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Breakfast

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

Breakfast: Rob Cowan

05/10/2009

Rob Cowan

BBC Radio 3 - Breakfast, Rob Cowan

Rob Cowan with music to discover, rediscover and lift the spirits. Plus a Free Thought.

Rob Cowan presents music to discover, rediscover and lift the spirits. Plus part of a series of Free Thoughts.

7.03		

MOSZKOWSKI 
Caprice Espagnol
Benjamin Grosvenor (piano)
GALTON CONCERT PRODUCTIONS T.9					

7.09		

ELGAR
Elegy for strings Op.58
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
DG 419 191 2 Tr 5					

7.14		

VIVALDI 
Lauda Jerusalem RV 609
Musica Fiata; La Capella Ducale
Roland Wilson
DHM 88697318702	Tr 23					
	
7.23		

TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No.4 in F minor Op.36 â Scherzo
Orchestra
Leopold Stokowski
EMI 698570 2 CD8 Tr 28					

7.31		

MOZART 
Der Schauspieldirektor K486
Tafelmusik
Bruno Weil
SONY SK46695 Tr 3					

7.36		

BRUCH
String Quintet in E flat major â movement 4
Henschel Quartett
NEOS 30901 Tr 8					

7.43		

BACH
Oboe Concerto in D minor BWV 1059
Tim Garland (soprano saxophone)
Northern Sinfonia
Bradley Creswick
AUDIO B ABCD 5025 Tr 1-3					

7.55		

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS 
Symphony No.8 in D minor - Scherzo
Orchestra
Leopold Stokowski
EMI 698570 2 CD8	Tr 27					

8.03		

VERDI
Aida â ballet music from Act 2, scene 2
The MET Orchestra
James Levine
SONY SK52489	Tr 9					

8.09		
JOHANN MICHAEL HAYDN
Et incarnates est from Mass in honour of St Ursula (Chiemsee Mass)
Munich Motet Choir
Munich Residence Orchestra
Hans Rudolf  ZÃ¶beley 
PROFIL PH06026			Tr 4					

8.13		

GLAZUNOV
Autumn from The Seasons 
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
JosÃ© Serebrier
WARNER 2564 614 342		Tr 17		  

8.14		

GLAZUNOV
Scherzo from Symphony No.5
Royal Scottish National Orchestra/JosÃ© Serebrier
WARNER 2564 614 342		Tr 2					

8.19		

SCHUBERT 
Polonaise in B flat major for violin and orchestra 
Gidon Kremer (violin)
London Symphony Orchestra
Emil Tchakarov 
DG 431 168 2		Tr 3					

8.26		

HANDEL
Ombra mai fu from Serse
Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano)
Il Giardino Armonica
Giovanni Antonini
DECCA 478 1521 	CD2 Tr 2				

8.31	

DEBUSSY	
Preludes Book 1 - No.11: La Danse de Puck
Nelson Freire (piano)
DECCA 478 1111	Tr 11					
		
8.34 FREE THOUGHT by LINDSAY JOHNS
		

8.36		

BRAHMS 
Hungarian Dance No.10 in F major
Danubia Orchestra Obuda/Domonkos HÃ©ja
WARNER 2564 69284-2 Tr 10					
	 
8.39		

HUMMEL
Trumpet Concerto in E flat major
Michel Cuvit (trumpet)
Swiss Romande Orchestra
Ernest Ansermet 
DECCA 480 0378 	Tr 12-14				

8.57		

MINGUS
Goodbye Pork Pie Hat 
Charles Mingus (bass)
John Handy, Booker Ervin, Shafi Hadi (saxophones)
Horace Parlan (piano)
Dannie Richmond (drums) 
COLUMBIA CK64624 Tr 2					

9.04		

HANDEL
Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened 
Choir of Kingâs College Cambridge
Academy of Ancient Music
Stephen Cleobury
EMI CDC 557 140 2	Tr 4-6					

9.13		

TCHAIKOVSKY
Scene and Waltz of the Snowflakes from The Nutcracker
Kirov Orchestra
Valery Gergiev
PHILIPS 462 114 2	Tr 10					

