5.00 Two Brecht Cantatas, Plus
A concert from London's Barbican Hall featuring Kurt Weill choral works to words by Bertholt Brecht and music written in the 1920s for the new medium of radio.

Brindsley Sherratt (bass), Thomas Randle (tenor), Peter Savidge (bass), BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Stephen Jackson
Weill Das Berliner Requiem; Weill, arr David Drew Trains Bound for Glory (Railroads on Parade); Weill Cantata: The Lindbergh Flight

6.30 The String Quartets
A recital given by the Chilingirian Quartet in St Giles, Cripplegate, London.
Weill Two Movements for String Quartet; String Quartet No 1 Op 8 String Quartet in B minor

7.30 On Broadway - the Firebrand of Florence.
A performance from London's Barbican Centre of Weill's 1944 musical based on the life of Benvenuto Cellini.
Weill The Firebrand of Florence - BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Andrew Davis
Act 1

8.30 Speak Low (When You Speak Love)
Erik Levi looks at the background to the writing of The Firebrand as recalled in letters between Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya.

8.50 Act 2