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Saturday 16th May 2020
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library. Another chance to hear Sarah Devonald compare recordings of Mozart's Serenade No.10 in B-flat, 'Gran Partita', K.361/370a - and pick a favourite. 10.45 As part of Radio 3's History of Black Classical Music Andrew McGregor talks to Natasha Loges about some of her favourite black singers. 11.15 Record of the Week. Andrew selects an outstanding new release.
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library. Another chance to hear Sarah Devonald compare recordings of Mozart's Serenade No.10 in B-flat, 'Gran Partita', K.361/370a - and pick a favourite. 10.45 As part of Radio 3's History of Black Classical Music Andrew McGregor talks to Natasha Loges about some of her favourite black singers. 11.15 Record of the Week. Andrew selects an outstanding new release.
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Saturday 23rd May 2020
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library. Another chance to hear Laura Tunbridge comparing the available recordings of Schumann's poignant song cycle Dichterliebe and making a recommendation. Dichterliebe, or `A Poet's Love", is Schumann's best-known song cycle and comprises 16 songs taken from Heine's Lyrisches Intermezzo of 1822-23. Schumann's setting of the poems was composed just 17 years later, in 1840. Each poem is underpinned by the romantic idea that love leads to loss and even death. 10.45 Katy Hamilton joins Andrew to discuss the latest new releases of Beethoven's music in this, the 250th anniversary year of his birth. 11.15 Record of the Week. Andrew selects an outstanding new release.
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library. Another chance to hear Laura Tunbridge comparing the available recordings of Schumann's poignant song cycle Dichterliebe and making a recommendation. Dichterliebe, or `A Poet's Love", is Schumann's best-known song cycle and comprises 16 songs taken from Heine's Lyrisches Intermezzo of 1822-23. Schumann's setting of the poems was composed just 17 years later, in 1840. Each poem is underpinned by the romantic idea that love leads to loss and even death. 10.45 Katy Hamilton joins Andrew to discuss the latest new releases of Beethoven's music in this, the 250th anniversary year of his birth. 11.15 Record of the Week. Andrew selects an outstanding new release.
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Saturday 30th May 2020
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Beethoven: First Symphony with Richard Wigmore and Andrew McGregor.
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library. Richard Wigmore makes his recommendation from recordings of Beethoven's quirky and original Symphony No 1. There are a wide range of styles and approaches available, from old-school big band performances to the most recent versions on authentic instruments. 10.40 Caroline Gill reviews five new releases of choral music from the last century, including a rarely heard full-scale mass by Herbert Howells and a collection of sacred works by Cyrillus Kreek, an Estonian composer of the same generation as Bartok and Kodaly. 11.15 Record of the Week. Andrew selects an outstanding new release.
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Beethoven: First Symphony with Richard Wigmore and Andrew McGregor.
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library. Richard Wigmore makes his recommendation from recordings of Beethoven's quirky and original Symphony No 1. There are a wide range of styles and approaches available, from old-school big band performances to the most recent versions on authentic instruments. 10.40 Caroline Gill reviews five new releases of choral music from the last century, including a rarely heard full-scale mass by Herbert Howells and a collection of sacred works by Cyrillus Kreek, an Estonian composer of the same generation as Bartok and Kodaly. 11.15 Record of the Week. Andrew selects an outstanding new release.
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Saturday 6th June 2020
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
With Hannah French. 9.30 Building a Library. Iain Burnside compares recordings of Chopin: four Scherzi for piano, and picks a favourite. Chopin's four Scherzi, each a mini drama, are a supreme feat of technique, lyricism and musical story-telling, and unlike much of Chopin's music, they were written for concert performance rather than the salon. Their formidable demands have for decades tempted many of the world's greatest pianists into the recording studio, resulting in a rich recorded legacy. 10.45 Anna Picard listens to recent orchestral releases, including the first from the Cleveland Orchestra's newly launched own label. 11.20 Record of the Week. Hannah selects an outstanding new release.
