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Breakfast

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

Breakfast: Thursday - Rob Cowan

22/10/2009

Thursday - Rob Cowan

BBC Radio 3 - Breakfast, Thursday - Rob Cowan

Rob Cowan presents a refreshing choice of music.

The Playlist is not published until after the programme. 

07.02		

BEETHOVEN
Gratulations-Menuett in E flat major Wo03
Swedish Chamber Orchestra Orebo
Thomas Dausgaard 
SIMAX PSC 1283 Tr 5			

	
07.07		

JOHN WARD
In Nomine No.1 a6
Phantasm
LINN CKD 339 Tr 8					

07.12		

SARASATE
Concert Fantasy on Carmen Op.25
Itzhak Perlman (violin)
New York Philharmonic
Zubin Mehta 
DG 423 063 2	Tr 1-5					
	
07.24		

KREISLER/RACHMANINOFF
Liebesfreud 
Sergey Rachmaninoff (piano)
RCA 88697 48971 2	Tr 13					

07.31		

DVORAK
American Suite, movement 2 â Allegro
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Antal Dorati
DECCA 411 735 2	CD2 Tr 7			
		
07.36		

HERRMANN
For the Fallen â a berceuse
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
James Sedares 
KOCH 372242 Tr 7					

07.44		

HANDEL
Concerto grosso Op.6 No.3 in E minor
Il Giardino Armonico
Giovanni Antonini
DECCA 478 0319 CD1 Tr 10-14				

07.56		

SUPPE 
Requiem â Benedictus
Chorus and Orchestra of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Lisbon
Michel Corboz
VIRGIN 7243 5 45570 2 6 Tr 11				

08.03		

MENDELSSOHN
Song without words Op.67 No.4
Murray Perahia (piano)
SONY SK66511  Tr 6					

08.06		

MOZART 
Aria [K540a[ Dalla sua pace la mia dipende from Don Giovanni
Hans Peter Blochwitz (tenor, Don Ottavio)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Nikolaus Harnoncourt 
WCJ 2564 69125-9	CD1 Tr 24				

08.12		

WILLIAM SCHUMAN
George Washington Bridge 
Rutgers Wind Ensemble
William Berz 
NAXOS 8.572230	Tr 10				

08.21		

BRAHMS 
All meine Herzgedanken 
North German Radio Chorus 
DG 477 8259	CD42 Tr 5				

08.25		

TRENET-LASRY-LAWRENCE
Beyond the Sea (La Mer)
Django Reinhardt (guitar)
Stephane Grappelli (violin)
Gianni Safred (piano)
Carlo Pecori (bass)
Aurelio de Carolis (drums)
BLUEBIRD 09026 63957 Tr 4

					
08.31		

RAVEL 
Prelude
Louis Lortie (piano)
CHANDOS CHAN 70045 CD2 Tr 6				
				
08.33		

FREE THOUGHT: Damian Thompson  

To listen to all the Free Thoughts please visit:

www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/freethinking/2009/freethoughts.shtml 


08.35		

JON LEIFS 
Requiem Op.33b 
Motet Choir of the Hallgrimâs Church
En Shao
BIS BIS CD 1030 Tr 2					

08.40	

HANDEL 
Care selve from Atalanta 
Susanne RydÃ©n (soprano, Meleagro)
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
Nicholas McGegan
MAGANATUNE  CD2 Tr 4				
08.43		

KORNGOLD 
Interlude from Das Wunder der Heliane
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
John Mauceri 
DECCA 475 8271  CD3 Tr 1				

08.53		

PROKOFIEV
Valse: Cinderella and the Prince from Six Pieces from Cinderella
Vladimir Ovchinnikov (piano)
EMI 695590 2	 CD2 Tr 8				

08.59		

VICTORIA 
Kyrie from Missa Gaudeamus 
Lay Clerks of Westminster Cathedral
Matthew Martin 
HYPERION CDA 67749 Tr 3					
		
09.04		

BACH
Keyboard Concerto in A major BWV1055
Andras Schiff (piano)
English Chamber Orchestra
George Malcolm
DSPRCD042 	Tr 4-6					

