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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

16/10/2009

Rob Cowan

BBC Radio 3 - Breakfast, Rob Cowan

Rob Cowan presents a refreshing choice of music.

With Rob Cowan. Start the day with a refreshing choice of music.

07.02	

BEETHOVEN
Overture: Fidelio, op 72
Cleveland Orchestra
George Szell (conductor)
SONY SBK63062 Tr 4


07.09

VICTORIA
Ego vir videns paupertatem 
Nordic Voices
CHANDOS 0763 	Tr2			
		
					
07.14

SCHUMANN arr HOUGH
Traumerei
Michael Collins, clarinet
Steven Isserlis, cello
Stephen Hough, piano
BMG 09026635042		Tr13			
		
07.18

HAYDN
Finale: Presto from Symphony No 102 in B Flat Major
Collegium Musicum 90
Richard Hickox, conductor
CHANDOS 10568(2)		CD1 Tr5				
		
07.24

MOZART arr GULDA
Giunse alfin il momento 
– Deh vieni, non tardar
From The Marriage of Figaro 
Friedrich Gulda, piano
DG 4778466 CD6 Tr4			
		
					
07.31

HANDEL
Concerto Grosso op 3 no 3 in g major 
Academy of Ancient Music
Richard Egarr, director 
HARMONIA MUNDI HMU807415	Tr 9-11		

07.40

SCHUBERT
No 3 in E flat major from Three Military Marches, D733
Christoph Eschenbach & Justus Frantz (piano duet)
BRILLIANT CLASSICS LC09421 CD 3T9			

07.47

DVORAK
Waldesruhe 
Arto Noras (cello) 
Kuopio Symphony Orchestra 
Markus Lehtinen, conductor 
FINLANDIA 2564 603442  Tr 8			
	 
07.53

FUCIK 
Uncle Teddy’s March, op 239  
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Vaclav Neumann, conductor
SUPRAPHON CO-2112	Tr8				
			
08.03

STRAUSS
Second Suite of Waltzes from Der Rosenkavalier, op 59 
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Eugen Jochum, conductor
PHILIPS 4422812		CD 2 Tr 12			

08.11

MOZART
Lucio Silla: Il tenoro momento, premio di tanto amore
Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo – Cecilio) 
Concentus musicus Wien 
Nikolaus Harnoncourt 
TELDEC 2564 691264 CD1 tr 7		
					

08.20

GRIEG 
Andante molto tranquillo from Cello Sonata in A minor, op 36 
Jamie Walton, cello
Daniel Grimwood, piano
SIGNUM SIGCD172    trs 6			
				
08.26

DUKAS 
La Peri – Fanfare
The Leopold Stokowski Symphony Orchestra
Leopold Stokowski, conductor
ICON 6985682			CD7 T1		
				
08.31

SHOSTAKOVICH (ARR TZIGANOV)
Prelude No 3 from Twenty Four Preludes for piano op 34
Julian Rachlin, violin
Itamar Golan, piano
WARNER 256461949-2 CD1 Tr3		
			
	
08.33	FREE-THOUGHT – CHRISTIAN KAY		
			
08.35				

BERNSTEIN
Alleluia from Mass
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop  (conductor)
NAXOS 8.559622-23	 CD1 Tr3		

08.38

BACH ARR REGER
Prelude & Fugue in D BWV 532
Markus Becker (piano) 
HYPERION CDA67683 CD1 tr1		


08.50

SAINT-SAENS
Bacchanale from Samson & Dalila
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Thomas Beecham (conductor)
EMI 724356789920 		Tr11		

08.58

MATTEIS
Diverse bizzarrie Sopra la Vecchia Sarabanda o pur Ciaccona
Gli Incogniti
Amandine Beyer (director & violin)
ZIG ZAG ZZT090802	Tr2		


09.03

DVORAK 
Scherzo from Symphony No 4 in D minor op 13 
Staatskapelle Berlin
Otmar Suitner, (conductor)
BERLIN CLASSICS 0002442CCC CD3  Tr3		

