski (conductor)
LIVE
8â43

18:45
STRAUSS
Till Eulenspiegel
BBC SSO
MichaÅ DworzyÅski (conductor)
LIVE
14â43

Performance on 3

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

Performance on 3: Bach, Berg, Brahms

Performance on 3: Bach, Berg, Brahms: Episode 1: Part 1

Episode 1

Episode 1: Part 1

Bach, Berg, Brahms

Part 1 BBC Radio 3 - Performance on 3, Bach, Berg, Brahms, Part 1

BBCNOW/Thierry Fischer, with Viviane Hagner (violin), in music by Bach, Berg and Brahms.

From St David's Hall, Cardiff. BBCNOW/Thierry Fischer. Bach/Stokowski: Toccata and Fugue in D minor. Berg: Violin Concerto (soloist - Viviane Hagner). Brahms: Symphony No 1.

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

Thierry Fischer conducts the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in music by Bach and Brahms, as well as Berg's Violin Concerto, with Viviane Hagner, one of the most eagerly-watched violinists to emerge in recent years.

Featuring the grandiose Bach Toccata and Fugue, followed by Berg's final masterwork - the tragic Violin Concerto, which movingly ends with a meditation on one of Bach's best-known chorales - before Brahms' First Symphony, with its stormy opening and cathartic release.

Viviane Hagner (violin)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Thierry Fischer (conductor)

Bach/Stokowski: Toccata and Fugue in D minor
Berg: Violin Concerto
Brahms: Symphony No 1.

BBC NOW conducted by Thierry Fischer in music by Bach/Stokowski, Berg and Brahms

In a concerg from St David's Hall, Cardiff, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales conducted by Thierry Fischer performs music by Bach/Stokowski, Berg and Brahms

Presented by Petroc Trelawny , from 
St David 's Hall, Cardiff. Violinist Viviane Hagner is the soloist in Berg's final masterwork - the tragic Violin Concerto, which ends with a meditation on one of Bach's chorales. 
Viviane Hagner (violin), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor Thierry Fischer 
Bach, arr Stokowski Toccata and Fugue in D minor Berg Violin Concerto

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: Moon Enterprises Inc and the Door

30/04/2009

Moon Enterprises Inc and the Door

BBC Radio 3 - Twenty Minutes, Moon Enterprises Inc and the Door

Two playful stories by award-winning writer Michael Kruger about eccentric grandfathers.

Stuart McLoughlin reads two stories by award-winning German author and poet Michael Kruger about eccentric grandfathers and the power they wield over their respective families.

Twenty Minutes: Moon Enterprises Incand The Door

Two stories by Michael Kruger about eccentric grandfathers and the power they wield. Read by Stuart McLoughlin.

Performance on 3: Bach, Berg, Brahms: Episode 2: Part 2

Episode 2: Part 2

Part 2 BBC Radio 3 - Performance on 3, Bach, Berg, Brahms, Part 2

BBCNOW/Thierry Fischer perform Brahms' Symphony No 1.

From St David's Hall, Cardiff. Petroc Trelawny presents the conclusion of Thierry Fischer and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales' concert, featuring Brahms' Symphony No 1.

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

Thierry Fischer conducts the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in Brahms' First Symphony, with its stormy opening and cathartic release.

BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Thierry Fischer (conductor)

Brahms: Symphony No 1.

Brahms

The Verb

BBC Radio 4

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

The Verb: Dreda Say Mitchell/Simone Felice/Larissa Miller

Dreda Say Mitchell/Simone Felice/Larissa Miller

BBC Radio 4 - The Verb, Dreda Say Mitchell/Simone Felice/Larissa Miller

Presented by Ian McMillan. With Dreda Say Mitchell, Simone Felice and Larissa Miller.

Presented by Ian McMillan. With a specially-written monologue from novelist Dreda Say Mitchell, Simone Felice singing and previewing his novel, plus Russian poet Larissa Miller.

Dreda Say Mitchell
Dreda Say Mitchell was the head teacher of a primary school in East London when she began attending creative writing classes. During those classes, she began writing about the character Schoolboy, who would become the central character in her award-winning first novel, Running Hot. This week Dreda has written a brand new monologue especially for The Verb, which is performed in studio by Jessica Dickens. 

