Rimsky-Korsakov Overture: May Night: LAMOUR-EUX ORCHESTRA, conducted by IGOR MARKEVICH
7.13* Stravinsky Dumbar ton Oaks: COLUMBIA SYM-, PHONY ORCHESTRA, COndUCted by THE COMPOSER
7.27* Glazunov Barcarolle and Novelette
LESLIE HOWARD (piano)
7.35* Tchaikovsky Fantasy-Overture: Romeo and Juliet: VIKNNAPHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, conducted by LORIN MAAZEL gramophone records
Krommer Clarinet Concerto in E flat:
BOHUSLAV ZAHRADNIK , PRAGUE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA, conducted by FRANTISEX VAJNAR
8.27* Schumann Toccata
SVIATOSLAV RICHTER (piano)
8.34* Schubert Symphony No 3, in D
VIENNA PHILHARMONIC
ORCHESTRA, conducted by CARLOS KLEIBER gramophone records
'Honegger felt his genius drawn towards a less tropical lyricism than Milhaud, one closer to the artisan concept of cathedrals or factories. In his work, machinism alternates with the gargoyle, the spire and the stained-glass window.'
(Jean Cocteau)
This week's programmes contrast the varied works of the 1920s with the increasing seriousness and introspection of the later works as exemplified in the symphonies.
Chant de Joie: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Conducted by Serge Baudo
9.11* Trois pieces: Prelude: Hommage a Ravel: Danse - Jurg von Vintschger (piano)
9.30* Symphonic Psalm: Le roi David (Part 2) - Suzanne Danco (soprano) Stephane Audel (narrator) Choir of the Eglise Nationale Vaudoise, Suisse Romande Orchestra, conducted by Ernest Ansermet
9.33* Symphony No 1 - Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Serge Baudo
(records)
ROSEMARIE WRIGHT (piano) Mozart Variations on ' Come un' agnello (K 460)
Schubert 12 Waltzes (D 145)
Schumann Kinderscenen BBC Manchester
performs instrumental and vocal pieces from the Glogauer Liederbuch (c 1480).
BBC Manchester
directed by RONALD THOMAS (violin)
KEITH CHALMERS (trumpet) Purcell Trumpet Overture (The Indian Queen. Act 3) Haydn Violin Concerto in c
J. C. Bach Sinfonia in E flat. Op 18 No 1, for double orchestra
12.5* Interval Reading
12.10* Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Part 2
Vivaldi Violin Concerto in E flat, Op 8 No 5 (La tempesta di mare)
Mendelssohn Nocturne , Intermezzo and Scherzo (A Midsummer Night's Dream)
Mozart Symphony No 31, in D (Paris) (with alternative Andante movement) BBC Bristol
direct from St John 's, Smith Square. London
Raphael Sommer (cello) Daniel Adni (piano)
Beethoven Variations on a theme from Handel's Judas Maccabaeus
Schumann Three Fantasy Pieces, Op 73
Shostakovich Sonata , Op 4
(Tickets, fl.30, available from 11.0 am today, or in advance from the Box Office, tel [number removed])
(Repeated: Thurs 9.5 pm)
BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA conducted by FRANK SHIPWAY
Svendsen Carnival in Paris Alan Langford Aubade Triste Mozart Eine kleine Nachtmusik
Glinka Valse fantaisie
Mussorgsky A night on the bare mountain
DARTINGTON STRING QUARTET, SOUTHAMPTON UNIVERSITY MADRIGAL SOCIETY
EMMA FERRAND and MARILYN SANSOM (cellos) conducted by DAVID BROWN Raymond Warren String Quartet No 2
Dominic Muldowney Cantata for two cellos and voices (Music at Chartres)
BBC Bristol
Mozart Divertimento in r (K 213): WIND ENSEMBLE OF VIENNA PHILHARMONIC
ORCHESTRA
Beethoven Piano Concerto Nol, inc: ARTURO BENEDETTI MICHELANCELI
VIENNA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by CARLO MARIA GIULINI : records
Introduced by Michael Berkeley
leader Rodney Friend conductor Gennadi Rozhdestvenski
Victoria Postnikova (piano)
Stravinsky Scherzo fantastique
Prokofiev Piano Concerto No 2, in G minor
7.40* Interval Reading
7.45* BBC Symphony Orchestra
Part 2 Stravinsky Ballet: The Rite of Spring
(A public concert given on 26 September in the Koningen Elisabeth Zaal, Antwerp)
Last of 13 programmes in which Byrd's settings of the Mass Proper in his Gradualia of 1605 and 1607 are performed in liturgicalsequencewithsettings of the Ordinary of the Mass by Byrd and by continental composers.
Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (2 July)
Andrea Gabrieli Miss * Pater Peccavi
Byrd Mass Proper a 5: Introit; Kyrie; Gloria; Collect: Epistle; Gradual and Alleluia; Gospel: Credo; Offertory; Preface: Sanctus: Benedictus: Elevation Motet 1, II; Agnus Dei ; Communion CONSORT OF MUSICKE
ANDREW PARROTT (organ) director ANTHONY ROOLEY (lute)
The translators of the King James Bible had faith in the power of their words to illuminate, but supporters of the modern versions of the Bible claim that time has dimmed the light.
James Fenton talks to those who want a clear window on to scripture and those who want stained glass.
Reader John Woodvine Producer TOM SUTCLIFFE
Introduced by Clive Bennett
PHYLLIS BRYN-JULSON (Sop) JOHN CONSTABLE (piano) BRUNO CANINO (piano) Three Songs Op 23
Piano Sonata Movement. Op posth (1906)
Introduced by Charles Fox
JIM DVORAK 'S DHYANA
Abegg Variations played by IVAN DAVIS (piano): record