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Breakfast

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

Breakfast: Tuesday - Rob Cowan

10/11/2009

Tuesday - Rob Cowan

BBC Radio 3 - Breakfast, Tuesday - Rob Cowan

Rob Cowan presents great pieces, great performances and a few surprises.

7.03 

MENDELSSOHN 
Song without words Book 1 Op 19 no 1 
Daniel Barenboim (piano) 
DG 4530612 Track 1 


7:06 

HANDEL 
Concerto Grosso Op 3 no 3 
Academy of Ancient Music
Richard Egarr
HMU 807415 Tracks 9-11 


7:15

RAVEL 
String Quartet in F major 
Ebene Quartet 
VIRGIN CLASSICS 5099951904555 CD 2 Track 9 


7:22

MUSSORGSKY 
Pictures at an Exhibition (extracts) 
Ensemble Carpe Diem
Jean Pierre Arnaud 
HORTUS 070 Track 8-12


7.31

KHATCHATURIAN 
Spartacus (Adagio) 
Kirov Orchestra
Valery Gergiev 
PHILIPS 4420112 Track 3 


7:39

BYRD 
Sanctus from Mass for 5 Voices 
Cardinallâs Musick
Andrew Carwood 
ASV CDGAU206 Track 17


7:44

LISZT 
Hungarian rhapsody no 10 in E major S244 
Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) 
HYPERION CDA 66874 Track 4


7.51

BACH 
Mache dich, mein Herze, rein (St Matthew Passion) 
Thomas Quasthoff (baritone)
Staatsoper Dresen
Sebastian Weigle 
DG 00289 477 6230 Track 5


8.03

SCARLATTI 
Sonata K 20 in E major Presto 
Ivo Pogorelich (piano) 
DG 435 855-2 Track 1


8:07

BARBER 
Adagio 
St Louis Symphony Orchestra/Leonard Slatkin 
EMI ANGEL CDM 7 64306 2 Track 7


8:17

HUBAY 
Scenes de la Csarda: no 4 Herjre Kati, Op 32 
Chloe Hanslip,
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Mogrelia 
NAXOS 8.572078 Track 5 


8:24

MENDELSSOHN
Overture to St Paul 
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra 
Kurt Masur (conductor)
PHILIPS 420212  


8.31

VERDI 
Sinfonia in C 
Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi
Riccardo Chailly 
DECCA 473 767-2 Track 1


8:37

BEETHOVEN 
Piano Sonata no 14 in C sharp minor, Op 27 no 2 âMoonlightâ 
Andras Schiff (piano) 
ECM 1944 476 5875 Tracks 9-11


8:51

WALTON 
Comedy Overture: Scapino 
London Symphony Orchestra
Andre Previn 
EMI 7243 5 773371 2 CD 2 Track 5 


9:00 
	
Tord Gustavson Trio 
Changing Places  Track 2
Tord Gustavson Trio 
ECM B00008G997


9:05

JS BACH 
Cantata Jauchzet Gott in allen landen BWV 51 
Natalie Dessay, (soprano),
Le Concert dâAstree
Emmanuelle Haim 
VIRGIN CLASSICS 50999 235004 2 6 Tracks 1-4


9:23

SIBELIUS 
Humoresques Op 87/89 
Aaron Rosand (violin),
Southwest German Radio Orchestra Baden-Baden
Tibor Szoke
VOXBOX CDX 5116 Track 4-5


9:29

ZAVATERI
Concerto settimo Teatrale B flat 
Freiburg baroque orchestra
HARMONIA MUNDI HM 05472773522 CD 2 Track 1-2 


9:39

WAGNER 
GÃ¶tterdÃ¤mmerung Act 2 
Christian Thielemann 
recorded at Bayreuth 
DG CD 3 Tracks 6-9   (off white label)


9:50

MOZART 
Adagio in E K 261 
Scottish Chamber Orchestra, 
Alexander Janiczek  (violin/director)
LINN CKD 287 Track 10

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: Tuesday - Sarah Walker

Tuesday - Sarah Walker

BBC Radio 3 - Classical Collection, Tuesday - Sarah Walker

Sarah Walker presents music by Barber, Nazareth, Sallinen, Link, Marvell and Strachey.

