With Paul Guinery.
1.00 An Obsession with Schumann
The last of six concerts.
Stephen Coombs and Artur Pizzaro (pianos)
Schumann Andante and Variations in B flat, Op 46
Schumann, arr Debussy Six Studies, Op 56
Debussy En blanc et noir Rpt
2.00 Songs of Russia
Rare Russian choral music performed by the BBC Singers conducted by Gregory Rose , who presents the programme. Glinka Lullaby
Rimsky-Korsakov The Tartar Captivity The Moon Sails
Taneyev Sunrise Two Choruses
Tchaikovsky To approaching sleep
Glazunov Love
Cui Six Choruses Rpt
3.00 The Prom Archive
To complement next
Thursday's performance of Ravel's L'enfant et les sortilèges, Paul Guinery introduces a 1974 Prom recording of his earlier short opera L 'heure espagnole.
Pierre Boulez conducts this risque tale of love in an 18th-century Spanish clockmaker's shop.
BBC Symphony Orchestra Producer Susan Kenyon
4.20 Turns of the Century
An audio lexicon of English comedy performers.
Roy Hudd celebrates Max Miller.
4.30 Tarika
The traditional music of Madagascar, the Island of the Ancestors, has only recently won wider recognition, due largely to the success of the young band Tarika, who have taken their interpretation of Malagasy tradition around the globe. Jo Shinner explores this exotic blend of African, Polynesian and Arabic roots and talks to
Hanitrarivo Rasaonaivo , the band's leader.
An Angell Sound production