9.20		

STRAUSS
Morgen Op.27 No.4; Ruhe, meine Seele Op.27 No.1
Jessye Norman (soprano)
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Kurt Masur 
PHILIPS 475 8507 Tr 6 & tr 8 				

9.30		

RACHMANINOV arr CARMEN DRAGON
Prelude in C-sharp minor
Leonard Pennario (piano)
Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra
Carmen Dragon
ROYAL CLASSICS ROY 6465 Tr 8					

9.37		

BEETHOVEN 
Piano Quartet in C major, WoO 36 No.3
New Zealand Piano Quartet
NAXOS 8.570998	Tr 1-3					

9.54		

KERN arr. MAX HARRIS
All the things you are
Yehudi Menuhin, Stephane Grappelli (violins)
Alan Clare/Max Harris (piano)
Lenny Bush (bass); Ronnie Verrell (drums)
EMI 6985302	CD2 Tr 7

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Classical Collection

Programme presenting a sequence of great music in classic recordings

Classical Collection: 05/10/2009

BBC Radio 3 - Classical Collection, 05/10/2009

Sarah Walker presents music by Schubert, Faure, Gay, Beethoven and Martinu.

With Sarah Walker. Including Faure: Violin Sonata in A, Op 13. Gay: The Beggar's Opera, Act 3 (excerpt). Beethoven: Symphony No 5, Op 67. Martinu: Symphony No 4.

With Sarah Walker.

10.00am
Morley, arr McGowan: Lavolto
Alfonso Ferrabosco II: Sharp Pavan
Sermisy: Tant que vivray (instrumental)
Morley, arr McGowan: Millison's Jig
Unnamed ensembles
GLOBE EDITIONS GE 003

10.09am
Schubert: Incidental music for Rosamunde, D797 (selection)
Leopold Stokowski's Symphony Orchestra
Leopold Stokowski (conductor)
CALA CACD0550

10.37am
Faure: Violin Sonata in A, Op 13
Lola Bobesco (violin)
Jacques Genty (piano)
TESTAMENT SBT1360

11.01am
Gay, orch Pepusch: The Beggar's Opera, Act 3 (excerpt)
Polly ...... Elsie Morison (soprano)/Zena Walker (actor)
Lucy ...... Monica Sinclair (contralto)/Rachel Roberts (actor)
Macheath ...... John Cameron (baritone)/John Neville (actor)
Gaoler ...... Laurence Hardy (actor)
Pro Arte Choir and Orchestra
Malcolm Sargent (conductor)
CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE 5 75972 2 (2 CDs)

11.08am
Beethoven: Symphony No 5, Op 67
Debroy Somers Band
Debroy Somers (conductor)
COLUMBIA DX 1028 (78 rpm) British Library Archival Sound Recording - http://sounds.bl.uk/View.aspx?item=026M-1CL0047927XX-0100V0.xml

11.22am
Martinu: Symphony No 4
The Building a Library recommendation from CD Review.

With Sarah Walker. 
Shakespeare's Globe Music by Thomas Morley and others, arranged for productions at London's Globe Theatre. 
10.09 Schubert Incidental music: Rosamunde Leopold Stokowski 's Symphony Orchestra, conductor Leopold Stokowski 
10.37 Faure Violin Sonata in A, Op 13 Lola Bobesco , Jacques Genty (piano) 
11.01 Gay/Pepusch 
The Beggar's Opera: Act 3, excerpt  
Pro Arte Choir and Orchestra, conductor Malcolm Sargent 
11.08 Beethoven Symphony No 5 in C minor 
Debroy Somers Band, conductor Debroy Somers 
11.22 Martinu Symphony No 4 
Recommended in Saturday's Building a Library.

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: Johann Christian Bach (1735-1782)

Composer of the Week: Johann Christian Bach (1735-1782): Episode 1: Lured by the Stage

Episode 1

Episode 1: Lured by the Stage

Johann Christian Bach (1735-1782)

Lured by the Stage

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Johann Christian Bach (1735-1782), Lured by the Stage

With Donald Macleod. JC Bach rejects a typically Bach career as a provincial organist.