With Sarah Walker. Barber: Knoxville - Summer of 1915. Nazareth: Plangente. Sallinen: Mauermusik, Op 7. Link, Marvell and Strachey: These Foolish Things. Lambert: Elegiac Blues.

With Sarah Walker.

Great performances and classic recordings, with a focus on the act of remembrance. Featuring a collection of British piano pieces written in memory of musicians.

10.00am
Barber: Knoxville - Summer of 1915
Dawn Upshaw (soprano)
Orchestra of St Luke's
David Zinman (conductor)
NONESUCH  7559791872

10.15am
Nazareth: Plangente
Iara Behs (piano)
NAXOS  8557687

10.21am
Sallinen: Mauermusik, Op 7
Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra
Ari Rasilainen (conductor)
CPO  9999692

10.32am
Link, Marvell and Strachey: These Foolish Things
Ella Fitzgerald (voice)
Oscar Peterson (piano)
Herb Ellis (guitar)
Ray Brown (bass)
Louie Bellson (drums)
VERVE  5372842

10.40am
Lambert: Elegiac Blues
Richard Rodney Bennett (piano)
EMI  5655962

10.43am
Howells: Finzi's Rest (Howells' Clavichord)
John McCabe (piano)
HYPERION  CDH 55152

10.48am
Skempton: Well, well Cornelius
John Tilbury (piano)
SONY  SMK 89617

10.53am
Suk: Asrael, Op 27
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Vaclav Talich (conductor)
SUPRAPHON  1119022.

With 
Sarah  Walker.  Barber Knoxville , Summer of 1915 Dawn Upshaw (soprano) 
Orchestra of St Luke's, conductor David Zinman 
10.15 Nazareth Plangente lara Behs (piano) 
10.21 Sallinen Mauermusik , Op 7 
Norrkoping SO, conductor Ari Rasilainen 
10.32 Link/Marvell/Strachey These Foolish Things Ella Fitzgerald (voice), Oscar Peterson (piano), Herb Ellis (guitar), Ray Brown (bass), Louie Bellson (drums) 
10.40 Lambert Elegiac Blues 
Richard Rodney Bennett (piano) 
Howells Finzi 's Rest John McCabe (piano) Skempton Well, Well Cornelius John Tilbury (piano) 
10.53 Suk Asrael , Op 27 
Czech PO, conductor Vaclav Talich

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: Erik Satie (1866-1925)

Composer of the Week: Erik Satie (1866-1925): Episode 2: Monsieur Le Pauvre

Episode 2

Episode 2: Monsieur Le Pauvre

Erik Satie (1866-1925)

Monsieur Le Pauvre

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Erik Satie (1866-1925), Monsieur Le Pauvre

Donald Macleod explores Satie's 'mystic' period of the 1890s.

Donald Macleod explores Satie's 'mystic' period of the 1890s. Including the infamous Vexations, a short piece that the pianist is instructed to repeat 840 times.

In the 1890s, Satie reinvented himself as a holy man - a self-imposed outcast from the 'wicked' musical establishment. After a brief spell as the composer for a Christian cult, he set up his own church, studied mystical volumes in Paris's National Library, and penned vitriolic articles in his own magazine (average circulation: 1).

Donald Macleod introduces the music of this 'mystic' period, including the infamous Vexations - a short piece which the pianist is apparently instructed to repeat 840 times - and the rare, almost Zen-like ballet Uspud.

Donald Macleod explores the life and work of the engimatic composer Erik Satie

Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Erik Satie, arguably one of the most peculiar, enigmatic and misunderstood figures in musical history

Composer of the Week: Satie

2/5. Monsieur Le Pauvre. In the 1890s, Satie reinvented himself as a holy man - a self-imposed outcast from the wicked musical establishment. 
Donald Macleod introduces the music of this period. Vexations (excerpt) Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano) 
Bonjour, Biqui, Bonjour! Robert Young (voice/piano) Uspud (Act3) Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano) Messe des pauvres (excerpts) Gaston Litaize (organ), Choeur Rene Duclos , Pierre Dervaux Pièces froides (Danses de travers) Steve Hackett (guitar) 
Je te veux (arr Ishinose) Yoshikazu Mera (countertenor), Japan Philharmonic SO, conductor Shigeo Genda Geneweve de Brabant (orch Desormiere) (excerpts)  
Choeurs du Theatre National de I'Opera de Paris, Paris Orchestra, conductor Pierre Dervaux Trois morceaux en forme de poire 
Klara Kormendi and Gabor Eckhardt (pianos) Mount Florida Lost in Satie Mount Florida 
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: The American Romantics

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: The American Romantics: Episode 1: Joanna McGregor

Episode 1

Episode 1: Joanna McGregor

The American Romantics

Joanna McGregor

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert, The American Romantics, Joanna McGregorClose menu

Joanna McGregor (piano) in music by Ives, Nancarrow, Lou Harrison, Mary Lou Harrison.

Joanna McGregor (piano) performs music by Ives, Nancarrow, Lou Harrison, Mary Lou Harrison, Professor Longhair, Dr John, Dameron/Count Basie, Barber and Gershwin.

Series of concerts celebrating the music of American romantic composers. Recorded on Independence Day in the unique setting of the Ship and Dockside Gallery at Ulster American Folk Park, Omagh, British pianist Joanna MacGregor performs and introduces a diverse solo programme, including works by Barber, Gershwin, Ives and Conlon Nancarrow, as well as her own arrangements of traditional gospel songs. 

Joanna MacGregor (piano)

Lost Highway (Gospel songs arr. MacGregor)
Trad: Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child; Deep River; Ain't No Grave Gonna Hold My Body Down
Charles Ives: The Alcotts (Concord Sonata)
Conlon Nancarrow: Prelude and Blues
Lou Harrison: Piano Concerto (Slow Movement)
Mary Lou Harrison: Old Time Spiritual
Professor Longhair: Big Chief
Dr John: Big Mac
Dameron/Count Basie: Nina Simone's Good Bait
Barber: Excursions
Gershwin: The Gershwin Songbook.

Series of concerts celebrating the work of American romantic composers

Series of concerts given in different locations in Northern Ireland, celebrating the work of American romantic composers

Afternoon on 3

With Penny Gore. 
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 
1/4. Joanna MacGregor performs and introduces a diverse solo programme at the Ship and Dockside Gallery at the Ulster American Folk Park, Omagh. Joanna MacGregor (piano) 
Lost Highway (Gospel songs, arr MacGregor) Charles Ives The Alcotts (Concord Sonata) Nancarrow Prelude and Blues 
Lou Harrison Piano Concerto (slow mvt) Mary Lou Harrison Old Time Spiritual Professor Longhair Big Chief Dr John Big Mac 
Dameron/Count Basie Nina Simone's Good Bait Barber Excursions 
Gershwin The Gershwin Songbook 
2.00 German Orchestras 
Dvorak Hussite Overture BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor Takuo Yuasa 
Janacek Taras Bulba BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor Nan Volkov 
3.00 Shostakovich Execution of Stepan Razin Alexander Kisselev (bass), London Symphony Chorus, BBC National Chorus and Orchestra of Wales, conductor Vassily Petrenko 
Berlioz Symphonie funebre et triomphale. Op 15 BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor Thierry Fischer 
4.00 Beethoven Symphony No 3 in E flat (Eroica) Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, conductor Herbert Blomstedt

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: Berlin Wall 20th Anniversary

Afternoon Concert: Berlin Wall 20th Anniversary: Episode 2

Berlin Wall 20th Anniversary

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Berlin Wall 20th Anniversary, Episode 2

Music marking of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Music marking the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, including works by Dvorak, Janacek, Shostakovich and Beethoven's Symphony No 3 in E flat (Eroica).

1989: Twentieth Anniversary

Part of BBC Radio 3's series of performances marking the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, featuring German orchestras from both sides of the wall and revolutionary music. Presented by Penny Gore.

Leipzig, home to Bach and Mendelssohn among others, was one of the key East German centres of popular protest in 1989 in the lead up to the fall of the Berlin Wall. The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra performs a revolutionary symphony by Beethoven - his Eroica - at the time, the longest symphony ever written. It was originally dedicated to Napoleon, who Beethoven saw as the saviour of a rational republican Europe, but when Napoleon crowned himself Emperor, the composer destroyed the dedication.

Berlioz wrote his Grande symphonie funebre et triomphale to celebrate the anniversary of the arrival of another leader of France - Louis Philippe, the so-called Citizen King who came to the French throne after the 1830 Revolution, and he led France until the next series of European revolutions in 1848. Louis-Philippe was the last king to rule in France.