09.10

SWEELINCK
Ecce prandium meum paravi
Trinity College Chapel Choir, Cambridge
Richard Marlow, director 
HYPERION CDA67103	Tr2		

					
09.15

COHEN
Hallelujah
Yasmin Levy 
WORLD VILLAGE 450010 	Tr5		
						
09.21

VIVALDI 
Oboe Concerto in f major, RV457 
Alfredo Bernardini, oboe & director
Zefiro
NAÏVE OP30478	Tr13-15		


09.32	

MENDELSSOHN
Entelied “Es ist ein Schnitter” Op.8 No.4 
Gudrun Sidonie Otto (soprano) 
Wolfgang Brunner (fortepiano) 
HANSSLER PH 09045  Tr 1		

					
09.37

SIBELIUS
Humoresques 3-6, op 89 for violin & string orchestra
Ilya Gringolts, violin
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi (conductor)
DG 474 814-2	Tr 4-7		

					
09.52

BACH 
Prelude in C minor, BWV546 
Jean Guillou, organ
DECCA 4802007	CD2 Tr1

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: Friday - Sarah Walker

Friday - Sarah Walker

BBC Radio 3 - Classical Collection, Friday - Sarah Walker

Sarah Walker with music by Turina, Chausson, Brahms, Haydn, Holmboe, Dvorak and Delius.

With Sarah Walker. Including Turina: Serenata. Chausson: Les Papillons. Bachelet: Chere Nuit. Brahms: Serenade No 2 in A. Haydn: Symphony No 83 (The Hen). Holmboe: Notturno, Op 19.

With Sarah Walker.

10.00am
Turina: Serenata, Op 87
Quartet Sine Nomine
CLAVES CD 50 9320

10.09am
Chausson: Les Papillons
Bachelet: Chere Nuit
Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano)
Malcolm Martineau (piano)
ONYX 4030

10.17am
Brahms: Serenade No 2 in A, Op 16
London Symphony Orchestra
Bernard Haitink (conductor)
LSO LIVE LSO0056

10.47am
Haydn: Symphony No 83 in G minor (The Hen)
Halle Orchestra
John Barbirolli (conductor)
DUTTON LABORATORIES CDBP 9750

11.09am
Holmboe: Notturno, Op 19
Scandinavian Wind Quintet
DACAPO 8.224001

11.23am
Dvorak: Song to the Moon (Rusalka)
Anna Netrebko (soprano)
Vienna Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)
DG 474 240-2

11.29am
Delius: Paris - The Song of a Great City
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Norman Del Mar (conductor)
UNICORN-KANCHANA    DKP(CD)9108.

Presented by Sarah Walker. 
Turina Serenata , Op 87 Quartet Sine Nomine 
10.09 Chausson Les Papillons Bachelet Chère nuit 
Susan Graham (mezzo), Malcolm Martineau (piano) 
10.17 Brahms Serenade No 2 in A, Op 16 London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Bernard Haitink 
10.47 Haydn Symphony No 83 in G minor (Hen) Halle, conductor John Barbirolli 
11.09 Holmboe Notturno , Op 19 Scandinavian Wind Quintet 
11.23 Dvorak Song to the Moon (Rusalka) Anna Netrebko (soprano), 
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Gianandrea Noseda 
11.29 Delius Paris: The Song of a Great City Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Norman Del Mar

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 5

Episode 5

Richard Strauss (1864-1949)

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Richard Strauss (1864-1949), Episode 5

Donald Macleod explores Strauss' role as the leading German composer of the Nazi era.

Donald Macleod explores Strauss' controversial role as the leading German composer of the Nazi era. Plus what has been called 'the most challenging tonal choral work ever written'.

Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Richard Strauss.

He appraises Strauss' controversial role as the leading German composer of the Nazi era, and introduces what has been called 'the most challenging tonal choral work ever written', his Deutsche Motette.

