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Black Composers with Allyson Devenish and Tom Service

Music director and pianist Allyson Devenish chooses some of her favourite music by black composers, along with the usual round-up of the best new classical releases.

Tom Service with a selection of the best new classical releases.

9.30
Proms Composer: Black Composers
Music director and pianist Allyson Devenish picks some of her favourite music by black composers, and what their works mean to her.

11.25
Record of the Week
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 (first movement)
Alexander Melnikov (piano)
Sinfonieorchester Basel
Ivor Bolton (conductor)

2 hours, 47 minutes

Last on

Sat 21 Aug 202109:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Robert Schumann

    Die alten, bosen Lieder (Arr. for Viola & Piano)

    Performer: Timothy Ridout. Performer: Frank Dupree.
    • A Poet's Love: Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet and Schumann: Dichterliebe.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 23.

  • Michael Haydn

    Endimione, Act II: Ofa che m'ami

    Singer: Ulrike Hofbauer. Ensemble: Salzburger Hofmusik. Conductor: Wolfgang Brunner.
    • M. Haydn: Endimione.
    • CPO.
    • 6.

  • Ethel Smyth

    Violin Sonata in A Minor, Op. 7: III. Romanze. Andante grazioso

    Performer: Annette-Barbara Vogel. Performer: Durval Cesetti.
    • First Ladies: Three Romantic Violin Sonatas.
    • Toccata Next.

  • Federico Mompou

    Suite compostelana (Preludio)

    Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • Camino.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 6.

  • Richard Wagner

    Traume (No. 5 from Wesendonck-Lieder)

    Orchestra: Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto. Conductor: Marco Angius.
    • Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder (arr. Henze), Siegfried Idyll, Traume; Sciarrino: Lang.
    • Brilliant Classics.
    • 5.

  • Fela Sowande

    African Suite: II. Nostalgia & III. Akinla

    Choir: Morgan State College Choir. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Freeman.
    • Black Composer Series, Vol. 7.
    • Sony.

  • George Walker

    Lilacs: IV. Quarter Note = 72

    Singer: Albert Lee. Orchestra: Sinfonia da Camera. Conductor: Ian Hobson.
    • Great American Orchestral Works, Vol. 4.
    • Albany.

  • David Baker

    Roots II - 2. Dance in Congo Square

    Ensemble: Beaux Arts Trio.
    • Spring Music, Baker: Roots II & Rochberg: Piano Trio No. 3.
    • Phillips.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Deep River

    Performer: Frances Walker.
    • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: 24 Negro Melodies.
    • Orion.

  • Daniel Bernard Roumain

    Filter

    Performer: Rachel Barton Pine.
    • Blues Dialogues: Music by black composers.
    • Cedille.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15: III. Rondo. Allegro non troppo

    Performer: Alexander Melnikov. Orchestra: Basel Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ivor Bolton.
    • Johannes Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 & Tragic Overture.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 4.

  • Ferdinando Paer

    Leonora - Act 2. Fermate!

    Singer: Eleonora Bellocci. Singer: Carlo Vincenzo Allemano. Singer: Renato Girolami. Singer: Paolo Fanale. Orchestra: Innsbrucker Festwochenorchester. Conductor: Alessandro De Marchi.
    • Ferdinando Paer: Leonora.
    • CPO.
    • 12.

  • Johann Nepomuk Hummel

    Quintet op. 87 in E-flat major: I. Allegro e risoluto assai

    Ensemble: Libertalia Ensemble.
    • Hummel: Quintet Op. 87 & Schubert: Trout Quintet.
    • CPO.
    • 1.

  • Louis Couperin

    Prelude in C Major

    Performer: Johannes Maria Bogner.
    • Louis Couperin: Non Mesure.
    • Fra Bernardo.
    • 3.

  • Louis Couperin

    Prelude in G Minor

    Performer: Johannes Maria Bogner.
    • Louis Couperin: Non Mesure.
    • Fra Bernardo.
    • 5.

  • Alexander von Zemlinsky

    Trio in D Minor for Clarinet, Cello & Piano, Op. 3

    Ensemble: Feininger Trio.
    • Brahms & Zemlinsky: Piano Trios.
    • Avi Music.
    • 5.

  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony No. 4 in C Minor, D. 417 "Tragic"

    Orchestra: B’Rock Orchestra. Conductor: René Jacobs.
    • Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 1.