Some other revolutionary leaders were not so lucky: Jan Huss, Taras Bulba and Stepan Razin meet their ends as depicted in music by Dvorak, Janacek and Shostakovich.

Dvorak: Hussite Overture
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Takuo Yuasa (conductor)

Janacek: Taras Bulba
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov (conductor)

3.00pm
Shostakovich: Execution of Stepan Razin
Alexander Kisselev (bass)
BBC National Chorus of Wales
London Symphony Chorus
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Vassily Petrenko (conductor)

Berlioz: Symphonie funebre et triomphale, Op 15
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Thierry Fischer (conductor)

4.00pm
Beethoven: Symphony No 3 in E flat (Eroica)
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Herbert Blomstedt (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: Berlin Wall 20th Anniversary

Marking the 20th anniversary of the Berlin Wall's fall, with music from German orchestras.

Radio 3 marks the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, with performances by German orchestras from both sides of the wall, as well as revolutionary music

In Tune

Live music and interviews from the world's finest classical musicians.

Radio 3's drivetime show brings you incredible live music and interviews from the world's finest classical, jazz, folk and world musicians.

Radio 3's drivetime show brings you incredible live music and interviews from the world's finest classical, jazz, folk and world musicians. If it's happening in the world of music, you'll hear it first on In Tune.

In Tune: 10/11/2009 Daniel Hope, Magnus Anderson, Malcolm Martineau, Nicky Spence, Katherine Broderick

10/11/2009 Daniel Hope, Magnus Anderson, Malcolm Martineau, Nicky Spence, Katherine Broderick

BBC Radio 3 - In Tune, 10/11/2009 Daniel Hope, Magnus Anderson, Malcolm Martineau, Nicky Spence, Katherine Broderick

Presented by Sean Rafferty. With violinist Daniel Hope and pianist Malcolm Martineau.

Presented by Sean Rafferty. Music from violinist Daniel Hope and lutenist Magnus Andersson, as well as pianist Malcolm Martineau, tenor Nicky Spence and soprano Katherine Broderick.

Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world, including a performance from violinist Daniel Hope and lutenist Magnus Andersson, who join Sean in the studio before their concert at the jazz venue, the 100 Club.

Plus pianist Malcolm Martineau, tenor Nicky Spence and soprano Katherine Broderick talking to Sean ahead of their forthcoming performance.

17:02
ANDREA FALCONIERI
Ciaccona
Daniel Hope (violin)
Lorenzo Borrani (violin)
Jonathan Cohen (cello)
Stefan Maass / Stephan Rath (lute / guitar)
Hans-Kristian Kjos SÃ¸rensen (percussion)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 477 8094 
Track1
3:12

17:06		
GAETANO DONIZETTI
O luce di questâanima (Linda di Chamounix)
Diana Damrau (soprano)
MÃ¼ncher Rundfunkorchester
Dan Ettinger (conductor)
VIRGIN CLASSICS 50999 519313 2 
Track 9
5:36	

17:13
LIVE	
ANDREA FALCONIERI
La suave melodia
Daniel Hope (violin)
Magnus Andersson (theorbo)				
2:21

17:20
LIVE	
BACH
Overture BWV 1068 (Air)
Daniel Hope (violin)
Magnus Andersson (theorbo)				
4:54

17:32	
LIVE	
DIEGO ORTIZ
Ricercata segunda
Daniel Hope (violin)
Magnus Andersson (theorbo)				
1â06

17:34		
ARNOLD
Beckus the Dandipratt, overture for orchestra
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Vernon Handley (conductor)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
LPO0013
Track1
8:15

17:43
SCHUBERT
Punschlied, D.277
Markus SchÃ¤fer (tenor)
Marcus Ullmann (tenor)
Thomas E. Bauer (bass)
Marcus Flaig (bass)
Marcus Schmidl (bass)
Ulrich Eisenlohr (piano)
NAXOS 8.572110 
Track 7
3:27

17:47
DE FALLA (arr. Eric Crees)
Fire Dance
London Brass
WCJ 2564 68617-2
Track 11
4:38

17:52
MOZART
Piano Concerto No.15 in B flat major, K450 (Allegro)
Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano & director)
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
WARNER 2564622592 
Track 6
7:44