Zueignung, Op 10, No 1
Christine Brewer (soprano)
Roger Vignoles (piano)
Hyperion CDA67488  Tr 1

Schwung: Gebt mir meinen Becher! Seht, er uberstrahlt; Liebesgeschenke: Ich pfluckte eine kleine Pfirsichblute; Die Allmachtige: Die hochste Macht der Erde sitzt auf keinem Tron; Huldigung: Die Perlen meiner Seele (Gesange des Orients), Op 77
Christine Brewer (soprano)
Roger Vignoles (piano)
Hyperion CDA67488  Trs 14-18

Horn Concerto No 2 in E flat
Dennis Brain (horn)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Wolfgang Sawallisch (conductor)
EMI 47834  Trs 4-6

Deutsche Mottete, Op 62
The Danish National Radio Choir
Stefan Parkman (conductor)
Chandos CHAN 9223  Tr 3.

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

5/5. An appraisal of Strauss's controversial role as the leading German composer of the Nazi era, plus a chance to hear what has been called "the most challenging tonal choral work ever written" - his Deutsche Motette. With Donald Macleod. 
Zueignung, Op 10 No 1; Schwung; Liebesgeschenke Die Allmachtige; Huldigung (Gesange des Orients, Op 77) 
Christine Brewer (soprano), Roger Vignoles (piano) Horn Concerto No 2 
Dennis Brain, Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch Deutsche Motette , Op 62 
Danish National Radio Choir, conductor Stefan Parkman Repeated at iopm

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 4: Daniela Lehner, Pavel Haas Quartet

Episode 4

Episode 4: Daniela Lehner, Pavel Haas Quartet

New Generation Artists 2009

Daniela Lehner, Pavel Haas Quartet

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert, New Generation Artists 2009, Daniela Lehner, Pavel Haas QuartetClose menu

Daniela Lehner (mezzo-soprano) in Schumann. The Pavel Haas Quartet in Beethoven.

Daniela Lehner (mezzo-soprano) and Jose Luis Gayo (piano) in Schumann: Frauenlieben und -leben. The Pavel Haas Quartet in Beethoven: String Quartet in C.

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 opportunites to some of the world's finest younger musicians.

Austrian mezzo-soprano Daniela Lehner performs Schumann's ravishing song cycle of life and marriage, Frauenlieben und -leben, and the Pavel Haas Quartet from Prague play the last of Beethoven's surging Razumovsky quartets.

Schumann: Frauenlieben und -leben
Daniela Lehner (mezzo-soprano)
Jose Luis Gayo (piano)

Beethoven: String Quartet in C, Op 59, No 3
Pavel Haas Quartet.

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 
4/8. Performances by current Radio 3 New Generation Artists. 
Schumann Frauenlieben und-leben 
Daniela Lehner (mezzo), Jose Luis Gayo (piano) Beethoven String Quartet in C, Op 59 No 3 (Razumovsky) Pavel Hass Quartet 
2.00 Handel Opera Cycle Handel Alcina,Act 3 
See yesterday for performer details 
3.05 Magical Mystery Tour 
Beethoven Piano Sonata in D minor, Op 31 No 2 (Tempest) Fazil Say (piano) Dvorak The Noon Witch Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Alan Gilbert 
3.45 Mahler Das klagende Lied 
Melanie Diener (soprano), Christianne Stotijn 
(mezzo), Nikolai Andrei Schukoff (tenor), Markus Werba (baritone), Radio France Chorus, French National Orchestra, conductor Daniele Gatti

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: Magical Mystery Tour

Afternoon Concert: Magical Mystery Tour: Episode 4: Handel: Alcina (Act 3)/Beethoven, Dvorak, Mahler

Episode 4: Handel: Alcina (Act 3)/Beethoven, Dvorak, Mahler

Magical Mystery Tour

Handel: Alcina (Act 3)/Beethoven, Dvorak, Mahler

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Magical Mystery Tour, Handel: Alcina (Act 3)/Beethoven, Dvorak, Mahler

Jonathan Swain presents Act 3 of Handel's Alcina. Plus music by Beethoven, Dvorak, Mahler.

Handel Operas 2009: Jonathan Swain presents Act 3 of Handel's Alcina. Magical Mystery Tour: Beethoven: Piano Sonata in D minor. Plus music by Dvorak and Mahler.