With Donald Macleod. JC Bach veers away from a typically Bach career as a provincial organist, and heads instead for Italy, and opera.

Donald Macleod introduces music and stories from the life of Johann Christian Bach, these days best known as the younget son of JS Bach, but in his day, the most famous Bach of all. Today, we follow JC Bach as he veers away from a typically Bach career as a provincial organist, and heads instead to Italy, and opera.

Donald Macleod introduces music and stories from the life of Johann Christian Bach

Donald Macleod introduces music and stories from the life of Johann Christian Bach, today best-known as the youngest son of Johann Sebastian, but in his day, the most famous Bach of all

Composer of the Week:Johann Christian Bach (1735-82)

1/5. Johann Christian Bach , JS Bach 's youngest son, was the only Bach to write Italian operas, veering away from a typical Bach-family career as provincial organist. Donald Macleod examines his life and work. Sonata in G, B24 
Erika Petofi (violin), Csilla Valyi (cello), Miklos Spanyi (tangent piano) 
Laudate pueri Dominum (St Joseph Vespers) 
Emma Kirkby (soprano), Markus Schafer (tenor) L'Orfeo Baroque Orchestra, director Michi Gaigg Konzertsatz fur Orgel und Streicher No 1 
Johannes Geffert (organ), Johann Christian Bach-Akademie, director Ingeborg Scheerer 
Overture: Artaserse Academy of Ancient Music, director Christopher Hogwood Producer Kerry Clark Repeated at 10pm 
RT DIRECT: JC Bach Opera Overtures (3 CDs) is available for E19.99 inc p&p. Send cheque payable to Selections, to: [address removed], or ring [number removed] (national rate) quoting B46-BX076

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: Tabea Zimmermann, Silke Avenhaus

Tabea Zimmermann, Silke Avenhaus

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert, Tabea Zimmermann, Silke Avenhaus

Tabea Zimmermann (viola) and Silke Avenhaus (piano) in Schumann, Reger and Mendelssohn.

From Wigmore Hall. Tabea Zimmermann (viola), Silke Avenhaus (piano). Schumann: Adagio and Allegro in A flat. Reger: Suite No 3 in E minor. Mendelssohn: Violin Sonata in C minor.

From Wigmore Hall, London. Presented by Verity Sharp.

Tabea Zimmermann (viola)
Silke Avenhaus (piano)

Schumann: Adagio and Allegro in A flat, Op 70
Reger: Suite No 3 in E minor for solo viola 
Mendelssohn: Violin Sonata in C minor.

Afternoon on 3

With Louise Fryer. 
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert ntroduced by Verity Sharp from London's Wigmore Hall. 
Tabea Zimmermann (viola), Silke Avenhaus (piano) Schumann Adagio and Allegro in A flat. Op 70 Reger Suite No 3 in E minor for solo viola Mendelssohn Viola Sonata in C minor Repeated on Saturday at 2pm 
2.00 Baltic Sea Festival 
A week focusing on this year's festival in Sweden, and the work of its founders, conductors Valery Gergiev and Esa-Pekka Salonen. The themes were Peace and Reconciliation, and today's performances include works composed especially for the occasion. Krzysztof Penderecki Prelude for Peace 
World Orchestra for Peace, conductor Valery Gergiev 
Verdi Messa da Requiem  
Anja Kampe (soprano), Michelle DeYoung (mezzo), Alexey Dolgov (tenor), Mikhail Petrenko (bass), 
Swedish Radio Chorus, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Daniel Harding 
3.50 Mahler Symphony No 5  
World Orchestra for Peace, conductor Valery Gergiev

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: Baltic Sea Festival 2009

Afternoon Concert: Baltic Sea Festival 2009: Episode 1

Baltic Sea Festival 2009

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Baltic Sea Festival 2009, Episode 1

Music from the 2009 Baltic Sea Festival in Sweden. Including Penderecki, Verdi and Mahler.

Jonathan Swain presents music from the 2009 Baltic Sea Festival in Sweden. Including Penderecki: Prelude for Peace. Verdi: Messa da Requiem. Mahler: Symphony No 5.