18:03	
SIBELIUS
Finland Awakes (Press Celebrations Music, Tableau 6)
Lahti Symphony Orchestra
Osmo VÃ¤nskÃ¤ (conductor)
BIS CD 1921/23 
CD2, track 14
7:54

18:11
CLEMENTE DIAZ
Valse triste
Craig Ogden (guitar)
CHANDOS CHAN 10563 
Track19
3:53

18:20
LIVE	
BRITTEN
My heart, I thought you had forgotten
Katherine Broderick (soprano)
Malcolm Martineau (piano)				
1:38

18:22
LIVE
BRITTEN
Lines written during sleepless nights
Katherine Broderick (soprano)
Malcolm Martineau (piano)				
3â44

18:32
LIVE	
BRITTEN
Riddle
Nicky Spence (tenor)
Malcolm Martineau (piano)
0:45

18:33
LIVE	
BRITTEN
The Larky Lad
Nicky Spence (tenor)
Malcolm Martineau (piano)
0:32
	
18:33	
LIVE
BRITTEN
Who are these children?
Nicky Spence (tenor)
Malcolm Martineau (piano)
2:34

18:37	
TCHAIKOVSKY
Sleeping Beauty (Act I : Scene & Waltz)
London Symphony Orchestra
AndrÃ© Previn (conductor)
EMI CLASSICS 9 67689 2 
Tracks14 &15
11:46	

18:49	
PURCELL
Sonata VII in C major
Retrospect Trio
LINN CKD 332 
Tracks 28-33	
6:43

18:57
DEBUSSY
12 Studies for Piano (Book 2: Pour les degrees chromatiques)
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano)
CHANDOS CHAN10497
Track 13	
2:10

Performance on 3

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

Performance on 3: Britten Sinfonia/Pierre-Laurent Aimard

Britten Sinfonia/Pierre-Laurent Aimard

BBC Radio 3 - Performance on 3, Britten Sinfonia/Pierre-Laurent Aimard

The Britten Sinfonia under Pierre-Laurent Aimard in music by Haydn, Mozart and Carter.

From London's Queen Elizabeth Hall, Petroc Trelawny presents the Britten Sinfonia with Pierre-Laurent Aimard as conductor and soloist in music by Haydn, Mozart and Carter.

Presented by Petroc Trelawny.

From the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, the Britten Sinfonia performs a concert with French virtuoso pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard in the dual role of soloist and conductor. Haydn's Symphony No 83, written for the Parisian public in 1785 is followed by a number of pieces by centenarian composer Elliott Carter - a personal favourite of Aimard - as well as Mozart's Piano Concerto No 14.

Britten Sinfonia
Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano/conductor)

Haydn: Symphony No 83 in G minor (La poule)
Carter: First Diversion, Riconscenza, Enchanted Preludes, Inner Song, Second Diversion, Dialogues
Mozart: Piano Concerto No 14 in E flat, K449

Followed by a focus on the English Chamber Orchestra and a conversation with its new music director Paul Watkins. A look at the illustrious history of the ensemble as well as a selection of recordings dating from before the CD era.

Purcell, arr. Britten: Chacony in G minor for strings
English Chamber Orchestra
Benjamin Britten (conductor)

Delius: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
English Chamber Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim (conductor)

Stravinsky: Dumbarton Oaks
English Chamber Orchestra
Colin Davis (conductor)

Petroc Trelawny introduces the Britten Sinfonia in a performance at London's Queen Elizabeth Hall. Britten Sinfonia , conductor Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano)
Mozart Piano Concerto No 14 in E flat, K449 Elliott Carter First Diversion; Riconoscenza; Enchanted Preludes; Inner Song; Second Diversion; Dialogues
Haydn Symphony No 83 in G minor (La poule) Followed by a focus this week on the English
Chamber Orchestra and a conversation with new music director Paul Watkins. Including a selection of recordings from before the CD era, including
Britten's arrangement for string orchestra of Purcell's Chacony in G minor, which he also conducted.

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: Steven Soderbergh/Steven Levitt/Hockney Retrospective

Steven Soderbergh/Steven Levitt/Hockney Retrospective

BBC Radio 3 - Night Waves, Steven Soderbergh/Steven Levitt/Hockney Retrospective

Matthew Sweet talks to American film director Steven Soderbergh.

