The Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Thursday 9th September 2021 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 13:00 to 14:00 (1 hour long)

Lammermuir Festival - Catriona Morison, Malcolm Martineau and Scott Dickenson.

Scottish mezzo Catriona Morison, pianist Malcolm Martineau and violist Scott Dickenson perform songs by Brahms, Schumann and Lang, live from the Lammermuir festival. Presented by Kate Molleson. Schumann: Myrthen Op 25; Widmung no.1; Der Nussbaum no.3; Die Lotusblume no.7; Du bist wie eine Blume no.24; Aus den östlichen Rosen no.25. Lang: Lieder Op.10. No 5.Scheideblick. No 3 Die Schwalben. No 2 Mignons. Klage. Lang: Ob ich manchmal dein gedenke Brahms: 2 songs for Alto, Viola and Piano Op. 91. Brahms: Dein blaues Auge Op.59 no.8. Brahms: An die Nachtigall Op.46 no.4. Brahms: Meine Liebe ist grün. Brahms: Mädchenlied Op. 107 no.5 Brahms: Alte liebe Op. 72 no.1. Brahms: Von ewiger Liebe Op. 43 no1. Catriona Morison (mezzo), Scott Dickinson (viola), Malcolm Martineau (piano).

Monday 13th September 2021 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 13:00 to 14:00 (1 hour long)

Alisa Weilerstein.

Hannah French presents a live recital from London's Wigmore Hall, with Alisa Weilerstein performing works for solo cello, including music by Argentine composer Osvaldo Golijov and some of the most celebrated pieces written for the instrument by Bach. olijov: Omaramor. Bach: Cello Suite No 2 in D minor, BWV 1008; Cello Suite No 3 in C, BWV 1009. Alisa Weilerstein (cello).
(Live)

Tuesday 14th September 2021 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 13:00 to 14:00 (1 hour long)

Andrew McGregor and former Leeds prizewinner Katya Apekisheva introduce performances from the first two of this year's semi-finalists at Leeds International Piano Competition, from the Great Hall of Leeds University, as the competition edges its way to this weekend's concerto finals.

Wednesday 22nd September 2021 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 13:00 to 14:00 (1 hour long)

Manchester Connections: Adam Walker and Huw Watkins.

Linton Stephens continues a week of specially-recorded concerts given by musicians with a Manchester connection. Today, former students of Chetham's School of Music, the flautist Adam Walker and composer-pianist Huw Watkins, join forces in a programme of music composed by some of Manchester's most well-known luminaries, from Peter Maxwell Davies to Huw Watkins himself. Vaughan Williams: Suite de Ballet. Alexander Goehr: Variations for flute and piano. Huw Watkins: Capriccio. Davies: Solita. Bowen: Sonata. Adam Walker (flute), Huw Watkins (piano).

Monday 27th September 2021 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 13:00 to 14:00 (1 hour long)

Camerata RCO.

Hannah French presents a live recital from London's Wigmore Hall by Camerata RCO, which features members of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, offering a rare chance to hear Brahms' Serenade No 1 in its original chamber version for wind and string nonet. They begin with Nielsen's brief Serenata in Vano, which portrays two gentlemen playing a tune in a chivalric manner to lure a fair lady out onto her balcony, but to no avail. Since the performance is in vain (in vano), they return home to the tune of a march played for their own amusement. Nielsen: Serenata in Vano; Brahms: Sereande No 1 (orignal version). Camerata RCO.
(Live)

Wednesday 6th October 2021 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 13:00 to 14:00 (1 hour long)

2021 Verbier Summer Festival.

Sarah Walker presents highlights from this year's Verbier Summer Festival, set against the background of the Swiss Alps. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.14 in C sharp minor, op.27/2. Nikolai Lugansky (piano); Violin Sonata No. 7 in C minor, op. 30/2. Janine Jansen (violin). Denis Kozhukhin (piano). Holmes: Recitative and Song, from 'la vision de la reine' Steven Isserlis (cello). Connie Shih (piano). Saint-Saens: Romance Op.36. Steven Isserlis (cello). Connie Shih (piano).

