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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

15/10/2009

Rob Cowan

BBC Radio 3 - Breakfast, Rob Cowan

Musical selection presented by Rob Cowan.

Morning musical selection presented by Rob Cowan.

7.03	

ANDERSON
fiddle-faddle
eastman-rochester POPS orhestra
frederick fennell
MERCURY 457694 t12	


7.07

BACH 
The Art of Fugue: Contrapunctus Nos 9 and 11
Concerto Italiano 
Rinaldo Alessandrini 
OPUS 111 OPS30-191  trs 9 and 11 	


7.14

ELGAR 
Give Unto the Lord Op.74
London Symphony Chorus 
Northern Sinfonia 
Richard Hickox (conductor)
EMI 5655862 	tr 4			


7.23	

HANDEL
Overture to Judas Maccabaeus
English Chamber Orchestra 
Richard Bonynge
DECCA 466434 CD1	 t14	


7.31	

D. SCARLATTI
Sonata in A KK322
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano)
DECCA 417772 tr8	


7.35

DVORAK
My Homeland
Bavarian Radio SO
Rafael Kubelik
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 435074	CD1	tr1				

7.46	

BEETHOVEN
Ghost Trio Op 70/1: 
Presto
Eggner Trio
LC806	 tr3		


7.52

James MACMILLAN
As Others See Us
TS Eliot 
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
James Macmillan
SONY 9962	tr14						
		
7.57

ROSSINI
Ariette Villageouise
Mireille Delunsch (soprano)
Malcolm Martineau (piano)
OPERA RARA 247	tr9						

8.03

ROSSINI
The Barber of Seville
Largo Al Factotum	
Simon Keenlyside, baritone (Figaro)
Munich Radio Orchestra
Ulf Schirmer
SONY 6884822 tr1				

8.09	

BRUCKNER
Scherzo from Symphony No. 6
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Marek Janowski
PENTATONE 354	tr3						

8.18	

SULLIVAN
When Britain Really Ruled the Waves from Iolanthe
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sir Malcolm Sargent
EMI 74476	CD8	tr3				

8.22	

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
The Marriage Feast and Lamentable End of King Dodon
Pittsburgh SO
William Steinberg
EMI 65424 tr8						

8.33	

CHARPENTIER
Prelude from Te deum (arrangement)
Ole Edvard Antonsen, trumpet
Wayne Marshall, organ
EMI 5550482	tr2						
	
8.36	Free Thought â  Anthony Sargent							
8.38	

HANDEL
Mi lusinga from Alcina
Della Jones, mezzo (Ruggiero)
City of London Baroque Sinfonia
Richard Hickox
EMI 749771	CD2 tr5				

8.46	

MOZART 
Rondo in A Minor K511 
Richard Goode (piano) 
NONESUCH 7559 798312 	tr 7 				

8.57	

GINASTERA
Estancia/Danza del Trigo
Simon Bolivar Orchestra
Gustavo Dudamel
DG 477816	CD2	tr5				

9.02	

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV 
Capriccio Espagnol Op.34 
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra 
Karel Ancerl 
SUPRAPHON 11 1943 2 011 tr 17 			

9.17	

BACH The Well-Tempered Clavier II 
Prelude & Fugue in C BWV 870
Gustav Leonhardt (harpsichord) 
EMI CDS 7491288	CD3 	trs 1				

9.22	

Patrick HAWES
Cantate Domino
Christian Forshaw
Sanctuary Ensemble
SIGNUM 178	tr12							

9.27	

OFFENBACH
La Belle Helene Overture
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Louis Fremaux
EMI 7630242	tr14						

9.36

DEBUSSY
Passepied from Suite Bergamasque
Friedrich Gulda (piano)
AUDITE  21404 CD2	 tr11				
	
9.40	

Bill HOLMAN
Invention for Guitar and Trumpet
Stan Kenton and his Orchestra
CAPITOL JAZZ 92865 tr8	


9.43

MOZART 
Exsultate, Jubilate K165 
Ruth Ziesak (soprano)
La Stagione 
Michael Schneider 
DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI 74321 935522 trs 1- 4			

9.57	

HANDEL
Piu Amabile Belta from Giulio Cesare
Scheriner Blechblaser Collegium
BERLIN CLASSICS1655		tr18

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: Thursday - Sarah Walker

Thursday - Sarah Walker

BBC Radio 3 - Classical Collection, Thursday - Sarah Walker

Sarah Walker with music by Mozart, Bax, Adam, Ives, Alfven, Stenhammar and Shostakovich.