Matthew Sweet talks to film director Steven Soderbergh, who made a big impact with his first film Sex, Lies and Videotape. Plus a co-author of economics cult hit book Freakonomics.

Matthew Sweet interviews film-maker Steven Soderbergh whose voluminous back catalogue includes Che, Ocean's Eleven, Erin Brockovich, Traffic, The Good German and Solaris. His latest comedy, The informant!, stars Matt Damon as a company executive and unreliable guide to the price fixing scandal and FBI investigation enveloping his own corporation. In the interview Soderbergh talks about how he works, looks back over his contradictory output and discusses how, coming from the entertainment industry, the idea of corporate corruption holds no suprises for him.

Matthew also meets Steven Levitt, who co-authored the book Freakonomics, which changed the way economics was viewed. His follow up Superfreakonomics hopes to do the same. Writer Bryan Appleyard joins them to discuss the books' thesis that microeconomics can explain human behaviour. Superfreakonomics also explores technical solutions to climate change like geo-engineering. One propsed solution is a 'stratoshield' - a device like a garden hose that extends a hundred thousand feet up into the air and spritzes out sulphur dioxide to cool temperatures. Find out what this has to do with economics as we know it...

New arts venue Nottingham Contemporary opens with the first retrospective of David Hockney's early work since the 1970s. At 3,000 square metres and designed by architects Caruso St John, Nottingham Contemporary is among the largest contemporary art centres in the UK. It has four galleries - lit by 132 skylights - plus spaces for performance and film and has been partly excavated from the sandstone cliff it hugs. Matthew visits the centre to see the building and takes a tour of its spaces with the venue's director Alex Farquharson. He also reviews, with art critic Sarah Kent, the David Hockney exhbitition. It includes work from 1961 to 1968 when Hockney experimented with a range of styles and subject matter, not least an exploration of his crush on pop star Cliff Richard.

Film director Steven Soderbergh talks to Matthew Sweet. Producer Natalie Steed

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: The World Turned Upside Down

The Essay: The World Turned Upside Down: Episode 2: Jana Scholze

Episode 2: Jana Scholze

The World Turned Upside Down

Jana Scholze

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Furniture curator Jana Scholze on life in communist East Germany and a garden chair.

Small objects of daily life unlock stories about the revolutions of 1989. Furniture curator Jana Scholze remembers life in Communist East Germany and a much-desired garden chair.

Passports, garden chairs, cars or contraceptives. Four essayists from former Warsaw Pact nations reflect on the changing use and meaning of an apparently banal object - an object that unlocks a wider story about how daily life in their country was transformed by the dramatic events of 1989. 

In today's programme, the furniture curator Jana Scholze remembers her life in communist East Germany and the true meaning of garden furniture.

Producer: Julia Johnson.

Writers former Warsaw Pact nations on the changing meaning of a seemingly banal object

Essayists from former Warsaw Pact nations reflect on the changing use and meaning of a seemingly banal object - unlocking a story about how life in their country was altered by the 1989 revolutions

The Essay: The World TurnedUpside Down

2/5. Furniture curator Jana Scholze remembers her life in Communist East Germany.

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 Talkington

Fiona Talkington with music from Bea Palya, Groanbox and Tomasz Stanko.

Fiona Talkington's varied musical mix features Hungarian singer Bea Palya, the irreverent Americana of Groanbox and the trumpet playing of Tomasz Stanko.

Track List:

23:15
Bea Palya: Az Ã¶rdÃ¶g meg a ven dÃ¶g / The devil and the old witch
Album: Egyszalenek/Just one voice   						
Sony Hungary 88697536052  

23:16
Groanbox  Boys: Deer bone in the mansion
Album: gran bwa
Groanbox Records

(Segue)

23:19
Tom Waits: Circus
Real Gone
Epitaph

23:24
Allen Toussaint: Egyptian Fantasy
Album: The Bright Mississippi
Nonesuch B0026DGGMA

(Segue)

23:28
John Cage: Music Walk
Album: Nothing is Real
Col Legno WWE / 1CD20223

23:34
Anouar Brahem: Dance with Waves
Album: The Astounding Eyes of Rita
ECM 1798628 

(Segue)

23:37
J Tillman: Year in the Kingdom
Album: Year in the Kingdom
Bella Union BELLACD / 212

(Segue)

23:41
Gro Marie Svidal: Springar after Johannes Holsen
Album: Hardingfele
Etnisk Musikklubb B0026LUZRY