09.19		

SCHUBERT
Quartettsatz
Amadeus Quartet
DG 413 453 2	Tr 6					

09.26		

JEWISH TRAD
Song in remembrance of Schubert 
Sonia Wieder-Atherton (cello)
Sinfonia Varsovia
Christophe Mangou 
NAÃVE V5178 Tr 4					

09.30		

SPOHR
Symphony No.5 â scherzo 
Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
Howard Shelley 
HYPERION CAD 67622 Tr 8					

09.35		

STANFORD 
The Blue Bird 
Elizabeth Atherton (soprano)
City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus
Simon Halsey
EMI 361499 2	 Tr 7					
		
09.41		

BAX 
Tintagel
Minnesota Orchestra
Sir Neville Marriner 
MINNESOTA ORCHESTRA Tr 2				         

09.57		

KREISLER
Policinelle 
William Primrose (viola)
Unknown pianist
DOREMI DHR 7722	 Tr 11

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 - James Jolly

Thursday - James Jolly

BBC Radio 3 - Classical Collection, Thursday - James Jolly

James Jolly presents music by Khachaturian, Handel, Bach and Arnold.

With James Jolly. Including Khachaturian: Spartacus (excerpts). Handel: Dettingen Te Deum. Bach, orch Barbirolli: Sheep may safely graze. Trad, arr Britten: The Miller of Dee.

10.00am
Khachaturian: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia; Variation of Aegina and Bacchanalia; Scene and dance with Crotala; Dance of Gaditanae and Victory of Spartacus (Spartacus)
Vienna Philharmonic
Aram Khachaturian (conductor)
DECCA 460 315-2

10.23am
Handel: Dettingen Te Deum, HWV283
Christopher Tipping (alto)
Harry Christophers (tenor)
Michael Pearce, Stephen Varcoe (bass)
Choir of Westminster Abbey
The English Concert
Simon Preston (director)
ARCHIV 410 647-2

11.03am
Bach, orch Barbirolli: Sheep may safely graze
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin (conductor)
CHANDOS CHSA5030

11.10am
Trad, arr Britten: The Miller of Dee; The  foggy, foggy dew; The Lincolnshire Poacher
Peter Pears (tenor)
Benjamin Britten (piano)
DECCA 476 1973

11.17am
Arnold: Symphony No 5, Op 74
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Malcolm Arnold (conductor)
EMI CDM 566324-2.

With James Jolly. 
Aram Khachaturian Spartacus (excerpts) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by the composer 
10.23 Handel Dettingen Te Deum, HWV283 Choir of Westminster Abbey, English Concert, director Simon Preston 
11.03 Bach, orch Barbirolli Sheep May Safely Graze BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Leonard Slatkin 
11.10 Trad, arr Britten The Miller of Dee; The Foggy, Foggy Dew; The Lincolnshire Poacher Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano) 
11.17 Malcolm Arnold Symphony No 5 CBSO, conducted by the composer

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: Kurt Weill (1900-1950)

Composer of the Week: Kurt Weill (1900-1950): Episode 4: France

Episode 4

Episode 4: France

Kurt Weill (1900-1950)

France

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Kurt Weill (1900-1950), France

Donald Macleod explores how Weill's voluntary exile from Germany affected his music.

Donald Macleod explores how Kurt Weill's voluntary exile from Germany affected his music. He left the country two days after Hitler took office.

Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Kurt Weill, focusing on how his voluntary exile from Germany affected his music.

Just two days after Hitler took office Kurt Weill packed a suitcase and moved to Paris. He had turned his back on Germany by choice and he would never return. His musical development would now be determined by a completely different set of rules.

