Throughout today, as part of the network's celebration of the centenary of WH Auden, Radio 3 broadcasts Horae Canonicae , his sequence of poems contemplating Good Friday through the seven offices of the monastic day. Each piece is introduced, at approximately its proper hour, by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams , and is read by Tom Durham. WH Auden's Lauds from Horae Canonicae Music includes:
7.00-8.30: Locatelli Introduttione 1 (Sei Introduttione Teatrali) Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, director Thomas Hengelbrock
Smetana Two Czech Dances Jan Novotny (piano) Heino Eller Lyrical Suite Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, conductor Tonu Kaljuste
8.30-10.00: Liszt Grand Galop Chromatique Gyorgy Cziffra (piano)
WH Auden's Prime from Horae Canonicae
Bach Variation XXV (Goldberg Variations, BWV988) Julian Rachlin (violin), Nobuko Imai (viola), Mischa Maisky (cello)
Mendelssohn Piano Concerto No I in G minor
Andras Schiff (piano), South West German RSO, conductor Charles Dutoit