18 January 2008
Friday 18 January 2008 13:00-17:00 (Radio 3)
Presented by Penny Gore.
1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Playlist
Celebrating the New Generation
A series of recitals recorded at the Cowdray Hall in Aberdeen featuring members, both past and present, of the Radio 3 New Generation Artists scheme.
4/4. Cellist Danjulo Ishizaka is joined by pianist Jose Gallardo for a programme of English music.
Ireland: Cello Sonata in G minor
Bax: Rhapsodic Ballade for solo cello
Britten: Sonata in C for cello and piano, Op 65
2.00pm Towards Judith Weir
A feast of stories and folk music ends this week's series leading up to the BBC Symphony Orchestra's Telling the Tale weekend, focusing on the music of Judith Weir.
Judith Weir: Little Tree
Richard Benjafield (marimba)
BBC Singers
Dominic Wheeler (conductor)
Janacek, arr. Talich: Suite from The Cunning Little Vixen
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)
Grainger: There was a pig went out to dig for female voices
BBC Singers
Bo Holten (conductor)
Holst: I sowed the seeds of love
Ildiko Allen (soprano)
Jacqueline Fox (mezzo-soprano)
BBC Singers
Stephen Cleobury (conductor)
Elgar: Cello Concerto
Jian Wang (cello)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)
Bartok: 8 Improvisations on Hungarian Peasant Songs
Grace Francis (piano)
Stravinsky: Petrushka
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)
4.00pm Folk Tales
An edited broadcast of the concert curated by Judith Weir at LSO St Luke's in London. Delhi-born storyteller Vayu Naidu interweaves magical stories with folk music from around Britain, as a curtain-raiser to the Telling the Tale weekend.
ENGLISH SET:
English Acoustic Collective (EAC):
Chris Wood (Fiddle, vocals), John Dipper (Fiddle), Robert Harbron (concertina)
Morris Dance Tunes:
Bonnets of Blue (trad.)
Kennington Gig (by John Dipper)
(both arr. EAC)
Bleary Winter
(Music by Ann Moses; words by Hugh Lupton)
Sweet Jane
(trad., arr. Chris Wood)
Ruskin Mill Waltz
(Music by John Dipper, arr. EAC)
STORY
Vayu Naidu
SCOTTISH SET
Simon Thoumire (concertina), David Milligan (piano)
Tipsy Tailor (trad.)
Future is Bright (by Simon Thoumire)
J.F Dickie (trad.)
Two Strathspeys:
Invercauld's Reel (trad.)
Miss Admiral Gordon's Reel (trad.)
Love comes Quietly (by Simon Thoumire)
Forsaken (by Simon Thoumire)
The Bonnie Lass of Fisherow (trad.)
Love in a Village (trad.)
Ballachulish Walkabout (by John D. Burgess)
STORY (Vayu Naidu) + MUSIC (all players)
Music improvised, including quotes from:
The Sally Gardens (trad.)
Down to the Beach (trad.)
Parcel of Rogues (by Robert Harbron)
Bonny Kate (trad.)