Geezer Girls, by Dreda Say Mitchell, is out now from Hodder

Simone Felice
Simone Felice is a songwriter, singer and novelist from a tiny town in the Catskill Mountains, upstate New York. Currently touring with his band The Duke and the King, he stops into The Verb studio to play songs from their latest album, Nothing Gold Can Stay, and to preview a work in progress - his as-yet-unfinished novel Black Jesus.

Larissa Miller & Richard McKane
One of Russia's foremost lyrical poets, Larissa Miller's clear poetic voice stood out against oppression and censorship during the Communist era - often at great personal cost to herself and her family. Larissa and her translator Richard McKane read from Larissa's collection We Are Guests of Eternity and consider the role poetry plays in helping both writer and reader endure difficult times. 

We Are Guests of Eternity, by Larissa Miller, is published by Arc Press
Out of the Cold Blue, by Richard McKane, is published by Hearing Eye

Alex Horne
Taking his inspiration from HW Bergerson's book Palindromes and Anagrams,  Verb Language Spy Alex Horne wanted to see if our listeners would take up a daring poetic challenge:  writing Vocabularyclept poetry. 'Vocabularyclept' is a term used to describe a poem that's written using all the words of another poem, but in a different order... one poem from the verbal rubble of another.  Last week, Alex gave you 140 words of his choosing, and asked for poems to be sent in using only those words, and Verb listeners everywhere responded enthusiastically - not to say wittily! This week Alex reads a selection of your finest Vocabularyclept verse, and he and Ian reveal the poems they've created.

Ian McMillan presents a late-night showcase of new writing, performance and global literature. This week his guest is award-winning novelist Dreda Say Mitchell , who has written a piece of brand new fiction specially for the programme. Producer Laura Thomas

Composer Of the Week

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 5: Voltaire's Library and Legacy

Part 5 Part 5: Voltaire's Library and Legacy

Enlightenment Voices

Voltaire's Library and Legacy

BBC Radio 3 - The Essay, Enlightenment Voices, Voltaire, Voltaire's Library and LegacyClose menu

Professor Nicholas Cronk discusses Voltaire's legacy and his library.

Professor Nicholas Cronk discusses Voltaire's legacy, exploring his celebrity status and the lasting influence of his ideas about politics, religion and tolerance.

When Voltaire died in 1778 at the grand old age of 84, he was the most famous writer in the world. Whatever his doubts about the Christian afterlife, his own immortality was assured. In this fifth and final Essay on Voltaire, Professor Nicholas Cronk explores the legacy of this greatest of Enlightenment figures. He starts with the extraordinary story of the removal of Voltaire's library, book by book - and there were some seven thousand of them - from his chateau in France all the way to St Petersburg, where Catherine the Great planned to build a sort of Voltaire theme park. He explores Voltaire's celebrity status, both before and after his death, and goes on to discuss how his ideas - about politics, about religion, about tolerance - continue to resonate today. He concludes with a poignant illustration of how, in the true spirit of the Enlightenment, writers continue to debate with Voltaire and, in so doing, perpetuate his legacy. 

Professor Nicholas Cronk, director of the Voltaire Foundation in Oxford.

Reader Simon Russell Beale
Producer Beaty Rubens 

(Repeat).

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

5/5. Professor Nicholas Cronk explores how Voltaire's ideas about politics, religion and tolerance continue to resonate today. Producer Beaty Rubens

World on 3

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

World on 3: Mary Ann Kennedy

Mary Ann Kennedy

BBC Radio 3 - World on 3, Mary Ann Kennedy

Mary Ann Kennedy's selection includes a session with the Seckou Keita Quintet.

Mary Ann Kennedy introduces new CDs from around the world and a studio session with the Seckou Keita Quintet, who blend musical styles from Senegal, Egypt, Italy and the Gambia.

Mary Ann Kennedy introduces new CDs from around the world and a studio session with the Seckou Keita Quintet. It's an ensemble that blends Keita's Senegalese kora style with the playing of Egyptian violinist Sami Bishai, Gambian vocalist Binta Susso, Italian bass player Davide Mantovani and Senegalese percussionist Surahata Susso.

