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Breakfast

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

Breakfast: Monday - Rob Cowan

23/11/2009

Monday - Rob Cowan

BBC Radio 3 - Breakfast, Monday - Rob Cowan

Rob Cowan presents wide-ranging music, from Elgar to Ellington and Mozart to Makeba.

Rob Cowan presents wide-ranging music to begin the day, from Elgar to Ellington and Mozart to Makeba.

7:02
	
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Sea Songs – March
Northern Sinfonia
Richard Hickox (conductor)
EMI CLASSICS 5 73986 2, CD1 Tr.18						

7:06

J S BACH transc. BUSONI
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Sleepers, awake) BWV.645
Murray Perahia (piano)
SONY CLASSICAL SK 66511, Tr.1							

7:10

BEETHOVEN
Concerto for violin and orchestra in C major, WoO.5 (fragment)
Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin)
Orchestre des Champs-Élysées
Philippe Herreweghe (conductor)
NAÏVE  V 5174, Tr.6								

7:19

MENDELSSOHN
Maiglöckchen und die Blümelein (Lily-of-the-valley and her friends): 
no.6 from 6 duets for voice and piano, Op.63 (text by A H Hoffman von Fallersleben)
Dame Felicity Lott (soprano)
Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano)
Graham Johnson (piano)
EMI CLASSICS CDC 7 54411 2, Tr.11						

7:21
	
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Overture to the Tsar’s Bride
Russian National Orchestra
Mikhail Pletnev (conductor)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 439 892-2, Tr.6					

7:30

JOPLIN transc. PERLMAN
The Easy Winners
Leila Josefowicz (violin)
John Novacek (piano)
PHILIPS 462 948-2, Tr.13						

7:34

MONTEVERDI
Altri canti d’Amor (from Madrigali guerrieri et amorosi, 1638)
Taverner Consort
Taverner Players
VIRGIN CLASSICS 9 66965 2, CD5 Tr.6						

7:44
	
CHOPIN
2nd movement: Scherzo from Sonata for cello and piano, Op.65
Andreas Brantelid (cello)
Marianna Shirinyan (piano)
EMI CLASSICS 774 226, Tr.2							

7:49
	
TCHAIKOVSKY
Polonaise from Eugene Onegin
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Järvi (conductor)
BIS SACD-1468, Tr.11								

7:55
	
SIBELIUS
May
Elisabeth Söderström (soprano)
Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
DECCA 476 1725, CD3 Tr.12							

8:03

PURCELL
Chaconne from King Arthur
Tafelmusik
Jeanne Lamon (director)
SONY SK 66 169, Tr.22								

8:06

HAYDN
‘London’ Trio no.4
Jean-Pierre Rampal (flute)
Isaac Stern (violin)
Mstislav Rostropovich (cello)
CBS MASTERWORKS CD 37786, Tr.6						

8:10

BRAHMS
Hungarian Dance no.5 for orchestra
Vienna Philharmonic
Claudio Abbado (conductor)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 423 201-2, Tr.10					

8:13
	
BRUCKNER
Gloria from Mass no.2 in E minor for choir and wind instruments
Corydon Singers
English Chamber Orchestra Wind Ensemble
Matthew Best (conductor)
HYPERION CDS44071/3, CD2 Tr.5							

8:20

STRAVINSKY
Ragtime for 11 players
European Soloists Ensemble
Vladimir Ashkenazy (director)
DECCA 448 177-2, Tr.1								

8:26

IBERT
Allegro (no.1) from Trois Pièces Brèves for wind quintet
Pro Arte Wind Quintet, Zurich
NIMBUS NI 5327, Tr.1								

8:31

ARRIAGA
Los Esclavos Felices – pastoral overture
Le Concert des Nations
Jordi Savall (director)
AUVIDIS ASTREE 8532, Tr.5							

8:40

FALLA
No.4: 
Jota from Siete canciones populares españolas
Victoria de los Angeles (soprano)
Gonzalo Soriano (piano)
EMI CLASSICS 2 37595 2, CD1 Tr.26						

8:44

VIVALDI
Violin concerto in A major, RV.343, from 6 Violin concertos for Anna Maria
L’Arte dell’Arco
Federico Guglielmo (solo violin & director)
CPO 777 078-2, Tr.4-6								

8:54

MOSZKOWSKI
Esquisse Venitienne 
(from Trois Morceaux, Op.73)
Seta Tanyel (piano)
HELIOS CDH55142, Tr.4								

