With Fiona Talkington.
1.00 Proms Chamber Music 1996
From the Britten Theatre, Royal College of Music, introduced by Susan Sharpe. The classical wind ensemble was at the height of its popularity in Haydn's time. A century later, Dvorak also fell under the spell of writing for the ensemble. Oslo Philharmonic Wind Soloists
Haydn Divertimento in C, H II 7
Dvorak Serenade in D minor, Op 44 Haydn Divertimento in F, H 1123
2.00 The BBC Orchestras
BBC Symphony Orchestra Conductor Gunther Herbig. Uto Ughi (violin)
Hindemith Symphonic Metamorphoses Bruch Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor
Beethoven Symphony No 3 in E flat (Eroica)
3.45 Voices lain Burnside introduces a recital on the theme of youth by Roderick Williams (baritone) and David Wickham (piano). Repeated from last Wednesday
4.30 First Bass
Bass player Ray Brown talks to Alyn Shipton about a career that has included collaborations with almost all the jazz giants. In the fourth of six programmes, Brown talks about his membership of Oscar Peterson 's classic trio of the fifties with guitarist Herb Ellis. The trio also accompanied such jazz greats as Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald.