Spirit of Schubert comes to BBC Radio 3 - Please Read

[Seán]

Great news from Auntie:

More than eight days and 200 hours of Schubert’s music will be broadcast to celebrate the 215th anniversary of the composer’s birth.

BBC Radio 3 to play nothing but Schubert for 8 days from 23 – 31 March 2012
200 hours of continuous broadcasting
Lunchtime ‘Schubertiades’ across the UK from Norfolk to Monmouth
Live World Premiere of Brian Newbould’s Radio 3 commission to ‘finish’ Symphony D, D.708a (1821)
Live concerts every day from across the UK
For the last eight and a half days of March, BBC Radio 3 is devoting its entire schedule to one of the greatest ever composers, Schubert, in the 215th anniversary year of his birth. When he died in 1828 at the age of 31 he left a vast body of work, in addition to incomplete works and scraps of workings.

Now - for the first time on this scale - BBC Radio 3 will unravel the spirit of this prolific composer and his work in 200 hours of continuous broadcasting.

The Spirit of Schubert Season each day will explore a different aspect of Franz Schubert’s life and will cover all of his ‘performable’ pieces, many of the scraps, and finished versions of incomplete works. The themes will be covered in the following broadcast order:

Saturday 24 1815 Day

Sunday 25 Schubert and Friends

Monday 26 Schubert and Vienna

Tuesday 27 The Outdoors

Wednesday 28 Schubert the Wanderer

Thursday 29 Classical or Romantic?

Friday 30 Who is Schubert?

Saturday 31 The Final Year

As the biggest commissioner of new music BBC Radio 3 is to commission leading Schubert authority Brian Newbould to complete Symphony D, D.708a. This will be the first time he has attempted to complete this work (having previously finished the Unfinished Symphony amongst others). Brian Newbould’s version of this piece will be performed live on Radio 3 on Thursday 29 March in a World Premiere from Salford, performed by the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Juanjo Mena.

Live performance will be a focal point of the BBC Radio 3 Spirit of Schubert Season with 24 live performances broadcast across eight and a half days from around the UK. The network will also recreate the spirit of Schubert’s time through lunchtime gatherings in intimate venues around the UK known in Schubert’s day as Schubertiades and featuring artists Imogen Cooper, Melvyn Tan, Michael Collins and many of BBC Radio 3’s New Generation Artists.

A daily In Tune Schubert Salon presented by Suzy Klein and Sean Rafferty will feature trusted guide and expert Graham Johnson curating and playing Schubert Lieder recitals with some of the UK’s leading singers performing live, including Ian Bostridge and Lucy Crowe. Schubert in Concert every evening will feature some of the world’s leading Schubert pianists playing live including Imogen Cooper, Paul Lewis and Elisabeth Leonskaja.

Controller of Radio 3, Roger Wright, says: “I am delighted that BBC Radio 3 is uniquely able to dedicate our whole schedule to the celebration of a single composer through distinctive and engaging programming spanning live performance, documentary and expert comment. We hope that our exploration of every performable Schubert work across 200 hours of programming will bring new and old audiences together alike, to explore and celebrate the spirit of this truly remarkable composer.”

Other highlights across the schedule include one of the world’s leading Schubertians and pianists, Alfred Brendel, who will talk about Schubert’s last 3 Piano Sonatas.

Tom Service will host The Schubert Lab answering issues and questions about The Spirit of Schubert; Donald Mcleod will present the story of Schubert’s life daily from 12 o’clock; Essential Schubert will see guests Roger Scruton, John Tusa and Julia Neuberger talking about their favourite Schubert music; Sean Rafferty will present Schubert’s Vienna as it would have been in Schubert’s time in a series of short travelogue features; The Sunday Feature will explore how Schubert’s legacy has been re-interpreted from generation to generation; and Play Schubert for Me will encourage discussion of Schubert’s works presented daily with Sara Mohr-Pietsch.