With Sarah Walker. Including Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik. Bax: Into the Twilight. Adam: Giselle (excerpt). Ives: Central Park in the Dark. Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No 1.

With Sarah Walker.

10.00am
Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K525
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
DG 427 906-3

10.17am
Bax: Into the Twilight
Ulster Orchestra
Bryden Thomson (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN8367

10.29am
Schubert: Gondelfahrer, D808; Im Freien, D880
Margaret Price (soprano)
Graham Johnson (piano)
HYPERION CDJ33015 

10.36am
Adam: Grand pas de deux (Giselle - Act 2)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
Richard Bonynge (conductor)
DECCA 417 505-2

10.49am
Ives: Central Park in the Dark
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Litton (conductor)
HYPERION CDA67540

11.00am
Alfven: Aftonen (Evening)
Stenhammer: Varnatt (Spring Night)
Peterson-Berger: Som stjarnona pa himmelen (Like stars in the sky)
Bengt Forsberg (piano)
Uppsala University Chamber Choir
Stefan Parkman (musical director)
CHANDOS  CHAN9169

11.15am
Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No 1 in A minor, Op 77
Maxim Vengerov (violin)
London Symphony Orchestra
Mstislav Rostropovich (conductor)
TELDEC 4509 98143-2.

With Sarah Walker. 
Mozart Serenade in G, K525 (Eine kleine 
Nachtmusik) Orpheus Chamber Orchestra 
10.17 Bax Into the Twilight 
Ulster Orchestra, conductor Bryden Thomson 
10.36 Adam Grandpas de deux (Giselle) Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, 
Covent Garden, conductor Richard Bonynge 
10.49 Ives Central Park in the Dark 
Dallas Symphony Orchestra, conductor Andrew Litton 
11.00 Scandinavian choral pieces by Alfven, Stenhammar and Peterson-Berger. 
Bengt Forsberg (piano), Uppsala University 
Chamber Choir, musical director Stefan Parkman 
11.14 Shostakovich Violin Concerto No 1 
Maxim Vengerov , London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Mstislav Rostropovich

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: Richard Strauss (1864-1949)

Composer of the Week: Richard Strauss (1864-1949): Episode 4

Episode 4

Richard Strauss (1864-1949)

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Richard Strauss (1864-1949), Episode 4

Donald Macleod focuses on Strauss' music at the time of the First World War.

Donald Macleod focuses on Richard Strauss at the time of the First World War, when his music, such as Le bourgeois gentilhomme, began to show an even more profound sense of irony.

Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Richard Strauss.

He focuses on the composer at the time of the First World War, when his music began to show an even more profound sense of irony. His incidental music for Le bourgeois gentilhomme is a typical example, presenting the style and mood of 18th century music in a 20th-century manner.

Ouverture; Schlaft sie? (Ariadne)
Najade ...... Christiane Hossfeld (soprano)
Dryade ...... Angela Liebold (mezzo-soprano)
Echo ...... Eva Kirchner (soprano)
Ariadne ...... Deborah Voigt (soprano)
Staatskapelle Dresden
Giuseppe Sinopoli (conductor)
DG 471 323-2 CD1  Trs 9-10

Der Pokal; Einerlei; Waldesfahrt; Schlechtes Wetter (Kleine Lieder, Op 69)
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone)
Gerald Moore (piano)
EMI 7 63995 2 CD6  Trs 4-7

Le bourgeois gentilhomme, Op 60
Berlin Philharmonic
Simon Rattle (conductor)
0EMI 3 39339 2  Trs 7-15.

Donald Macleod discusses the life and work of Richard Strauss

Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Richard Strauss, once hailed as 'the outstanding living composer'. His eclectic style blurred the boundaries between Romanticism and 20th century music

Composer of the Week: Richard Strauss

4/5. With Donald Macleod.

