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Programme information

Saturday 6th July to Friday 12th July 2019

WEEK 28

MOIRA STUART’S HALL OF FAME CONCERT

Saturday 6th July, 3pm to 5pm

In February, Moira Stuart joined Classic FM as the new presenter of the station’s morning news bulletins. This weekend, Moira hosts the first episode of her brand-new weekend programme, which celebrates the music that’s been voted into the

Classic FM Hall of Fame: the world’s biggest poll of classical music tastes.

Every week, Moira will feature complete performances of some of the most popular pieces of classical music, played by the world’s finest soloists and ensembles. The debut programme begins with the ultimate entrance music – Handel’s Arrival of the

Queen Sheba – before featuring recordings from some of the finest musicians of the last century: among them, Maria Callas, Vladimir Ashkenazy and Jacqueline du Pre.

Classic FM is available across the UK on 100-102 FM, DAB digital radio and TV, at

ClassicFM.com, plus the Classic FM and Global Player apps.

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WEEK 28 SATURDAY 6th JULY 3pm to 5pm: MOIRA STUART’S HALL OF FAME CONCERT Earlier this year, Moira Stuart joined Classic FM as the new presenter of the station’s morning news bulletins. This weekend, Moira takes on an expanded role, hosting the first episode of her new, weekly concert programme, which celebrates the music that’s been voted into the Classic FM Hall of Fame: the world’s biggest poll of classical music tastes. Every week, Moira will feature complete performances of some of the most popular pieces of classical music, played by the world’s finest soloists and ensembles. The opening programme begins with the ultimate entrance music – Handel’s Arrival of the Queen Sheba – before featuring recordings from some of the finest musicians of the last century: among them, Maria Callas, Vladimir Ashkenazy and Jacqueline du Pre. In the second half of our afternoon concert, Moira showcases an outstanding recording of Elgar’s famous Enigma Variations, from Simon Rattle and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. George Frederic Handel Arrival of the Queen of Sheba John Eliot Gardiner conducts the English Baroque Soloists ‘Un bel di’ Giacomo Puccini Soprano: Maria Callas Herbert von Karajan conducts the Orchestra of La Scala, Milan Joseph Haydn Cello Concerto No.1 in C major Cello: Jacqueline du Pre Daniel Barenboim conducts the London Symphony Orchestra Aaron Copland Fanfare for the Common Man Carl Davis conducts the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Frederic Chopin Nocturne in B-flat minor Opus 9 No.1 Piano: Vladimir Ashkenazy Joaquin Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez Guitar: Milos Karadaglic Yannick Nezet-Seguin conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra Johann Sebastian Bach ‘Sheep May Safely Graze’ Soprano: Emma Kirkby Roy Goodman conducts the Parley of Instruments Continued…

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SATURDAY 6th JULY 3pm to 5pm: MOIRA STUART’S HALL OF FAME CONCERT Continued… Edward Elgar Variations on an Original Theme Opus 36 (‘Enigma Variations’) Simon Rattle conducts the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra John Barry Out of Africa – Main Title John Williams conducts the London Symphony Orchestra 5pm to 7pm: SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES with ANDREW COLLINS With six months of the year already behind us, tonight, Andrew Collins surveys some of the finest film scores released so far in 2019. We’ll hear selections by the contemporary composer David Laing, whose music is rarely heard outside the concert hall but was used to great effect in the Italian drama Youth. Andrew also features music from Aftermath – a film that didn’t fare so well with the critics but boasted an impressive score by Martin Phipps – as well as music by Michael Abels, the former music teacher turned film composer who was discovered by cinematic maestro Jordan Peele. This evening, we’ll hear his incredibly haunting score for the horror-flick, Us. 7pm to 9pm: COWAN’S CLASSICS with ROB COWAN Tonight, Rob features Brahms’s Academic Festival Overture, a work the composer described as “a jolly pot-pourri of student drinking songs a-la Suppé”, as the starting point for Beyond the Hall of Fame. Rob also features Bach’s magnificent Cello Suite No.6, in a cleverly devised interpretation for the violin by the highly-regarded Baroque specialist, Rachel Podger. We’ll also hear a lesser-known Beethoven song, performed by one of the finest tenors of the 20th century: Fritz Wunderlich. 9pm to 10pm: HIGH SCORE with EÍMEAR NOONE (3 / 6) High Score, Classic FM’s series dedicated to the rich and varied world of video game music, has returned for a fourth series, with a new presenter: Eímear Noone, the celebrated composer, conductor and “Irish Queen of games music” (Irish Independent). For the third programme in this six-part series, Eimear explores the very best music from video games featuring smart, brave and powerful female protagonists. Showcasing the unforgettable themes of post-apocalyptic heroines, back-flipping British archaeologists, interstellar commanders and fairy-tale princesses who regularly save the day, Eimear explores the iconic she-roes of the gaming world – and puts her own unique spin on “Girl Power”.