8:58

LEONARDI
Souvenir de Sicile
Alison Stephens (mandolin)
Craig Ogden (guitar)
CHANDOS CHAN 10563, Tr.15							

9:03

ARENSKY
March from Suite no.1 in G minor, Op.7
The USSR Symphony Orchestra
Evgeni Svetlanov (conductor)
MELODIYA MEL CD 10 00148, Tr.5						

9:09 

TALLIS
In ieiunio et fletu (Fasting and weeping) for 5 voices
Winchester Cathedral Choir
David Hill (Master of the Music)
HYPERION CDA20400, Tr.2							

9:16

J S BACH arr. ORMANDY
Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C major, BWV.564
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy (conductor)
SONY CLASSICAL 88697279872, CD2 Tr.1					

9:34
	
JEFFES
Lifeboat (lovers rock)
The Penguin Café Orchestra
VIRGIN PCOBOX1, CD4 Tr.4							

9:41
	
HOLLÄNDER
Raus mit den Männern!
Ute Lemper (voice)
Matrix Ensemble
DECCA 452 601-2, Tr.9								

9:45

SCHUMANN
Kinderszenen, nos.7-13
David Wilde (piano)
DELPHIAN DCD34050, CD2 Tr.7-13						

9:58
	
IONEL
Rumanian Dance no.2
Les Neish (tuba)
Martyn Parkes (piano)
EGON SFZ 150, Tr.1

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 Bach, Chabrier, Brade, Luys de Narvaez and Bruckner.

Presented by James Jolly. Including Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No 6 in B flat. Chabrier: 3 Melodies. Brade: Newe ausserlesene liebliche Branden. Bruckner: Symphony No 5.

Presented by James Jolly.

With great performances and classic recordings. Featuring the sensuous viol and plaintive viola d'amore as they summon unusual sonorities from the Renaissance to today.

10.00am
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No 6 in B flat, BWV1051
Philomusica of London
Thurston Dart (director/harpsichord)
PICKWICK DUET 29 CD (2 CDs)

10.18am
Chabrier: 3 Melodies
Jacques Jansen (baritone)
Jacqueline Bonneau (piano)
M.C. PRODUCTIONS JBCD 303

10.27am
William Brade: Dances (Newe ausserlesene liebliche Branden) - 1617
Hesperion XX
Jordi Savall (director / treble viol)
DHM GD 77168 (2 CDs)

10.41am
Luys de Narvaez: Fantasia del primer tono
Luis de Milan: Pavana V
Christopher Wilson (vihuela)
NAXOS 8.553523

10.45am
Bruckner: Symphony No 5
The Building a Library recommendation from CD Review.

With James Jolly. 
Bach Brandenburg Concerto No 6 in B flat, BWV1051 Philomusica of London, director Thurston Dart (harpsichord) 
10.18 Chabrier Trois mélodies Jacques Jansen (baritone), Jacqueline Bonneau (piano) 
10.27 Brade Dances for Viols (Newe ausserlesene liebliche Branden) 
Hesperion XX, director Jordi Savall (treble viola) 
10.35 Bruckner Symphony No 5 in B flat 
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: Moritz Moszkowski (1854-1925)

Composer of the Week: Moritz Moszkowski (1854-1925): Episode 1

Episode 1

Moritz Moszkowski (1854-1925)

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Moritz Moszkowski (1854-1925), Episode 1

Donald Macleod investigates just how famous Moszkowski was.

Donald Macleod investigates just how famous Moszkowski was. Including Etincelles, Op 36 No 6; Fantaisie-Impromptu, Op 6; Ballade in G minor, Op 16 No 1; Serenata, Op 15 No 1.

Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Moritz Moszkowski.

Donald investigates just how famous Moszkowski was: in 1925, the pianist Francesco Berger wrote: 'Moszkowski dead! So painful an announcement has not stricken the entire musical world since the deaths of Chopin, Rubinstein, and Liszt'. Despite earning fame as a pianist, Moszkowski also said wittily: 'can play billiards, chess, dominoes and violin'.

