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

BBC Radio 3

Breakfast

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

Breakfast: Monday - Sara Mohr-Pietsch

26/10/2009

Monday - Sara Mohr-Pietsch

BBC Radio 3 - Breakfast, Monday - Sara Mohr-Pietsch

Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents a refreshing choice of music.

7:04

J. STRAUSS II
Du und Du (You and You) – Waltz after themes from Die Fledermaus
Vienna Philharmonic
Mariss Jansons (conductor)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 477 5566, CD2 Tr.5


7:11

SCHÜTZ
Feritevi, ferrite, viperette mordaci (Strike, you little biting vipers) from the First Book of 
Madrigals (Venice, 1611)
Cantus Cölln
Konrad Junghänel (director)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 901686, Tr.9


7:15

MOMPOU
Valse-Évocation (variations on a theme of Chopin)
Alexandre Tharaud (piano)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 901927, Tr.20


7:20

MATTEIS
Diverse bizzarrie sopra la Vecchia Sarabanda o pur Ciaccona
Daniel Hope (violin)
Lorenza Borrani (second violin)
Soloists from the Chamber Orchestra of Europe
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 477 8094, Tr.6


7:25

DEBUSSY arr. MOUTON
En Bateau from Petite Suite arranged for orchestra by Henri Mouton
English Chamber Orchestra
Paul Tortelier (conductor)
VIRGIN CLASSICS VC 7 90707-2, Tr.1 


7:31

HANDEL
Organ Concerto in F major, Op.4 No.5
Richard Egarr (organ & director)
Academy of Ancient Music
HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 807446, Tr.17-20


7:40

FALLA
El Amor Brujo: Pantomime (arr. for viola and piano)
Nobuko Imai (viola)
Roland Pöntinen (piano)
PHILIPS 446 103-2, Tr.10


7:45

SCHUBERT
Et incarnatus est from Credo from Mass in E flat major, D.950
Susan Gritton (soprano)
Mark Padmore (tenor)
James Gilchrist (tenor)
Collegium Musicum 90
Richard Hickox (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN 10568, CD2 Tr.2


7:52

PAGANINI
Caprice for violin solo no.21 in A major
Augustin Hadelich (violin)
AVIE AV 2180, Tr.7


7:55

PUCCINI
Aria: E lucevan le stelle from Tosca
Placido Domingo (tenor)
New Philharmonia
Zubin Mehta (conductor)
RCA VICTOR GOLD SEAL GD84265, Tr.4


8:03

MUSSORGSKY
Scherzo in B flat major (orch. Rimsky Korsakov, orig. for piano)
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor)
APEX 8573 88432 2, Tr.20


8:07

MOZART
Allegretto: Alla turca from Sonata for piano no.11 in A major, K.331
Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano)
BIS –CD-838, Tr.6


8:11

ROMAN
Allegro from Drottningholm Music
Uppsala Chamber Orchestra
Anthony Halstead (conductor)
NAXOS 8.553733, Tr.24


8:18

POULENC
Sanglots (Sobs) from Banalités (settings of texts by Guillaume Apollinaire)
Véronique Gens (soprano)
Roger Vignoles (piano)
VIRGIN CLASSICS 5 45360 2, Tr.24


8:22

J S BACH
In dir ist Freude, BWV.615
Quartetto Italiano de Viole da Gamba
WINTER & WINTER 910 053-2, Tr.19

8:25

BASIE
Jumpin’ at the Woodside
Count Basie & Duke Ellington (pianos)
The Count Basie & Duke Ellington Orchestra
Columbia SMM5096112, Tr.17 


8:31

TCHAIKOVSKY
1812 Overture
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim (conductor)
TELDEC 0630-10904-2, Tr.5 


8:46

MENDELSSOHN
Fugue in E flat major, Op.81 No.4
New Zealand String Quartet
NAXOS 8.570002, Tr.1


8:52

SALAZAR
O sacrum convivium
The Choir of Westminster Cathedral
James O’Donnell (Master of Music)
Helios CDH55317, Tr.8


8:56

MICHAEL ZEV GORDON
Forbidden fruit (no.11) from On Memory
Andrew Zolinsky (piano)
NMC D144, Tr.11


9:01

BEETHOVEN
Overture and Introduction from The Creatures of Prometheus
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor)
HELIOS CDH55196, Tr.1-2


9:08

HANDEL
Aria: Così la tortorella (‘Thus may the turtle dove’) from La Resurrezione
Rolando Villazón (tenor)
Gabrieli Players
Paul McCreesh (conductor)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 477 8057, Tr.13