Ariadne (excerpts) - Dresden Staatskapelle, conductor Giuseppe Sinopoli

Der Pokal; Einerlei; Waldesfahrt; Schlechtes Wetter (Funf kleine Lieder, Op 69) - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Gerald Moore (piano)

Le bourgeois gentilhomme - Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Simon Rattle

(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: New Generation Artists 2009

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: New Generation Artists 2009: Episode 3: Mahan Esfahani, Jennifer Pike, Shai Wosner

Episode 3

Episode 3: Mahan Esfahani, Jennifer Pike, Shai Wosner

New Generation Artists 2009

Mahan Esfahani, Jennifer Pike, Shai Wosner

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert, New Generation Artists 2009, Mahan Esfahani, Jennifer Pike, Shai WosnerClose menu

Music from Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord), Jennifer Pike (violin) and Shai Wosner (piano).

New Generation Artists: 3/8. Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord) in Bach: Praeludium, BWV 922. Jennifer Pike in Beethoven: Violin Sonata, Op 24. Shai Wosner in Schubert: Piano Sonata in A.

From the Wigmore Hall, London.

Part of a series featuring studio and concert performances by members of Radio 3's New Generation Artists scheme, which exists to provide concert and recording opportunities to some of the world's finest younger musicians.

Iranian harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani plays music by Bach, British violinist Jennifer Pike performs Beethoven's Spring Sonata and Israeli pianist Shai Wosner plays Schubert's gently lyrical Piano Sonata in A.

Bach: Praeludium (Fantasie) in A minor, BWV 922
Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord)

Beethoven: Violin Sonata in F, Op 24 (Spring)
Jennifer Pike (violin)
Martin Roscoe (piano)

Schubert: Piano Sonata in A, D664
Shai Wosner (piano)

Attr Bach, transcr Esfahani: Bist du bei mir
Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord).

Performances by members of the 2008-2010 intake of Radio 3 New Generation Artists

Series of studio and concert performances by members of the 2008-2010 intake of Radio 3 New Generation Artists

Afternoon on 3

With Jonathan Swain. 
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 
3/8. Featuring performances by current Radio 3 New Generation Artists. 
Bach Praeludium in A minor, BWV922 (Fantasie) Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord) 
Beethoven Violin Sonata in F, Op 24 (Spring) Jennifer Pike , Martin Roscoe (piano) 
Schubert Piano Sonata in A, 0664 Shai Wosner Attr Bach , arr Esfahani Bist du bei mir Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord) 
2.00 Handel Opera Cycle 
A chance to hear one of Handel's greatest operas, about the sorceress Alcina, who iures men to her island only to turn them into rocks, trees or animals when she grows tired of them. Arleen Auger stars in this recording, now over 20 years old, but still among the best of all Handel opera discs. With guests director James Conway and novelist Donna Leon. Handel Alcina: Acts 1 and   Opera Stage Chorus, City of London Barogue Sinfonia, conductor Richard Hickox Act 3 istomorrow at 2pm

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 Concert: Handel: Alcina (Acts 1 and 2)

Handel: Alcina (Acts 1 and 2)

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Handel: Alcina (Acts 1 and 2)

Jonathan Swain presents Acts 1 and 2 of Alcina, seen as possibly Handel's greatest opera.

Handel Operas 2009: Jonathan Swain presents Acts 1 and 2 of Alcina, regarded as possibly Handel's greatest opera. Starring Arleen Auger (soprano) and Della Jones (mezzo-soprano).

Handel Operas 2009

Jonathan Swain presents the first two acts of Alcina, regarded as possibly Handel's greatest opera. Arleen Auger stars as Alcina in this well-loved recording, now over 20 years old and still among the best of all Handel opera discs

Alcina is a sorceress who lures men to her enchanted island - then turns them into rocks, trees or animals when she grows tired of them. Her latest victim is Ruggiero - but his betrothed, Bradamante, won't give him up without a fight.

Including contributions from director James Conway and novelist Donna Leon.

Handel: Alcina (Acts 1 and 2)

Alcina ...... Arleen Auger (soprano)
Ruggiero ...... Della Jones (mezzo-soprano)
Morgana, Alcina's sister ...... Eiddwen Harrhy (soprano)
Bradamante ...... Kathleen Kuhlmann (contralto)
Oberto ...... Patrizia Kwella (soprano)
Oronte ...... Maldwyn Davies (tenor)
Melisso ...... John Tomlinson (bass)
Opera Stage Chorus
City of London Baroque Sinfonia
Richard Hickox (conductor).