Jonathan Swain presents music from the 2009 Baltic Sea Festival in Sweden and the work of its founders, conductors Valery Gergiev and Esa-Pekka Salonen. The themes of the festival are peace and reconciliation, and performances include work specially composed for the occasion, as well as two blockbusters.

Penderecki: Prelude for Peace
World Orchestra for Peace
Valery Gergiev (conductor)

Verdi: Messa da Requiem
Anja Kampe (soprano)
Michelle DeYoung (mezzo-soprano)
Alexey Dolgov (tenor)
Mikhail Petrenko (bass)
Swedish Radio Chorus
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Harding (conductor)

3.50pm
Mahler: Symphony No 5 in C sharp minor
World Orchestra for Peace
Valery Gergiev (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: Baltic Sea Festival 2009

Louise Fryer presents music from the 2009 Baltic Sea Festival in Sweden

Louise Fryer presents music from the 2009 Baltic Sea Festival in Sweden and the work of its founders, conductors Valery Gergiev and Esa-Pekka Salonen

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: 05/10/2009 Simon Keenlydside, Katarina Dalayman and the ROH's Carmen

05/10/2009 Simon Keenlydside, Katarina Dalayman and the ROH's Carmen

BBC Radio 3 - In Tune, 05/10/2009 Simon Keenlydside, Katarina Dalayman and the ROH's Carmen

Presented by Sean Rafferty. With tenor Simon Keenlyside and guests from the ROH's Carmen.

Presented by Sean Rafferty. Including tenor Simon Keenlyside and soprano Katarina Dalayman, plus mezzo-soprano Elina Garanca with tenor Roberto Alagna.

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

With tenor Simon Keenlyside and soprano Katarina Dalayman who join Sean to talk about the culmination of Esa-Pekka Salonen's City of Dreams project, a semi-staged version of Alban Berg's Wozzeck.

Plus mezzo-soprano Elina Garanca and tenor Roberto Alagna discussing the Royal Opera House's new production of Carmen by Bizet.

17:02
HANDEL
Solomon (The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba; Fugue; Lento)
Academy of Ancient Music
Kenneth Sillito (conductor)
CAPRICCIO 10420	
Track 21-23
7â36â

17:11
BERG
Wozzeck (Act II Introduction + Scene I: Marieâs Room)
Katarina Dalayman (soprano)
Carl Johan Falkman, (Wozzeck)
Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera, Stockholm
Leif Segerstam (conductor)
NAXOS 8.660076-77	
CD 2, tracks 1-2		
						
17:24
BRAHMS
Abendammerung, Op.49 No.5
Simon Keenlyside (baritone)
Malcolm Martineau (piano)
SONY 88697566892	
Track 16
4â15
				
17:35
BERG
Wozzeck (Tschin Bumâ¦! Horst Bub? Da kommen sie!)
Katarina Dalayman (Marie)		
Marianne Eklof (Margret)
Carl Johan Falkman (Wozzeck)
Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera, Stockholm
Leif Segerstam (conductor)
NAXOS 8.660076-77	
CD1, track 3
8â34â

17:45
BEETHOVEN
Piano Sonata in E, op.90
Stephen Kovacevich (piano)
EMI CDC 5 56148 2	
Tracks 1-2
12â25â

17:57
CHARPENTIER
Te Deum (fanfare)
Maurice Andre (trumpet)
EMI 7243 5 62993 
CD 1, Track 19
1:58

18:03	
BIZET
Les Toreadores; Danse Boheme (Carmen Suite)
Orchestra of the Bastille
Myun Whun Chung, conductor 
DG 42178 2 
TRACKS 1 AND 8
6â01

18:10	
BRAHMS
FAE Sonata (Scherzo-Allegro)
Christian Tetzlaff (violin)
Lars Vogt (piano)
EMI CDC5575252	
Track 11
5â02

18:16
BIZET
Carmen (La fleur que tu mâavais jetÃ©e)
Roberto Alagna (tenor)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Richard Armstrong (conductor)
EMI CDC5 55540 2		
Track 8
3â58â