9:13

SAINT-SAËNS
Septet for piano, trumpet, 2 violins, viola, cello and double bass in E flat major, Op.65
Frank Braley (piano)
David Guerrier (trumpet)
Renaud Capuçon & Esther Hoppe (violins)
Béatrice Muthelet (viola)
Gautier Capuçon (cello)
Janne Saksala (double bass)
VIRGIN CLASSICS 5 45603 2, Tr.19-22


9:31

VIVALDI
Paris Concerto no.1 in G minor, RV.157
La Serenissima
Adrian Chandler (director/violin)
AVIE AV2178, Tr.14-16


9:38

SCHUBERT
An den Mond, D.193
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone)
Gerald Moore (piano)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 437 215, Tr.19


9:42

STRAVINSKY
Toccata from Concerto for violin and orchestra in D major
Thomas Zehetmair (violin & director)
Northern Sinfonia
AVIE AV2150, Tr.4


9:48

JS BACH
Gavotte I & Gavotte II (Gavotte I da capo) from English Suite No.6 in D minor, BWV.811
Piotr Anderszewski (piano)
VIRGIN CLASSICS 5 45632 2, Tr.6-7


9:52

BIZET
Overture from L’Arlésienne, suite no.1
Les Musiciens du Louvre
Marc Minkowski (conductor)
Naïve V 5130, Tr.6

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: Monday - James Jolly

Monday - James Jolly

BBC Radio 3 - Classical Collection, Monday - James Jolly

James Jolly presents music by Turina, Britten/Berkeley, Bridge, Grieg, Rossini, JC Bach.

With James Jolly. Including Turina: Piano Sextet. Britten/Berkeley: Mont Juic. Bridge: String Sextet in E flat. Grieg: Lyric Pieces (various). Rossini: La Cenerentola (excerpt).

With James Jolly.

10.00am
Turina: Piano Sextet, Op 7 (Scene Andalouse)
Menuhin Festival Piano Quartet
Christine Busch (violin)
Anna Barbara Deutschler (viola)
CLAVES CD 50-9403

10.12am
Britten/Berkeley: Mont Juic, Op 9
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Lennox Berkeley (conductor)
LYRITA SRCD226

10.24am
Bridge: String Sextet in E flat
The Raphael Ensemble
HYPERION CDA67426

10.52am
Grieg: Melodie, Op 47 No 3; Homeward, Op 62 No 6 (Lyric Pieces)
Emil Gilels (piano)
DG 419 749-2

11.00am
Rossini: Siete voi?... (La Cenerentola - Act 2, Sc 2)
Ramiro ...... Ugo Benelli (tenor)
Cinderella ...... Giulietta Simionato (soprano)
Tisbe ...... Miti Truccato Pace (soprano)
Clorinda ...... Dora Carral (soprano)
Dandini ...... Sesto Bruscantini (baritone)
Magnifico ...... Paolo Montarsolo (bass)
Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Oliviero de Fabritis (conductor)
DECCA 433 030-2 (2 CDs)

11.08am
JC Bach: Sextet in C for oboe, two horns, violin, cello and keyboard
English Concert
ARCHIV 423 385-2

11.27am
Stravinsky: Symphony in C
The Building a Library recommendation from CD Review.

With James Jolly. 
Turina Piano Sextet, Op 7 (Scene andalouse) 
Menuhin Festival Piano Quartet, Christine Busch (violin), Anna Barbara Duetschler (viola) 
10.12 Berkeley/Britten Mont Juic, Op 9 LPO, conductor Lennox Berkeley 
10.24 Bridge String Sextet in E flat Raphael Ensemble 
10.52 Grieg'Lyric Pieces (various) Emil  Gilels  (piano) 
11.00 Rossini La Cenerentola (Act 2, Scene 2, excerpt)  
Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, conductor Oliviero de Fabritis 
11.08 JC Bach Sextet in C for oboe, two horns, violin, cello and keyboard English Concert 
11.27 Stravinsky Symphony in C 
Recording recommended in Saturday's CD Review.

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: Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (1839-1881)

Composer of the Week: Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (1839-1881): Episode 1

Episode 1

Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (1839-1881)

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (1839-1881), Episode 1

Charting the course from Mussorgsky's apprenticeship to the song cycle The Nursery.

Donald Macleod charts the course from apprenticeship to The Nursery, the song cycle that marks Mussorgsky's first musical maturity.

Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Modest Mussorgsky.

He charts the course from Mussorgsky's fledgling, teenage venture onto the musical nursery slopes through his apprentice years with Mily Balakirev, his musical breakthrough with St John's Night on Bald Mountain, and his first stab at operatic realism in The Marriage, to his song cycle The Nursery - somewhat ironically, the first product of his musical maturity.

Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks (Pictures at an Exhibition)
James Crabb, Geir Draugsvoll (accordions)
EMI 5 69705 2  Tr 14

Porte-Enseigne Polka (1852)
Sylvie Carbonel (piano) 
Adda 580052  Tr 17

Two early orchestral pieces (1858): Chorus of People in the Temple (Oedipus in Athens); Scherzo in B flat
London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
Claudio Abbado (conductor)
RCA RD70405  Trs 7, 4

St John's Night on Bald Mountain (1867)
National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine
Theodore Kuchar (conductor)
Naxos 8.555924  Tr 4

The Marriage (1868) - Sc 2
Podkolesin ...... Vladimir Khrulev
Fiokla Ivanovna ...... Ludmilla Kolmakova
USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra
Gennadi Rozhdestvensky (conductor)
Olympia OCD 145  Trs 31-36

The Nursery (1868-72)
Boris Christoff (baritone)
Alexandre Labinsky (piano)
EMI CHS 763025 2  CD 2  Trs 15-21.

Donald Macleod explores the life and work of the radical composer Modest Mussorgsky

Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Modest Mussorgsky, a troubled, radical musical genius whose life was cruelly cut short at the age of 42

Composer of the Week:Modest Petrovich Musorgsky (1839-81)

1/5. Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Musorgsky. Today he traces the composer's progress from his apprentice years with Mily Balakirev to his first stab at operatic realism. Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks (Pictures at an Exhibition) James Crabb , Geir Draugsvoll (accordions) Porte-Enseigne Polka Sylvie  Carbonel  (piano) Chorus of People in the Temple (Oedipus in Athens); Scherzo in B flat London Symphony 
Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Claudio Abbado St John's Night on the Bare Mountain National 
Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine/Theodore Kuchar The Marriage: Scene 2 Ludmilla Kolmakova 
(mezzo), Vladimir Khrulev (baritone), USSR Ministry of Culture SO, conductor Gennadi Rozhdestvensky The Nursery Boris Christoff (baritone), Alexandre Labinsky (piano) Producer Chris Barstow Rptd at 10pm RT DIRECT: Musorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, featuring the Cleveland Orchestra conducted by Christoph von Dohnanyi 
, is available for £4.99 inc p&p. Send cheque payable to Selections, to: [address removed], or ring [number removed] (national rate) quoting B46-AJ102

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: Steven Osborne/Alban Gerhardt

Steven Osborne/Alban Gerhardt

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert, Steven Osborne/Alban Gerhardt

Steven Osborne (piano), Alban Gerhardt (cello). Britten: Cello Sonata. Brahms: Sonata No 2

From Wigmore Hall, London. Verity Sharp presents a concert featuring Steven Osborne (piano) and Alban Gerhardt (cello). Britten: Cello Sonata. Brahms: Cello Sonata No 2.

From Wigmore Hall, London. Presented by Verity Sharp.

A concert featuring Alban Gerhardt, who has quickly established himself as one of the most exciting cellists of his generation. He can claim to have over 50 concertos in his repertoire and has premiered Unsuk Chin's concerto at the 2009 BBC Proms, yet chamber music also remains one of his core passions. He is joined in this recital by former BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist pianist Steven Osborne for two great cello works by Britten and Brahms.

Alban Gerhardt (cello)
Steven Osborne (piano)

Britten: Cello Sonata
Brahms: Cello Sonata No 2.

Afternoon on 3

With Louise Fryer. 
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 
Presented by Verity Sharp , from the Wigmore Hall in London. 
Alban Gerhardt (cello), Steven Osborne (piano) Britten Cello Sonata 
Brahms Cello Sonata No 2 in F, Op 99 Rptd sat 2pm 
2.00 Maida Vale at 75 
Celebrating 75 years of radio broadcasting from the BBC's Maida Vale Studios, home of the BBC 
Symphony Orchestra and BBC Symphony Chorus. Khachaturian Suite: Masquerade 
Kilar Orawa BBCSO, conductor Michael Dworzynski 
2.30 Tchaikovsky Suite: Swan Lake BBCSO, conductor Michael Dworzynski 
Judith Bingham Salt in the Blood 
BBC Symphony Chorus, Fine Arts Brass, conductor Stephen Jackson 
3.30 Piazzolla Bandoneon Concerto 
(Aconcagua) Per-Arne Glorvigen , BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Enrique Diemecke 
Ryan Wigglesworth Sternenfall BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by the composer 
4.15 Vaughan Williams Symphony No 6 BBC 
Symphony Orchestra, conductor Martyn Brabbins

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: Maida Vale 75th Anniversary

Afternoon Concert: Maida Vale 75th Anniversary: Episode 1

Maida Vale 75th Anniversary

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Maida Vale 75th Anniversary, Episode 1

With Khachaturian, Kilar, Tchaikovsky, Bingham, Piazzolla, Wigglesworth, Vaughan Williams.

Presented by Louise Fryer. Khachaturian: Masquerade Suite; Kilar: Orawa; Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Suite; Judith Bingham: Salt in the Blood. Piazzolla, Wigglesworth, Vaughan Williams.

Presented by Louise Fryer.

A celebration of 75 years of radio broadcasting from the BBC's Maida Vale Studios, home of the BBC Symphony Orchestra and BBC Symphony Chorus. Music from the last two centuries has always been at the heart of the BBC SO's programmes, and Maida Vale Studio 1 has hosted many world and UK premieres

Khachaturian: Masquerade Suite
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Michael Dworzynski (conductor)

Kilar: Orawa
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Michael Dworzynski (conductor)

2.30pm
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Suite
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Michael Dworzynski (conductor)

Judith Bingham: Salt in the Blood
BBC Symphony Chorus
Fine Arts Brass
Stephen Jackson (conductor)

3.30pm
Piazzolla: Concerto for bandoneon and orchestra (Anconcagua)
Per-Arne Glorvigen (bandoneon)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Enrique Diemecke (conductor)

Ryan Wigglesworth: Sternenfall
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Ryan Wigglesworth (conductor)

4.15pm
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 6
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: Maida Vale 75th Anniversary

A celebration of 75 years of radio broadcasting from the BBC's Maida Vale Studios

Louise Fryer presents a celebration of 75 years of radio broadcasting from the BBC's Maida Vale Studios, home of the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus

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: 26/10/2009 Barbara Cook, Nils Monkmeyer, Nicholas Rimmer

26/10/2009 Barbara Cook, Nils Monkmeyer, Nicholas Rimmer

BBC Radio 3 - In Tune, 26/10/2009 Barbara Cook, Nils Monkmeyer, Nicholas Rimmer

Presenter Sean Rafferty talks to Broadway mega-star Barbara Cook.

Presented by Sean Rafferty. Broadway mega-star Barbara Cook talks to Sean ahead of a gig at Ronnie Scott's. Nils Monkemeyer and Nicholas Rimmer perform in the studio.

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

Broadway star Barbara Cook talks to Sean ahead of a gig at Ronnie Scott's with her trio, and Parkhouse Award winners Nils Monkemeyer (viola) and Nicholas Rimmer (piano) perform in the studio.

17.02
LIVE MUSIC
Thereâs a Rainbow âRound My Shoulder
Barbara Cook (vocals)
Peter Donovan (bass)
Michael Kosarin (piano)
1â54				

17.05
BRAHMS
Hungarian Dance No 5 in G minor
Vienna Philharmonic
Claudio Abbado (conductor)
DG 111 years 4778168
CD 1, Track 1
2â14

17.09
CHOPIN
Waltz in A flat, Op 69 No 1 âLâAdieuâ
Arthur Rubinstein (piano)
RCA 88697424612
CD 1, Track 2
3â26
				
17.13
MOZART
Adagio in E, K261
Gyorgy Pauk (violin)
Ferenc Lizst Chamber Orchestra
Janos Rolla (Director)
Hungaroton HCD 31030-32
CD 2, Track 7
7â01

17.21
LIVE MUSIC
A Wonderful Guy (From South Pacific by Rodgers and Hammerstein)
Barbara Cook (vocals)
Peter Donovan (bass)
Michael Kosarin (piano)
3â26

17.30
LIVE MUSIC
Iâve got you Under my Skin (by Cole Porter)
Barbara Cook (vocals)
Peter Donovan (bass)
Michael Kosarin (piano)
3â32
				
17.40
LIVE MUSIC
Hallelujah, I Love Him So
Barbara Cook (vocals)
Peter Donovan (bass)
Michael Kosarin (piano)
3â18
				
17.44
DVORAK
Scherzo Capriccioso
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Charles Mackerras (conductor)
Supraphon SU 3533-2 -31
Track 2
13â59

18.03
PARRY orch. Elgar
Jerusalem
Winchester Cathedral Choir
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
David Hill (conductor)
Argo 430 836 2
Track 12
2â37

18.06
HANDEL
Concerto grosso in B flat, Op 3 No 1
Academy of Ancient Music
Andrew Manze (Director)
Harmonia Mundi HMX 2908292.95
CD 3, Tracks 1-3
8.14

18.15
LIVE MUSIC
SCHUMANN
MÃ¤rchenbilder Op. 113 (2nd movement)
Nils Monkemeyer (viola)
Nicholas Rimmer (piano)
3'55

18.24
LIVE MUSIC
MENDELSSOHN
Hexenlied	
Nils Monkemeyer (viola)
Nicholas Rimmer (piano)
2â12

18.33
LIVE MUSIC
SCHUMANN arr. Monkemeyer / Rimmer
Mondnacht (Liederkries Op. 39)
Nils Monkemeyer (viola)
Nicholas Rimmer (piano)
3â57

18.38
RAVEL
Menuet Antique
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Bernard Haitink (conductor)
Philips 438 745 2
CD 2, Track 1
7â09
				
18.47
ROSSINI
Variations in C for clarinet and orchestra
Sabine Meyer (clarinet)
Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra
Jorg Faerber (conductor)
EMI 7 49397 2
Track 7
7.41
				
18.55
CHOPIN
Nocturne in C sharp minor Op. posth.
Angela Hewitt (piano)
Hyperion CDA67371/2
CD 1, Track 1
3â43

Performance on 3

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

Performance on 3: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra - Entente Cordiale

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra - Entente Cordiale

BBC Radio 3 - Performance on 3, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra - Entente Cordiale

The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra under David Hill in music from England and France.

The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/David Hill in music from England and France. Poulenc: Les biches Suite. Elgar: Sea Pictures. Bridge: The Sea. Saint-Saens: Symphony No 3 (Organ).

Presented by Catherine Bott.

The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra conducted by David Hill perform a programme entitled 'Entente Cordiale', featuring music from England and France.

Recorded at the orchestra's home in the Lighthouse, Poole, the concert starts with Poulenc's youthful and impish ballet Les biches. Then two pieces reflect the English love of the sea - Elgar's Sea Pictures, dealing with the fragility of man when confronted by its elemental forces, and Frank Bridge's symphonic suite The Sea, a more impressionist portrayal, depicting both the benign tranquillity and terrifying ferocious power of the oceans. The concert ends with Saint-Saens' ever-popular Organ Symphony.

Jane Irwin (mezzo-soprano)
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
David Hill (conductor)

Poulenc: Les biches Suite
Elgar: Sea Pictures
Bridge: The Sea
Saint-Saens: Symphony No 3 (Organ)

Followed by Handel's Italian Cantatas - a series featuring some of the cantatas Handel wrote in Italy during the first decade of the 18th century when he was still in his early 20s.

Including La Lucrezia, HWV 145, sung by Janet Baker with the English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Raymond Leppard.

Catherine Bott introduces music from England and France. Recorded at the Lighthouse, Poole. Jane Irwin (mezzo), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, conductor David Hill Poulenc Suite: Les biches Elgar Sea Pictures Bridge The Sea 
Saint-Saens Symphony No 3 in C minor (Organ) Followed by Handel's Italian Cantatas - a series featuring cantatas written by Handel during the first decade of the 18th century - including 0 numi eterni (La Lucrezia), H WVI45. 
Janet Baker (mezzo), English Chamber Orchestra, conductor Raymond Leppard

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: Free Thinking 2009

Night Waves: Free Thinking 2009: Free Thinking - Ken Livingstone

Free Thinking - Ken Livingstone

Free Thinking 2009

BBC Radio 3 - Night Waves, Free Thinking 2009, Free Thinking - Ken Livingstone

Ken Livingstone asks an audience in Gateshead if the North-South divide still matters.

At the 2009 Free Thinking festival, Anne McElvoy introduces a discussion at the Sage, Gateshead, in which Ken Livingstone asks if the North-South divide still matters.

As part of Radio 3's 2009 Free Thinking festival of ideas, Ken Livingstone goes to the North East of England to meet an audience at the Sage in Gateshead. What does the former Mayor of London have to say to a region which often feels itself sidelined and overlooked by the capital city and by the South East as a whole? In the past, Livingstone has said that 'the divide within cities is vaster than the divide between them'. But is that really true? Has the North-South divide faded? 

In conversation with Night Waves presenter Anne McElvoy - who was born in County Durham and is a columnist on the London Evening Standard - Ken Livingstone has a chance to assert to a northern audience what he believes to be the challenges facing the modern metropolis. Is it possible that there are actually lessons that cities on the banks of the Tyne and Wear could learn from the big one by the Thames?

Radio 3's ideas festival, with interviews, talks, public debates, drama and performance

Radio 3's festival of ideas, featuring interviews, talks, public debates, drama and live performance. With contributions from today's leading thinkers, artists, scientists and writers

Free Thinking: Ken Livingstone

Night Waves: Free Thinking

As part of Radio 3's Free Thinking festival of ideas, Ken Livingstone went to the North East of England to meet an audience at the Sage Gateshead and find out if the North/South divide still matters. 
Presented by Anne McElvoy. 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: North East Free Thinkers

The Essay: North East Free Thinkers: Episode 1: T Dan Smith

Episode 1: T Dan Smith

North East Free Thinkers

T Dan Smith

BBC Radio 3 - The Essay, North East Free Thinkers, T Dan SmithClose menu

Graeme Rigby discusses T Dan Smith, former leader of Newcastle City Council.

