Recordings of works by Torelli, Brahms, Mozart, and Scott Joplin, the master of rag

Works by Hummel and Shostakovich

Franz Krommer and Jan Vorisek

Piano recital. We hear Schumann's Kreisleriana, Op 16; and Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No 8

conducted by Vernon Handley, with John Wallace (trumpet). Performances of Boris Blacher's Concerto for strings; John Addison's Trumpet Concerto; and Dvorak's Symphonic Variations

Songs from the English Baroque, performed by Catherine Bott (soprano) and David Roblou (harpsichord). We hear Purcell's If music be the food of love; and Sweeter than Roses; Blow's Why weeps Asteria; Lysander I Pursue; a mad song; Eccles's Love's but the frailty of the mind; So well Corinna likes the joy; The Foolish Maid; and Croft's Hymn on Divine Musick

with David Cowley (oboe) and Bryan Evans (piano). Gordon Jacob's Sonatina: Richard Blackford's Poshumour Leonatus (oboe solo) and York Bowen's Sonata. A Live relay

Miles Kington with records of Sidney Bechet. The second in the series

The Ulster Orchestra, with Irene Sandford (soprano). Wolf-Ferrari;s overture and intermezzo (Susanna's Secret); arr. Canetloube: Three Songs from the Auvergne; Sibelius's Suite Rakastava; David Lyon's Dance Prelude; and Rimsky-Korsakov's overture May Night. Plus works by Faure ad Rachmaninov

Part 1. Hummel, Spohr

Part 2. Brahms

Direct from Rochester Cathedral

Another of Brian Kay's selections

Records

Concert direct from the Barbican Hall, London. Part 1: Schubert transcr. Webern, Webern

Zemlinsky

Kevin Crossley-Holland explores the work of the Welsh poet

Elizabeth Maconchy (Quartet No 11) and Berkeley (Quartet No 2)

A Short story by Philip Oakes