Etincelles, Op 36 No 6
Vladimir Horowitz (piano)
RCA 74321 63471 2, CD1 Tr 8

Fantaisie-Impromptu, Op 6
Seta Tanyel (piano)
Helios CDH55142 Tr 9

Ballade in G minor, Op 16 No 1
Tasmin Little (violin)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)
Hyperion CDA67389 Tr 4

Serenata, Op 15 No 1
Ignaz Friedman (piano)
Naxos 8.110684 Tr 16

Serenata, Op 15 No 1
John McCormack (tenor)
Fritz Kreisler (violin)
Untitled Orchestra
Walter B Rogers (conductor)
EMI 764929, CD2 Tr 5

Spanish Dances - Book 1, Op 12
London Symphony Orchestra
Ataulfo Argenta (conductor)
Decca 475 7747, CD1 Trs 8-12

Caprice Espagnole, Op 37
Stephen Hough (piano)
Virgin VC 7 90732-2 Tr 20.

Donald Macleod explores the life and work of the now largely forgotten Moritz Moszkowski

Donald Macleod explores the life and work of the now largely forgotten Moritz Moszkowski. He became one of the most successful composers of his day of lighter salon music

Composer of the Week:Moritz Moszkowski (1854-1925)

1/5. Donald Macleod investigates the life of almost-forgotten composer Moritz Moszkowski. Etincelles, Op 36 No 6 Vladimir Horowitz (piano) Fantasie Impromptu, Op 6 Seta Tanyel (piano) 
Ballade in G minor, Op 16 No 1 Tasmin Little (violin), BBCSSO, conductor Martyn Brabbins 
Serenata, Op 15 No 1 1gnaz Friedman (piano) Serenata, Op 15 No 1 
John McCormack (tenor), Fritz Kreisler (violin), unknown orchestra, conductor Walter B Rogers Spanish Dances Book 1, Op 12 London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Ataulfo Argenta 
Caprice espagnole, Op 37 Stephen Hough (piano) Producer David Dwight Repeated at 10pm 
RT DIRECT: Moszkowski Piano Music, featuring Seta Tanyel , is available for £6.99 inc p&p. Send cheque payable to Selections, to: [address removed], or ring [number removed] (national rate) quoting B46-Z108

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: Anna Caterina Antonacci

Anna Caterina Antonacci

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert, Anna Caterina Antonacci

Soprano Anna Caterina Antonacci performs a selection of French and Italian songs.

From Wigmore Hall, London, Sarah Walker presents soprano Anna Caterina Antonacci in a recital of French and Italian songs accompanied by pianist Donald Sulzen.

From Wigmore Hall, London, Sarah Walker presents soprano Anna Caterina Antonacci in a recital of French and Italian songs.

Anna Caterina Antonacci (soprano)
Donald Sulzen (piano)

Faure: Cinq melodies de Venise; Mandoline; En sourdine; Green; A Clymene; C'est l'extase
Hahn: Melodies francaises; Tyndaris; Phyillis (Etudes latines); Fumee; L'enamouree; Le printemps
Bachelet: Chere nuit
Respighi: 3 canti all'antica: L'udir talvolta; Ma come potrei; Ballata
Respighi: Pioggia; Nebbie
Zandonai: Paolo, datemi pace! (Francesca da Rimini).

Afternoon on 3

With Penny Gore. 
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Presented from the Wigmore Hall in London. Anna Caterina Antonacci (soprano), 
Donald Sulzen (piano) 
Faure Cinq mélodies de 
Venise Hahn Tyndaris ; Phyllis; Fumée; L'énamourée 
Leprintemps Bachelet there nuit 
Respiqhi L'udir talvolta; Ma come potrei; Ballata; Pioggia; 
Nebbie Zandonai Paolo , date mi pace! (Francesca da Rimini) 
2.00 20th-century Greats 
A week of great concertos and symphonies from the 20th century, today featuring English masterworks. Britten Simple Symphony, Op 4 
BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Damian brio Elgar There Is Sweet Music 
BBC Singers, conductor Paul Brough 
Vauqhan Williams Symphony No 5 BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor Paul Daniel Bantock To the Muses; To the Evening Star BBC Singers, conductor Paul Daniel 
3.10 Elgar Violin Concerto in B minor, Op 61 
James Ehnes , BBC NOW, conductor David Atherton Delius To Be Sung of a Summer Night on the Water BBC Singers, conductor Paul Brough 
4.10 Walton Symphony No 1 BBC Scottish 
Symphony Orchestra, conductor Vassily Sinaisky

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: 20th Century Greats

Afternoon Concert: 20th Century Greats: Episode 1

20th Century Greats

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, 20th Century Greats, Episode 1

Penny Gore with music by Britten, Elgar, Vaughan Williams, Bantock, Delius and Walton.