World on 3

Presented by Mary Ann Kennedy
Produced by Roger Short

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

Friday 2nd October 

You can go
Bokoor Band
Album: Ghana Special – Modern highlife Afro Sounds and Ghanaian Blues 1968-81
Soundway SNDWCP016P

Falani
Bassekou Kouyate
Album: I speak Fula
Outhere Records OH 013

Vusa Mkhaya Ndlovu: Amathalenta
Insingizi 
Album: Voices of Southern Africa Vol 2
Arc  EUCD 2243

Alan Silinga: Ntyilo Ntyilo
Miriam Makeba with the Manhattan Brothers
Album: Mama Afrika 1932-2008
Gallo Records 5051865-3593-2-6

Ewan MacColl: Come All Ye Fisher Lasses
The Fisher Family (Ray Risher, Cindy, Joyce, Audrey, Priscilla & Archie Fisher)
Album: Topic Records – Threescore Years and Ten
Topic 70-2

Trad: Wife of the bold Tenant Farmer
Joe Heaney  
Album: Topic Records – Threescore Years and Ten
Topic 70-2

Trad, Arr. Jones: The Humpback Whale
John Tams & Nic Jones  
Album: Topic Records – Threescore Years and Ten
Topic 70-2

Studio Session

Sekou Keita Quintet

Sekou Keita (vocals/Kora)
Davide Mantovani (bass/voice)
Binta Suso (voice) 
Surhata Susso (percussion)
Samy Bishai (violin)

Keita: Bimo
Sekou keita Quintet
BBC Recording by sound engineers Martin Appleby, Broadcasting House, 2009 

Keita: Mande-Arab 
Sekou keita Quintet
BBC Recording by sound engineers Martin Appleby, Broadcasting House, 2009 

Panjabi MC/Balwinder Kumar: Boliyan
Panjabi MC ft. Kamaljeet Kaur
Album: Indian Timing
PMC Records 842108

Charles Ganimian, Arr. Mehdi Haddab: Daddy Lolo 
Speed Caravan 
Album: Kalashnik Love
Realworld CDRW167

Dima Balone
Le Ry-Co Jazz 
Album: Tumbele – Beguine, afro and latin sounds from the French Caribbean 1963 – 74
Soundway SNDWCD/LP017

Crying
Gilzene and the Blue Light Mento Band
Album: Sweet Sweet Jamaica
World Village 479037 

Studio session

Keita: Kanu foro
Sekou keita Quintet
BBC Recording by sound engineers Martin Appleby, Broadcasting House, 2009 

Keita: Dari 
Sekou keita Quintet
BBC Recording by sound engineers Martin Appleby, Broadcasting House, 2009 

Apo Fetlar Top
Fiddlers Bid
Album: All Dressed in Yellow
Hairst Blinks Music HBM001

Djoy Amada: Tchapu no Bandera
Mayra Andrade
Album: Storia, Storia
RCA Victor/Sony 88697534432

Captain
Sam Carter 
Album: Keepsakes
Captain Records	

Jimmy Davis: No-one stands alone
Blue Murder: 
Album: Topic Records – Threescore Years and Ten
Topic 707

A studio session by the Seckou Keita Quintet, an ensemble that blends Keita's Senegalese kora style with the playing of Egyptian violinist 
Sami Bishai , Gambian vocalist Binta Susso , Italian bass player Davide Mantovani and Gambian percussionist Surahata Susso. Introduced by Mary Kennedy. Producer Roger Short

Through the Night

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

Through the Night: 03/10/2009

03/10/2009

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 03/10/2009

Music including Reinecke, Bruch, Schumann, Bartok, Tanev, Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky.

Music including Reinecke, Bruch, Schumann, Bartok, Tanev, Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky, Palestrina, Mozart, Verhulst, Handel, Bach, Ferrabosco, Haydn, Weber, Suk, Grieg, Stenhammar.