18:27	
ROSSINI
Tancredi (Cavatina: âDi tanti palpitiâ)
Elina Garanca (mezzo-soprano)
Filarmonica del Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Roberto Abbado (conductor)
DG 477 7460
Track 12
2â52â

18:36
BIZET
Carmen (Act 4 finale: Carmen, il est temps encore)
Maria Callas (Carmen)
Nicolai Gedda (Don Jose)
Georges Pretre (director)
EMI CDS7473138
CD.3, track 13
8â44â

18:46
PURCELL 
Abdelazer   
The Academy of Ancient Music
Christopher Hogwood (director)
LâOI-LYRE 433 191-2	
Tracks 8-10
12â42

Performance on 3

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

Performance on 3: BBC SO/Jiri Belohlavek - Martinu Symphony No 1

BBC SO/Jiri Belohlavek - Martinu Symphony No 1

BBC Radio 3 - Performance on 3, BBC SO/Jiri Belohlavek - Martinu Symphony No 1

BBC SO/Jiri Belohlavek in Mozart, Mahler and Mussorgsky, plus Martinu: Symphony No 1.

The opening concert of the BBC SO's 2009-10 season, with chief conductor Jiri Belohlavek, features Martinu's Symphony No 1, marking the 50th anniversary of the composer's death.

Presented by Petroc Trelawny

The opening concert of the BBC Symphony Orchestra's 2009-10 season, with chief conductor Jiri Belohlavek, is the first concert in a series devoted to Martinu's six symphonies, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the composer's death. Martinu's First Symphony, a work conceived in exile from Nazi-dominated Europe, is preceded by Mozart's Symphony No 29 in A and bass-baritone Gerald Finley singing Mahler's Songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn, plus Mussorgsky's Songs and Dances of Death.

Gerald Finley (bass-baritone)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)

Mozart: Symphony No 29 in A, K201
Mahler: Songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn
Mussorgsky: Songs and Dances of Death
Martinu: Symphony No 1

Followed by part of a series of lesser-known works by Mendelssohn, one of Radio 3's Composers of the Year in 2009.

Mendelssohn: String Quintet No 2 in B, Op 87
Christian Tetzlaff, Isabelle Faust (violins)
Hartmut Rohde, Stefan Fehlandt (violas)
Gustav Rivinius (cello).

The opening concert of the BBC Symphony Orchestra's season with chief conductor 
Jiri Belohlavek is the first in a series devoted to Martinu's six symphonies, to mark the 50th anniversary of the composer's death. Presented by Petroc Trelawny . Gerald Finley (bass-baritone), 
BBCSO, conductor Jiri Belohlavek Mozart Symphony No 29 in A, K201 
Mahler Songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn Musorqsky Songs and Dances of Death Martinu Symphony No 1 
Then the first in a series of lesser-known works by Mendelssohn, one of Radio 3's Composers of the Year. Mendelssohn String Quintet No 2 in B flat, Op 87 Christian Tetzlaff and Isabelle Faust (violins), Hartmut Rohde and Stefan Fehlandt (violas), Gustav Rivinius (cello)

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: Terry Gilliam/2009 Turner Prize/What Scares Audiences/Friendliness

Terry Gilliam/2009 Turner Prize/What Scares Audiences/Friendliness

BBC Radio 3 - Night Waves, Terry Gilliam/2009 Turner Prize/What Scares Audiences/Friendliness

Presented by Matthew Sweet. With director Terry Gilliam and the 2009 Turner Prize.

Presented by Matthew Sweet. With director Terry Gilliam on his new film, the nominees for the 2009 Turner Prize and a discussion about which art form scares audiences best.

Matthew Sweet talks to director Terry Gilliam about his new film The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus, a modern-day fanstasy adventure starring Johnny Depp, Christopher Plummer and the late Heath Ledger.

Sarah Kent reviews the work of the nominees for the 2009 Turner Prize, which is on show at Tate Britain.

Authors Louise Welch and Kevin Jackson, with playwright Mark Ravenhill, discuss which art form scares audiences best, with the release of new books, films, plays and a TV series that all have the aim of terrifying.

And critic Lindsay Johns gives his thoughts on 'friendliness' as Night Waves prepares for 2009's Free Thinking festival of arts and ideas.