Presented by Penny Gore. Britten: Simple Symphony. Elgar: There is sweet music. Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 5. Bantock: To the Muses. Elgar: Violin Concerto in B minor.

Penny Gore presents great concertos and symphonies from the 20th century, including English masterpieces from Elgar, Vaughan Williams and Walton. Plus choral music from the BBC Singers.

Britten: Simple Symphony, Op 4
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Damian Iorio (conductor)

Elgar: There is sweet music
BBC Singers
Paul Brough (conductor)

Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 5
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Paul Daniel (conductor)

Bantock: To the Muses; To the Evening Star
BBC Singers
Paul Brough (conductor)

3.10pm
Elgar: Violin Concerto in B minor, Op 61
James Ehnes (violin)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
David Atherton (conductor)

Delius: To be sung of a midsummer night on the water
BBC Singers
Paul Brough (conductor)

4.10pm
Walton: Symphony No 1 in B flat minor
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Vassily Sinaisky (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: 20th Century Greats

Penny Gore presents great concertos and symphonies from the 20th century

Penny Gore presents famous concertos and symphonies written in the 20th century, as well as choral music performances from the BBC Singers

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: 23/11/2009 Jeffrey Skidmore, Ibuki Piano Trio

23/11/2009 Jeffrey Skidmore, Ibuki Piano Trio

BBC Radio 3 - In Tune, 23/11/2009 Jeffrey Skidmore, Ibuki Piano Trio

Presented by Sean Rafferty. With conductor Jeffrey Skidmore and the Ibuki Piano Trio.

Presented by Sean Rafferty. With conductor Jeffrey Skidmore on Ex Cathedra's performance of Elgar's Dream of Gerontius. Plus the Ibuki Piano Trio performing Ravel and Haydn.

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

Conductor Jeffrey Skidmore drops in to the studio to talk about the highlight of Ex Cathedra's 40th anniversary season - a performance of Elgar's Dream of Gerontius.

Plus the young and dynamic Ibuki Piano Trio performing music by Ravel and Haydn.

17:02
WALDTEUFEL
L'Estudiantina - waltz, Op.191
Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra
Willi Boskovsky (conductor)
EMI 585066 2
Track 23
6:51

17:10
SCHUBERT
Der musensohn, D.764
Elisabeth Soderstrom (soprano)
Paul Badura-Skoda (fortepiano)
ASTREE E 7783
Track 6
2:04

17:14
LIVE
RAVEL
Trio: 1st movement
Ibuki Piano Trio
9:10

17:31
LIVE
HAYDN
Trio in E flat Hob XV:30 (3rd movement: Presto)
Ibuki Piano Trio
2'56

17:35
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Five Variants of 'Dives and Lazarus'
London Symphony Orchestra
Richard Hickox (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN 9593
Track 6
10:31

17:46
GRIEG
With a primrose, Op.26 no.4
Elisabeth SÃ¶derstrom (soprano)
Martin Isepp (piano)
BBC LEGENDS BBCL4132 2
Track 3
1:49

17:53
STRAUSS
Four Last Songs: Fruhling
Elisabeth SÃ¶derstrom (soprano)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
RCO LIVE BOX SET
Track
3:07

17:56
MUFFAT
Sonata no.1 in D major (minuet)
Armonico Tributo
Roy Goodman and Peter Holman (directors)
HELIOS CDH55191
Track 4
1:37

18:03
BIZET/HOROWITZ
Carmen Variations
Arcady Volodos (piano)
SONY SK 62691
Track 1
3:34

18:07
CHABRIER
Lied
Felicity Lott (soprano)
Graham Johnson (piano)
HYPERION CDA 66937
Track 17
2:36

18:10
BACH
Partita in A minor, orig. B minor BWV.1002 (Corrente)
Nigel North (lute)
LINN CKD 300
CD 1,track 6
5:08

18:16
ELGAR
Dream of Gerontius (Praise to the holiest)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra
Huddersfield Choral Society
Vernon Handley (conductor)
EMI CDB 565019 2
CD 2, track 10
6:34

18:30
ELGAR
Dream of Gerontius (Softly and gently - excerpt)
Margaret Balfour (mezzo-soprano)
Royal Albert Hall Orchestra
conducted by the composer
EMI CDS 754560 2
CD 3, track 8
2:32