Handel Opera Cycle

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: Alcina

Handel Opera Cycle: Alcina: Episode 1: Alcina (Acts 1 and 2)

Episode 1

Episode 1: Alcina (Acts 1 and 2)

Alcina

Alcina (Acts 1 and 2)

BBC Radio 3 - Handel Opera Cycle, Alcina, Alcina (Acts 1 and 2)

Jonathan Swain presents Acts 1 and 2 of Alcina, regarded as possibly Handel's greatest opera. Starring Arleen Auger (soprano) and Della Jones (mezzo-soprano).

Jonathan Swain presents the first two acts of Alcina, regarded as possibly Handel's greatest opera. Arleen Auger stars as Alcina in this well-loved recording, now over 20 years old and still among the best of all Handel opera discs.

Alcina is a sorceress who lures men to her enchanted island - then turns them into rocks, trees or animals when she grows tired of them. Her latest victim is Ruggiero - but his betrothed, Bradamante, won't give him up without a fight.

Including contributions from director James Conway and novelist Donna Leon.

Handel: Alcina (Acts 1 and 2)

Alcina ...... Arleen Auger (soprano)
Ruggiero ...... Della Jones (mezzo-soprano)
Morgana, Alcina's sister ...... Eiddwen Harrhy (soprano)
Bradamante ...... Kathleen Kuhlmann (contralto)
Oberto ...... Patrizia Kwella (soprano)
Oronte ...... Maldwyn Davies (tenor)
Melisso ...... John Tomlinson (bass)
Opera Stage Chorus
City of London Baroque Sinfonia
Richard Hickox (conductor).

Jonathan Swain presents Alcina, regarded as possibly Handel's greatest opera

Jonathan Swain presents Alcina, regarded as possibly Handel's greatest opera. Arleen Auger stars as Alcina in a recording which is still among the best of all Handel opera discs

In Tune

Radio 3's drivetime show has all the latest interviews and music ahead of the coronation.

Radio 3's drivetime show brings you all the latest interviews and music as we build up to the coronation.

In Tune: 15/10/2009 Anner Bylsma, Ralph Kirshbaum, Thomas Allen, Christopher Maltman, John Humphreys

15/10/2009 Anner Bylsma, Ralph Kirshbaum, Thomas Allen, Christopher Maltman, John Humphreys

BBC Radio 3 - In Tune, 15/10/2009 Anner Bylsma, Ralph Kirshbaum, Thomas Allen, Christopher Maltman, John Humphreys

Presented by Petroc Trelawny. With cellist Anner Bylsma and baritone Thomas Allen.

With Petroc Trelawny. Cellists Anner Bylsma and Ralph Kirshbaum, with Jonathan Del Mar discuss their Wigmore Hall concert. Plus baritones Thomas Allen and Christopher Maltman.

Presented by Petroc Trelawny.

Cellists Anner Bylsma and Ralph Kirshbaum and editor Jonathan Del Mar discuss their 'Playing With Beethoven' Wigmore Hall concert. 

Baritones Thomas Allen and Christopher Maltman are in the studio ahead of their performance in the Royal Opera House's double-bill of Rave's L'heure espagnole and Puccini's Gianni Schicchi.

And chairman John Humphreys talks about the 2009 Dudley International Piano Competition. The finals take place on October 18.

17:02
CHABRIER
Espana 
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel (conductor)
Telarc CD 80170
Track 6	
6â20

17:09
PUCCINI
O mio babbino caro from Gianni Schicchi
Angela Gheorghiu (soprano)
Royal Opera House Orchestra
Ion Marin (conductor)
EMI 7243 5 57706 2 2
Track 14
2â31

17:13
BEETHOVEN
Cello Sonata No 3 in A major Op 69: 3rd mvt.
Anner Bylsma (cello)
Malcolm Bilson (piano)
Elektra Nonesuch 7559 79836-2
Track 3
8â04