Handel Operas 2009

Jonathan Swain presents Act 3 of Handel's Alcina. Can the faithful Bradamante rescue her beloved Ruggiero from the clutches of the enchantress Alcina on her magic island?

Handel: Alcina (Act 3)

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)

3.05pm
Magical Mystery Tour:

Continuing a series of music about sorcery and the supernatural.

Beethoven: Piano Sonata in D minor, Op 31, No 2 (The Tempest)
Fazil Say (piano)

Dvorak: The Noon Witch
Berlin Philharmonic
Alan Gilbert (conductor)

3.45pm
Mahler: Das Klagende Lied
Melanie Diener (soprano) 
Christianne Stotijn (mezzo-soprano) 
Nikolai Andrei Schukoff (tenor) 
Markus Werba (baritone)
Radio France Chorus
French National Orchestra
Daniele Gatti (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: Magical Mystery Tour

Jonathan Swain presents music exploring musical sorcery and the supernatural

Jonathan Swain presents music exploring musical sorcery and the supernatural, with a particular line in enchanted islands

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 2: Alcina (Act 3)

Episode 2

Episode 2: Alcina (Act 3)

Alcina

Alcina (Act 3)

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

Jonathan Swain presents Act 3 of Handel's Alcina.

Jonathan Swain presents Act 3 of Handel's Alcina. Can the faithful Bradamante rescue her beloved Ruggiero from the clutches of the enchantress Alcina on her magic island?

Jonathan Swain presents Act 3 of Handel's Alcina. Can the faithful Bradamante rescue her beloved Ruggiero from the clutches of the enchantress Alcina on her magic island?

Handel: Alcina (Act 3)

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: 16/10/2009 Cardiff Special

16/10/2009 Cardiff Special

BBC Radio 3 - In Tune, 16/10/2009 Cardiff Special

Petroc Trelawny with a special programme from Cardiff, featuring the BBC NOW.

Petroc Trelawny with a special edition from Cardiff, with the BBC NOW under Thierry Fischer in music by Debussy, Frank Martin, Massenet, Stravinsky, Mendelssohn and Haydn.

Petroc Trelawny presents a special programme from BBC Hoddinott Hall in Cardiff, in which the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and conductor Thierry Fischer perform music by Debussy, Frank Martin, Massenet, Stravinsky, Mendelssohn and Haydn.

14:04
LIVE
MENDELSSOHN
Overture, Ruy Blas 
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Thierry Fischer (conductor)
7'12

17:14
LIVE
STRAVINSKY 
Four Norwegian Moods 
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Thierry Fischer (conductor)
10'03

17:30
LIVE
TRADITIONAL 
Welsh Folktune 	
Catrin Finch (harp)
3'44

17:36
LIVE
FAURÃ
Une chatelaine en sa tour 
Catrin Finch (harp)
6'01

17:44
LIVE
HAYDN
Symphony No.44 âTrauerâ 
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Thierry Fischer (conductor)
14'57

18:04
LIVE
MARTIN
Overture, The Tempest 
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Thierry Fischer (conductor)
8'07

18:18
LIVE
ALBENIZ
Torre Bermeia
Catrin Finch (harp)
4'49

18:27
LIVE
DEBUSSY 
Danse sacrÃ© e et danse profane 
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Thierry Fischer (conductor) 
10'20

18:39
LIVE
MASSENET
ScÃ¨nes Dramatiques
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Thierry Fischer (conductor)
20'04

A special edition introduced live from Cardiff by Petroc Trelawny. The BBC National 
Orchestra of Wales and conductor 
Thierry Fischer perform music by Debussy, Frank Martin , Massenet, Stravinsky, Mendelssohn and Haydn.

Performance on 3

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

Performance on 3: Ulster Orchestra/John Lubbock

Ulster Orchestra/John Lubbock

BBC Radio 3 - Performance on 3, Ulster Orchestra/John Lubbock

John Lubbock conducts the Ulster Orchestra in music by Sibelius, Finzi and Arnold.