Matthew Sweet talks to film critic and author Kevin Jackson , about his almanac of vampires and their representations in human culture. Producer James Cook

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: Robert Hooke

The Essay: Enlightenment Voices: Robert Hooke: Part 1: Hooke's Diary

Part 1 Part 1: Hooke's Diary

Enlightenment Voices

Hooke's Diary

BBC Radio 3 - The Essay, Enlightenment Voices, Robert Hooke, Hooke's DiaryClose menu

Lisa Jardine on what Robert Hooke's diary says about Enlightenment scientists in general.

Professor Lisa Jardine examines Hooke's diary and considers the insight it gives us into the world of the Enlightenment scientists.

For those of us who studied Physics at school, we may know the name of Robert Hooke from "Hooke's Law" - the theory of elasticity. However most people will probably be unaware of Robert Hooke's greater contribution to the development of science during the Enlightenment. To his contemporaries, he was the "ingenius Mr. Hooke". He developed the microscope, spring pocket watch, a marine barometer, the universal joint (which is still used in cars today), was an architect, astronomer and had done much of the work on gravitational theory before Sir Isaac Newton. Very much the man about town and at the centre of events, Professor Lisa Jardine examines Hooke's diary and the insight it gives us into the world of the Enlightenment scientists. 

5 October 1675
'By water with Harry to Whitehall. Called first at Merchant Taylors hall. Walked into the Park with Sir Christopher Wren. The King called me to him, bid me shew him my experiment. Followed him through tennis court garden and into his closet. Shewed him the Experiment of Springs. He was very well pleased."

Producer: Sarah Taylor

(Repeat).

The Essay: Enlightenment Voices

Robert Hooke

Series introducing the life and work of pioneering scientist Robert Hooke

Series introducing the life and work of Robert Hooke, Britain's first paid research scientist and one of the key figures in establishing scienctific knowledge during the 17th century

1/5. Professor Lisa Jardine examines the diary of 17th-century thinker Robert Hooke , and asks what insight it gives into the world of Enlightenment scientists. Producer Sarah Taylor EMAIL: theessay@bbc.cauk

Jazz on 3

Celebrating the best contemporary jazz, with exclusive concert recordings and features

From free jazz to fusion, post-bop to electronica – Jazz on 3 celebrates the music as a living and developing art form, with exclusive concert recordings and in-depth features

Jazz on 3: Robert Mitchell Trio

Robert Mitchell Trio

BBC Radio 3 - Jazz on 3, Robert Mitchell Trio

Jez Nelson presents a gig by pianist Robert Mitchell from 2009's Cheltenham Jazz Festival.

Jez Nelson presents a gig by pianist Robert Mitchell from at the 2009 Cheltenham Jazz Festival. With Mitchell's original compositions and various covers, including Massive Attack.

Jez Nelson presents a gig by pianist Robert Mitchell performed at the 2009 Cheltenham Jazz Festival. Featuring Mitchell's original compositions together with some well chosen covers - including a striking acoustic version of Massive Attack's Teardrop. The trio's sound is distinguished by drummer Richard Spaven's hip hop-derived break beats, subtly incorporated into a traditional acoustic piano trio completed by Tom Mason on bass.

An inventive pianist and composer, Mitchell's solid technique and openess to all music has created many opportunities, helping him to become one of the first artists accepted on the Jerwood Rising Stars scheme. His latest album recorded with the trio won Best Jazz Album at Gilles Peterson's Worldwide Awards 2009.