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SUNDAY 7TH JULY 3pm to 5pm: CHARLOTTE HAWKINS This week, Charlotte’s Young Classical Star is the 25-year-old Romanian cellist, Andrei Ioniță. Described as “one of the most exciting cellists to have emerged for a decade” (The Times), Ioniță combines flawless technique with an infectious sense of playfulness and has won several prestigious competitions around the world. This afternoon, Charlotte features his new recording of the famous Bach’s Cello Suites. 7pm to 9pm: DAVID MELLOR Tonight, David marks American Independence Day, which was celebrated across the USA earlier this week. The highlights include Bernstein’s West Side Story and the John Wilson Orchestra’s take on Richard Rodgers’ score for Carousel. Meanwhile, no celebration of America would be complete without Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops Orchestra’s rendition of The Stars and Stripes Forever! 9pm to 10pm: EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT CLASSICAL MUSIC with CATHERINE BOTT In the first of four programmes exploring the four elements – water, air, fire and earth – through classical music, Catherine reveals the composers who have been inspired by water over the last four centuries. From vast oceans to mighty rivers, and gentle streams to delicate raindrops, join Catherine to discover which British composer was moved by the poetry of Thomas Hardy, how Rimsky-Korsakov put a distinctly Russian spin on ancient Arabic folklore, and why Ravel and Debussy devoted many of their compositions to waves and waterways.

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MONDAY 8TH JULY 8pm to 10pm: THE FULL WORKS CONCERT – YOUNG CLASSICAL STARS Tonight, Jane Jones celebrates some of the best and brightest young performers in the business. We start the evening with a stunning take on Bach’s Violin Concerto in E by Daniel Lozakovich, followed by sparkling virtuosi from Jan Lisiecki – already well-known for his performances of Chopin. The youngest ever female composer to sign to the prestigious Decca record label, Rebecca Dale, also features, as does the 19-year-old violinist Mone Hattori. Our concert concludes with the exciting debut release from Isata Kanneh Mason, and her recording of Clara Schumann’s Piano Concerto. Johann Sebastian Bach Violin Concerto in E major Daniel Lozakovich leads the Bavarian Radio Chamber Orchestra from the violin Frederic Chopin Andante Spianato & Grande Polonaise Opus 22 Piano: Jan Lisiecki Krzysztof Urbanski conducts the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra Traditional (arranged by Rebecca Dale) Soay (from The Lost Songs of St Kilda) James Macmillan conducts the Scottish Festival Orchestra Carlo Graziano Cello Concerto in C major Cello: Edgar Moreau Riccardo Minasi conducts Il Pomo d’Oro Domenico Cimarosa Oboe Concerto in C minor (arranged for the clarinet) Clarinet: Andreas Ottensamer Yannick Nezet-Seguin conducts the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra Franz Waxman Carmen Fantasy Violin: Mone Hattori Alan Buribyev conducts the German Symphony Orchestra of Berlin Clara Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor Opus 7 Piano: Isata Kanneh Mason Holly Mathieson conducts the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

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TUESDAY 9TH JULY 8pm to 10pm: THE FULL WORKS CONCERT – RESPIGHI 140 Tonight, Jane Jones celebrates the Italian composer Ottorino Respighi, who was born this day in 1879. Many of Respighi’s best-known works feature, including The Pines of Rome and his Ancient Airs and Dances – Suite No.1, alongside the music that inspired and shaped his career. The young Respighi was almost put off of music for good, after an overly strict violin teacher hit him over the hand with a ruler, but his father returned home early one day to find that he had been learning Schumann’s piano works in secret. Our concert opens with music from this early musical influence, as we hear a complete performance of Schumann’s Piano Concerto. We then follow Respighi’s career through his friendship with master orchestrator Rimsky-Korsakov and his love of the music of Vivaldi. Robert Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor Opus 54 Piano: Maria Joao Pires John Eliot Gardiner conducts the London Symphony Orchestra Ottorino Respighi Ancient Airs and Dances – Suite No.1 I Solisti Veneti Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov Symphony No.1 in E minor Dmitri Kitaienko conducts the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra Antonio Vivaldi Mandolin Concerto in C major RV.425 Mandolin: Rolf Lislevand Ottorino Respighi The Pines of Rome Eugene Ormandy conducts the Philadelphia Orchestra

