Today's time: 8.0 am
A weekly programme of recent records
Mozart Symphony No 8, in D major (K 48)
BERLIN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by KARL BÖHM
8.17* Tallis In jejunio et fletu; Suscipe quaeso Domine (Cantiones Sacrae)
CANTORES IN ECCLESIA conducted by MICHAEL HOWARD
8.28* Michael Haydn Concerto in c major, for viola, organ, and orchestra
STEPHEN SHINGLES, SIMON PRESTON ACADEMY OF
ST MARTIN-IN-THE-FIELDS conducted by NEVILLE MARRINER
No 116: Du Friedefiirst, Herr Jesu Christ
No 202: Weichet nur, betrubte Schatten
No 90: Es reifet euch ein schrecklich Ende
ILSE WOLF (soprano)
JAMES BOWMAN (counter-tenor) IAN PARTRIDGE (tenor) DAVID THOMAS (bass)
LONDON ORPHEUS CHOIR
LESLIE PEARSON (organ and harpsichord continuo)
LONDON ORPHEUS ORCHESTRA
Conductor JAMES GADDARN
A request programme of gramophone records
Dvorak Serenade in D minor LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by ISTVAN KERTESZ
10.25* Borodin Igor 's Aria (Prince Igor)
BORIS CHRISTOFF (bass)
SOFIA NATIONAL OPERA ORCHESTRA conducted by JERZY SEMKOW
10.33* Prokofiev Violin Concerto No 2, in G minor HENRYK SZERYNG LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by GENNADI ROZHDESTVENSKY
Wotan and Siegfried: the growth of character, by Lucy Beckett
Musical Profile: Heinz Holliger, by Jeremy Barlow
Albeniz's Pepito Jimenez, by Noel Goodwin
Suruey and Sidelights: book review by Stanley Sadie
Edited by ANNA INSTONE and JULIAN HERBAGE
Introduced by JULIAN HERBAGE
Mozart Quintet in c major (K 515)
12.39* Beethoven Quartet in G major, Op 18 No 2
AEOLIAN STRING QUARTET
With KENNETH ESSEX (viola)
, Mozart; Quartet, Op 18 No 3, Beethoven)
JENNY VAN WERING (harpsichord) NETHERLANDS RADIO CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Conducted by ROELOF
KROL Jiri Benda Harpsichord Concerto in F minor
1.24* Johann Stamitz Symphony in E major
(Recording made available by courtesy of Netherlands Radio)
The Maid of the Mill
Dramma giocoso in two acts Music by PAISIELLO
Libretto by GIUSEPPE PALOMBA sung in Italian
First broadcast in this country An abbreviated version, introduced by JULIAN BUDDEN Cast:
ALESSANDRO SCARLATTI ORCHESTRA OF NAPLES
Conducted by FRANCO CARACCIOLO (Recording made available by courtesy of Italian Radio)
Paisiello's miller-girl Rachelina is not the kind to make young men drown themselves for her sake. But her artless charm can upset betrothals, make elderly gentlemen feel young again, and convince the hardened misogynist that he may perhaps have misjudged the sex. The action takes place in Italy during the 18th century
Act 1 The garden of Donna Eugenia 's villa
2.25* Act 2 Outside Rachelina's cottage
from the Assembly Hall, Worthing
ERICH GRUENBERG (violin) BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA leader BELA DEKANY conducted by JAMES LOUGHRAN Part 1
Mozart Adagio and Fugue in c minor, for string orchestra (K 546)
3.16* Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor
, .. in the Jungle
Part 2: Brahms
Symphony No 4, in E minor
(In association with Worthing Corporation)
Both Dowland and Schiltz served at this court, the greatest Renaissance court in northern Europe, and its musical life was exceptionally rich.
JOHN BERGSAGEL introduces examples of the music heard there, including movements from Mogens Pederson 's Latin Mass, as well as some of his madrigals.
The madrigals by Pedersan, Hans Nielsen , Brachrogge, and Borchgrevinck are sung by members of the LONDON MADRIGAL SINGERS conductor CHRISTOPHER BISHOP
(Music at the Court of Queen Christina of Sweden, by John Bergsagel : 30 November)
Four talks by DR G. J. WHITROW , Reader In Mathematics, Imperial College of Science and Technology
1: From Cyclic to Linear Time How the concept of time has changed over the centuries.
Die Walkiire A music drama in three acts by WAGNER sung in German
Cast in order of singing:
BAYREUTH FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA conducted by LORIN MAAZEL
The Wieland Wagner production Act 1
The interior of Hunding's hut
by GEOFFREY SKELTON Bayreuth is no longer quite the idyllic little Franconian town in which Wagner built his festival theatre nearly a century ago. In the course of the years both town and festival have had to make concessions to the changing demands of modern society,
Act 2 A wild, rocky place
ALAN PRYCE-JONES observes the life of New York at close quarters - the rich, the poor. the people in between - and comments on the arts and politics as they are seen in the city.
Act 3
On the top of a rocky mountain
(' Siegfried ': 29 November)