Writer and film-maker Graeme Rigby looks back on the life of T Dan Smith, former leader of Newcastle City Council. He envisioned the city as the 'Brasilia of the North'.

Four essays about free thinking figures and places in North-East England whose ideas challenged their times, recorded in front of live audiences at BBC Radio 3's Free Thinking festival of ideas at The Sage Gateshead in 2009. 

In the first essay writer and filmmaker Graeme Rigby looks back at the career of T Dan Smith, the Newcastle city boss whose architectural "Brasilia of the North" captured the headlines in the 1960s. Smith's spectacular fall from grace - jailed for corruption in 1974 - has written him out of history. But do the ideas and regional ambitions of this out-of-the-ordinary politician still resonate today?

Series on the achievements of significant figures and institutions from the North East

Series exploring the achievements of influential figures and institutions from the North East of England

Contrasts: Marble Arch to Edgware

1/5. Writer and film-maker Graeme Rigby looks back at Newcastle city boss T Dan Smith , whose architectural vision for a Brasilia of the North captured the headlines in the 1960s. 
Producer Allegra Mcllroy EMAIL: theessay@bbc.co.uk

Jazz on 3

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

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

Jazz on 3: Led Bib in Session with Eddie Parker

Led Bib in Session with Eddie Parker

BBC Radio 3 - Jazz on 3, Led Bib in Session with Eddie Parker

Jez Nelson presents a session by maverick jazz group Led Bib, with reedsman Eddie Parker.

Jez Nelson presents a session by maverick jazz group Led Bib, who are joined for the first time by reedsman Eddie Parker, a stalwart of the British jazz scene.

Jez Nelson presents a session by maverick jazz group Led Bib, who are joined for the first time by reedsman Eddie Parker, a stalwart of the British jazz scene. The innovative London quartet perform tracks from their latest album, Sensible Shoes - nominated for the 2009 Mercury Music Award - as well as material created especially for the session.

Formed in 2003 by drummer Mark Holub, Led Bib have gone from strength to strength, touring extensively, gaining critical and popular praise with their genre-defying music. Joining them is leading flautist and composer Eddie Parker. A founding member of 1980s big-band Loose Tubes, Parker is now senior lecturer in jazz at Middlesex University.

And Radio 3's weekly contemporary jazz programme presents a very special event. Now firmly an annual tradition, on Friday 13th November we celebrate the start of the Radio 3 2009 London Jazz Festival with a specially extended show broadcast from Ronnie Scott's in Soho, London, from 10.30pm - 1.00am, presented - as ever - by Jez Nelson.

The show will feature lots of great live music from artists performing during the festival, including vibraphone great Bobby Hutcherson, US vocalist Kurt Elling, award-winning young UK band Empirical, experimental Sardinian guitarist Paolo Angeli and New York improv duo Ted Daniel and Michael Marcus.

If you'd like to come along and be in the audience please go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/tickets/

Led Bib in session with Eddie Parker Playlist:

Yes Again (excerpt)
Artist: Mark Holub (drums), Liran Donin (bass), Toby McLaren (keyboard), Pete Grogan (alto saxophone), Chris Williams (alto saxophone)
Composer: Mark Holub
Album Title: Sensible Shoes
Label: Cuneiform
Released: 2009 

Geoff Dyer profiles wild whoops and yelps from jazz instruments - and their players - over the years. Featuring:

Artist: Ornette Coleman (alto saxophone), Billy Higgins (drums), Don Cherry (cornet), Charlie Haden (bass).
Track Title: Lonely Woman
Composer: Ornette Coleman
Album Title: The Shape Of Jazz To Come
Label: Atlantic
Released: 1959
Recorded: May 22, 1959

Artist: Keith Jarrett (piano), Gary Peacock (bass) and Jack DeJohnette (drums)
Track Title: Lifeline
Composer: Keith Jarrett
Album Title: Changeless
Label: ECM
Released: 1987
Recorded: October 1987

Artist: Charles Mingus (piano), Doug Watkins (bass), Dannie Richmond (drums) Rahsaan Roland Kirk (saxophone), Booker Ervin (tenor saxophone), Jimmy Knepper (trombone)
Track Title: Hog Callin' Blues
Composer: Charles Mingus
Album Title: Oh Yeah
Label: Atlantic
Released: 1962
Recorded: November 6, 1961