Playlist:

Excerpts from Chereke Son by Havana Cultura and Third Stream by Robert Mitchell Trio (details below)

Artist: Jerry Gonzalez
Track title: Evidence
Composer: Thelonious Monk
Album title: Ya Yo Me Cure
Label: Sunny Side
Released: 1979

Artist: The Havana Cultura Band featuring Mayra Caridad Valdes
Track title: Chekere Son
Composer: traditional
Album title: Gilles Peterson presents Havana Cultura
Label: Brownswood Recordings
Released: 26 Oct 2009

Artist: The Havana Cultura Band featuring Roberto Fonseca
Track title: La Revolucion Del Cuerpo
Composer: Ogguere
Album title: Gilles Peterson presents Havana Cultura
Label: Brownswood Recordings
Released: 26 Oct 2009

Robert Mitchell Trio recorded at the Pillar Room during the Cheltenham Jazz Festival on 3 May 2009

Line up:
Robert Mitchell (piano)
Tom Mason (bass)
Richard Spaven (drums)

Set list:
Cumulus (Robert Mitchell)
Third Stream (4Hero)
Ochre (Tom Mason)
Dance Cadaverous (Wayne Shorter)
Tear Drop (Massive Attack)
Greater Good (Richard Spaven and Vincent Helbers)
Everything In Its Right Place (Radiohead)

Forthcoming gigs in 2009:

Robert Mitchell
6 Nov @ Quay Arts Centre, Isle of Wight
12 Nov @ Brighton Dome Pavilion
16 Nov @ London Jazz Festival, QEH (support for Branford Marsalis)
28 Nov @ Liverpool Philharmonic
4 Dec @ DEDA, Derby

The Profound Sound Trio
20 Nov @ Belfast Sonic Arts Research Centre, Queens University
22 Nov @ Leeds Seven Arts Centre
23 Nov @ Vortex Jazz Club, London
24 Nov @ Manchester Band on the Wall
26 Nov @ Gateshead Old Town Hall
27 Nov @ Derby, Theatre Studio Derby
28 Nov @ Birmingham Jazz CBSO Centre

Excerpt from an interview with Keith Jarrett and Ethan Iverson about his London Concert recorded in May 2009

Artist: Keith Jarrett
Track title: CD3 Part VI
Composer: Keith Jarrett
Album title: Testament
Label: ECM
Released: 5 October 2009.

A gig by British pianist Robert Mitchell and his award-winning trio 3io, recorded at this year's Cheltenham Jazz Festival, featuring Mitchell's original compositions as well as covers such as an acoustic version of Massive Attack's Teardrop. Presented by Jez Nelson. Producer Peggy Sutton

Through the Night

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

Through the Night: 06/10/2009

06/10/2009

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 06/10/2009

Music including Beethoven, Mozart, Bernstein, Vaughan Williams, Sibelius, Magi and Brahms.

Music including Beethoven, Mozart, Bernstein, Vaughan Williams, Sibelius, Magi, Papandopulo, Bach, Auber, Chopin, Brahms, Liszt, Lawes, Lanier, Telemann, Giustini, Strauss, Franck.

1.00am
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): String Quartet in D, Op 18, No 3
1.27am
Beethoven: String Quartet in E flat, Op 74, No 10 (Harp)
Florian Kellerhals (violin)
Harald Grimsrud (violin)
Elisabeth Sijpkens (viola)
Hjalmar Kvam (cello)

1.57am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Concerto in C for harp, flute and orchestra, K299
Suzana Klincharova (harp)
George Spasov (flute)
Sofia Soloists Chamber Ensemble
Plamen Djurov (conductor)

2.26am
Bernstein, Leonard (1918-1990): Chichester psalms arranged for treble, chorus, organ, harp and percussion 
Yves Castagnet (organ)
(harp and percussion unidentified)
Radio France Chorus
Vladislav Chernuchenko (conductor) 

2.46am
Vaughan Williams, Ralph (1872-1958): Variations for Brass Band
The Hannaford Street Silver Band
Bramwell Tovey (conductor)

3.01am
Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957): Lemminkainen Suite: Four Legends from the Kalevala for orchestra, Op 22
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor) 

3.47am
Magi, Ester (b.1922): House of Wind (1981)
Academic Male Choir of Tallinn Technical University
Estonian State Symphony Orchestra
Arvo Volmer and Juri Rent (conductors)

3.55am
Trad (19th century), arr Narciso Yepes: Romanza for guitar
Stepan Rak (guitar)

4.02am
Papandopulo, Boris (1906-1991): Dodolice - a traditional folk ceremony for soprano, piano and girls' choir, Op 27
Miljenka Grdan (soprano)
Vladimir Krpan (piano)
Slovenian Chamber choir (girls only)
Vladimir Kranjcevic (conductor)