17:29
BEETHOVEN 
Concerto for Piano, Violin, Cello and Orchestra Op 56 â 2nd mvt [largo]
Pinchas Zukerman (violin)
Ralph Kirshbaum (cello)
John Browning (piano)
LSO
Christoph Eschenbach (conductor)
RCA 09026 68964 2
Track 5
5â02

17:40
BEETHOVEN 
Piano Trio in D major Op 70 No 1 âGhostâ
Final mvt: Presto 
Jos van Immerseel (fortepiano)
Vera Beths (violin)
Anner Bylsma (cello)
Sony SK 51353
Track 7
8â14

17:49
ARNOLD
English Dances Set 2
LPO 
Michael Arnold (conductor)
Lyrita SRCD 2337
CD 1 Tracks 2-5
9â43

18:03
VIVALDI
Dixit Dominus RV 594
Choir of the Kings Consort
The Kings Consort
Hyperion CDS 44171
CD 1 Track 18	
2â08

18:06
BACH 
Prelude from Violin Partita No 3	
Catrin Finch (harp)
Sony Classical SK 93103
Track 1
3â58	

18:11
VERDI
âGod who has brought us togetherâ from Don Carlos
Thomas Allen (baritone)
Gwyn Hughes Jones (tenor)
Philip Tebb (bass)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
David Parry (conductor)
CHAN 3155
Track 4	
5â35

18:23
PUCCINI
Erauigauale la voce from Gianni Schicchi (including the aria Si corre dal notaio)
JosÃ© Van Dam (Gianni Schicchi)
Felicity Palmer (Zita)
Roberto Alagna (Rinuccio)
Luigi Roni (Simone)
London Symphony Orchestra
Antonio Pappano (conductor)
EMI 7243 5 56587 2 2
CD 3 Tracks 13-15
3â30

18:32
RAVEL
Scene 16 from Lâheure espagnol
Kurt Ollmann (Ramiro)
Kimberly Barber (Concepcion)
LSO
Andre Previn (conductor)
DG 457 590-2
Track 17
2â53

18:36
STRAUSS
FÃ¼nf Lieder Op. 15: Heimkehr
Christopher Maltman (baritone)
Roger Vignoles (piano)
Hyperon CDA 67667
Track 5
2â17

18:39
TCHAIKOVSKY ARR. GLASUNOV
Scherzo from Souvenir dâun lieu cher Op. 42
Baiba Skride (violin)
CBSO
Andris Nelsons (conductor)
Sony 88697214232
Track 5	
3â38

18:48
LISZT
Chapelle de Guillaume Tell 
from AnnÃ©es de PÃ¨lerinage â Premiere AnnÃ©e: Suisse
Libor Novacek (piano)
Landor Records LAN 290
Track 1
6â30

18:55
ELLINGTON ARR. BISSILL
Caravan
The London Horn Sound
Richard Bissill (lead horn)
James Rattigan (solo jazz horn)
Geoffrey Simon (conductor)
Cala CACD 0112
Track 13
4â15

Performance on 3

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

Performance on 3: Berg's Wozzeck

Berg's Wozzeck

BBC Radio 3 - Performance on 3, Berg's Wozzeck

Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts a semi-staged performance of Berg's opera Wozzeck.

Presented by Martin Handley. Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts a semi-staged performance of Berg's operatic tour-de-force, Wozzeck, with live video by Jean-Baptiste Barriere.

Presented by Martin Handley. From the Royal Festival Hall.

A semi-staged performance of Berg's operatic tour-de-force, Wozzeck, with live video by Jean-Baptiste Barriere, concludes Esa-Pekka Salonen's exploration of the music and culture of Vienna between 1900 and 1935.

A chilling and dramatic masterpiece, the work is the apex of Viennese musical Expressionism. It draws on Berg's own experiences of the First World War and charts the eponymous hero's desperate descent into paranoia and insanity, using an intensely complex series of musical forms to express everything that the characters themselves cannot.

