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Andrew McGregor with Kate Kennedy

With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library.

with Andrew McGregor.

9.30
Building a Library: Britten's Winter Words, Op 52, with Kate Kennedy.

Britten composed Winter Words, his eight setting of Thomas Hardy, in 1953 at a time when he was also working on his operas Gloriana and The Turn of the Screw. The style of Winter Words does, however, contrast with that of the two operas in its austere textures, while allowing the Hardy texts to be projected with particular clarity. After the opening song, Day Close in November, comes Midnight on the Great Western, which even includes train-whistle noises. Then comes The Wagtail and Baby, The Little Old Table and The Choirmaster's burial (or The Tenor Man's Story), in which the departed master's favourite hymn-tune 'Mount Ephraim' is woven into the texture. Proud Songsters is followed by At the Railway Station, Upway (or The Convict and the Boy With the Violin), and the whole cycle ends with Before Life and After, a powerful expression of Britten's fascination with the conflict between innocence and experience.

10.30
Andrew McGregor discusses the new 61-CD box set Esa-Pekka Salonen: The Complete Sony Recordings with critic Andrew Mellor.

11.45
Disc of the Week: Andrew chooses an outstanding new release.

3 hours, 12 minutes

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Sat 12 May 2018 09:00
麻豆约拍 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Francis Poulenc

    Les Biches - suite (Rondeau)

    Orchestra: RT脡 National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jean-Luc Tingaud.
    • Poulenc: Les biches Suite, Les animaux mod猫les Suite & Sinfonietta.
    • Naxos.
    • 101.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Trio sonata in D major TWV 42:D9 iii) Pastorale

    Ensemble: Florilegium.
    • Channel Classics.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Circus Polka

    Performer: Oxana Shevchenko.
    • Delphian.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Trio sonata in D major TWV 42:D9 iiii) vivace

    Ensemble: Florilegium.
    • Channel Classics.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Ohim猫, dov'猫 il mio ben

    Singer: Mariana Flores. Singer: Julie Roset. Choir: Cappella Mediterranea. Conductor: Leonardo Garc铆a Alarc贸n.
    • Ricercar.

  • John Adams

    Absolute Jest vi) Prestissimo

    Ensemble: Doric String Quartet. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Peter Oundjian.
    • Chandos.

  • Robert Schumann

    Piano Concerto in A minor Op. 54 iii) Allegro vivace

    Performer: Alfred Brendel. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Decca.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    The Hebrides Overture

    Orchestra: Irish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: J枚rg Widmann.
    • Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 in A Minor "Scottish" & The Hebrides - J枚rg Widmann:.
    • Orfeo.
    • 1.

  • J枚rg Widmann

    180 Beats per Minute

    Orchestra: Irish Chamber Orchestra.
    • Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 in A Minor "Scottish" & The Hebrides - J枚rg Widmann:.
    • Orfeo.
    • 201.

  • Robert Schumann

    Adventlied, Op. 71: I. Dein K枚nig kommt in niedern H眉llen

    Ensemble: Carolyn Sampson. Choir: Eesti Filharmoonia Kammerkoor. Conductor: Aapo H盲kkinen. Orchestra: Helsingin Barokkiorkesteri.
    • Schumann: Adventlied, Op. 71 & Vom Pagen und der K枚nigstochter, Op. 140 - Bach:.
    • Ondine.
    • 301.

  • Robert Schumann

    Adventlied, Op. 71: II. Allm盲cht'ger Herrscher ohne Speere

    Ensemble: Carolyn Sampson. Choir: Eesti Filharmoonia Kammerkoor. Conductor: Aapo H盲kkinen. Orchestra: Helsingin Barokkiorkesteri.
    • Schumann: Adventlied, Op. 71 & Vom Pagen und der K枚nigstochter, Op. 140 - Bach:.
    • Ondine.
    • 302.

  • Robert Schumann

    Adventlied, Op. 71: III. Und wo du kommest hergezogen

    Ensemble: Carolyn Sampson. Choir: Eesti Filharmoonia Kammerkoor. Conductor: Aapo H盲kkinen. Orchestra: Helsingin Barokkiorkesteri.
    • Schumann: Adventlied, Op. 71 & Vom Pagen und der K枚nigstochter, Op. 140 - Bach:.
    • Ondine.
    • 303.