23:44
Bea Palya: Elment a Madarka/From Branch to Branch
Album: Egyszalenek/Just one voice   						
Sony Hungary 88697536052  

23:49
Chilo Pitty: Piculina
Album: Panama!2 Latin Sounds, Cumbia Tropical & Calypso Funk On The Isthmus 1967-77
Soundway Records Ltd

(Segue)

23:53
Groupo de Capoeira: Retrato de Salvador: Ladainha, Eu Sou Angoleiro, Meu Boi Morreu, A Manteiga Derramou
Album: Capoeira Angola from Salvador, Brazil
Smithsonian SFCD40465 

23:59
Tomasz Stanko: Samba Nova
Album: Dark Eyes
ECM 271 1266 

(Segue)

00:09
SCHUMANN: Warum? From FantasiestuÃ¼cke op 12
Svaitolav Richter (piano)
Deutsche Grammophon 4357512

00:14
Melingting group: Tabuh kenilu Sawik
Album: Music of Indonesia, Vol. 12: Gongs and Vocal Music from Sumatra
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

(Segue)

00:17
Stockhausen: Mantra 132-151
Andreas Grau & GÃ¶tz Schumacher (pianos)
Album: Karlheinz Stockhausen
Wergo B000025SMW

00:20
Taraf de Haidouks: Wedding Dance
Album: Geamparale
Crammed

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00:26
Groanbox Boys: Shards of the Journey Talisman
Album: gran bwa
Groanbox Records

00:29
Peter Bellamy: The Trees They Do Grow High
Album: Both Sides Then
Topic TSCD582 

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00:34
Sarah Jane Summers: Tha mâAigne fo Ghruaim
Sarah Jane Summers (fiddle), Ewan McPherson (guitar)
Album: Nesta
Dell Daisy Records B002EKN5LU

00:38
Kesane Quartet: Acharuli
Album: Songs of Survival
Topic 

00:40
Bea Palya: Rozsa/Rose
Album: Egyszalenek/Just one voice   						
Sony Hungary 88697536052  

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00:45
Cinematic Orchestra: Music Box
Album: ma fleur
Ninja Tune


00:51
Steafano Bollani/Jesper Bodilsen/Morten Lund: Dom de iludir
Album: Stone in the water
ECM 179 4161   

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00:57
Jim Denley and Kim Myhr: Engraved and suspended
Album: Systems Realignment
Either/1

Hungarian singer Bea Palya , the irreverent 
Americana of Groanbox and the trumpet playing of Tomasz Stanko. Presented by Fiona Talkington. Producer Felix Carey EMAIL: late.junction@bbc.co.uk

Through the Night

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

Through the Night: 11/11/2009

11/11/2009

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 11/11/2009

Music including Nowowiejski, Fitelberg, Beethoven, Grieg, Mozart, Pachelbel and Tormis.

Music including Nowowiejski, Fitelberg, Beethoven, Grieg, Mozart, Pachelbel, Tormis, Wikander, Bach, Debussy, Chopin, Henriques, Nin, Dvorak Ravel, Forster, Eller and Palestrina.

Including:

1.00am
Nowowiejski, Felix (1877-1946): Missa pro pace, Op 49 No 3
Andrzej Bialko (organ)
Polish Radio Choir
Wlodzimierz Siedlik (conductor)

1.39am
Fitelberg, Grzegorz (1879-1953): From the Depths of the Sea, Op 26 - symphonic poem
National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Marcin Nalecz-Niesiolowski (conductor)

2.02am
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): Piano Sonata No 31 in A flat, Op 110
Sergei Terentjev (piano)

2.25am
Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907): String Quartet No 1 in G minor, Op 27
Engegard Quartet

3.01am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Overture (The Marriage of Figaro)
Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Berhard Gueller (conductor)

3.06am
Pachelbel, Johann (1653-1706): Aria Quarta in G
Bernard Winsemius (organ)

3.13am
Tormis, Veljo (b.1930): Spring Sketches
Lyudmila Gerova (soloist)
Polyphonia
Ivelin Dimitrov (conductor)

3.18am
Wikander, David (1884-1955): Forvarskvall (An evening early in spring); Varen ar ung och mild (Spring is young and mild) 
Swedish Radio Choir
Gustav Sjokvist (conductor)