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
With Hannah French. 9.30 Building a Library. Iain Burnside compares recordings of Chopin: four Scherzi for piano, and picks a favourite. Chopin's four Scherzi, each a mini drama, are a supreme feat of technique, lyricism and musical story-telling, and unlike much of Chopin's music, they were written for concert performance rather than the salon. Their formidable demands have for decades tempted many of the world's greatest pianists into the recording studio, resulting in a rich recorded legacy. 10.45 Anna Picard listens to recent orchestral releases, including the first from the Cleveland Orchestra's newly launched own label. 11.20 Record of the Week. Hannah selects an outstanding new release.
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Saturday 13th June 2020
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library: Nicholas Kenyon recommends a recording of Mozart: Symphony No. 39, the first of a set of three that he composed in rapid succession during the summer of 1788. Contrary to myth, the evidence indicates that Mozart heard the three symphonies performed. He had orchestra parts copied, an expense he would not have incurred unless he needed them for a performance. This colourful and ebullient work remains one of the most popular pieces in the symphonic repertoire. 10.45 Flora Willson on new releases of opera recordings including a new set of Verdi's great Shakespearean masterpiece, Otello staring the tenor Jonas Kaufmann. 11.20 Andrew chooses an outstanding new release as his Recording of the Week.
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library: Nicholas Kenyon recommends a recording of Mozart: Symphony No. 39, the first of a set of three that he composed in rapid succession during the summer of 1788. Contrary to myth, the evidence indicates that Mozart heard the three symphonies performed. He had orchestra parts copied, an expense he would not have incurred unless he needed them for a performance. This colourful and ebullient work remains one of the most popular pieces in the symphonic repertoire. 10.45 Flora Willson on new releases of opera recordings including a new set of Verdi's great Shakespearean masterpiece, Otello staring the tenor Jonas Kaufmann. 11.20 Andrew chooses an outstanding new release as his Recording of the Week.
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Saturday 20th June 2020
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Britten: Turn of the Screw on Building a Library with Simon Heighes and Andrew McGregor.
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library. Simon Heighes makes a personal recommendation from recordings of Britten's Henry James adaptation The Turn of the Screw. 10.45 Lucy Parham joins Andrew McGregor to discuss new releases of piano music. 11.15 Record of the Week. Andrew selects an outstanding new release.
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Britten: Turn of the Screw on Building a Library with Simon Heighes and Andrew McGregor.
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library. Simon Heighes makes a personal recommendation from recordings of Britten's Henry James adaptation The Turn of the Screw. 10.45 Lucy Parham joins Andrew McGregor to discuss new releases of piano music. 11.15 Record of the Week. Andrew selects an outstanding new release.
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Saturday 27th June 2020
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Grieg's Holberg Suite with Oliver Condy and Andrew McGregor.
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library. Oliver Condy discusses his favourite recordings of Grieg's Holberg Suite. Grieg's ever-popular Holberg Suite is a set of five tuneful movements for string orchestra. Based on 18th-century dance forms, it was written in 1884 to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Dano-Norwegian humanist playwright Ludvig Holberg. 10.45 Berta Joncus shares some recent recordings of Baroque music. 11.20 Record of the Week. Andrew selects an outstanding new release.
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Grieg's Holberg Suite with Oliver Condy and Andrew McGregor.
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library. Oliver Condy discusses his favourite recordings of Grieg's Holberg Suite. Grieg's ever-popular Holberg Suite is a set of five tuneful movements for string orchestra. Based on 18th-century dance forms, it was written in 1884 to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Dano-Norwegian humanist playwright Ludvig Holberg. 10.45 Berta Joncus shares some recent recordings of Baroque music. 11.20 Record of the Week. Andrew selects an outstanding new release.
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Saturday 4th July 2020
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Bartók: 3rd Piano Concerto with Kate Molleson and Andrew McGregor.
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library. Another chance to hear Kate Molleson discussing her favourite recordings of Bartók's 3rd Piano Concerto. Bartók composed the concerto in 1945 during the final months of his life, as a surprise birthday present for his second wife. It was one of the pieces he composed after departing Hungary following the outbreak of the Second World War. After a prolonged fight with leukaemia, an improvement in his health raised his spirits which might partly explain the piece's lighter almost neoclassical tone, compared to his earlier works. 10.40 Natasha Loges reviews a box of reissues of the German baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. 11.20 Record of the Week. Andrew selects an outstanding new release.
