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BARRY WILDE (violin)
BBC WELSH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conductor Boris BROTT
Hindemith Nobilissima visione
7.25* Rawsthorne Violin Concerto No 1. BBC Wales
BARRY WILDE (violin)
BBC WELSH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conductor Boris BROTT
Timothy Moore Suite in f
8.17* Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending
8.32* Mozart Symphony No 34, in c (K 338). BBC Wales
1875-1937
Daphnis is the archetype of those works which belong to no school; one of those works that land in our hearts like a meteorite, from a planet whose laws win remain for ever mysterious and beyond our understanding.'
These words by Cocteau could well apply to Ravel's entire output but, as well as this famous ballet score which can be heard on Thursday morning, this week's programmes will cover a wide range of works by this most fastidious and secretive of composers.
Pavane pour une Infante défunte
9.11* Le tombeau de Couperin VLADO PERLEMUTER (pianoj gramophone records
Antony Hopkins
IAN LAKE
Bach Prelude and Fugue, in B minor ('48', Book 2)
Mozart Fantasia in D minor (K 397)
Stephen Dodgson Sonata in r Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No 12, in c sharp minor
BBC Birmingham
(soprano) with JOHN FRASER i piano)
Croner de Vasconcellos Tre's Redondilhas de Camoes: Descalca vae para a fonte; Na fonte esta Leoner; Puz meus oihos numa funda
Poulenc Fiancaiiles pour rire: La Dame d'André; Dans l'herbe: Il vole; Mon cadavre est doux comme un gant; Violon; Fleurs
Metamorphoses: Reine des mouettes; C'est ainsi que tu es; Paganini
JANET HILTON (clarinet) BBC NORTHERN SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA, led by ANDREW ORTON conducted by JANOS FURST
Part 1 Haydn Symphony No 44. in E minor (Trauer-Syrophonie)
11.54* Weber Clarinet Concerto No 1, in F minor
12.15* pm In Short
To precede the broadcast of Sibelius's 5th. Robert Layton talks about the composer's creative character.
12.25* Midday Concert
Part 2 Sibelius Symphony No 5. in E flat. BBC Manchester
direct from St John 's, Smith Square. London
Alban Berg String Quartet
Mozart Quartet in E flat major (K 428)
Berg Lyric Suite
(Tickets: 90p, available at the door. Repeated on Saturday)
BUC CONCERT ORCHESTRA leader JOHN BRADBURY conductor ASHLEY LAWRENCE Weber Overture: Euryanthe Handel Suite: Water Music
Schubert Entr'acte in b flat (Rosamunde)
Chabrier Minuet pompeux
Ravel Valses nobles et sentimen tales
LYNNE DAVIS
Buxtehude Prelude and Fugue in f sharp minor
Marchand Récit: Basse de trompette; Dialogue
Jehan Alain Variations sur Lucis Creator
Bach Toccata and Fugue in r major (BWV 540)
(Part of a public recital given in November 1977) BBC Birmingham
i violin)
Krenek Sonata No 2
Sebastian Forbes Violin Fantasy
Richard Rodney Bennett Four Improvisations
Chaussun Poeme de l'amour et de la mer
JANET BAKER (mezzo-soprano) LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by ANDRÉ PREVIN
FODENS MOTOR WORKS BAND conductor JAMES SCOTT
Gordon Langford Prelude and Fugue
Denis Wright Overture: The Sea (Thalassa)
Gilbert Vinter Spectrum BBC Manchester
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Home and Family
6.30 New series
Animal Sounds and Meanings A series of five programmes 1: The Voices of Mammals
From dogs to dolphins, most mammals make sounds that mean something. ERIC SIMMS illustrates the amazing variety of mammalian sounds, and discusses with experts some of the most recent research in this field.
Series producer MICHAEL TOTTON
7.0 Doctor and Patient
A series of five programmes 1: Person to Person
How has the role of the general practitioner changed over recent years? Can he still hope to provide a personal service to his patients? How relevant is the training he receives?
BILL DOLMAN talks to patients and doctors about these, and other, related questions.
Series producer DENNIS SIMMONS
played by FERNANDO VALENTI
Purcell Suite No 1 in G major
Mel Powell Sonata (first broadcast performance in this country)
Domenico Scarlatti Sonatas: c major (Kk 406); c major (Kk 158): c major (Kk 49); G major (Kk 424); G major (Kk 425); A minor (Kk 541; B flat major (Kk 57); A major (Kk 536); A major (Kk 537); D major (Kk 535)
direct from the Konzerthaus
The Tenth Anniversary Season of EBU Concerts
On behalf of the European Broadcasting Union, Austrian Radio presents the Union's first Composer's Choice programme, in which a leading composer is invited to combine his own music with works that have influenced him. Tonight: Henze.
ORF SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conductor HANS WERNER HENZE
Mozart Symphony No 39. in a flat
Henze Ode to the West Wind HEINRICH SCHIFF (cello)
In the first of two talks on changing attitudes to the law today, the role of the Bench, and the growth of ' administrative law '
Lionel Daiches. QC, discusses ' natural justice ' and the need to maintain an impartial and independent judiciary, and considers the growing pressures on the Bench.
BBC Scotland
Part 2 Stravinsky Ragtime
Henze Folia di Spagna for orchestra (first European performance)
' Even when I was a child, I knew I could not have a level fight as a girl; hut what was important for all of us was. after all, the same - the tasks that lay ahead of us as human beings '- RIMMA, KAZAKOVA. Secretary of the Moscow Writers' Union
Last year, the poet and novelist Elaine Feinstcin visited Russia. In the second of three programmes on women and poetry in the Soviet Union, she looks at the work of Margarita Aliger. Yunna Morils and Rimma Kazakova with the help of recordings collected during her visit.
Reader FRANCES HOROVITZ Producer FRASER STEEL BBC Manchester
Elton Dean 's Ninesense
Introduced by CHARLES FOX
Am Grabe Anselmos
TIANA I.EMNITZ (soprano)
MICHAEL RAUCHEISEN (piano) (gramophone record: 1937)