With Fiona Talkington.
1.00 Wandering Minstrels
In the second of three programmes exploring the music behind the Savoy operas, Geoffrey Smith uncovers the pieces Gilbert and Sullivan poked fun at: Handel parodied in Princess Ida, spoof Verdi and Gounod and The
Pirates of Penzance, and just about everything sent up in The Mikado.
2.00 Sheffield Chamber Music
Festival
The Haffner Wind Ensemble, in a concert recorded last week in the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield.
Beethoven Octet in E flat, Op 103
Krommer Octet-Partita in B flat, Op 69 Beethoven Symphony No 7
3.20 Preoccupations
Series in which leading musicians reveal matters close to their hearts.
This week, "Lights, Camera, Action!" with the pianist Barry Douglas.
3.25 20th Century Strings
The first of two programmes featuring Steven Stirling (horn), Vernon Kirk (tenor), Opus 20, conductor Scott Stroman ,
Britten Serenade for tenor, horn and strings
Kevin Malone Shangri-La for Orchestra (first performance)
Lutoslawski Paroles Tissees
Bartok Divertimento