Complainte de la Seine
Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo-soprano)
Cord Garben (piano)
Harmonia Mundi HMC 901420  Tr 10


Die Burgschaft (excerpt from Act 1)
Anna Mattes ...... Margaret Thompson
Luise Mattes ...... Ann Panagulias
Johann Mattes ...... Frederick Burchinal  
Alto solo ...... Katherine Ciesinski 
David Orth ...... Dale Travis 
The Westminster Choir
Spoleto Festival USA Orchestra
Julius Rudel (conductor)
Emi CDS5569762
Tracks 8, 9 and 10


The Threepenny Opera (excerpt from Act 2)
Macheath ...... Rene Kollo
Jenny ...... Milva
RIAS Berlin Sinfonietta
John Mauceri (conductor)
Decca 430 075-2 DH  Trs 15, 16, 17


Cantata for radio - Der Lindberghflug (excerpt)
Voices: Herbert Feckler, Lorenz Minth, Christophe Scheeben
Pro Musica Koln
Koln Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jan Latham-Konig (conductor)
Capriccio 60 012-1  Trs 8 and 9

Vom Tod im Walde, Op 23
Cantata for bass and 10 wind instruments
Peter Kooy (bass)
Ensemble Musique Oblique
Philippe Herreweghe (director)
HMC 901422  Tr 1

September Song 
Ute Lemper
Jurgen Knieper (piano)
Milan CD CH341  Tr 17

Donald Macleod explores the life of controversial German composer Kurt Weill

Donald Macleod explores the life of Kurt Weill. A composer who divides opinion, for some Weill is a writer of show tunes, while for others he represents the European theatrical innovators of the 1920s

Composer of the Week: Weill

4/5. Just two days after Hitler took office, 
Kurt Weill packed a suitcase and moved to Paris. He had turned his back on Germany by choice and he would never return. His musical development would now be determined by a completely different set of rules. With Donald Macleod. Complainte de la Seine 
Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo), Cord Garben (piano) Die Burgschaft (excerpt from Act 1)  
Katherine Ciesinski (mezzo), Westminster Choir, Spoleto Festival USA Orchestra/Julius Rudel The Threepenny Opera: Act 2 (excerpt)  
RIAS Berlin Sinfonietta, conductor John Mauceri Cantata for radio - Der Lindberghflug (excerpt) 
Voices: Herbert Feckler , Lorenz Minth , Christophe Scheeben , Pro Musica Koln , Cologne RSO, conductor Jan Latham-Koenig Vom Tod im Walde, Op 23 
Peter Kooy (bass), Ensemble Musique Oblique, director Philippe Herreweghe 
September Song (Knickerbocker Glory) Ute Lemper, Jurgen Knieper (piano) 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 7: Elizabeth Watts/Gary Matthewman/Maxim Rysanov/Ashley Wass

Episode 7

Episode 7: Elizabeth Watts/Gary Matthewman/Maxim Rysanov/Ashley Wass

New Generation Artists 2009

Elizabeth Watts/Gary Matthewman/Maxim Rysanov/Ashley Wass

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert, New Generation Artists 2009, Elizabeth Watts/Gary Matthewman/Maxim Rysanov/Ashley WassClose menu

Elizabeth Watts (soprano) in Debussy, plus Maxim Rysanov (viola) in Shostakovich.

Elizabeth Watts (soprano), Gary Matthewman (piano) in Debussy's Ariettes oubliees. Maxim Rysanov (viola), Ashley Wass (piano) perform Shostakovich's Viola Sonata.

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.

British soprano Elizabeth Watts sings Debussy's Ariettes oubliees, and Ukrainian viola player Maxim Rysanov plays Shostakovich's last work, the Viola Sonata.

Debussy: Ariettes oubliees
Elizabeth Watts (soprano)
Gary Matthewman (piano)

Shostakovich: Viola Sonata, Op 147
Maxim Rysanov (viola)
Ashley Wass (piano).

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 Ian Skelly. 
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 
7/8. Performances by current Radio 3 New Generation Artists. 
Debussy Ariettes oubliées 
Elizabeth Watts (soprano), Gary Matthewman (piano) Shostakovich Viola Sonata, Op 147 Maxim Rysanov , Ashley Wass (piano)

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: Atalanta

Handel: Atalanta

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Handel: Atalanta

Ian Skelly presents a performance of Handel's opera Atalanta.

Handel Operas 2009: Ian Skelly presents a performance of Handel's Atalanta, composed in 1736 for the wedding of Prince Frederick of Wales. The director is Nicholas McGegan.

Handel Operas 2009

Radio 3's cycle of Handel operas continues with Atalanta, a pastoral tale of kings and queens, shepherds and shepherdesses, with the customary plot lines of mistaken identities, scorned love, jealousy, near disaster and last-minute resolutions in time for a happy ending.