18:37
MENDELSSOHN
Elijah (For he shall give his angels)
Ex Cathedra
Jeffrey Skidmore (conductor)
Andrew Fletcher (organ)
ORCHID CLASSICS ORC 100008
Track 11
2:35

18:41
HAYDN
String Quartet in B flat, Op.50 no.1 (Finale: Vivace)
Doric String Quartet
WIGMORE LIVE WHL 0032
Track 13
4:52

18:48
ROUSSEL
Symphony no.1 (1st movement 'Foret d'hiver')
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Stephane Deneve (conductor)
NAXOS 8 570323
Track 1
5:27

18:54
KAPSBERGER
Libro Primo (Toccata)
La Nuova Musica
David Bates (director)
SOMMCD083
Track 10
2:16

18:56
MONTEVERDI
Perfidissimo Volto
La Nuova Musica
David Bates (director)
SOMMCD083
Track 11
2:16.

Performance on 3

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

Performance on 3: Felicity Lott, Nash Ensemble/Martyn Brabbins

Felicity Lott, Nash Ensemble/Martyn Brabbins

BBC Radio 3 - Performance on 3, Felicity Lott, Nash Ensemble/Martyn Brabbins

Felicity Lott, Nash Ensemble/Martyn Brabbins in Duparc, Saint-Saens, Debussy, Berlioz.

Felicity Lott and Nash Ensemble under Martyn Brabbins. Duparc: L'invitation au voyage; Phidyle. Saint-Saens: Piano Quartet, Op 41. Debussy: Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune.

Presented by Catherine Bott.

Dame Felicity Lott joins the Nash Ensemble, conducted by Martyn Brabbins, in an all-French programme that launches the Wigmore Hall's 'L'invitation au voyage' series, which takes its name from the song by Duparc that begins the concert and is followed by other songs by that composer. The Nash Ensemble perform Saint-Saens's fascinating Piano Quartet in B flat, before the concluding pieces - classic Debussy and Berlioz's cycle Les nuits d'ete.

Felicity Lott (soprano)
Nash Ensemble
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)

Duparc: L'invitation au voyage; Phidyle
Saint-Saens: Piano Quartet in B flat, Op 41
Debussy, arr. Walter: Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune
Berlioz, arr. Matthews: Les nuits d'ete, Op 7

Followed by the first in a series focusing on the British Composer Awards. Catherine is joined by Sarah Rodgers to explore the work of the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors (BASCA) and the background to the awards.

Harrison Birtwistle: The Tree of Strings - String Quartet (excerpt)
Arditti String Quartet

Judith Bingham: Shakespeare Requiem (excerpt)
Leeds Festival chorus
BBC Philharmonic
Simon Wright (director)

Mira Calix: My Secret Heart
Streetwise Opera performers
Oliver Coates (cello)
Xandi van Dijk (viola)
Simon Fidler (musical director)

Felicity Lott joins the Nash Ensemble in an all-French programme that launches the Wigmore Hall 's 
L'invitation au Voyage series, which takes its name from the song by Duparc that begins the concert. Felicity Lott (soprano), Nash Ensemble , conductor Martyn Brabbins 
Duparc L'invitation au Voyage; Phidyle 
Saint-Saens Piano Quartet in B flat, Op 41 
Debussy, arr Watter Prelude a l'après-midi d'un faune Berlioz, arr Matthews Les nuits d'été, Op 7 
Followed by the first in a two-week focus on the British Composer Awards. Presenter Catherine Bott explores the work of the British Academy of Songwriters, Composer and Authors (Basca) and the background to the awards.

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: The Tsarina's Slippers/Artists' Lives/Anglo-Saxon Gold

The Tsarina's Slippers/Artists' Lives/Anglo-Saxon Gold

BBC Radio 3 - Night Waves, The Tsarina's Slippers/Artists' Lives/Anglo-Saxon Gold

Presented by Anne McElvoy. With a review of Tchaikovsky's opera The Tsarina's Slippers.

Presented by Anne McElvoy. With a review of Tchaikovsky's opera The Tsarina's Slippers at Covent Garden, judging artists by their lives and work, plus the Anglo-Saxon gold hoard.

Anne McElvoy discusses the rarely-performed opera The Tsarina's Slippers, which is being performed at the Royal Opera House for the first time. Tchaikovsky's opera is based on a Christmas tale by Gogol that mixes realistic village comedy with fairy-tale fantasy. According to the composer himself, the opera was musically almost perfect. Hear whether reviewer Susan Hitch agrees and how well it is served in this new production by Francesca Zambello.