1.00am
Reinecke, Carl (1824-1910): Trio in A minor for oboe, horn and piano, Op 188
Jaap Prinsen (horn)
Maarten Karres (oboe)
Ariane Veelo-Karres (piano)

1.24am
Bruch, Max (1838-1920): Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor, Op 26
Ion Voicu (violin)
Romanian National Radio Orchestra
Emanuel Elenescu (conductor)

1.47am
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856): Dichterliebe, Op 48
Kevin McMillan (baritone)
Michael McMahon (piano)

2.21am
Bartok, Bela (1881-1945): Concerto for orchestra, Sz 116
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra in Bratislava
Ondrej Lenard (conductor)

3.01am
Tanev, Alexander (1928-1996): Piano Sonata
Ivan Eftimov (piano)

3.19am
Zagorschi, Vasile (1926-2003): Suite for oboe and piano
Valerii Rendiuc (oboe)
Gita Straholevich (piano)

3.25am
Shostakovich, Dmitry (1906-1975): Symphony No 5 in D minor, Op 47
BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)

4.14am
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893): Dumka - Russian rustic scene for piano, Op 59
Duncan Gifford (piano)

4.25am
Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741): Concerto in G for strings and continuo (Al Rustica, RV 151)
I Cameristi Italiani

4.29am
Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da (c.1525-1594): Fundamenta ejus - motet for four voices (1581)
Lorenzo Ghielmi (organ)
Chorus of Swiss Radio, Lugano
Diego Fasolis (conductor)

4.35am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Piano Trio in G, K564
Ondine Trio

4.50am
Verhulst, Johannes (1816-1891): Overture in C minor, Op 3 (Gijsbrecht van Aemstel)
Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jac van Steen (conductor)

5.01am
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759) ed. Dart: Sonata in B flat, HWV 357
Louise Pellerin (oboe)
Dom Andre Laberge (organ)

5.06am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Concerto No 4 in A for keyboard and string orchestra, BWV 1055
Lars-Ulrik Mortensen (harpsichord)
Ensemble 415

5.21am
Ferrabosco, Alfonso (c.1578-1628): Pavan and Fantasie
Nigel North (lute)

5.28am
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809): Trio in C for keyboard and strings, H XV 27
Ondine Trio

5.46am
Verhulst, Johannes (1816-1891): Herinnering, Op 26, No 12; Minneliedje, Op 27, No 9
Nico van der Meel (tenor)
Leo van Doeselaar (fortepiano)

5.51am
Weber, Carl Maria von (1786-1826): Andante and Rondo Ungarese in C minor, Op 35
Juhani Tapaninen (bassoon)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor)

6.01am
Suk, Josef (1874-1935): Serenade in E flat for string orchestra, Op 6
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
James Clark (conductor) 

6.30am
Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907): Lyric Pieces - Book 3, Op 43
Christina Ortiz (piano)

6.45am
Stenhammar, Wilhelm (1871-1927): The people of Nifelhem
Margaretha Ljunggren (soprano)
Michael Engstrom (piano)
Swedish Radio Choir
Gustav Sjokvist (conductor).

Reinecke Trio in A minor for oboe, horn and piano, Op 188 
1.24 Bruch Violin Concerto No I in G minor 
1.47 Schumann Dichterliebe , Op 48 
2.21 Bartok Concerto for orchestra 
3.01 Tanev Piano Sonata 3.19 Zagorschi Suite for oboe and piano 3.25 Shostakovich Symphony No 5 
4.14 Tchaikovsky Dumka , Op 59 (Russian Rustic Scene) 
4.25 Vivaldi Concerto in G for strings and continuo, RV151 (alia rustica) 4.29 Palestrina Fundamenta ejus 
4.35 Mozart Piano Trio in G, K564 
4.50 Verhuist Overture: Gijsbrecht van Aemstel 
5.01 Handel, ed Dart Oboe Sonata in B flat, HWV357 
5.06 Bach Keyboard Concerto in A, BWV1055 
5.21 Ferrabosco Pavan and Fantasie 
5.28 Haydn Piano Trio in C, H XV 27 
5.46 Verhuist Herinnering, Op 26 No 12; 
Minneliedje, Op 27 No 9 5.51 Weber Andante and Rondo Ungarese in C minor, Op 35 6.01 Suk Serenade in E flat, Op 6 6.30 Grieg Lyric Pieces, Book 3, Op 43 
6.45 Stenhammar The People of Nifelhem

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