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Bartók: 3rd Piano Concerto with Kate Molleson and Andrew McGregor.
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library. Another chance to hear Kate Molleson discussing her favourite recordings of Bartók's 3rd Piano Concerto. Bartók composed the concerto in 1945 during the final months of his life, as a surprise birthday present for his second wife. It was one of the pieces he composed after departing Hungary following the outbreak of the Second World War. After a prolonged fight with leukaemia, an improvement in his health raised his spirits which might partly explain the piece's lighter almost neoclassical tone, compared to his earlier works. 10.40 Natasha Loges reviews a box of reissues of the German baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. 11.20 Record of the Week. Andrew selects an outstanding new release.
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Saturday 11th July 2020
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Vivaldi's L'estro Armonico with Andrew McGregor and Hannah French.
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library. Hannah French makes her personal recommendation from dozens of recordings of Vivaldi's L'estro Armonico, a set of 12 string concertos published in 1711. As with all early music, there is a huge range of styles and approaches, from the 1960s to recordings made in the past couple of years. 10.40 Gillian Moore chooses music from the past 10 years or so, including some of the innovative ways composers and performers have surmounted the difficulties of this year's lockdown restrictions. 11.15 Record of the Week. Andrew selects an outstanding new release.
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Vivaldi's L'estro Armonico with Andrew McGregor and Hannah French.
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library. Hannah French makes her personal recommendation from dozens of recordings of Vivaldi's L'estro Armonico, a set of 12 string concertos published in 1711. As with all early music, there is a huge range of styles and approaches, from the 1960s to recordings made in the past couple of years. 10.40 Gillian Moore chooses music from the past 10 years or so, including some of the innovative ways composers and performers have surmounted the difficulties of this year's lockdown restrictions. 11.15 Record of the Week. Andrew selects an outstanding new release.
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Saturday 18th July 2020
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
BBC Proms Composer: Beethoven with Katy Hamilton and Andrew McGregor.
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Proms Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven. Katy Hamilton chooses five of her favourite Beethoven recordings, including chamber, orchestral and choral music, and explains why they need to be heard. 11.20 Proms Recording. To round off each edition of Summer Record Review, Andrew introduces the Building a Library recommendation of a major work featured in this year's BBC Proms. Beethoven: Symphony No 5. Vienna Philharmonic, conductor Carlos Kleiber.
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
BBC Proms Composer: Beethoven with Katy Hamilton and Andrew McGregor.
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Proms Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven. Katy Hamilton chooses five of her favourite Beethoven recordings, including chamber, orchestral and choral music, and explains why they need to be heard. 11.20 Proms Recording. To round off each edition of Summer Record Review, Andrew introduces the Building a Library recommendation of a major work featured in this year's BBC Proms. Beethoven: Symphony No 5. Vienna Philharmonic, conductor Carlos Kleiber.
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Saturday 25th July 2020
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
BBC Proms Composer - Monteverdi with Jeremy Summerly and Andrew McGregor.
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Proms Composer: Monteverdi. Jeremy Summerly chooses five of his favourite Claudio Monteverdi recordings and explains why they need to be heard. 11.20 Proms Recording. To round off each edition of Summer Record Review, Andrew introduces the Building a Library recommendation of a major work featured in this year's BBC Proms. Mahler: Symphony No 6 (excerpt). Budapest Festival Orchestra, conductor Ivan Fischer.
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
BBC Proms Composer - Monteverdi with Jeremy Summerly and Andrew McGregor.
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Proms Composer: Monteverdi. Jeremy Summerly chooses five of his favourite Claudio Monteverdi recordings and explains why they need to be heard. 11.20 Proms Recording. To round off each edition of Summer Record Review, Andrew introduces the Building a Library recommendation of a major work featured in this year's BBC Proms. Mahler: Symphony No 6 (excerpt). Budapest Festival Orchestra, conductor Ivan Fischer.
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Saturday 1st August 2020
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Summer Record Review.
Andrew McGregor presents the latest classical music releases, focusing on music featured in the current season of the BBC Proms.
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Summer Record Review.
Andrew McGregor presents the latest classical music releases, focusing on music featured in the current season of the BBC Proms.
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Saturday 22nd August 2020
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
BBC Proms Composer - Verdi with Flora Wilson and Tom Service.