How much does knowing about an artist's life help or hinder our understanding of their art? And if there are questionable aspects of an artist's behaviour is it ever excused by their vocation? Anne talks to playwright Timberlake Wertenbaker about her new play The Line, which has as its protagonist the painter Edgar Degas. And as a new film, Seraphine, about a little known French artist Seraphine de Senlis, and book about the work of Henry Darger, by Klaus Beisenbach, are released Anne asks critics Christopher Frayling and Jacques Derras what, if anything, this has to do with their work.

And as this year's huge hoard of Anglo Saxon gold and silver found in a field in Staffordshire is valued and put on display at the British Museum, archaeologist Mike Pitts uncovers the details that are emerging from analysis of the discovery and what the implications are for archaeologists and historians.

As a new play opens about Degas and a film is released about the little-known artist Seraphine de Senlis , Anne McElvoy and guests ask if we must judge an artist by their life, or simply by their work. Producer Dymphna Flynn

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: Enlightenment Voices: Mary Wollstonecraft

The Essay: Enlightenment Voices: Mary Wollstonecraft: Part 1

Part 1 Enlightenment Voices

BBC Radio 3 - The Essay, Enlightenment Voices, Mary Wollstonecraft, Part 1Close menu

Janet Todd considers Mary Wollstonecraft alongside other great Enlightenment thinkers.

Janet Todd considers Mary Wollstonecraft alongside other Enlightenment thinkers. She places her passionate belief in feminism in the context of a broader belief in social reform.

Series exploring the work of philosopher, writer and feminist Mary Wollstonecraft.

Distinguished scholar Janet Todd considers Wollstonecraft alongside other great thinkers of the Enlightenment. She places her passionate belief in feminism within the context of a broader, radical belief in social reform, from state politics to inheritance, slavery, land ownership, capitalism and education.

Reader: Tessa Nicholson.

The Essay: Enlightenment Voices

Mary Wollstonecraft

Series exploring the work of Enlightenment philosopher and writer Mary Wollstonecraft

Series exploring the work of Enlightenment philosopher and writer Mary Wollstonecraft. Dubbed the first feminist, she became a role model in the 20th-century fight for gender equality

1/5. In the first of five programmes on Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-97), scholar Janet Todd considers her alongside other great thinkers of the Enlightenment. She places Wollstonecraft's passionate belief in feminism within the context of a broader radical belief in social reform. Reader Tessa Nicholson. 
Producer Beaty Rubens 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: Carla Bley at Queen Elizabeth Hall

Carla Bley at Queen Elizabeth Hall

BBC Radio 3 - Jazz on 3, Carla Bley at Queen Elizabeth Hall

Jez Nelson presents a concert given by Carla Bley at the 2009 London Jazz Festival.

Jez Nelson presents a concert given by American pianist, bandleader and composer Carla Bley at the 2009 London Jazz Festival. She performs with her quartet The Lost Chords.

Jez Nelson presents a concert given by American pianist, bandleader and composer Carla Bley as part of the 2009 London Jazz Festival. Bringing her long-standing quartet The Lost Chords to the Queen Elizabeth Hall, she combines dexterous musicianship with humorous and original compositions. The group features renowned British saxophonist Andy Sheppard, with leading American jazz musicians Steve Swallow on bass and Billy Drummond on drums.

Bley's prolific career has spanned four decades and many eclectic projects including Escalator over the Hill, a jazz opera that cemented her reputation as a composer. Bley also pioneered the movement towards independent artist-owned record labels by releasing and distributing her own music in the 1970s. In 2003, The Lost Chords formed out of a longstanding duo project with Steve Swallow, combining four of the major names in contemporary creative improvisation.

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

Julian Siegel Trio recorded at Queen Elizabeth Hall on November 17, 2009.