Martin Handley presents the Ulster Orchestra conducted by John Lubbock. Sibelius: Karelia Overture. Finzi: Clarinet Concerto. Sibelius: The Swan of Tuonela. Arnold: Symphony No 2.

Presented by Martin Handley.

In a concert given at Ulster Hall in Belfast, the Ulster Orchestra under John Lubbock perform works by Sibelius, Finzi and Malcolm Arnold.

With Sibelius' swans and a depiction of a grand castle in Karelia, contrasting with Finzi's passionate and lyrical Clarinet writing. The programme concludes with Malcolm Arnold's warm, affectionate and gripping Second Symphony, a pastoral work written to celebrate the diamond jubilee of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.

Michael Collins (clarinet)
Ulster Orchestra
John Lubbock (conductor)

Sibelius: Karelia Overture
Finzi: Clarinet Concerto
Sibelius: The Swan of Tuonela
Arnold: Symphony No 2

Plus Van Cliburn International Piano Competition 2009:

Music performed by the joing winner of the renowned competition, held every four years in Texas.

Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Handel, Op 24
Haochen Zhang (piano).

A concert recorded last week at Ulster Hall, 
Belfast. Malcolm Arnold is perhaps most famous for his film scores but he was also a fine symphonist. His pastoral Symphony No 2 is a perfect introduction to his music - warm, affectionate, gripping and exuberant. Presented by Martin Handley. 
Michael Collins (clarinet), Ulster Orchestra, conductor John Lubbock Sibelius Karelia Overture Finzi Clarinet Concerto 
Sibelius The Swan of Tuonela Arnold Symphony No 2 
Followed by another winning performance from the 2009 Van Cliburn international Piano Competition. Brahms Variations on a Theme by Handel, Op 24 Haochen Zhang

The Verb

BBC Radio 4

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

The Verb: John Irving/Frank Cottrell Boyce/Free Thinking 2009/OED Historical Thesaurus

John Irving/Frank Cottrell Boyce/Free Thinking 2009/OED Historical Thesaurus

BBC Radio 4 - The Verb, John Irving/Frank Cottrell Boyce/Free Thinking 2009/OED Historical Thesaurus

Ian McMillan's guests include novelist John Irving and writer Frank Cottrell Boyce.

Ian McMillan's guests include writers John Irving and Frank Cottrell Boyce. Plus a new drama written for Free Thinking 2009 and the OED's new historical thesaurus.

John Irving on Writerly Obsession
One of America's most celebrated novelists, the author of The World According to Garp, A Prayer for Owen Meany and Hotel New Hampshire tells Ian McMillan why a writer doesn't always get to choose his subject. 

Last Night in Twisted River, John Irving's latest novel, is out now from Bloomsbury. 

Frank Cottrell Boyce
The award-winning author and screenwriter, who won the Carnegie Medal for his book Millions, and wrote the scripts for 24 Hour Party People, Hilary and Jackie and Welcome to Sarajevo, presents a brand new ghost story, Some Things You Never Get Used To, written specially for the programme. 

Beware the Kids
Free Thinking 2009 writers-in-residence Karen Laws and Fiona Evans discuss the drama they've written for Radio 3's festival of ideas in Gateshead.

Beware the Kids is performed at the Baltic Centre, Gateshead, on 24th October and is broadcast on Radio 3 on 25th October.

Free Thought
As the Oxford English Dictionary prepares to launch its first-ever historical thesaurus, which groups words according to their meanings, one of its editors, Christian Kay, reflects on the basic human urge to organise and categorise.

Ian McMillan 's guests include celebrated 
American novelist John Irving and award-winning writer Frank Cottrell Boyce , who has written a new ghost story for the programme. Producer Laura Thomas

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 5: Niall Ferguson

Episode 5: Niall Ferguson

When Writers Play (Series 2)

Niall Ferguson

BBC Radio 3 - The Essay, When Writers Play (Series 2), Niall FergusonClose menu

Historian Niall Ferguson recalls his days as the double-bass player in a jazz quartet.

Historian Niall Ferguson recalls with fondness his days as the double-bass player in a jazz quartet.