Thursday 7th October 2021 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 13:00 to 14:00 (1 hour long)

Sarah Walker presents highlights from this year's Verbier Summer Festival, set against the background of the Swiss Alps. Liszt: Sonata in B minor, S.178. Francesco Piemontesi (piano). Bridge: Cello Sonata in D minor, H.125. Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello). Isata Kanneh-Mason (piano).

Thursday 28th October 2021 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 13:00 to 14:00 (1 hour long)

Norfolk and Norwich Chamber Series: Schubert, Janacek, Stravinsky.

The Skampa Quartet and Simon Crawford-Philips with Philip Moore showcase a selection of 20th-century chamber music, featuring pieces by Schubert, Janacek and Stravinsky. Presented by Tom McKinney. Schubert: Allegro in A minor, D. 947, 'Lebensstürme'. Simon Crawford-Philips and Philip Moore (piano). Janacek: String Quartet No 2, 'Intimate Letters'. Skampa Quartet. Stravinsky arr Moore: Three movements from The Firebird. Simon Crawford-Philips and Philip Moore (piano).

Monday 1st November 2021 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 13:00 to 14:00 (1 hour long)

Mischa Maisky Plays Beethoven, Britten and Piazzolla.

Hannah French presents a live recital from Wigmore Hall, with cellist Mischa Maiskybeing accompanied by pianist Lily Maisky in Beethoven, Britten and Piazzolla. In an all-too-rare UK appearance, Maisky is joined by his pianist daughter and recital partner for a programme centred on the sonata that Britten wrote for his friend the great cellist, Mstislav Rostropovich. Beethoven: 7 Variations on Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen from Mozart's Die Zauberflöte, WoO 46; Britten: Cello Sonata in C, Op 65; Piazzolla: Le Grand Tango. Mischa Maisky (cello), Lily Maisky (piano).
(Live)

Wednesday 3rd November 2021 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 13:00 to 14:00 (1 hour long)

Haydn and Schumann.

Recorded at St David's Hall in Cardiff earlier this year, in the second in this week's recitals the Carducci Quartet play Haydn's "Sunrise" quartet, so-called for its evocative opening, followed by Schumann's sparkling piano quintet, with Clare Hammond taking on the virtuosic piano part. Written with his concert pianist wife Clara Wieck in mind, after some adjustments suggested by Mendelssohn, it was Wieck who gave the public premiere in 1843. Introduced by Nicola Heywood Thomas. Haydn: String Quartet op 76, no 4 in B flat major (Sunrise). Schumann: Piano Quintet in E flat major, op 44. Carducci Quartet, Matthew Denton (violin), Michelle Fleming (violin), Eoin Schmidt-Martin (viola), Emma Denton (cello).

Wednesday 10th November 2021 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 13:00 to 14:00 (1 hour long)

Schwarzenberg Schubertiade.

Sarah Walker introduces highlights from this year's Schwarzenberg Schubertiade. Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 16 in A minor, D. 845. Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano). Mendelssohn: Six Duets, op. 63. Katharina Konradi (soprano), Sophie Rennert (mezzo-soprano), Wolfram Rieger (piano). Schubert: Allegretto in C minor, D. 915. David Fray (piano).

Monday 15th November 2021 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 13:00 to 14:00 (1 hour long)

The Brentano String Quartet.

Andrew McGregor presents a live recital from London's Wigmore Hall, with the Brentano String Quartet playing pieces by Beethoven and Mendelssohn, as the long-established American foursome bring their finely-honed musicianship to the two composers' final masterpieces. Mendelssohn: String Quartet No 6 in F minor, Op 80; Beethoven: String Quartet No 16 in F, Op 135. Brentano String Quartet.
(Live)

Wednesday 17th November 2021 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 13:00 to 14:00 (1 hour long)

Haydn Plus: Trio Karenine.

Hannah French presents a concert which focuses on the piano trio genre, given by the young French ensemble Trio Karenine, as they perform Haydn, Schubert and Korngold. Recorded at LSO St Luke's in September. Haydn: Trio hob. 15/9 in A major. Schubert: Notturno D. 897. Korngold: Trio in D major, op. 1. Trio Karenine.