Line Up:
Julian Siegel (reeds)
Greg Cohen (double bass)
Joey Baron (drums)

Set List:
Night at the Opera (Julian Siegel)
Sandpit (Julian Siegel)

Recommended further listening:
Artist: Julian Siegel Trio
Album Title: Live at the Vortex
Label: Basho Music
Released: 2008

Jez interviews Carla Bley and Steve Swallow in the Front Room of the Queen Elizabeth Hall

CD tracks included in the interview:

Artist:  Carla Bley (piano) and Steve Swallow (bass)
Track Title: Major
Composer: Carla Bley
Album Title: Are we there yet?
Label: ECM
Released: 1998

Artist: Jimmy Giuffre (clarinet), Paul Bley (piano) and Steve Swallow (bass)
Track Title: Ictus
Composer: Carla Bley 
Album Title: Carla Bley - Selected Recordings
Label: ECM
Released: 2004

Artist: Carla Bley (piano), Steve Swallow (bass) and the Partyka Brass Quintet -Tobias Weidinger (trumpet, flugelhorn, glockenspiel), Axel Schlosser  (trumpet, flugelhorn) Christine Chapman (horn), Adrian Mears (trombone), Ed Partyka (bass trombone, tuba)
Track Title: Ring Christmas Bells
Composer: Mykola Leontovich, arr Carla Bley
Album Title: Carla's Christmas Carols
Label: Watt / ECM
Released: 2009

Carla Bley and The Lost Chords recorded at Queen Elizabeth Hall, London on November 17, 2009.

Line Up:
Carla Bley (piano)
Andy Sheppard (saxophone)
Steve Swallow (bass)
Billy Drummond (drums)

Set List:
Valse Sinistre
O Holy Night
Sidewinders in Paradise
Awful Coffee
The Lost Chords (Parts One, Two and Three)
Utviklingssang.

Jez Nelson presents a concert by American pianist, bandleader and composer Carla Bley , recorded on 17 November at the London Jazz Festival. With her quartet the Lost Chords, she combines dextrous musicianship with original compositions. The group features British saxophonist Andy Sheppard , and American musicians Steve Swallow (bass) and Billy Drummond (drums). Producer Peggy Sutton

Through the Night

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

Through the Night: 24/11/2009

24/11/2009

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 24/11/2009

Music including Fanny/Felix Mendelssohn, Liszt, Schumann, Telemann, Manfredini and Handel.

Music including Fanny Mendelssohn, Mendelssohn, Liszt, Schumann, Telemann, Manfredini, Handel, Bach, Chadwick, Meulemans, Tinel, Janacek, Vivaldi, Goldberg, Bourdon and Fesch.

1.00am
Mendelssohn, Fanny Hensel (1805-1847): Lied (Lenau): Larghetto; Wanderlied: Presto, Op 8 Nos 3, 4 (1840); Songs Without Words, Op 6 (1846)
Sylviane Deferne (piano)

1.17am
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847): String Symphony No 8 in D
Liszt Ferenc Chamber Orchestra
Janos Rolla (leader)

1.50am
Moscheles, Ignaz (1794-1870): La Gaite - Rondo brillant pour le Piano Forte in A, Op 85
Tom Beghin (fortepiano - built by John Broadwood and Sons, London, 1827)

1.59am
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847): String Symphony No 9 in C minor
Liszt Ferenc Chamber Orchestra
Janos Rolla (leader)

2.27am
Liszt, Franz (1811-1886): Csardas obstine
Jeno Jando (piano)

2.31am
Mendelssohn: String Symphony No 12 in G minor
Liszt Ferenc Chamber Orchestra
Janos Rolla (leader)

2.51am
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856): Fugue No 3 in G minor (Sechs Fugen uber BACH, Op 60)
Pavel Cerny (organ by Johann Sommer from 1882-3 in Tepla)

2.56am
Schumann: Fugue No 5 in F (Sechs Fugen uber BACH, Op 60)
Theo Jellema (organ) - Recorded at the Bergkerk, Deventer: organ made by Lambertus van Dam and Zn 1842, employing much pipework from previous organ

3.01am
Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767): Grand Motet: Deus judicium tuum regi da (Psalm 71) for five voices, two oboes, bassoon, strings and continuo
Veronika Winter (soprano)
Andrea Stenzel (soprano)
Patrick von Goethem (alto)
Markus Schafer (tenor)
Ekkehard Abele (bass)
Rheinische Kantorei
Das Kleine Konzert
Hermann Max (conductor)

3.22am
Manfredini, Francesco (1684-1762): Symphony No 10 in E minor
Slovak Chamber Orchestra
Bohdan Warchal (leader) 

3.31am
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759): Sonata in F, Op 1 No 5
Louise Pellerin (oboe)
Dom Andre Laberge (organ - 1999 Karl Wilhelm at the abbey church Saint-Benoit-du-Lac, Quebec, Canada) 