Artist: Charles Mingus (bass), Ted Curson (trumpet), Eric Dolphy (alto saxophone), Booker Ervin (tenor saxophone), Dannie Richmond (drums)
Track Title: Prayer for Passive Resistance
Composer: Charles Mingus
Album Title: Mingus At Antibes Live
Label: Atlantic/Wea
Released: 1960
Recorded: July 13, 1960

Artist: Julius Hemphill (alto saxophone), Hamiet Bluiett (baritone sax), Baikida EJ Carroll (trumpet) Abdul Wadud (cello), Phillip Wilson (drums)
Track Title: The Hard Blues
Composer: Julius Hemphill
Album title: Coon Bid'ness
Label: Arista-Freedom Records
Released: 1975
Recorded: 1972

Artist: Pharoah Sanders (tenor saxophone), William Henderson (piano), John Heard (bass), Idris Muhammed (drums)
Track Title: Ole
Composer: John Coltrane
Album title: Heart is a Melody
Label: Evidence
Released: 1993
Recorded: November 24, 1971

John Fordham chooses tracks from recent CD releases:

Artist: Wayne Krantz (guitar), Tim Lefebvre (bass), Keith Carlock (drums)
Track Title: War Torn Johnny
Composer: Wayne Krantz
Album Title: Krantz, Carlock, Lefebvre
Label: Abstract Logix
Released:  18th August 2009

Artist: Tord Gustavsen (piano), Tore Brunborg (saxophone), Mats Eilertsen (bass), Jarle Vespestad (drums), Kristin Asbjornsen (vocals)
Track Title: The Swirl-Wrapped in a Yielding Air
Composer: Tord Gustavsen
Album Title: Restored, Returned
Label: ECM
Released: 12th October 2009

The Tord Gustavsen Ensemble perform at the 2009 London Jazz Festival on Saturday 21st November. 

For details of Radio 3's coverage of the 2009 London Jazz Festival go to:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/jazz/londonjazzfestival/2009/

Led Bib and Eddie Parker in session, recorded at Phoenix Sound by Dave Moore on 9th October 2009

Led Bib:
Mark Holub (drums)
Liran Donin (bass)
Toby McLaren (keyboard)
Pete Grogan (alto saxophone)
Chris Williams (alto saxophone)

Eddie Parker (flute)

Set 1:
Call Centre Labyrinth (Mark Holub)
Hoot And Toot (Eddie Parker)
Award-winning Sandwich (Group improvisation)

John Fordham interviews Mark Holub and Eddie Parker

Set 2:
Horses for Courses (Mark Holub)
Shapes and Sizes (Chris Williams)
Iced Finger (Group improvisation)
Walnuts (Mark Holub)

Recommended further listening:
Artist: Led Bib
Composer: Mark Holub
Album title: Sensible Shoes
Label: Cuneiform Records
Released: 4th May 2009

Recommended further listening:

Led Bib's album Sensible Shoes is out now on Cuneiform

Eddie Parke

Jez Nelson presents a gig by Led Bib, recorded at London's Vortex jazz club and featuring tracks from their latest album, Sensible Shoes. Producer Peggy Sutton

Through the Night

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

Through the Night: 27/10/2009

27/10/2009

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 27/10/2009

Music including Mendelssohn, Brahms, Clara Schumann, Schoenberg, Mozart, Chopin, Mozart.

Music including Mendelssohn, Brahms, Clara Schumann, Schoenberg, Mozart, Chopin, Sweelinck, Svendsen, Muffat, Moniuszko, Handel, Part, Granados, Bizet, Bach, Ravel and Torres.

1.00am
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847): Overture: Meeresstille und gluckliche Fahrt (Calm sea and a prosperous voyage), Op 27
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Simone Young (conductor)

1.15am
Mendelssohn: Concerto in D minor for violin, piano and string orchestra
Leonidas Kavakos (violin)
Enrico Pace (piano)
Risor Festival Strings

1.52am
Mendelssohn: Overture (St Paul), Op 36
Rietze Smits (organ) 

2.01am
Mendelssohn: Three Psalms, Op 78
Chamber Choir AVE
Andraz Hauptman (conductor)

2.22am
Mendelssohn: Symphony No 5 in D, Op 107 (Reformation)
Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Vytautas Lukocius (conductor) 

2.51am
Mendelssohn: Three Etudes, Op 104 (1834-1838)
Sylviane Deferne (piano)

3.01am
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897): Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op 115
Thomas Friedli (clarinet)
Quartet Sine Nomine

3.38am
Schumann, Clara (1819-1896): 4 Pieces fugitives for piano, Op 15
Angela Cheng (piano)

3.52am
Schoenberg, Arnold (1874-1951): Friede auf Erden for chorus, Op 13
Erik Westbergs Vocal Ensemble