Friday 19th November 2021 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 13:00 to 14:00 (1 hour long)

Haydn Plus: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.

The final concert in the Haydn Plus series recorded at LSO St Luke's in September. Multi-award winning pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet gives a recital full of grace, lyricism and wit, starting with one of Haydn's solo keyboard sonatas. He follows Haydn with a sonata by Clementi, a composer often called 'the father of the piano', and the concert ends with great flourish as Bavouzet performs Liszt's virtuosic Grosses Konzert Solo. Presented by Hannah French. Haydn: Sonata in A flat No.31, Hob. XVI/46; Clementi: Sonata in A major, Op.50 No.1; Liszt: Grosses Konzert solo - concerto pathétique.

Tuesday 7th December 2021 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 13:00 to 14:00 (1 hour long)

Perth Easter Festival.

Pianist Steven Osborne joins Scottish Chamber Orchestra soloists to perform Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time at Perth Concert Hall. Written while the composer was imprisoned by the Nazis in Stalag VIII-A at Gorlitz, the piece was first performed in the camp to the other prisoners. Messiaen took his inspiration from texts in the Book of Revelations - a mighty angel, apocalyptic scenes, birdsong, heavenly silence and the end of time itself. Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time. Steven Osborne (piano), Maria Wloszczowska (violin), Maximilio Martin (clarinet), Philip Higham (cello).

Wednesday 15th December 2021 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 13:00 to 14:00 (1 hour long)

Hannah French continues this week's series of Lunchtime Concerts - Antoine Tamestit and Friends - recorded at LSO St Luke's in London during the French viola-player's residency with the London Symphony Orchestra during Orchestra this year. Today, Antoine Tamestit plays three of Bach's suites for solo cello. Bach; Cello Suite No.1 in G major, BWV.1007; Cello Suite No.2 in D minor, BWV.1008; Cello Suite No.3 in C major, BWV.1009. Antoine Tamestit (viola).

Monday 20th December 2021 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 13:00 to 14:00 (1 hour long)

Eric Lu Plays Mozart, Schubert and Chopin.

Eric Lui, the winner of the 2018 Leeds Piano Competition and current Radio 3 New Generation Artist, is fast establishing himself as one of the most talented pianists of his generation. Martin Handley presents a recital from London's Wigmore Hall in which he performs sonatas by Mozart and Schubert alongside Chopin's Andante spianato and Grande polonaise. Mozart: Piano Sonata in B flat, K 333; Schubert: Piano Sonata in A minor, D 784; Chopin: Andante spianato and Grande polonaise. Eric Lu (piano).

Tuesday 4th January 2022 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 13:00 to 14:00 (1 hour long)

Chamber Music from Prague.

Sarah Walker presents highlights from the 2021 Prague Spring Festival, featuring works by Dvorak and Janacek. Dvorak: Piano Trio No. 3 in F minor, op. 65. Veronika Jaruskova (violin), Peter Jarusek (cello) Boris Giltburg (piano). Janacek: Piano Sonata 1.X.1905 ('From the Street'). Garrick Ohlsson (piano).

Monday 10th January 2022 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 13:00 to 14:00 (1 hour long)

Henning Kraggerud.

Andrew McGrgegor presents a live recital from London's Wigmore Hall, with violinist Henning Kraggerud playing Grieg's Third Violin Sonata, Amy Beach's Romance and a new piece of his own. The outstanding Norwegian musician offers Wigmore audiences the first performance in this country of a new piece that was first played in Tromso last year. Romantartica brings together two ports of departure: Tromso, from which many explorers set off for the Arctic, and Hobart, a departure point for Antarctic expeditions including those of Scott and Amundsen. Serbian pianist Ljubica Stojanovic joins him for this typically intriguing programme. Amy Beach: Romance Op 23: Grieg: Violin Sonata No 3 in C minor Op 45. Henning Kraggerud: Romantartica (UK premiere). Henning Kraggerud (violin), Ljubica Stojanovic (piano).
(Live)

Tuesday 18th January 2022 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 13:00 to 14:00 (1 hour long)

Barcelona String Quartet Biennale 2020.