The opera was composed in 1736 for the wedding of Prince Frederick of Wales, and is rarely heard. This production is directed by Handel expert Nicholas McGegan, who joins Ian Skelly to discuss the work.

Atalanta, Princess of Arcadia ...... Dominique Labelle (soprano)
Meleagro, King of Etolia ...... Susanne Ryden (soprano)
Irene, a shepherdess ...... Cecile van de Sant (mezzo-soprano)
Amintas, A shepherd ...... Michael Slattery (tenor)
Nicander, father of Irene ...... Philip Cutlip (baritone)
Mercury ...... Corey McKern (baritone)
Hanover Opera Chamber Choir
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
Nicholas McGegan (director).

Handel Opera Cycle

Handel's Atalanta, composed in 1736, is a pastoral tale of kings and queens, shepherds and shepherdesses, with the customary plot lines of mistaken identities, scorned love, jealousy, near disaster and last-minute resolutions in time for a happy ending. This production is directed by Nicholas McGegan , who joins Ian Skelly in discussion. 
Handel Atalanta: Acts land 2  
Hanover Opera Chamber Choir, Philharmonia 
Baroque Orchestra, director Nicholas McGegan

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: Atalanta (Acts 1 and 2)

Atalanta (Acts 1 and 2)

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

Ian Skelly presents a performance of Handel's Atalanta, composed in 1736 for the wedding of Prince Frederick of Wales. Nicholas McGegan directs soprano Dominique Labelle.

Radio 3's cycle of Handel operas continues with Atalanta, a pastoral tale of kings and queens, shepherds and shepherdesses, with the customary plot lines of mistaken identities, scorned love, jealousy, near disaster and last-minute resolutions in time for a happy ending.

The opera was composed in 1736 for the wedding of Prince Frederick of Wales, and is rarely heard. This production is directed by Handel expert Nicholas McGegan, who joins Ian Skelly to discuss the work.

Handel: Atalanta

Atalanta, Princess of Arcadia ...... Dominique Labelle (soprano)
Meleagro, King of Etolia ...... Susanne Ryden (soprano)
Irene, a shepherdess ...... Cecile van de Sant (mezzo-soprano)
Amintas, A shepherd ...... Michael Slattery (tenor)
Nicander, father of Irene ...... Philip Cutlip (baritone)
Mercury ...... Corey McKern (baritone)
Hanover Opera Chamber Choir
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
Nicholas McGegan (director).

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: 22/10/2009 Glyndebourne Touring Opera, The Brighton Early Music Festival

22/10/2009 Glyndebourne Touring Opera, The Brighton Early Music Festival

BBC Radio 3 - In Tune, 22/10/2009 Glyndebourne Touring Opera, The Brighton Early Music Festival

With Petroc Trelawny. Glyndebourne Touring Opera and 2009's Brighton Early Music Festival.

Presented by Petroc Trelawny. Conductor Robin Ticciati and soprano Giselle Allen discuss Glyndebourne Touring Opera, and there is music from 2009's Brighton Early Music Festival.

Petroc Trelawny presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world.

Conductor Robin Ticciati and soprano Giselle Allen talk to Petroc about Glyndebourne Touring Opera's performance of Janacek's Jenufa, and ensemble I Flautisti perform in the studio and talk about the 2009 Brighton Early Music Festival.

17.02
DEBUSSY
Arabesque no.2: Allegretto scherzando
Kathryn Stott (piano)
SONY 8869 757385 2
CD 1 Track 8
3â26			

17.07
JANACEK
Stevo, Stevo, ja vim (Steva, Steva, I knowâ¦) Jenufa, Act 1
Jenufa (Elisabeth Soderstrom - soprano)
Steva (Petr Dvorsky - tenor)
Vienna Philharmonic
Charles Mackerras (conductor)
DECCA 414 483 2
CD 1 Track 7
3â57
	
17.18
JANACEK
Jenufaâs Prayer (Act 2, Jenufa)
Jenufa (Elisabeth Soderstrom - soprano)
Vienna Philharmonic
Charles Mackerras (conductor)
DECCA 414 483 2
CD 2 Track 2
2â47