4.02am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Symphony No 17 in G, K129
The Amadeus Polish Radio Chamber Orchestra in Poznan
Agnieszka Duczmal (conductor)

4.20am
Chopin, Fryderyk (1810-1849): Waltz in A minor, Op 34, No 2
Sergei Terentjev (piano)

4.26am
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893): Introduction and waltz (Eugene Onegin, Op 24) 
BBC Philharmonic
Vassily Sinaisky (conductor)

4.34am
Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon (1562-1621): Psalm 110: Le Toutpuissant a mon Seigneur et maistre
Netherlands Chamber Choir
Peter Phillips (conductor)

4.42am
Svendsen, Johan (1840-1911): Romance in G for violin and orchestra, Op 26
Julia Fischer (violin)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Christopher Warren-Green (conductor) 

4.51am
Chopin: Rondo a la Mazur in F for piano, Op 5
Ludmil Angelov (piano)

5.01am
Muffat, Georg (1653-1704): Sonata 
L'Orfeo Barockorchester
Michi Gaigg (director)

5.07am
Moniuszko, Stanislaw (1819-1872), orch Zygmunt Noskowski: Polonaise in E flat
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jerzy Katlewicz (conductor)

5.14am
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759): Aria with variations (Piano Suite No 5 in E, HWV 430 - The harmonious blacksmith)
Marian Pivka (piano)

5.19am
Part, Arvo (b.1935): The Woman with the Alabaster box for chorus
Erik Westbergs Vocal Ensemble

5.26am
Schenck, Johann (1660-c.1712): Sonata in F sharp minor, Op 9, No 3
Berliner Konzert:
Hartwig Groth (viola da gamba)
Christoph Lehmann (harpsichord)

5.43am
Granados, Enrique (1867-1916), arr Chris Paul Harman: La maja y el ruisenor/The Maiden and the Nightingale (Goyescas)
Isabel Bayrakdarian (soprano)
Bryan Epperson, Maurizio Baccante, Roman Borys, Simon Fryer, David Hetherington, Roberta Jansen, Paul Widner, Thomas Wiebe, Winona Zelenka (cellos)

5.50am
Bizet, Georges (1838-1875): Carmen Suite No 2
Slovenian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra
Marko Munih (conductor)

6.07am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750), arr Mozart: Adagio and Fugue in G minor (after BWV 883)
Benjamin Nabarro (violin)
Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano)
Leopold String Trio:
Marianne Thorsen (violin)
Lawrence Power (viola)
Kate Gould (cello) 

6.13am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791), arr Franz Danzi: Duos from Don Giovanni arranged for two cellos
Duo Fouquet

6.19am
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937): Piano Trio in A minor (1914)
Bernt Lysell (violin)
Mats Rondin (cello)
Bengt-Ake Lundin (piano)

6.46am
Torres, Jose de (c.1670-1738): Cantada al Santisimo Afectos amantes
Marta Almanjano (soprano)
Al Ayre Espanol
Eduardo Lopez Banzo (conductor).

Mendelssohn Overture: Meeresstille und gluckliche Fahrt 
1.15 Concerto in D minor for violin, piano and string orchestra 1.52 Overture: Sf Paul 2.01 Three Psalms, 
Op 78; Symphony No 5 in D (Reformation); Three Etudes, Op 104 3.01 Brahms Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op 115 
3.38 Clara Schumann Four pieces fugitives, Op 15 
3.52 Schoenberq Friede auf Erden, Op 13 4.02 Mozart Symphony No 17 in G, K129 4.20 Chopin Waltz in A minor, Op 34 No 2 4.26 Tchaikovsky Introduction and Waltz (Eugene Onegin) 4.34 Sweelinck Psalm 110: Le 
Toutpuissant a dit a mon seigneur et maistre 4.42 Svendsen Romance in G, Op 26 4.51 Chopin Rondo a la Mazur in F, Op 5 5.01 Muffat Sonata 5.07 Moniuszko Polonaise in E flat 5.14 Handel Aria with variations (Suite No 5 in E, HWV430) (Harmonious Blacksmith) 5.19 Arvo Part The Woman with the Alabaster Box 5.26 Schenck Sonata in F sharp minor, Op 9, No 3 5.43 Granados La maja y el ruisenor (Goyescas) 5.50 Bizet Carmen: Suite No 2 
6.07 Bach Adagio and Fugue in G minor (after BWV883) 
6.13 Mozart Duos (Don Giovanni) 6.19 Ravel Piano Trio 
6.46 Torres Cantada al Santisimo: Afectos amantes

Accessibility links

Programme Index

Afternoon Concert

Maida Vale 75th Anniversary

Episode 1

Genres

Brand

Series

BBC Radio 3

About BBC Radio 3

Appears in

About this data

About this data