Schedule highlights for The Spirit of Schubert season
Friday 23 March

1630-1930 The In Tune Schubert Salon

Live from Kings Place with live music from Graham Johnson and Friends

Artists
Graham Johnson (piano)
Ailish Tynan (soprano), Jennifer Johnston (mezzo), Robin Tristschler (tenor), Marcus Farnsworth (baritone)

Repertoire
An die Musik, D547
Der Sänger, D149, 2nd version
An die Nachtigall, D196
An mein Klavier, D342
Laura am Klavier, D388, 2nd version
Der Sänger am Felsen, D482
An die Leier, D737
Der Wachtelschlag, D742
Schwanengesang, D744
Todesmusik, D758

Pause (Die schöne Müllerin, D795)
Der Tanz, D826
Des Sängers Habe, D832
Ständchen, D889
An die Laute, D905
Der Leiermann (Winterreise, D911)

1930-2115 Schubert in Concert
Imogen Cooper kicks off the week at Kings Place with Allegretto in F minor, D915;
Four Impromptus, D899; Sonata in D, D850;



Saturday 24 March

0900 – 1200 CD Review

Building a Library: Piano Sonata in C minor D958

1300-1400 The Lunchtime Schubertiade

Live from Holkham Hall in Norfolk
Signum Quartet
Programme to include String Quartet in D minor, D810 “Death and the Maiden”;
Quartettsatz in C minor, D703

1630-1930 The In Tune Schubert Salon

Graham Johnson (piano)

Lucy Crowe (soprano), Ailish Tynan (soprano), Robin Tritschler (tenor), Alessandro Fisher (tenor)

Nähe des Geliebten, D162
Das war ich, D174
Des Mädchens Klage, D191
Amalia, D195
Die Liebe, D210
Wanderers Nachtlied I, D224
Der Fischer, D225
Erster Verlust, D226
Alles um Liebe, D241
An den Mond D259 1st version
Cronnan, D282
Lied (Es ist so angenehm so suss), D284
Das Rosenband, D280
Labetrank der Liebe, D302
Erlkönig, D328

1930 Opera on 3
Complete transmission of Schubert’s little heard opera, Fierabras


Sunday 25 March

1300-1415 The Lunchtime Schubertiade

Live from Champs Hill in Sussex

ATOS Trio

Programme to include Piano Trio in B flat, D898 [43:00]

Henk Neven [baritone] & Imogen Cooper also perform Schubert songs

1415-1630 The Choir

Aled Jones presents The Choir with the BBC Singers and the BBC Concert Orchestra Live from Maida Vale

1630-1830 The In Tune Schubert Salon

Live from Champs Hill in Sussex
Graham Johnson and Friends perform Schubert songs
Members of the Atos Trio perform Rondo Brilliant in B minor, D895

1830-1930 Words and Music
An unpresented sequence of words and music celebrating the life of Schubert


2115-2200 The Sunday Feature
A specially commissioned documentary exploring how Schubert’s legacy has been re-interpreted from generation to generation and how his critical reception has undergone radical transformations in different countries at different times, finishing in the present and looking into the next decade.



Monday 26 March

1300-1400 The Lunchtime Schubertiade

Live from Wyastone Leys in Monmouth

The Gould Trio
Piano Trio in E flat, D929; Piano Trio in B flat, D28

1630-1930 The In Tune Schubert Salon

Graham Johnson (piano)
Ailish Tynan (soprano), Anna Huntley (mezzo), Rupert Charlesworth (tenor), Benjamin Appl (baritone), Martin Hässler (baritone)

Die Befreier Europas in Paris, D104 Hofkapellmeister in Wien, D407
Rückweg, D476
Lied: Ferne von der grossen Stadt, D483
Abschied von einem Freunde, D578
Bertas Lied in der Nacht, D653
Der Unglückliche, D713
Die abgeblühte Linde, D514
Licht und Liebe, D352
Die Geselligkeit, D609
Morgenlied, D685
Abschied von der Erde (Pratobevera), D829
L’Incanto degli occhi, D902/1
Frühlingslied, D919