4.23am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Concerto No 1 in D minor for keyboard and string orchestra, BWV 1052
Kare Nordstoga (harpsichord)
Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin

4.44am
Auber, Daniel-Francois-Esprit (1782-1871): Guoracha - Ballet music No 1 (La muette de Portici)
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Viktor Malek (conductor)

4.49am
Chopin, Fryderyk (1810-1849): Mazurkas, Op 59: No 1 in A minor; No 3 in F sharp minor
Kevin Kenner (piano)

5.01am
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897), orch Martin Schmeling: Hungarian Dance Nos 1, 3 and 5
Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Stuart Challender (conductor)

5.08am
Liszt, Franz (1811-1886): Concert Paraphrase on God Save the Queen, S235 (composed 1841)
Laszlo Baranyay (piano)

5.16am
Locke, Matthew (c.1630-1677): Oh the brave jolly gypsy
Lucinda, wink or veil those eyes

5.19am
Lawes, Henry (1596-1662): Now, now, Lucatia, now make haste, L655; Gather ye rosebuds
5.25am
Lanier, Nicholas (1588-1666): No more shall meads
Angharad Gruffydd Jones (soprano)
Concordia
Mark Levy (conductor)

5.29am
Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767): Quartet No 12/6 in E minor for flute, violin, gamba and continuo (Paris Quartet)
L'Ensemble Arion

5.49am
Elsner, Josef (1769-1854): Symphony in C, Op 11
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice
Janusz Przybylski (conductor)

6.15am
Giustini, Lodovico (1685-1743): Suonata I in G minor
Wolfgang Brunner (fortepiano)

6.25am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Duet: La ci darem la mano, la mi dirai di si (Don Giovanni)
Canadian Opera Company Orchestra
Richard Bradshaw (conductor)

6.29am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Aria - Ah, fuggi il traditor; Champagne Aria: Finch'han dal vino; Aria: Il mio tesoro intanto (Don Giovanni)
Isabel Bayrakdarian (soprano)
Michael Schade (tenor)
Russell Braun (baritone)
Canadian Opera Company Orchestra
Canadian Opera Company Chorus
Richard Bradshaw (conductor)

6.36am
Strauss, Richard (1864-1949): Concerto No 1 in E flat for horn and orchestra, Op 11
Bostjan Lipovsek (French horn)
Slovenian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra
David de Villiers (conductor)

6.53am
Franck, Cesar (1822-1890): Cantabile in B, M36
David Drury (organ).

Beethoven String Quartet in D, Op 18 No 3; String Quartet in E flat, Op 74 (Harp) 1.57 Mozart Flute and Harp 
Concerto in C, K299 2.26 Bernstein Chichester Psalms 
2.46 Vaughan Williams Variations for brass band 3.01 Sibelius Lemminkainen Suite 3.47 Ester Magi House of Wind 3.55 Trad, arr Yepes Romanza 4.02 Papandopuk) Dodolice, Op 27 4.23 Bach Keyboard Concerto in D minor, BWV1052 4.44 Auber Ballet music Cuoracha (La muette de Portici) 4.49 Chopin Mazurkas, Op 59: No I in A minor No 3 in F sharp minor 5.01 Brahms, orch Schmeling Hungarian Dances Nos 1, 3 and 5 5.08 Liszt Concert Paraphrase on God Save the Queen, S235 5.16 Locke Oh the Brave Jolly Gypsy; Lucinda, Wink or Veil Those Eyes 5.19 Henry Lawes Now, Now, Lucatia, Now Make Haste; Gather Ye Rosebuds 5.25 Lanier No More Shall Meads 5.29 Telemann Quartet in E minor (Paris Quartets) 
5.49 Eisner Symphony in C 6.15 Giustini Keyboard Sonata No I in G minor 6.25 Mozart La ci darem la mano; Ah, fuggi il traditor; Finch'han dat vino; II mio  tesoro intanto (Don Giovanni ) 6.36 Strauss Horn 
Concerto No I in E flat 6.53 Franck Cantabile in B. M36

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