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WEDNESDAY 10TH JULY 8pm to 10pm: THE FULL WORKS CONCERT – MUSICAL CELEBRATIONS Tonight’s Full Works Concert includes a number of musical celebrations. We raise a glass in honour of the 50th birthday, today, of the great tenor Jonas Kaufmann, and hear Beethoven’s Symphony No.2 conducted by Bernard Haitink, who celebrated his 90th birthday earlier this year. Further highlights tonight include Mozart’s Piano Sonata No.16, performed by the great Mitsuko Uchida. Although this piece is well-known today, it was published posthumously – as was Mendelssohn’s String Quartet in E-flat major, which we hear later in the programme. Jane also features two pieces which were both written to impress, but which received very different receptions: Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No.1 and Faure’s Cantique de Jean Racine. Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No.2 in D major Opus 36 Bernard Haitink conducts the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Giacomo Puccini ‘Che gelida manina’ Tenor: Jonas Kaufmann Marco Armiliato conducts the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Sonata No.16 in C major K.545 Piano: Mitsuko Uchida Gabriel Faure Cantique de Jean Racine Opus 11 Stephen Cleobury conducts the Choir of King’s College, Cambridge Johann Sebastian Bach Brandenburg Concerto No.1 in F major BWV.1046 Rinaldo Alessandrini conducts Concerto Italiano Felix Mendelssohn String Quartet in E-flat major Eroica Quartet

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THURSDAY 11TH JULY 8pm to 10pm: THE FULL WORKS CONCERT – A MUSICAL JOURNEY Tonight, Catherine Bott takes us on a journey southbound through Britain, starting in the Hebrides with Mendelssohn, before travelling down the Thames with Handel and on to sunny Sussex courtesy of John Ireland’s A Downland Suite: a bucolic depiction of the Sussex Downs, one of England’s ‘Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty’.

We then celebrate great virtuosi in music with a rarely played Chopin showpiece and Paganini’s Violin Concerto performed by the great Itzhak Perlman. Catherine ends the evening with a quick trip across the Pond for a recording of Rossini by the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, and music from the Academy Award winning film, La La Land. Felix Mendelssohn Hebrides Overture (Fingal’s Cave) Opus 26 Christian Thielemann conducts the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra George Frideric Handel Water Music Suite No.3 in G major Neville Marriner conducts the Academy of St Martin in the Fields John Ireland A Downland Suite Richard Hickox conducts the City of London Sinfonia Frederic Chopin Allegro de Concerto in A major Opus 46 Piano: Hamish Milne Niccolo Paganini Violin Concerto No.1 in D major Opus 6 Violin: Itzhak Perlman Lawrence Foster conducts the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Gioachino Rossini Semiramide – Overture Gustavo Dudamel conducts the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra Justin Hurwitz La La Land – Planetarium A studio orchestra

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FRIDAY 12TH JULY 8pm to 10pm: THE FULL WORKS CONCERT – MUSICAL SURPRISES Catherine Bott starts this evening’s Full Works Concert with Haydn’s Symphony No.94 (‘Surprise’), which was written in friendly competition with his own student, Ignaz Pleyel. “I was interested in surprising the public with something new,” said Haydn, “so that my student Pleyel, whose concerts had opened a week before mine should not outdo me”. Pleyel loved the ‘Surprise’ and went on to be a successful composer of music for flute, as heard in his Flute Concerto in C. Tonight, it’s played by the principal flautist of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Emmanuel Pahud. Pleyel was also a skilled piano maker and founded a firm which supplied instruments to Saint-Saens, Chopin and Debussy – so tonight, we also hear Debussy’s Children’s Corner, before ending the evening with favourites by Bach, Bruch and John Williams. Joseph Haydn Symphony No.94 in D major (‘Surprise’) Leonard Bernstein conducts the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Ignaz Pleyel Flute Concerto in C major B.106 Flute: Emmanuel Pahud Giovanni Antonini conducts the Basel Chamber Orchestra Claude Debussy Children’s Corner Piano: Stephen Hough Johann Sebastian Bach ‘Sheep May Safely Graze’ Jose Serebrier conducts the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Max Bruch Scottish Fantasy Opus 46 Violin: Tasmin Little Vernon Handley conducts the Royal Scottish National Orchestra John Williams Harry Potter – Hedwig’s Theme Gustavo Dudamel conducts the Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra