With Fiona Talkington.
1.00pm New series Wandering Minstrels
For well over a century, Gilbert and Sullivan have been famous for a perfect blend of good humour and good tunes - satiric fun in an operatic setting. In this three-part series,
Geoffrey Smith investigates some of the ways the composer responded to the librettist, building on and sometimes parodying music from Purcell and Handel to Verdi and Wagner. This first programme examines Sullivan's use of operatic imitation. Producer David Gallagher
2.00 Sheffield Chamber Music
Festival
Now in its 12th year, this two-week festival of chamber music given by the Lindsay Quartet and friends celebrates the music of Beethoven and his contemporaries. In this recital, recorded "in the round" at the Crucible
Studio, Sheffield, viola player Louise Williams joins the quartet for a performance of Georges Onslow's autobiographical Bullet quintet. Introduced by Rodney Slatford.
Krommer String Quartet in E flat, Op 5 No
Onslow String Quintet No 15 in C minor, Op 38 (Bullet)
Beethoven String Quartet in F, Op 59 No 1 (Rasumovsky) See also 11.30pm
3.30 Northern Sinfonia
An all-Mozart concert featuring four great works from the years 1786 and 1787. Conductor Christian Zacharias directs the concerto from the keyboard, and soprano Edith Wiens sings two concert arias. Given in May in Middlesbrough Town Hall.
Piano Concerto No 25 in C. K503;
Chio Mi Scordi di Te?, K505: Bella,
Mia Fiamma , K528; Symphony No 38 in D, K504 (Prague)