With Tom Service. 9.30 Proms Service: Verdi. Flora Willson chooses five indispensable recordings of Proms Composer Verdi and explains they need to be heard. 11.15 Proms Recording. (excerpt). Joanne Lunn (soprano), Rowan Hellier (alto), Thomas Hobbs (tenor), Matthew Brook (bass-baritone), Dunedin Consort, conductor John Butt.
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
BBC Proms Composer - Verdi with Flora Wilson and Tom Service.
With Tom Service. 9.30 Proms Service: Verdi. Flora Willson chooses five indispensable recordings of Proms Composer Verdi and explains they need to be heard. 11.15 Proms Recording. (excerpt). Joanne Lunn (soprano), Rowan Hellier (alto), Thomas Hobbs (tenor), Matthew Brook (bass-baritone), Dunedin Consort, conductor John Butt.
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Saturday 29th August 2020
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Andrew McGregor with a selection of the best new classical releases. 9.30 Proms Composer: Bartok. Kate Molleson chooses five indispensable recordings of Proms Composer Bartok and explains why you need to hear them. 11.20 Proms Recording: To round off each edition of Summer Record Review, Andrew introduces the Building a Library recommendation of a major work featured in this year's BBC Proms. Brahms 2nd Symphony in D: 1st Movement, Allegro non troppo. London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski (conductor).
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Andrew McGregor with a selection of the best new classical releases. 9.30 Proms Composer: Bartok. Kate Molleson chooses five indispensable recordings of Proms Composer Bartok and explains why you need to hear them. 11.20 Proms Recording: To round off each edition of Summer Record Review, Andrew introduces the Building a Library recommendation of a major work featured in this year's BBC Proms. Brahms 2nd Symphony in D: 1st Movement, Allegro non troppo. London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski (conductor).
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Saturday 5th September 2020
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
BBC Proms Composer - Bach with Simon Heighes and Andrew McGregor.
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Proms Composer: Bach. Simon Heighes chooses five indispensable recordings of music by Bach and explains why they need to be heard. 11.25 Proms Recording: Andrew introduces another Building a Library recommendation of a major work featured in this year's BBC Proms. Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel. Staatskapelle Dresden, conductor Rudolf Kempe.
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
BBC Proms Composer - Bach with Simon Heighes and Andrew McGregor.
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Proms Composer: Bach. Simon Heighes chooses five indispensable recordings of music by Bach and explains why they need to be heard. 11.25 Proms Recording: Andrew introduces another Building a Library recommendation of a major work featured in this year's BBC Proms. Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel. Staatskapelle Dresden, conductor Rudolf Kempe.
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Saturday 12th September 2020
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
BBC Proms Composer - Purcell with Kirsten Gibson and Andrew McGregor.
Andrew McGregor presents a selection of the best new classical releases. 9.30 Proms Composer: Henry Purcell. Kirsten Gibson chooses five indispensable recordings of BBC Proms Composer Henry Purcell, and explains why you need to hear them. 11.20 Proms Recording: To round off each edition of Summer Record Review, Andrew introduces the Building a Library recommendation of a major work featured in this year's BBC Proms: Beethoven Sonata in C minor, Op 111. Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano).
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
BBC Proms Composer - Purcell with Kirsten Gibson and Andrew McGregor.
Andrew McGregor presents a selection of the best new classical releases. 9.30 Proms Composer: Henry Purcell. Kirsten Gibson chooses five indispensable recordings of BBC Proms Composer Henry Purcell, and explains why you need to hear them. 11.20 Proms Recording: To round off each edition of Summer Record Review, Andrew introduces the Building a Library recommendation of a major work featured in this year's BBC Proms: Beethoven Sonata in C minor, Op 111. Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano).
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Saturday 19th September 2020
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin with Andrew McGregor and Nicholas Baragwanath.
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library. Nicholas Baragwanath discusses different recordings of Eugene Onegin, Tchaikovsky's tale of emotional repression and hidden love, working towards the must-have performance. 10.40 Times critic Anna Picard brings new Beethoven concerto releases to the table, including discs from Daniel Lozakovich, Dmitry Sinkovsky and Jean-Efflam Bavouzet. 11.15 Record of the Week. Andrew recommends an outstanding new release.