17.26
JANACEK
Odpustâ mi jenom ty (It is only your forgiveness I ask) Jenufa, Act 3
Kostelnicka Buryjovka (Eva Randova - mezzo-soprano)
Vienna Philharmonic
Charles Mackerras (conductor)
DECCA 414 483 2
CD 2 Track 12
2â38

17.31
SCHUBERT
Klavierstuck in C major, D.946 no.3
Andras Schiff (piano)
DECCA 425 638 2
Track 4
5â05

17.37
LEOPOLD MOZART
Symphony in D, D.17 (1st movement)
London Mozart Players
Matthias Bamert (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN  10496
Track 5
4â24

17.46
ADOLF FREDERIK LINDBLAD
Symphony no.2 in D (Finale)
Uppsala Chamber Orchestra
Gerard Korsten (conductor)
MARCO POLO 8 225105
Track 8
8â35

17.55
Tomas Luis de VICTORIA
Lamentations (Lectio I, Sabbato Sancto. Heth â  Misericordiae Domini)
Nordic Voices
Chandos CHAN0763
Track 3
3â57

18.03
LIVE MUSIC
JAN ROKYTA
Hora ca din Caval
I Flautisti
1'12

18.06
SCHUMANN
Symphony no.4 (Finale)
Northern Sinfonia
Thomas Zehetmair (conductor)
AVIE AV2125
Track 7
5â16					

18.12
HANDEL
Messiah, Part 1 (But who may abide the day of His coming)
Helen Watts (alto) 
English Chamber Orchestra
Raymond Leppard (conductor)
ERATO 2292 45447 2
CD 1 Track 6
4â42
		
18.18
LIVE MUSIC
PURCELL
Rondeau & Chaconne (from The Fairy Queen)
I Flautisti
4'03

18:28
T. O'REGAN
Douce dame jolie
Orlando Consort
HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 807469
Track 13
4â31

18.38
LIVE MUSIC
ORTIZ
2 Ricercardas: Quarta - La Gamba & Prima - Passamezzo Antico
I Flautisti
2'34
	
18.42
ROSSINI
La Cenerentola (overture)
Orchestra del teatro Comunale, Bologna
Riccardo chailly (conductor)
DECCA 436 902 2
CD 1 Track 1
7â38

18.51
RACHMANINOV
Prelude No. 7 in C minor, Op. 23
Steven Osborne (piano)
Hyperion CDA67700
Track 8
2â37

18.54
JS BACH
Temistocle (Châio parta?)
Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor)
Le Cerle de lâharmonie
Jeremie Rhorer (conductor)
VIRGIN 50999 69456404
Track 14
5â02

Performance on 3

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

Performance on 3: Northern Sinfonia/Thomas Zehetmair

Northern Sinfonia/Thomas Zehetmair

BBC Radio 3 - Performance on 3, Northern Sinfonia/Thomas Zehetmair

Northern Sinfonia/Thomas Zehetmair in Holt, Knussen, Ade, Adams and John Casken.

Presented by Martin Handley. Northern Sinfonia/Thomas Zehetmair. Holt: Lilith. Knussen: Two Organa. Ades: Chamber Symphony. Adams: Chamber Symphony. John Casken: Farness.

Presented by Martin Handley.

Ahead of Radio 3's Free Thinking Festival 2009 at the Sage, Gateshead, the concert venue's resident orchestra the Northern Sinfonia shows its credentials in contemporary music with works by four living British composers and an American one. They are led by their music director Thomas Zehetmair.

Northern Sinfonia
Thomas Zehetmair (director)

Simon Holt: Lilith
Oliver Knussen: Two Organa
Thomas Ades: Chamber Symphony 
John Adams: Chamber Symphony
John Casken: Farness

Followed by:

Mozart: Piano Concerto in E flat, K271 (Jeunehomme)
Northern Sinfonia
Imogen Cooper (piano/director).