  • Robert Schumann

    Adventlied, Op. 71: IV. O Herr von grosser Huld und Treue

    Ensemble: Carolyn Sampson. Choir: Eesti Filharmoonia Kammerkoor. Conductor: Aapo H盲kkinen. Orchestra: Helsingin Barokkiorkesteri.
    • Schumann: Adventlied, Op. 71 & Vom Pagen und der K枚nigstochter, Op. 140 - Bach:.
    • Ondine.
    • 304.

  • Esa鈥怭ekka Salonen

    Mania for Cello and Orchestra

    Performer: Anssi Karttunen. Conductor: Esa鈥怭ekka Salonen. Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic.

  • Witold Lutos艂awski

    Symphony No.3

    Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Esa鈥怭ekka Salonen.

  • Gyorgy Ligeti

    Mysteries of the Macabre

    Music Arranger: Elgar Howarth. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Esa鈥怭ekka Salonen. Singer: Sybille Ehlert.

  • Bernard Herrmann

    Overture - Norty by Northwest

    Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Esa鈥怭ekka Salonen.

  • Carl Nielsen

    Symphony No.1 - Allegro orgoglioso

    Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Esa鈥怭ekka Salonen.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No.22 - Finale: Presto

    Orchestra: Stockholms Nya Kammarorkester. Conductor: Esa鈥怭ekka Salonen.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No.3 - Part 1, I Tempo 1

    Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Esa鈥怭ekka Salonen.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Capriccio for piano and orchestra - Andante rapsodico

    Performer: Paul Crossley. Conductor: Esa鈥怭ekka Salonen. Orchestra: London Sinfonietta.

  • Magnus Lindberg

    Fresco

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Esa鈥怭ekka Salonen.

  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Sonata in B flat D960 i) Molto moderato

    Performer: Marc-Andr茅 Hamelin.
    • Hyperion.

  • Franz Schubert

    Impromptu D935 No. 4 in F minor

    Performer: Marc-Andr茅 Hamelin.
    • Hyperion.

Record Review

9.00am

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POULENC: LES BICHES - SUITE, LES ANIMAUX MOD脠LES - SUITE & SINFONIETTA

FRANCIS POULENC:

Les biches Suite, FP 36b

Les animaux mod猫les Suite, FP 111

Sinfonietta, FP 141

RTE National Symphony Orchestra, Jean-Luc Tingaud

Naxos 8573739 (CD)

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STRAVINSKY: COMPLETE MUSIC FOR SOLO PIANO

IGOR STRAVINSKY:

The Firebird (Excerpts Arr. G. Agosti for Piano):

No. 16, Infernal Dance of King Kashchei

No. 17, Lullaby

No. 19, Finale

Tango

Valse pour les enfants

Ragtime (version for solo piano)

脡tudes (4) for piano, Op. 7

Circus Polka

Les 5 doigts

Piano-Rag-Music

Piano Sonata (1924)

Scherzo

Three Movements from Petrushka

Souvenir d'une marche boche

Piano Sonata in F sharp minor (1903-4)

Fragment des Symphonies pour instruments 脿 vent 脿 la m茅moire de C.A. Debussy

Serenade in A for piano

Oxana Shevchenko (piano)

Delphian DCD34203 (2 CDs)

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TELEMANN: ESSERCIZII MUSICI

GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN:

Sonata TWV 41:B6 in B flat major for oboe (or chalumeau) & b.c.

Sonata TWV 41:a6 in A minor for viola da gamba & b.c.

Sonata TWV 41:D9 in D major for flute & b.c.

Sonata TWV 41:e5 in E minor for viola da gamba & b.c.

Trio 4. A major for traverso, harpsichord & continuo (42:A6)

Trio 5. A minor for recorder, violin & continuo (42:a4)

Trio 6. B minor for traverso, viol & continuo (42:h4)

Trio TWV 42:c2 in C minor for recorder, oboe & b.c.