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin with Andrew McGregor and Nicholas Baragwanath.
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library. Nicholas Baragwanath discusses different recordings of Eugene Onegin, Tchaikovsky's tale of emotional repression and hidden love, working towards the must-have performance. 10.40 Times critic Anna Picard brings new Beethoven concerto releases to the table, including discs from Daniel Lozakovich, Dmitry Sinkovsky and Jean-Efflam Bavouzet. 11.15 Record of the Week. Andrew recommends an outstanding new release.
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Saturday 26th September 2020
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Mozart Mass in C minor in Building a Library with Simon Heighes and Andrew McGregor.
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library. Simon Heighes chooses his favourite recording of Mozart's Mass in C minor, K. 427 (`Great"). Mozart never finished his C minor Mass - it might have been the turmoil surrounding his resignation from the service of the bane of his life, the Archbishop of Salzburg, or the business of his recent marriage to Constanze Weber in 1782 (his father was against it). But what there is of it is magnificent, including grand choruses harking back to the great choral works of Handel and Bach. And there is some ravishingly sensuous music for the two sopranos (and woodwind), the kind of thing that Stravinsky sniffily characterised as `rococo-operatic sweets-of-sin". 10.40 Kate Molleson brings new orchestral albums to the table, including works by Mozart, Janácek, Kalevi Aho and Gloria Bruni. 11.20 Record of the Week. Andrew recommends an outstanding new release.
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Mozart Mass in C minor in Building a Library with Simon Heighes and Andrew McGregor.
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library. Simon Heighes chooses his favourite recording of Mozart's Mass in C minor, K. 427 (`Great"). Mozart never finished his C minor Mass - it might have been the turmoil surrounding his resignation from the service of the bane of his life, the Archbishop of Salzburg, or the business of his recent marriage to Constanze Weber in 1782 (his father was against it). But what there is of it is magnificent, including grand choruses harking back to the great choral works of Handel and Bach. And there is some ravishingly sensuous music for the two sopranos (and woodwind), the kind of thing that Stravinsky sniffily characterised as `rococo-operatic sweets-of-sin". 10.40 Kate Molleson brings new orchestral albums to the table, including works by Mozart, Janácek, Kalevi Aho and Gloria Bruni. 11.20 Record of the Week. Andrew recommends an outstanding new release.
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Saturday 3rd October 2020
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Schumann: Symphony No 3 `Rhenish" in Building a Library with Marina Frolova-Walker and Andrew McGregor.
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library. Marina Frolova-Walker chooses her favourite recording of Schumann's Symphony No 3 in E-flat, Op 97, nicknamed the `Rhenish". In the autumn of 1850, Schumann moved to the Rhineland to take up the position of municipal music director in Düsseldorf. He composed his 3rd Symphony quickly in November and filled the score with the impressions of his new home, stating that the symphony `perhaps reflects something of Rhenish life here and there." The symphony has five movements including the fourth `cathedral" movement that was inspired by his visit to Cologne Cathedral. 10.45 Andrew reviews new releases of chamber music on disc. 11.20 Record of the Week. Andrew recommends an outstanding new release.
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Schumann: Symphony No 3 `Rhenish" in Building a Library with Marina Frolova-Walker and Andrew McGregor.
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library. Marina Frolova-Walker chooses her favourite recording of Schumann's Symphony No 3 in E-flat, Op 97, nicknamed the `Rhenish". In the autumn of 1850, Schumann moved to the Rhineland to take up the position of municipal music director in Düsseldorf. He composed his 3rd Symphony quickly in November and filled the score with the impressions of his new home, stating that the symphony `perhaps reflects something of Rhenish life here and there." The symphony has five movements including the fourth `cathedral" movement that was inspired by his visit to Cologne Cathedral. 10.45 Andrew reviews new releases of chamber music on disc. 11.20 Record of the Week. Andrew recommends an outstanding new release.
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Saturday 10th October 2020
Time: 09:00 to 11:30 (2 hours and 30 minutes long)
Brahms Piano Quintet in F minor in Building a Library with Lucy Parham and Andrew McGregor.