Sarah Walker presents highlights from the 2020 Barcelona String Quartet Biennale, today including Beethoven performed by the Casals Quartet, and the Dalla Quartet playing Sarda. Beethoven: String Quartet No.8 Op.59/2, 'Razumovsky'. Casals Quartet. Morales: Motet from missa pro defunctis a 5. Modigliani Quartet. Sarda: String Quartet No 8. Dalla Quartet.

Thursday 20th January 2022 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 13:00 to 14:00 (1 hour long)

2020 Barcelona String Quartet Biennale.

Sarah Walker presents highlights from the 2020 Barcelona String Quartet Biennale, today including the Modigliani Quartet performing Schubert's Death and the Maiden. Schubert: Death and the Maiden, D.810. Modigliani Quartet. Luis Codera Puzo: Code is Poetry. Quatuor Diotima.

Monday 24th January 2022 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 13:00 to 14:00 (1 hour long)

Pianist Elisabeth Brauss at Wigmore Hall.

Martin Handley presents a live recital from London's Wigmore Hall, with pianist Elisabeth Brauss performing sonatas by Scarlatti, Prokofiev, Mozart and Ravel. A member of Radio 3's prestigious New Generation Artists scheme until the end of last year, Brauss reveals her wide-ranging musical interests in a programme that begins with some of Scarlatti's sparkling sonatas and ends with Prokofiev's short but hugely demanding Third Sonata. In between comes Ravel's radiant Sonatine and Mozart's disturbing Sonata in A minor, written around the time of his mother's death. Scarlatti: Sonata in C minor Kk56; Sonata in C Kk159 - La caccia; Sonata in B minor Kk27; Sonata in B minor Kk87; Sonata in G Kk427. Mozart: Piano Sonata in A minor, K310. Ravel: Sonatine. Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No 3 in A minor, Op 28, from Old Notebooks. Elisabeth Brauss (piano).
(Live)

Tuesday 1st February 2022 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 13:00 to 14:00 (1 hour long)

Edinburgh in Winter.

Kate Molleson presents a recital recorded at Edinburgh's Queen's Hall in November 2019, with the Brodsky Quartet performing Elgar's Violin Sonata in E minor and his String Quartet in E minor. The works were written during a creative retreat to the West Sussex countryside in 1919. The violin sonata, played by quartet first violin Gina McCormack and pianist Martin Roscoe, and the quartet are both written in E minor, the key of his famous cello concerto, which was also written at this time and which share many similarities in musical ideas and characterisation. Elgar:Violin Sonata in E minor, Op 82; String Quartet in E minor, Op 83. Gina McCormack (violin), Martin Roscoe (piano), Brodsky Quartet.

Tuesday 8th February 2022 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 13:00 to 14:00 (1 hour long)

Chamber music from Bucharest.

Sarah Walker presents highlights from Enescu and his Contemporaries, part of the 2021 George Enescu Festival, which took place last Autumn in Bucharest. The idea behind the festival was to place Enescu's music within the stylistic context of European modernism, seeing it as a stylistic intertwining, in which French, German, Austrian and Romanian sounds and influences are combined. Enescu: Piano Sonata No 3 in D, op 24. Lise de la Salle (piano). Debussy: Cello Sonata in D minor, L. 135. Norbert Anger (cello), Sina Kloke (piano). Debussy: Pour le piano, L. 95. Sina Kloke (piano).

Wednesday 9th February 2022 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 13:00 to 14:00 (1 hour long)

Chamber music from Bucharest.

Sarah Walker presents highlights from Enescu and his Contemporaries, part of the 2021 George Enescu Festival, which took place last Autumn in Bucharest. The idea behind the festival was to place Enescu's music within the stylistic context of European modernism, seeing it as a stylistic intertwining, in which French, German, Austrian and Romanian sounds and influences are combined. Enescu: Pavane, from 'Piano Suite No 2 in D, op 10'. Sina Kloke (piano). Franck: Piano Quintet in F minor, op 14. Lise de la Salle (piano). Danel Quartet. Brahms: Intermezzi, op 119. Sina Kloke (piano).