3.40am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750), orch Webern: Fuga ricercata No 2 (Musikalischen Opfer, BWV1079)
Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra
Wolfgang Fortner (conductor) 

3.50am
Tye, Christopher (c.1505-c.1572): Omnes gentes, plaudite for five voices
BBC Singers
Stephen Cleobury (conductor)

3.56am
Chadwick, George Whitefield (1854-1931): Symphony No 2 in B flat, Op 21 (1886)
Albany Symphony Orchestra
Julius Hegyi (conductor)

4.33am
Meulemans, Herman (1893-1965): Five Piano Pieces
Steven Kolacny (piano)

4.53am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Io ti lascio - concert aria, KA245
4.57am
Mozart: Concert aria: Manner suchen stets zu naschen, K433
Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone)
Malcolm Martineau (piano) 

5.01am
Boehm, Theobald (1794-1881): Nel cor piu non mi sento, Op 4
Kathleen Rudolph (flute)
Rena Sharon (piano)

5.12am
Donizetti, Gaetano (1797-1848): Grande Offertorio in D
Aart Bergwerff (playing Batz organ, Grote or Onze Lieve Vrouwekerk, Harderwijk)

5.19am
Bizet, Georges (1838-1875): Au fond du temple saint (The Pearl Fishers)
Mark Dubois (tenor)
Mark Pedrotti (baritone)
Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra
Raffi Armenian (conductor)

5.25am
Tinel, Edgar (1854-1912): Overture (Polyeucte)
Flemish Radio Orchestra
Lev Markiz (conductor)

5.43am
Janacek, Leos (1854-1928): Sonata 1.x.1905 in E flat minor for piano
Pedja Muzijevic (piano)

5.55am
Catalani, Alfredo (1854-1893): Aria: Ebben?...Ne andro Lontana (La Wally)
Eva Urbanova (soprano)
Prague National Theatre Orchestra
Jan Stych (conductor)

5.59am
Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741): Sonata a quattro in C for two oboes, bassoon and continuo
Zefiro

6.11am
Goldberg, Johann Gottlieb (1727-1756): Sonata in C minor for two violins, viola and continuo
Musica Alta Ripa

6.24am
Bourdon, Rosario (1885-1961): Elegiac poem for cello and orchestra
Alain Aubut (cello)
Orchestre Metropolitain
Gilles Auger (conductor)

6.30am
Fesch, Willem de (1687-1757): Concerto in E, Op 5 No 6
Manfred Kramer (violin)
Musica ad Rhenum

6.41am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Cantata No 4, BWV4 (Christ lag in Todesbanden' - ?1707)
Balthasar Neumann-Chor
Pythagoras-Ensemble
Thomas Hengelbrock (conductor).

Fanny Mendelssohn Songs without Words, Op 8 Nos 3 and 4; Songs without Words, Op 6 1.17 Mendelssohn String Symphony No 8 in D 1.50 Moscheles La gate, Op 85 
1.59 Mendelssohn String Symphony No 9 in C minor 
2.27 Liszt Csardas obstine 2.31 Mendetssohn String Symphony No 12 in G minor 2.51 Schumann Fugue No 3 in G minor; Fugue No 5 in F (Sechs Fugen über BACH, Op 60) 
3.01 Telemann Deusjudicium tuum regi da (Psalm 71) 
3.22 Manfredini Symphony No 10 in E minor 3.31 Handel Sonata in F Op 1 No 5 3.40 Bach, orch Webem Fuga ricercata No 2 (Musikalischen Opfer, BWV1079) 3.50 Tye 
Omnes gentes, plaudite 3.56 Chadwick Symphony No 2 in B flat, Op 21 4.33 Meulemans Five Piano Pieces 
4.53 Mozart to ti lascio, KA245; Manner suchen stets zu naschen, K433 5.01 Boehm Nel cor piu non mi sento, Op 4 
5.12 Donizetti Grande Offertorio in D 5.19 Bizet Au fond du temple saint (The Pearl Fishers) 5.25 Tinel Overture: Polyeucte 5.43 Janacek Piano Sonata: I X 1905 (From the Street) 5.55 Catalani Ebben? Ne andro lontana (La Wally) 
5.59 Vivaldi Sonata a quattro in C, RV779 6.11 Goldberg. Sonata in C minor for two violins, viola and continuo 
6.24 Bourdon Elegiac poem 6.30 Fesch Concerto in E, Op 5 No 6 6AI Bach Cantata No 4: Christ lag in Todesbanden

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