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library. Lucy Parham chooses her favourite recording of Brahms' Piano Quintet in F minor. Brahms completed his Piano Quintet in 1864 and it is scored for piano and string quartet. In this piece the composer explores adventurous and unsettling harmonies and there is a fine balance between piano and strings. The consistently dark mood of the quintet has been described as `at times anguished, at times demonic, at times tragic". 10.20 Mark Simpson reviews new releases of Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde and tone poems by Richard Strauss. 11.30 Record of the Week. Andrew recommends an outstanding new release.
Time: 09:00 to 11:30 (2 hours and 30 minutes long)
Brahms Piano Quintet in F minor in Building a Library with Lucy Parham and Andrew McGregor.
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library. Lucy Parham chooses her favourite recording of Brahms' Piano Quintet in F minor. Brahms completed his Piano Quintet in 1864 and it is scored for piano and string quartet. In this piece the composer explores adventurous and unsettling harmonies and there is a fine balance between piano and strings. The consistently dark mood of the quintet has been described as `at times anguished, at times demonic, at times tragic". 10.20 Mark Simpson reviews new releases of Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde and tone poems by Richard Strauss. 11.30 Record of the Week. Andrew recommends an outstanding new release.
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Saturday 17th October 2020
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Dvorák's Symphony No 7 in Building a Library with Jan Smaczny and Andrew McGregor.
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library. Jan Smaczny chooses his favourite recording of Dvorák: 7th Symphony. Dvorák started work on the seventh, possibly his greatest symphony, in 1884. After hearing Brahms' new Symphony No 3, he was inspired to write a new symphony himself. He said that during his regular stroll to Prague railway station, `the first subject of my new symphony flashed in to my mind on the arrival of the festive train bringing our countrymen from Pest". The Czechs were in fact arriving for a musical celebration of the Czech nation. He decided that his new work would celebrate his patriotism and desire to see the Czech nation flourish. 10.20 Alexandra Coghlan listens to new releases of choral music by Britten and Bruckner. 11.30 Record of the Week. Andrew recommends an outstanding new release.
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Dvorák's Symphony No 7 in Building a Library with Jan Smaczny and Andrew McGregor.
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library. Jan Smaczny chooses his favourite recording of Dvorák: 7th Symphony. Dvorák started work on the seventh, possibly his greatest symphony, in 1884. After hearing Brahms' new Symphony No 3, he was inspired to write a new symphony himself. He said that during his regular stroll to Prague railway station, `the first subject of my new symphony flashed in to my mind on the arrival of the festive train bringing our countrymen from Pest". The Czechs were in fact arriving for a musical celebration of the Czech nation. He decided that his new work would celebrate his patriotism and desire to see the Czech nation flourish. 10.20 Alexandra Coghlan listens to new releases of choral music by Britten and Bruckner. 11.30 Record of the Week. Andrew recommends an outstanding new release.
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Saturday 24th October 2020
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Pergolesi: Stabat Mater with Jeremy Summerly and Andrew McGregor.
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library. Jeremy Summerly uses blind listening to whittle down recordings of Pergolesi's Stabat Mater to a shortlist of the very best. He discusses his choices with Andrew and presents his ultimate recommendation. 10.40 Erica Jeal joins Andrew to talk about a clutch of new piano releases, including Mozart from Helene Grimaud, Schubert from Barry Douglas and Chopin from Louis Lortie. 11.15 Record of the Week. The pick of the new releases.
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Pergolesi: Stabat Mater with Jeremy Summerly and Andrew McGregor.
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library. Jeremy Summerly uses blind listening to whittle down recordings of Pergolesi's Stabat Mater to a shortlist of the very best. He discusses his choices with Andrew and presents his ultimate recommendation. 10.40 Erica Jeal joins Andrew to talk about a clutch of new piano releases, including Mozart from Helene Grimaud, Schubert from Barry Douglas and Chopin from Louis Lortie. 11.15 Record of the Week. The pick of the new releases.
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Saturday 31st October 2020
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Janacek: The Cunning Little Vixen with Nigel Simeone and Andrew McGregor.
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library. Nigel Simeone chooses his favourite recording of Janacek's opera The Cunning Little Vixen. Also known as Tales of Vixen Sharp-Ears, this Czech-language opera was composed in 1921 to 1923. Its libretto was adapted by the composer from a serialised novella by Rudolf Tesnohlídek. The opera contains Moravian folk music and rhythms as it recounts the life of a clever fox as well as a few humans. The final scene, a great meditation on the cycle of life, was played at Janacek's own funeral. 10.20 Anna Lapwood listens to the complete organ works of JS Bach. 11.20 Andrew's Recording of the Week.
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Janacek: The Cunning Little Vixen with Nigel Simeone and Andrew McGregor.
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library. Nigel Simeone chooses his favourite recording of Janacek's opera The Cunning Little Vixen. Also known as Tales of Vixen Sharp-Ears, this Czech-language opera was composed in 1921 to 1923. Its libretto was adapted by the composer from a serialised novella by Rudolf Tesnohlídek. The opera contains Moravian folk music and rhythms as it recounts the life of a clever fox as well as a few humans. The final scene, a great meditation on the cycle of life, was played at Janacek's own funeral. 10.20 Anna Lapwood listens to the complete organ works of JS Bach. 11.20 Andrew's Recording of the Week.
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Saturday 7th November 2020
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Beethoven: Piano Sonata Op 29 `Hammerklavier" in Building a Library with Katy Hamilton and Andrew McGregor.
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library. Katy Hamilton chooses her favourite recording of Beethoven's Piano Sonata in B flat, Op 29, known as the `Große Sonate für das Hammerklavier", or simply the `Hammerklaiver". The sonata is one of the most important works on the piano repertoire and was composed by Beethoven in 1818 and dedicated to his patron the Archduke Rudolf. Spanning nearly 50 minutes in some performances, the Hammerklavier is a vast journey through four movements, culminating in a monumental fugue. It has all the hallmarks of Beethoven's late style from the stylised development of brusque motives and classical sonata forms to an exploration of modal harmonies. 10.45 Tom Service reviews a new box set by the Berlin Philharmonic under Kirill Petrenko, presenting works by Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Franz Schmidt and Rudi Stephan. 11.20 Record of the Week. Andrew recommends a new release.
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Beethoven: Piano Sonata Op 29 `Hammerklavier" in Building a Library with Katy Hamilton and Andrew McGregor.
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library. Katy Hamilton chooses her favourite recording of Beethoven's Piano Sonata in B flat, Op 29, known as the `Große Sonate für das Hammerklavier", or simply the `Hammerklaiver". The sonata is one of the most important works on the piano repertoire and was composed by Beethoven in 1818 and dedicated to his patron the Archduke Rudolf. Spanning nearly 50 minutes in some performances, the Hammerklavier is a vast journey through four movements, culminating in a monumental fugue. It has all the hallmarks of Beethoven's late style from the stylised development of brusque motives and classical sonata forms to an exploration of modal harmonies. 10.45 Tom Service reviews a new box set by the Berlin Philharmonic under Kirill Petrenko, presenting works by Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Franz Schmidt and Rudi Stephan. 11.20 Record of the Week. Andrew recommends a new release.
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Saturday 14th November 2020
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Mendelssohn: F minor String Quartet with Natasha Loges and Andrew McGregor.
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library. Felix Mendelssohn's six completed string quartets form one of the most impressive and beautiful cycles ever written. The last of them, in F minor Op 80, is open to many different interpretations. Natasha Loges has been sifting through recordings to come up with an ultimate personal recommendation. 10.40 Caroline Gill joins Andrew to review new releases of music by Vivaldi, Telemann and Bach, as well as works by composers of the period who are now much less well-known, Antonio Vandini and Nicola Matteis. 11.20 Record of the Week. Andrew recommends a new release.
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Mendelssohn: F minor String Quartet with Natasha Loges and Andrew McGregor.
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library. Felix Mendelssohn's six completed string quartets form one of the most impressive and beautiful cycles ever written. The last of them, in F minor Op 80, is open to many different interpretations. Natasha Loges has been sifting through recordings to come up with an ultimate personal recommendation. 10.40 Caroline Gill joins Andrew to review new releases of music by Vivaldi, Telemann and Bach, as well as works by composers of the period who are now much less well-known, Antonio Vandini and Nicola Matteis. 11.20 Record of the Week. Andrew recommends a new release.
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