Ahead of Radio 3's Free Thinking Festival at the Sage Gates head this weekend, Martin Handley presents a concert by the Sage's resident orchestra, the Northern Sinfonia. Led by music director Thomas Zehetmair , the orchestra shows its credentials in contemporary music by four living British composers and an American. 
Northern Sinfonia, director Thomas Zehetmair Simon Holt Lilith 
Oliver Knussen Two Organs 
Thomas Ades Chamber Symphony John Adams Chamber Symphony John Casken Farness 
Followed by Mozart Piano Concerto No 9 in E flat, K271 (Jeunehomme) 
Northern Sinfonia, director Imogen Cooper (piano)

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: Jules et Jim

19/03/2009

Landmarks: Jules et Jim

BBC Radio 3 - Night Waves, Landmarks: Jules et Jim

Film director Mike Leigh joins Philip Dodd to discuss Francois Truffaut's Jules et Jim.

Philip Dodd explores Francois Truffaut's classic film Jules et Jim with director Mike Leigh, film historian Ginette Vincendeau and novelist Michele Roberts.

In a Night Waves Landmark programme, Philip Dodd explores one of post-war France's iconic love films - Jules et Jim, with director Mike Leigh, film historian Ginette Vincendeau and novelist Michele Roberts.

The film was released in 1962, when the New Wave directors were at the height of their influence. It starred Jeanne Moreau as a capricious femme fatale who fell in love with two men - Jules and Jim, and chronicled their three-way relationship over the course of two decades. For many, it is the embodiment of French panache, with its romantic scenes, carefree sparkle and tragic edge.

It established Truffaut as a major cinematic presence and is regarded by many as his masterpiece. So what made Jules et Jim so revolutionary? And why do modern film-makers keep referring back to its images?

Night Waves: Landmarks

Philip Dodd explores one of postwar France's iconic love films - Francois Truffaut 's Jules etJim, with director Mike Leigh , historian Ginette Vincendeau and novelist Michele Roberts. 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: Haydn Essays

The Essay: Haydn Essays: Episode 4: Haydn and Humour

Episode 4: Haydn and Humour

Haydn Essays

Haydn and Humour

BBC Radio 3 - The Essay, Haydn Essays, Haydn and HumourClose menu

Stephen Johnson reflects on Haydn's sense of humour.

Writer and broadcaster Stephen Johnson reflects on Haydn's famous sense of humour - was it silly or profound?

Series considering different aspects of Haydn's life, work and reputation.

Writer and broadcaster Stephen Johnson reflects on the composer's famous sense of humour - was it silly or profound?

For few among the great composers was humour such a vital part of their creative personality as for Haydn, who thought nothing of playing outrageous tricks on the audiences of his 'serious' works. False endings, sudden orchestral crashes, knockabout humour and rude noises in the woodwind section can still cause laughter in the concert hall today, while subtler jokes designed to appeal specifically to musicians also abound.

Series considering different aspects of Haydn's life, work and reputation

The Essay: Haydn and Humour

4/5. Writer Stephen Johnson reflects on the sense of fun evident in Haydn's works, and wonders to what extent it reveals a deeper side to the composer.

Late Junction

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

Late Junction: Fiona Talkington

Fiona Talkington

BBC Radio 3 - Late Junction, Fiona TalkingtonClose menu

With Fiona Talkington. Includes work from Mark Rieners, Steve Reich and David Stackenas.

Fiona Talkington's varied selection includes Mark Rieners revealing the sound of burning plastic and music by Steve Reich and Swedish guitarist David Stackenas.

Fiona Talkington presents a world of musical invention and surprise, including Mark Rieners revealing the sound of burning plastic and music by Steve Reich and Swedish guitarist David Stackenas.

Track List:

23:15
Paco el lobo, Titi Robin, Hameed Khan: Cuivre
Album: Gitans   
Naïve 

23:20
Jan Garbarek: Voy Cantando
Album: Dresden
ECM 2709572 

23:30
Efterklang & Danish National Chamber Orchestra: Frida found a friend
Album: Performing Parades
RUM022PR   

23:38
Show of Hands: Drift
Album: Arrongance Ignorance and Greed
HMCD29  

(Segue)

23:42
Bratko Bibic and the Madleys
Ableitung

23:45
Steve Reich: Four organs
Performed by members of Piano Circus
Album: Piano Circus
Argo Records 440 294-2