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! 

The historian Niall Ferguson confesses that he stole a double bass to later join a local jazz quartet, who were beguiled by Charles Mingus.

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

5/5. Historian Niall Fprniisnn rpralk his days in a jazz quartet as the double-bass player. Producer Duncan Minshull

World on 3

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

World on 3: Lopa Kothari

Lopa Kothari

BBC Radio 3 - World on 3, Lopa Kothari

Lopa Kothari presents a session with Colombian diva Toto la Momposina.

Lopa Kothari with CDs from around the world and a session with Colombian diva Toto la Momposina. She brings along her family band - three generations of singers and percussionists.

Lopa Kothari presents new CDs from around the world, and a studio session with Colombian diva Toto la Momposina. She brings along her family band - three generations of singers and percussionists - for music which reflects Colombia's traditonal 'cumbia', a mix of influences from indigenous Indians, West Africans, Chinese and Europeans.

World on 3

Presented by Lopa Kothari
Produced by Roger Short

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

Friday 16th October

Sarazino
Mundo Babilon 2 (3:21)
Album: Ya Foy
Cumbancha Discovery CMB CD13 Track 9 

Rachid Taha
Je T’aime mon amour (3:58)
Album: Bonjour
Wrasse Records WRASS251 Track 1

Quantic & his Combo Barbaro
Un Canto a mi Terra (4:59)
Album: Tradition in Transition 
Tru Thoughts TRUCD190 Track 5

Justin & Juldeh
Chukaloy Dayoy (5:03)
Album: Do Tell Lies
Real World CDRW170 Track 10

Mayra Andrade
Storia Storia (2:50)
Album: Storia Storia 
RCA Victor / Sony Music 88697534432 Track 1

Bonga
Mona ki ngi Xica (4:54)
Album: Best of Bonga 
Lusafrica 562352 Track 3

Studio Session: 
Toto la Momposina 
Velo que Bonito and El Pescador (13:03)
Recorded on the 16th of September 2009, Studio 80a Broadcasting House.
Recording engineers Martin Appleby and Chris Rouse

Tarafa de Haidouks
Parlapapup (4:15)
Album: Maskarada
Crammed Discs Craw 40-F Track 13

As Meninas
Redondo Sambao (2:20)
Album: Nicola Conte presents Viagem 2 
Far Out Recordings FARO140CD Track 6

Les Loups Noirs d’Haiti
Jet Biguine (3:23)
Album: Tumbele
Sound Way SNDWCD017P Track 2

Orch Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou
Se Ba Ho (4:59)
Album: Echoes Hypnotiques
Analog Africa AACD066 Track 1

Andre Marie Tala
Odoya 
Album: Bend skin Beats (4:28)
RetroAfric RETRO 23CD Track 5

Speed Caravan
Galvanize (5:05)
Album: Kalashnik Love
Real World CDRW167 Track 6

Gipsy-cz
Dokud dejcham (2:55)
Album: Reprezent
Indies Scope Records MAM430-2 Track 3

Studio Session: 
Toto la Momposina 
Monocolorao and Apilar arroz (11:56)
Recorded on the 16th of September 2009, Studio 80a Broadcasting House.
Recording engineers Martin Appleby and Chris Rouse

Manu Chao/Radio Bemba
Clandestino (3:16)
Album: Baionarena Live EP
Because Music Track 1

Paul Curreri
Down by the Water (3:04)
Album: EP
Tin Angel Records Track 1

Martha Wainwright
Adieu mon Coeur (3:38)
Album: Piaf Record
COOP Track 3

Franco
Missile (5:00)
Album: Francophonic vol.2
Sterns Music STCD3046-47 Disc 2 Track 2

Miriam Makeba 
Meet me at the River (5:07)
Album: Mama Afrika 1932-2008
Gallo Record Company 5051865-3593-2-6 Disc 1 Track 2

A studio session by Colombian singer 
Toto La Momposina , who brings along her family band for music that reflects Colombia's traditional mix of influences from indigenous Indians, West Africans, Chinese and Europeans. With Lopa Kothari. Producer James Parkin

Through the Night

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

Through the Night: 17/10/2009

17/10/2009

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 17/10/2009

Music including Martinu, Milhaud, Debussy, Ravel, Dutilleux, Weber, JM Haydn and Rontgen.