Record Review

9.00am

A Poet's Love - Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet and Schumann: Dichterliebe

Timothy Ridout (viola)

Frank Dupree (piano)

Harmonia Mundi HMN916118

https://store.harmoniamundi.com/format/786247-a-poets-love-prokofiev-romeo-and-juliet-schumann-dichterliebe

Michael Haydn: Endimione

Aleksandra Zamojska (soprano)

Ulrike Hofbauer (soprano)

Lydia Teuscher (soprano)

Nicholas Spanos (countertenor)

Salzburger Hofmusik

Wolfgang Brunner (conductor)

555288-2 CPO (2 CDs)

https://naxosdirect.co.uk/items/michael-haydn-endimione-564649

First Ladies - Three Romantic Violin Sonatas by Elfrida Andrée, Mel Bonis and Ethel Smyth

Annette-Barbara Vogel (violin)

Durval Cesetti (piano)

Toccata Classics TOCN 0013

https://toccataclassics.com/product/first-ladies-three-romantic-violin-sonatas/

Camino – Music by Ravel, de Falla, Satie & Poulenc

Sean Shibe (guitar)

Pentatone PTC5186870

http://www.pentatonemusic.com/sean-shibe-camino-ravel-de-falla-satie-poulenc-jose

Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder (arr. Henze), Siegfried Idyll, Träume; Sciarrino: Languire a Palernmo

Sara Mingardo (contralto)

Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto

Marco Angius (conductor)

Brilliant Classics 96119

https://www.brilliantclassics.com/articles/w/wagner-wesendonck-lieder-siegfried-idyll-traeume-sciarrino-languire-a-palermo/

9.30am – Proms Composer: Allyson Devenish’s Black Composers

Black Composer Series, Vol. 7: William Grant Still, Fela Sowande & George Walker

Morgan State College Choir

London Symphony Orchestra

Paul Freeman (conductor)

Sony G010003978870R

George Walker: Great American Orchestral Works, Vol. 4

Albert Lee (vocalista)

Dimitry Kousov (cello)

Sinfonia Varsovia (orchestra)

Sinfonia da Camera (orchestra)

Ian Hobson (conductor)

Albany TROY1430

Rorem: Spring Music, Baker: Roots II & Rochberg: Piano Trio No. 3

Beaux Arts Trio

Peter Wiley (cello)

Menahem Pressler (piano)

Ida Kavafian (violin)

Philips 4388662

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: 24 Negro Melodies

Frances Walker (piano)

Orion MAR3105

Blues Dialogues – Music by Baker, Ellington, Roumain, Still, Wallen, etc.

Rachel Barton Pine (violin)

Matthew Hagle (piano)

Cedille CDR90000182

10.15am – New Releases

Johannes Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 & Tragic Overture

Alexander Melnikov (piano)

Sinfonieorchester Basel

Ivor Bolton (conductor)

Harmonia Mundi HMM902602

https://store.harmoniamundi.com/format/786231-johannes-brahms-piano-concerto-no-1-tragic-overture-cherubini-eliza-overture

Ferdinando Paër: Leonora

Eloeonora Bellocci (Leonora / soprano)

Paolo Fanale (Florestano / tenor)

Renato Girloami (Rocco / bass)

Marie Lys (Marcellina soprano)

Luigi De Donato (Giacchino / bass)

Carlo Allemano (Don Pizarro / tenor)

Kresimir Spicer (Don Fernando / tenor)

Innsbrucker Festwochenorchester

Alessandro De Marchi (conductor)

CPO 555411-2 (2 CDs)

https://naxosdirect.co.uk/items/ferdinando-paer-leonora-opera-in-two-acts-564642

Hummel: Quintet Op. 87 & Schubert: Trout Quintet

Libertalia Ensemble

CPO 555383-2

https://naxosdirect.co.uk/items/johann-nepomuk-hummel-quintet-op.-87-in-e-flat-major-and-franz-schubert-quintet-d.-667-in-a-major-%e2%80%9ctrout-quintet%e2%80%9d-564645

Louis Couperin: Non Mesure

Johannes Maria Bogner

Fra Bernado FB2105989

https://frabernardo.com/portfolio-item/non-mesure-johannes-m-bogner/

Brahms & Zemlinsky: Piano Trios

Feininger Trio

Avi AVI8553489

https://avi-music.de/index_d.html

11.20am – Record of the Week

Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5

B’Rock Orchestra

René Jacobs (conductor)

Pentatone PTC5186856

http://www.pentatonemusic.com/schubert-symphonies-4-and-5-brock-orchestra-rene-jacobs


Broadcast

  • Sat 21 Aug 202109:00
    BBC Radio 3

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