Alban Gerhardt (cello), Thomas Larcher (piano)

Sonata in A minor, D821 “Arpeggione”


1930 Schubert in Concert

Paul Lewis Live at St George’s Hall Concert Room, Liverpool
16 German Dances, D783;
Sonata in A minor, D784; Allegretto in C minor,
D915; Sonata in A minor, D845


Tuesday 27 March

1300-1400 The Lunchtime Schubertiade

Live from the Bath Assembly Rooms

The Escher Quartet

Programme to include String Quartet in A minor, D804

1400 The BBC Symphony Orchestra

Live from Maida Vale. Andrew Manze conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra

Programme:

Overture in D, 'In the Italian Style', D.590

Symphony No 8 completed by Brian Newbould

Overture to Alfonso & Estrella

1630-1930 The In Tune Schubert Salon

Graham Johnson (piano)
Geraldine McGreevy (soprano), Ben Johnson (tenor), Dominic Köninger(baritone) and members of the BBC Singers

An den Mond, D193
Meerestille, D216
An den Mond II, D296
Auf dem See, D543
Ganymed, D544
Auf der Riesenkoppe, D611
Widerschein, D639
Die Sternennächte, D670
Im Abendrot, D799
Gondelfahrer, D809
Im Freien, D880
Nachthelle, D892
Das Lied im Grünen, D917

1930 Schubert in Concert

Live from the Bath Assembly Rooms

Elisabeth Leonskaja [piano]

Sonata in A, D959; Sonata in B flat, D960



Wednesday 28 March

1300-1400 The Lunchtime Schubertiade

Melvyn Tan performs live at Finchcocks musical museum in Kent.

Moments Musicaux, D780
Sonata in E flat, D568
Vedi, quanto adoro, D510
Mio ben ricordati, D688 No 4
Son fra l’onde, D78
Da quel sembiante appresi, D688 No 3

1530-1630 Choral Evensong

With the BBC Singers. A sequence of Schubert’s religious music with readings from St Paul’s Knightsbridge

1630-1930 The In Tune Schubert Salon

Continuing the daily performances of songs from Graham Johnson and friends

Graham Johnson (piano) Ian Bostridge (tenor), Geraldine McGreevy (soprano), Ben Johnson (tenor), Benedict Nelson (baritone)

Abschied nach einer Wallfahrtsarie, D475
Viola, D786
Der Wanderer an den Mond, D870
An die Türen will ich schleichen, D478/3
Der Wanderer, D489
Antigone und Oedip, D542
Sehnsucht, D636
Der Wanderer, D649
Nachthymne, D687
Pilgerweise, D789
Der Pilgrim, D794
Das Wandern (Die schöne Müllerin, D795)
Auf der Bruck, D853
Romanze des Richard Löwenherz, D907

1930-2115 Schubert in Concert

Mark Padmore & Paul Lewis - Winterreise

Paul Lewis - Wandererfantasie, D760

Takacs Quartet - String Quartet in G, D887



Thursday 29 March

1300-1400 The Lunchtime Schubertiade

Live from Champs Hill in Sussex

Renowned clarinettist Michael Collins & friends perform Schubert’s Octet in F, D803

1630-1930 The In Tune Schubert Salon
With performances by Graham Johnson and Friends.

Graham Johnson (piano)
Lucy Crowe (soprano), Anna Huntley (mezzo), Rupert Charlesworth (tenor), Ben Johnson (tenor), Ben Appl (baritone), Martin Haessler (baritone)

Sieben Gesänge aus Walter Scotts Fräulein von See Op. 52 complete performance (a contemporary epic poem treating a 16th century theme, written to throw the Lieder gauntlet down to Rossini’s La Donna del Lago.)