00:02
Mulatu Astatke and the Heliocetrics: Esketa Dance
Album: Inspiration Information 3
Stones Throw LC 07306

00:06
David Stackenäs: Akshun Jaction
Album: Separator
Found you recordings  009 IS01  

(Segue)

00:11
David Stackenäs : Night Eyes, Mister SsippiSeedcd
Album: Separator
Found you recordings  009 IS01  

00:13
Stefan Bollani: Improvisation 13 en la mineur (Poulenc)
Album: Stone In The Water
ECM 1794161  

00:20
Shivkumar Sharma: Raga Gurjari Todi
Album: An Audience with Pandit Shivkumar Sharma
Navras  NAVR 0114

00:40
Andreas Eklöf: Passage for Zithers
Album: NOR   
Compunctio compcd003

(Segue)

00:44
Ingrid Karklins: Ik Vakara 
Album: Red Hand 
Willow Music

(Segue)

00:45
Hildur Gudnadottir, BJ Nilsen, Stillupsteypa: How to catch the right thought
Album: Second childhood
Quecksilber 12 

00:52
Dowland: Mr Dowland’s midnight
Performed by Nigel North (lute)
Album: Dowland
Naxos 8.557586 

(Segue)

00:54
Mark Riener: Phlegothon
Album: Source Records Music of the Avant Garde 1968-71
Promo

Including music by Steve Reich and guitarist David Stackenas , plus the sound of burning plastic, as revealed by Mark Rieners. With Fiona Talkington.

Through the Night

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

Through the Night: 23/10/2009

23/10/2009

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 23/10/2009

Including Malecki, Khachaturian, Weinberg, Dobrzynski, Moniuszko, Brahms and Mozart.

Including Malecki, Khachaturian, Weinberg, Dobrzynski, Moniuszko, Brahms, Mozart, Boulogne, Beethoven, Saint-Saens, Kreisler, Berlioz, Jarnovic, Leopold I, Faure and Schubert.

Including:

1.00am
Malecki, Maciej (b. 1940): Dziki golab, las i panna (The wood pigeon, the forest and the maiden) - symphonic poem
Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra in Katowice
Wojciech Michniewski (conductor)

1.17am
Khachaturian, Aram (1903-1978): Piano Concerto in D flat
Patrik Jablonski (piano)
Polish Radio Orchestra of Warsaw
Wojciech Rajski (conductor)

1.55am
Weinberg, Moisey (Mieczyslaw) Samuilovich (1919-1995): Symphony No 5 (1962)
Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra, Katowice
Gabriel Chmura (conductor)

2.41am
Dobrzynski, Ignacy Feliks (1807-1867): Andante and Rondo alla Polacca (arr. for flute and orchestra)
Henryk Blazej (flute)
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Ryszard Dudek (conductor)

2.53am
Moniuszko, Stanislaw (1819-1872): Lirnik wioskowy (Country Lyrist)
Urszula Kryger (mezzo-soprano)
Katarzyna Jankowska-Borzykowska (piano)

3.01am
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897): Tragic Overture, Op 81
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra
Lief Segerstam (conductor)

3.16am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791), arr. Agnieszka Duczmal for clarinet and string orchestra: Clarinet Quintet in A, K581
Wojciech Mrozek (clarinet)
Amadeus Polish Radio Chamber Orchestra in Poznan
Agnieszka Duczmal (conductor)

3.48am
Boulogne, Joseph - Chevalier de Saint-Georges (c.1748-1799): Violin Concerto in D, Op 3, No 1 (1774)
Linda Melsted (violin)
Tafelmusik
Jeanne Lamon (conductor)

4.09am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): 10 Variations on Unser dummer Pobel meint by Gluck, K455
Shai Wosner (piano)

4.22am
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): 12 Variations on Ein Madchen Oder Weibchen for cello and piano, Op 66
Danjulo Ishizaka (cello)
Jose Gallardo (piano)

4.32am
Saint-Saens, Camille (1835-1921): Variations on a Theme by Beethoven, Op 35
Dale Bartlett, Jean Marchand (pianos)

4.49am
Kreisler, Fritz (1875-1962): Berceuse romantique, Op 9 - for violin and piano
Patrik Ringborg (violin)
Anders Kilstrom (piano)

4.54am
Berlioz, Hector (1803-1869): Marche hongroise (Rakoczy March - La damnation de Faust - Part 1, scene 3)
BBC Philharmonic
Vassily Sinaisky (conductor)

5.01am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Overture (Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail, K384)
Radio Bratislava Symphony Orchestra
Ludovit Rajter (conductor)

5.07am
Jarnovic, Ivan Mane (?-1804): Quartetto concertante No 1 in F
Jarnovic Quartet

5.18am
Leopold I (Holy Roman Emperor, 1640-1705): Doloribus beatae mariae virginis (Motet No 7 in G minor)
Susanne Ryden, Mieke van der Sluis (sopranos)
Steven Rickards (countertenor)
John Elwes (tenor)
Christian Hilz (bass)
Bach Ensemble
Concentus Vocalis
Joshua Rifkin (conductor)

5.33am
Faure, Gabriel (1845-1924): Nocturne No 4 in E flat, Op 36
Stephane Lemelin (piano)

5.40am
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828): Symphony No 5 in B flat, D485
Budapest Symphony Orchestra
Tamas Vasary (conductor)

6.07am
Casella, Alfredo (1883-1947): Sicilienne and Burlesque (1914)
Kathleen Rudolph (flute)
Rena Sharon (piano)

6.16am
Mokranjac, Stevan (1856-1914): Thirteenth Song-Wreath (From my homeland)
RTV Belgrade Choir
Mladen Jagust (conductor)

6.25am
Kyurkchiyski, Krassimir (b.1936): Bulgarian Madonna (Two works after paintings of Vladimir Dimitrov - the Master)
Simfonieta Orchestra of the Bulgarian National Radio
Kamen Goleminov (conductor)

6.30am
Geijer, Erik Gustaf (1783-1847): Sonatina for violin and piano in A flat
Klara Hellgren (violin)
Anders Kilstrom (piano)

6.44am
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809): Piano Sonata in E minor, H XVI 34
Ingrid Fliter (piano)

6.55am
Lassus, Orlande de (1532-1594): Dessus le marche d'Arras
6.57am
Lassus, Orlande de (1532-1594): Bon jour mon coeur
6.58am
Passereau, Pierre (c.1490-1547): Il est bel et bon - from Pierre Attaingnat (Hg), Second livre contenant XXV chansons nouvelles a quatre parties, Paris 1536
The King's Singers.

Maciej Malecki Symphonic poem: Dziki golab, las i panna 
1.17 Khachaturian Piano Concerto in D flat 1.55 Weinberg Symphony No 5 2.41 Dobrzynski Andante and Rondo alia Polacca 2.53 Moniuszko Lirnik wioskowy 3.01 Brahms Tragic Overture 3.16 Mozart, arr Duczmal Clarinet 
Quintet in A, K581 3^8 Boulogne Violin Concerto in D, 
Op 3 No 14.09 Mozart 10 Variations on Unser dummer Pobelmeint, K455 4.22 Beethoven 12 Variations on Ein Madchen Oder Weibchen, Op 66 4.32 Saint-Saens 
Variations on a theme by Beethoven, Op 35 4A9 Krelsler Berceuse romantique Op 9 4.54 Berlioz Marche hongroise (Rakoczy march) (La damnation de Faust) 
5.01 Mozart Overture: Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail, K384 5.07 Jamovic Quartetto concertante No I in F 
5.18 Leopold I Motet: Doloribus Beatae Mariae Virginis No 7 5.33 Faure Nocturne No 4 in E flat. Op 36 
5.40 Schubert Symphony No 5 in B flat 
6.07 Casella Sicilienne and Burlesque 6.16 Mokranjac Thirteenth Song-Wreath (From My Homeland) 
6.25 Kyurkchiyskl Bulgarian Madonna (two works after paintings of Vladimir Dimitrov ) 6.30 Geijer Violin Sonatina in A flat 6.44 Haydn Piano Sonata in E minor, H XVI 34 6.55 Lassus Dessus le marche d'Arras; Bon jour mon coeur 6.58 Passereau II est bet et bon

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