Wozzeck ...... Simon Keenlyside (baritone)
Marie ...... Katarina Dalayman (soprano)	
The Drum Major ...... Hubert Francis (tenor)	
Andres ...... Robert Murray (tenor)	
The Captain ...... Peter Hoare (tenor)	
The Doctor ...... Jan-Hendrik Rootering (bass)
Margret ...... Anna Burford (mezzo-soprano)
First Workman ...... David Soar (bass)
Second Workman ...... Leigh Melrose (baritone)
The Idiot ...... Ben Johnson (tenor)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Philharmonia Voices
Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor)
	
Plus Van Cliburn International Piano Competition 2009:

Winning performances from the renowned competition, held every four years in Texas.

Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No 2 in C sharp minor
Nobuyuki Tsujii (piano)

Bach: Toccata in F sharp, BWV 910
Di Wu (piano).

A semi-staged performance of Alban Berg's chilling operatic tour de force Wozzeck - the apex of Viennese musical Expressionism.
Drawing on Berg's own experiences of the First World War, it charts the eponymous hero's desperate descent into paranoia and insanity.
Recorded at London's Royal Festival Hall last week. Presented by Martin Handley.

Berg Wozzeck - Philharmonia Voices and Orchestra, conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen

Followed by another of this week's winning performances from the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition.
Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No 2 in C sharp minor Nobuyuki Tsujii

Performance on 3 7.00pm Radio 3
Banned by the Nazis (usually a good sign of artistic worth and enduring greatness), Berg's searing operatic masterpiece Wozzeck continues to pin audiences to their seats with its unrelenting combination of power and pathos. It's a chillingly dissonant (and sometimes disarmingly beautiful) musical assessment of the dehumanising military world that will eventually drive the good soldier Wozzeck to madness and murder. The great British baritone Simon Keenlyside takes the title role in a semi-staged performance that marks the end of conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Philharmonia Orchestra's nine-month exploration of the music of Vienna. (David Gillard)

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: Landmarks: The Threepenny Opera

Landmarks: The Threepenny Opera

BBC Radio 3 - Night Waves, Landmarks: The Threepenny Opera

Philip Dodd explores The Threepenny Opera.

Landmarks: Philip Dodd explores one of the most groundbreaking pieces of musical theatre of all time - The Threepenny Opera by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill.

Philip Dodd presents a Night Waves Landmark exploring one of the most groundbreaking pieces of musical theatre - Kurt Weill's The Threepenny Opera.

In 1920s Weimar Berlin, Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill took polite operetta and turned it into something jagged, political and contemporary. The Threepenny Opera became an international hit, an early talkie followed, as did stardom for Lotte Lenya. By the time the Nazis came to power and Brecht and Weill had fled Germany, there had been no fewer than 130 productions around the world. Without it there would have been no Cabaret, no Chicago, no Mack the Knife. 

Philip brings together a round table of guests to assess why The Threepenny Opera continues to intrigue. He is joined by singers Ian Bostridge and Kim Criswell, theatre director Stephen Unwin and translator Jeremy Sams.

Night Waves: Landmarks

Philip Dodd and his guests assess why Brecht and Weill's The Threepenny Opera continues to intrigue, and ask whether it is the essential masterpiece of a duo who brought the cruelty of the 20th century crashing into musical theatre. Producer Timothy Prosser

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: When Writers Play (Series 2)

The Essay: When Writers Play (Series 2): Episode 4: Jasper Rees

Episode 4: Jasper Rees

When Writers Play (Series 2)

Jasper Rees

BBC Radio 3 - The Essay, When Writers Play (Series 2), Jasper ReesClose menu

Jasper Rees on re-learning the French horn and playing live at the Royal Festival Hall.

Journalist Jasper Rees sets himself the crazy challenge of re-learning the French horn, then playing live at the Royal Festival Hall.

Music might feature in the work of many writers, but do many writers play an instrument? Quite a few do, and this essay series charts five writers with musical 'careers'. Here is a bit of autobiography, telling listeners how they started out, their inspirations, their memorable performances and how playing relates to their lives as writers. 

And they are keen to demonstrate their musical talents, which you can hear at the end of each essay! 

Journalist Jasper Rees set himself the challenge of re-learning to play the French Horn in one year. And after that year he was going to play in front of an audience - at the Royal Festival Hall.

Five writers describe their passions and possibly talents for playing a musical instrument

Five writers describe their passions and possibly their talents for playing a musical instrument

The Essay: When Writers Play

4/5. Journalist Jasper Rees sets himself the challenge of relearning the French horn, then playing at the Royal Festival Hall.

Late Junction

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

Late Junction: Late Junction Sessions

Late Junction: Late Junction Sessions: Episode 9: Tortoise and Colin Newman

Episode 9

Episode 9: Tortoise and Colin Newman

Late Junction Sessions

Tortoise and Colin Newman

BBC Radio 3 - Late Junction, Late Junction Sessions, Tortoise and Colin Newman

Fiona Talkington presents a collaborative session between Tortoise and Colin Newman.

Fiona Talkington's varied musical selection includes an exclusive collaborative session between Chicago's post rock pioneers Tortoise and Wire frontman Colin Newman.

Fiona Talkington presents a varied musical selection, including an exclusive collaborative session between Chicago's post rock pioneers Tortoise and front man of post punk band Wire, Colin Newman. In another instalment of Late Junction's monthly collaboration sessions, Newman and Tortoise meet at the BBC's Maida Vale studios for an unplanned and unprepared day of music making.

Series of sessions which bring together artists who have never previously collaborated

Monthly series of sessions which bring together artists who have never previously collaborated, enabling them to spend a day in the studio together

Fiona Talkington presents a collaborative session between Chicago's post-rock pioneers Tortoise and Colin Newman , f rontman of post-punk band Wire.

Through the Night

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

Through the Night: 16/10/2009

16/10/2009

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 16/10/2009

Music including Whitacre, Messiaen, Holten, Schubert, Zelenka, Bartok, Ravel and Stamitz.

Music including Whitacre, Messiaen, Holten, Schubert, Zelenka, Bartok, Ravel, Stamitz, Franck, Norman, Merikanto, Offenbach, Paganini, CPE Bach, Rosenmuller, Rachmaninov and Dvorak.

1.00am
Whitacre, Eric (b.1970): Three Songs of Faith
1.15am
Messiaen, Olivier (1908-1992): Cinq Rechants
1.34am
Holten, Bo (b.1948): The Marriage of Heaven and Hell - Six Poems by William Blake
Marika Scheele (solo soprano)
Jenny Ohlson (solo soprano)
Swedish Radio Choir
Peter Dijkstra (conductor)

2.00am
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828): Octet in F, D803 (1824)
Niklas Andersson (clarinet)
Henrik Blixt (bassoon)
Hans Larsson (horn)
Jannica Gustafsson, Martin Stensson (violins)
Hakan Olsson (viola)
Jan-Erik Gustafsson (cello)
Maria Johansson (double bass)

3.01am
Zelenka, Jan Dismas (1679-1745): Sinfonia a 8 Concertanti in A minor, ZWV 189 (1st mvt)
European Union Baroque Orchestra
Roy Goodman (director)

3.09am
Boismortier, Joseph Bodin de (1689-1755): Rondeau - La puce
Colin Tilney (harpsichord)

3.11am
Couperin, Francois (1668-1733): Rondeau - Les Barricades Mysterieuses (Pieces de clavecin - Ordre No 6)
Colin Tilney (harpsichord)

3.14am
Dowland, John (1563-1626), arr Timothy Kain: Complaint (Fortune my foe)
Guitar Trek

3.17am
Parac, Frano (b.1948): Guitar Trio
Zagreb Guitar Trio

3.23am
Bartok, Bela (1881-1945): Violin Concerto No 1, Op Post
Shlomo Mintz (violin)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly (conductor)

3.45am
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937): Rhapsodie Espagnole
Aglika Genova, Liuben Dimitrov (piano duo)

3.58am
Sarasate, Pablo de (1844-1908): Romanza Andaluza, Op 22
Moshe Hammer (violin)
Valerie Tryon (piano)

4.03am
Stamitz, Johann (1717-1757): Concerto in B flat for clarinet and orchestra, 1750
Jann Engel (clarinet)
Capella Coloniensis
Hans-Martin Linde (conductor)

4.21am
Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon (1562-1621): Psalm 90; Laudate Dominum
Netherlands Chamber Choir
Paul van Nevel (conductor) 

4.26am
Sweelinck: Cantate Domino Canticum Novum (motet)
Bernard Winsemius (organ)
Netherlands Chamber Choir
Peter Phillips (conductor)