Hektors Abschied, D312
Lied eines Schiffers an die Dioskuren D360
Fahrt zum Hades, D526
Iphigenia, D573
Prometheus, D674
Der zürnenden Diana, D707
Strophe aus ‘Die Götter Griechenlands’, D677


1930-2115 Schubert in Concert

World Premiere -

Live from Salford, the BBC Philharmonic with conductor Juanjo Mena.

Programme:

Salve Regina, D676
Symphony in D, D708a (1821) (completed Brian Newbould). BBC Commission - World premiere.
Symphony No 1 in D, D82

Discovering Music

During the interval Brian Newbould talks to Stephen Johnson about his completion of the symphonic fragment D708a



Friday 30 March

1300-1415 The Lunchtime Schubertiade

Live from St Cecilia’s Hall in Edinburgh

Ben Johnson [tenor] & James Baillieu [piano]

Die Schone Mullerin, D783

1630-1930 The In Tune Schubert Salon

Graham Johnson (piano)

Geraldine McGreevy (soprano), Toby Spence (tenor - TBC), Marcus Farnsworth (baritone)
An Sylvia, D891
Der Vatermörder D10,
Hoffnung, D295
Alte Liebe rostet nie, D477
Geheimnis, D491
Trost im Liede, D546
Auf der Donau, D553
Marie, D658
Frühlingsglaube, D686
Du liebst mich nicht, D756
Epistel an Josef von Spaun, D 749
Der Musensohn, D764
Der zürnende Barde, D785
Lachen und weinen, D777
Abendstern, D806


1930-2130 Schubert in Concert

Joshua Bell - Fantasy in C, D934



Saturday 31 March

1300-1400 The Lunchtime Schubertiade

Live from Trinity College of Music and the Chapel of the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich, former BBC Radio 3 New Generation artist pianist Francesco Piemontesi

Piano Sonata in A, D664;
Piano Sonata in A, D959

1630-1930 The In Tune Schubert Salon – Live from Trinity College of Music, Greenwich

Imogen Cooper (piano), Katharine Gowers (violin), Adrian Brendel (cello), and Friends perform Piano Quintet in A, D667 “The Trout” ;
Trio in E flat, D897 “Notturno”;
Sonata (Duo) in A, D574

1930-100 Recorded performances of Schubert’s late, great works bring the week to a close

Presented Tom Service and Sara Mohr-Pietsch

[fergus]

That is a real Schubert fest. Thank you for that.

Given my fading memory due to advancing years I will rely on you to bump this thread closed to the start of programming!!

[Seán]

That is a real Schubert fest. Thank you for that.

Given my fading memory due to advancing years I will rely on you to bump this thread closed to the start of programming!!

I will indeed. I'd love to take a week off work and pig-out on Schubert.

[fergus]

That is a real Schubert fest. Thank you for that.

Given my fading memory due to advancing years I will rely on you to bump this thread closed to the start of programming!!

I will indeed. I'd love to take a week off work and pig-out on Schubert.

I am sure that a lot of it will be on the replay thingy.

[bombasticDarren]

^^ I recently worked out how to play Radio 3 via my phone so I will look forward to this.

I really enjoyed the Mozart season they had a year or so ago. So much great music - usually the hidden gems that are most exciting...

[Jared]

Thanks for that, Sean... BBC Music Mag have deidacted some of its March edition (out now!) to Schubert, with an article on 'The Spirit of Schubert' and a free CD of Winterreisse.... enjoy!

[fergus]

Thanks for that, Sean... BBC Music Mag have deidacted some of its March edition (out now!) to Schubert, with an article on 'The Spirit of Schubert' and a free CD of Winterreisse.... enjoy!

Do you know who is performing Winterreisse Jared?

[Jared]

Henk Neven (Baritone) & Hans Eijsackers (Piano)... former BBC Radio 3 New Generation artists...

[fergus]

Henk Neven (Baritone) & Hans Eijsackers (Piano)... former BBC Radio 3 New Generation artists...

Thank you Jared.

[Seán]

It starts tomorrow.