Trio TWV 42:d9 in D minor for 2 violins & b.c.

Trio TWV 42:G6 in G major for viola da gamba, harpsichord & b.c.

Trio TWV 42:g5 in G minor for oboe, violin & b.c.

Florilegium

Channel CCS40118 (2 CDs)

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MONTEVERDI: LETTERA AMOROSA

CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI:

Lettera amorosa

Lamento d'Arianna 'Lasciatemi morire'

L'Orfeo: 'Dal mio Parnasso amato'

Voglio di vita uscir

Disprezzata regina (L'incoronazione di Poppea)

Ohime ch'io cado

Lamento della Ninfa (Book 8)

Et 猫 pur dunque vero

Mariana Flores (soprano)/, Cappella Mediterranea, Leonardo Garcia Alarcon (with Julie Roset (soprano)

Ricercar RIC 390

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JOHN ADAMS: NAIVE AND SENTIMENTAL MUSIC & ABSOLUTE JEST

JOHN ADAMS:

Absolute Jest

Naive and Sentimental Music

Doric String Quartet, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Peter Oundjian

Chandos CHSA5199 (Hybrid SACD)

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9.30am 鈥� Building a Library 鈥� Kate Kennedy on Benjamin Britten鈥檚 Winter Words

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Composer: 听听听听 Britten

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Piece: 听听听听听听听听听听听听 Winter Words

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Reviewer:听听听听听听听 Kate Kennedy

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Recommended Recording:

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Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor); Graham Johnson (piano)

Cypres CYP8607

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Other Recommended Recordings:

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Below are other recordings that Kate also liked, although we can鈥檛 guarantee availability.

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Peter Pears (tenor); Benjamin Britten (piano)
Decca 4756051

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Robert Tear (tenor); Sir Philip Ledger (piano)

Warner Classics 0151642

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Philip Langridge (tenor); Steuart Bedford (piano)

Naxos 8557201

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1020 鈥� Schumann, Mendelssohn etc

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ALFRED BRENDEL: LIVE IN VIENNA

ROBERT SCHUMANN:

Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54

JOHANNES BRAHMS:

Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24

Alfred Brendel (piano), Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle

Decca听 4833288 (CD)

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MENDELSSOHN: SYMPHONY NO. 3 'SCOTTISH' & WIDMANN: 180 BEATS PER MINUTE, FANTASIE

FELIX MENDELSSOHN:

Hebrides Overture, Op. 26

J脰RG WIDMANN:

180 Beats per Minute

Fantasie for solo clarinet

FELIX MENDELSSOHN:

Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56 'Scottish'

Irish Chamber Orchestra, J枚rg Widmann (conductor and clarinet)

Orfeo C945181A (CD)

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SCHUMANN: ADVENTLIED & BALLADE VOM PAGEN UND DER K脰NIGSTOCHTER & JS BACH: CANTATA BWV 105

ROBERT SCHUMANN:

Vom Pagen und der K枚nigstochter, Op. 140

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH:

Herr, gehe nicht ins Gericht mit deinem Knecht, BWV 105 (Arr. R. Schumann)

ROBERT SCHUMANN:

Adventlied, Op. 71

Carolyn Sampson (soprano), 脺lle Tuisk (soprano), Benno Schachtner (counter-tenor), Werner G眉ra (tenor), Cornelius Uhle (bass), Jonathan Sells (bass), Helsinki Baroque Orchestra & Estonian Philharmonic Chamber, Aapo Hakkinen

Ondine ODE13122 (CD)

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10.50am New Releases 鈥� Andrew Mellor on Esa-Pekka Salonen

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ESA-PEKKA SALONEN - THE COMPLETE SONY RECORDINGS

Sony 88985471842 (61 CDs)

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11.40am 鈥� Disc of the Week

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SCHUBERT: PIANO SONATA NO. 21 & FOUR IMPROMPTUS, D935

FRANZ SCHUBERT:

Piano Sonata In B Flat, D 960

4 Impromptus, D 935

Marc-Andr茅 Hamelin (piano)

Hyperion CDA68213 (CD)

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  • Sat 12 May 2018 09:00
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