3.25am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Chaconne (Partita No 2 in D minor, BWV1004)
Alena Baeva (violin)

3.42am
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918): String Quartet in G minor, Op 10
Bartok String Quartet

4.08am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Kirchen-Sonate No 15 in C for two violins, bass and solo organ, K328
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic
Kent Nagano (conductor)

4.13am
Chopin, Fryderyk (1810-1849): Ballade No 1 in G minor, Op 23
Valerie Tryon (piano)

4.22am
Chopin, Fryderyk (1810-1849): Ballade No 2 in F, Op 38
Valerie Tryon (piano)

4.30am
Henriques, Fini (1867-1940): Air for string orchestra
Danish Radio Concert Orchestra
Borge Wagner (conductor)

4.36am
Chopin, Fryderyk (1810-1849): Ballade No 3 in A flat, Op 47
4.43am
Chopin, Fryderyk (1810-1849): Ballade No 4 in F minor, Op 52
Valerie Tryon (piano)

4.54am
Rachmaninov, Sergei (1873-1943), arr. Lucien Cailliet: Prelude in G minor, Op 23 No 5
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
Sergiu Commissiona (conductor)

5.01am
Nin (y Castellanos), Joaquin (1879-1949): Seguida espanola (1930)
Henry-David Varema (cello)
Heiki Matlik (guitar)

5.10am
Bizet, Georges (1838-1875), transcr. Vladimir Horowitz: Virtuoso Fantasy on Themes from Carmen
Vladimir Horowitz (piano)

5.14am
Dvorak, Antonin (1841-1904): Symphony No 5 in F, Op 76
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Richard Hickox (conductor) 

5.54am
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937): Valses nobles et sentimentales (1911)
Bengt-Ake Lundin (piano)

6.10am
Forster, Kaspar Jr (1616-1673): Sonata (c.1660)
Il Tempo

6.16am
Forster: Repleta est malis, KBPJ35
Kai Wessel (countertenor)
Krzysztof Szmyt (tenor)
Grzegorz Zychowicz (bass)
Il Tempo

6.27am
Eller, Heino (1887-1970): Three pieces (Five Pieces for Strings)
Estonian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Vallo Jarvi (conductor)

6.39am
Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da (c.1525-1594): Nos autem gloriari oportet - motet for four voices (1563); Tu es Petrus - motet for six voices (1572); Ad te levavi oculos meos - motet for four voices (1581); Stabat mater for eight voices
Silvia Piccollo, Teresa Nesci (sopranos)
Marco Beasley (tenor)
Furio Zanasi (bass)
Paolo Crivellaro (organ)
Alberto Rasi (viola da gamba)
Theatrum Instrumentorum
Chorus of Swiss Radio, Lugano
Diego Fasolis (conductor).

Nowowiejski Missa pro pace, Op 49 No 3 1.39 Fitelberg From the Depths of the Sea, Op 26 2.02 Beethoven 
Piano Sonata in A flat, Op 110 2.25 Grieg String Quartet No I in G minor, Op 27 3.01 Mozart Overture: The 
Marriage of Figaro 3.06 Pachelbel Aria Quarta in G 
3.13 Veljo Tormis Spring Sketches 3.18 Wikander Forvarskvall; Varen ar ung och mild 3.25 Bach Chaconne (Partita No 2 in D minor, BWV1004) 3A2 Debussy String Quartet 4.08 Mozart 
Kirchen-Sonate No 15 in C for two violins, bass and solo organ, K328 4.13 Chopin Ballade No I in G minor, Op 23; Ballade No 2 in F, Op 38 4.30 Henriques Air for string orchestra 4.36 Chopin Ballade No 3 in A flat, Op 47; Ballade No 4 in F minor, Op 52 4.54 Rachmaninov 
Prelude in G minor, Op 23, No 5 5.01 Nin Seguida espanola 
5.10 Bizet Virtuoso Fantasy on themes from Carmen 
5.14 Dvorak Symphony No 5 in F 5.54 Ravel Valses nobles et sentimentales 6.10 Forster Sonata; Repleta est malis, KBPJ35 6.27 Eller Three Pieces (Five Pieces for Strings) 6.39 Palestrina Nos autem gloriari oportet; Tu es Petrus; Ad te levavi oculos meos; Stabat Mater

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