Music including Martinu, Milhaud, Debussy, Ravel, Dutilleux, Weber, JM Haydn, Rontgen, Huygens, Bodinus, Vaughan Williams, Warlock, Francaix, Saint-Saens, Kodaly, Strauss, Mozart.

1.00am
Martinu, Bohuslav (1890-1959): Sonatina for clarinet and piano
Staffan Martensson (clarinet)
Frederic Lagarde (piano)

1.13am
Dvorak, Antonin (1841-1904): Trio No 4 in E minor for piano and strings, Op 90 (Dumky)
Dumky Trio

1.46am
Milhaud, Darius (1892-1974): Suite for clarinet, violin and piano, Op 157b (Le voyageur sans bagages)
Staffan Martensson (clarinet)
Pierre-Olivier Queyras (violin)
Frederic Lagarde (piano)

1.58am
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918): Premiere rapsodie for clarinet and piano
Staffan Martensson (clarinet)
Frederic Lagarde (piano)

2.07am
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937): Trio in A minor for piano and strings
Dumky Trio

2.34am
Dutilleux, Henri (b.1916): L'arbre des songes - concerto for violin and orchestra (1983-1985) 
Leonidas Kavakos (violin)
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Valery Gergiev (conductor)

3.01am
Weber, Carl Maria von (1786-1826): Missa sancta No 1 in E flat, J224 (Freischutzmesse)
Norwegian Soloist Choir
Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Grete Pedersen Helgerod (conductor) 

3.34am
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): Overture (Coriolan), Op 62 (1807)
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Manfred Honeck (conductor)

3.42am
Haydn, (Johann) Michael (1737-1806): Divertimento in A for string quartet, MH 299
Marcolini Quartett 

3.59am
Rontgen, Julius (1855-1932): Sonata in F sharp minor for violin and piano, Op 2 (1879-1883)
Alexander Kerr (violin)
Sepp Grotenhuis (piano)

4.19am
Verhulst, Johannes (1816-1891): 't Meeuwennest, Op 16, No 1
Annegeer Stumphius (soprano)
Leo van Doeselaar (fortepiano)

4.21am
Verhulst, Johannes (1816-1891): Lied van bloemen (Flower song), Op 26, No 2
Nico van der Meel (tenor)
Leo van Doeselaar (fortepiano)

4.25am
Huygens, Constantijn (1596-1687): Iniquitatem meam ego cognovi; Domine spes mea; In quo corriget (Pathodia sacra et profana - 1647)
Anne Grimm (soprano)
Peter Kooij (bass)
Leo van Doeselaar (organ)
Mike Fentross (theorbo)
Mieneke van der Velden (viola da gamba)

4.34am
Buus, Jacques (c.1500-1565): Ricercare
Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet

4.41am
Bouwman, Nicolaas Arie (1854-1941): Thalia - overture for wind orchestra (1888)
Dutch National Youth Wind Orchestra
Jan Cober (conductor)

4.50am
Bodinus, Sebastian (c.1700-1759): Trio in G for oboe and two bassoons
Hildebrand'sche Hoboisten Compagnie 

5.01am
Klami, Uuno (1900-1961): Serenades joyeuses
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jussi Jalas (conductor)

5.07am
Dohnanyi, Erno (1877-1960) text: Wilhelm Conrad Gomoll - Serenade (Im Lebenslenz, Op 16, No 6)
Sylvia Geszty (soprano)
Istvan Lantos (piano)

5.09am
Gounod, Charles (1818-1893): Serenade: Vous qui faites l'endormie (Faust)
Mefistofele ...... Nicola Ghiuselev (bass)
Orchestre de l'Opera National de Sofia
Rouslan Raitchev (conductor) 

5.13am
Herbert, Victor (1859-1924): Moonbeams - a serenade from the 1906 operetta The Red Mill (orig for voice and orchestra)
Symphony Nova Scotia
Boris Brott (conductor)

5.17am
Vaughan Williams, Ralph (1872-1958): Serenade to music for 16 soloists (or four soloists and chorus) and orchestra
Bette Cosar (soprano)
Delia Wallis (mezzo-soprano)
Edd Wright (tenor)
Gary Dahl (bass)
Alexander Skwortsow (violin)
Vancouver Bach Choir
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
Bruce Pullan (conductor)

5.31am
Warlock, Peter (1894-1930): Serenade (To Frederick Delius on his 60th birthday) for string orchestra (1921-22)
Manitoba Chamber Orchestra
Roy Goodman (conductor)

5.38am
Aufschnaiter, Benedict Anton (1665-1742): Ouverture and Entree from Serenade No 3 in G minor (Concors discordia amoris et timoris augusti et serenissimi Romanorum regis Josephii - Nurnberg 1695)
L'Orfeo Barockorchester
Michi Gaigg (director)

5.44am
Wolf, Hugo (1860-1903): Italian serenade for string quartet
Bartok Quartet

5.52am
Francaix, Jean (1912-1997): Serenade for small orchestra
Canadian Chamber Ensemble
Raffi Armenian (conductor)

6.02am
Saint-Saens, Camille (1835-1921): Serenade d'hiver for four male voices (1867) 
Lamentabile Consort

6.07am
Ropartz, Joseph Guy (1864-1955): Serenade (1892)
CBC Vancouver Orchestra
Daniel Swift (conductor)

6.12am
Kodaly, Zoltan (1882-1967): Serenade for two violins and viola, Op 12
Bretislav Novotny (violin)
Karel Pribyl (violin)
Lubomir Maly (viola)

6.34am
Strauss, Richard (1864-1949): Four lieder: Standchen, Op 17, No 2; Morgen, Op 27, No 4; Fur funfzehn Pfennige, Op 36, No 2; Zueignung, Op 10, No 1
Jard van Nes (mezzo-soprano)
Gerard Van Blerk (piano)

6.45am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Serenade in G, K525 (Eine Kleine Nachtmusik)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Grant Llewellyn (conductor).

Martinu Sonatina for clarinet and piano

1.13 Dvorak Piano Trio in E minor, Op 90 (Dumky)

1.46 Milhaud Suite, Op 157b (Le voyageur sans bagages)

1.58 Debussy Premiere rapsodie

2.07 Ravel Piano Trio

2.34 Dutilleux L'arbre des songes

3.01 Weber Missa sancta No 1 in E flat (Freischutzmesse)

3.34 Beethoven Overture: Coriolan

3.42 M Haydn Divertimento in A

3.59 Rontgen Violin Sonata in F sharp minor, Op 20

4.19 Verhulst 't Meeuwennest, Op 16 No 1; Lied van bloemen, Op 26 No 2

4.25 Huyqens Iniquitatem meam ego cognovi: Domine spes mea; In quo corriget (Pathodia sacra et profana)

4.34 Buus Ricercare

4.41 Bouwman Thalia

4.50 Bodinus Wind Trio in G 5.01 Klaml Serenades joyeuses

5.07 Dohnanyi Serenade No 6 (Im Lebenslenz, Op 16)

5.09 Gounod Vous qui faites l'endormie (Faust)

5.13 Herbert Moonbeams (The Red Mill)

5.17 Vaughan Williams Serenade to Music

5.31 Warlock Serenade

5.38 Aufschnalter Overture and Entree from Serenade No 3 in G minor (Concors discordia)

5.44 Wolf Italian Serenade

5.52 Francaix Serenade

6.02 Saint-Saens Serenade d'hiver

6.07 Ropartz Serenade

6.12 Kodaly Serenade, Op 12

6.34 Strauss Standchen, Op 17 No 2; Morgen, Op 27 No 4; Fur funfzehn Pfennige, Op 36 No 2; Zueignung, Op 10 No 1

6.45 Mozart Serenade in G, K525 (Eine kleine Nachtmusik)

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