4.30am
Franck, Cesar (1822-1890): Offertoire in G (1859)
Joris Verdin (organ)

4.37am
Norman, Ludvig (1831-1885): Quartet in E for two violins, viola and cello, Op 20 (1855)
Berwald Quartet

5.01am
Dvorak, Antonin (1841-1904): Silent woods for cello and orchestra, B182 (arr from No 5 of From the Bohemian Forest)
Shauna Rolston (cello)
Edmonton Symphony Orchestra
Uri Mayer (conductor)

5.07am
Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957): Valsette in E minor (Ten Pensees lyriques for piano, Op 40, No 1)
Eero Heinonen (piano)

5.08am
Merikanto, Oscar (1868-1924): Improvisation, Op 76, No 3
Eero Heinonen (piano)

5.15am
Melartin, Erkki (1875-1937): Serenata, Op 121, No 5
Arto Noras (cello)
Tapani Valsta (piano)

5.17am
Melartin, Erkki (1875-1937): Lohdutus (Consolation)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Osmo Vanska (conductor)

5.22am
Offenbach, Jacques (1819-1880): C'est une chanson d'amour (Les contes d'Hoffmann - Act 3)
Lyne Fortin (soprano)
Richard Margison (tenor)
Orchestre Symphonique du Quebec
Simon Streatfield (conductor)

5.30am
Paganini, Niccolo (1782-1840): Cantabile
Peter Michalica (violin)
Elena Michalicova (piano)

5.35am
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel (1714-1788): Concerto in G for flute and orchestra, Wq 169
Tom Ottar Andreassen (flute)
Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Roy Goodman (conductor)

6.00am
Rosenmuller, Johann (c.1619-1684): Confitebor - Psalm 110 (111)
Johanna Koslowsky (soprano)
David Cordier (countertenor)
Gerd Turk (tenor)
Stephan Schreckenberger (bass)
Carsten Lohff (organ)
Cantus Colln
Konrad Junghanel (director/lute)

6.15am
Rachmaninov, Sergey (1873-1943): Variations on a theme of Corelli, Op 42
Natalya Pasichnyk (piano)

6.32am
Lebedjew, Alexej (1924-1993): Concerto in one movement (Concerto No 1) in A minor for bass trombone (or tuba) and piano
Csaba Wagner (trombone)
Katalin Sarkady (piano)

6.39am
Dvorak, Antonin (1841-1904): Slavonic Dances Nos 9-12, Op 72
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Juanjo Mena (conductor).

Whitacre Three Songs of Faith Messiaen Cinq rechants Bo Holten The Marriage of Heaven and Hell 
2.00 Schubert Octet in F, D803 3.01 
Zelenka Simphonie in A minor, ZWV189 (1st mvt) 109 Boismortler La.puce 3.11 Couperin Les barricades mystérieuses 
(Pieces de clavecin) 3.14 Dowland, arr Kain Complaint (Fortune My Foe) 3.17 Parac Guitar Trio 3.23 Bartok Violin Concerto No 1 3.45 Ravel Rhapsodie espagnole 
3.58 Sarasate Romanza Andaluza (Spanische Tanze, Op 22) 4.03 Stamitz Clarinet Concerto in B flat 
4.21 Sweelinck Psalm 90; Laudate Dominum; Cantate Domino canticum novum 4.30 Franck Offertoire in G 
4.37 Norman String Quartet in E, Op 20 5.01 Dvorak Silent Woods 5.07 Sibelius Valsette in E minor (Pensfes lyriques, Op 40) 5.08 Merikanto Improvisation, Op 76 No 3 5.15 Melartln Serenata, Op 121 No 5; Lohdutus 
5.22 Offenbach C'est une chanson d'amour 
(Les contes d'Hoffmann: Act 3) 5.30 Paqanini Cantabile in D 5.35 CPE Bach Flute Concerto in G, Wql69 
6.00 Rosenmüller Confitebor tibi Domine (Psalm 110) 
6.15 Rachmaninov Variations on a Theme by Corelli, 
Op 42 6.32 Lebedjew Concerto for bass trombone and piano 6.39 Dvorak Slavonic Dances Nos 9-12 (Op 72)

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