J. S. Bach Christmas Oratorio (Part 1): VIENNA BOYS' CHOIR CHORUS VIENNENSIS
CONCENTUS MUSICUS/HARNONCOURT
7.33* Mozart Epistle Sonata in A (K 225): Lionel ROGG (organ) LAUSANNE CO/ARPAD GERECZ
7.38* Biber Mystery sonata
No 3 in B minor (The Nativity) FRANZ LEHRNDORFER (Organ) FRANZJOSEF MA1ER (violin)
MAX ENGEL (viola da gamba) KONRAD JUNGHANEL (theorbo)
7.47* Sibelius The Swan of Tuonela: BERLIN PO/KARAJAN records
2: The Second Mass of Christmas from Metz Cathedral, 902
Including plainchant from Laon MS 239 sung in proportional rhythm
SCHOLA ANTIQUA OF NEW YORK directors R. JOHN BLACKLEY and BARBARA KATHERINE JONES (Nert programme at 10.55 am)
Violin Concerto in A minor AARON ROSAND (violin)
LUXEMBURG RADIO ORCHESTRA/ LOUIS DE FROMENT: record
Prokofiev: Europe and America American Overture, Op 42
MEMBERS OF THE LOS ANGELES PO/
MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS
Piano Sonata No 5 in c, Op 38
WALTER CHODACK
Chout: Ballet Suite, Op 21b LSO/ABBADO: records
Bridge Suite: The Sea
ROYAL LIVERPOOL PO/GROVES Delius, arr Fenby Two Aquarelles RPO/FENBY
Debussy Symphonic Sketches: La mer
BOSTON SO/DAVIS records
3: The Procession and Third Mass of Christmas from Rheims Cathedral, 1361 Plainchant from the Rheims rite with polyphony by Guillaume de Machaut: records Celebrant DAVID THOMAS (bass) TAVERNER CHOIR director ANDREW PARROTT
leader FELIX KOK conducted by MICHAEL SCHONWANDT
RALPH KIRSHBAUM (Cello)
Berlioz Overture: Roman Carnival
Haydn Cello Concerto in D
Part 2 Tchaikovsky Rococo Variations
Hindemith Symphony: Mathis der Maler
MIECZYSLAW HORSZOWSKI (piano) Casals Prelude
Martinu The Fifth Day of the Fifth Moon
Debussy Children's Corner Chopin Sonata in B minor, Op 58
(Given in association with IBM)
A sequence including
Handel Music for the Royal Fireworks: record
3.30* Schubert Songs PETER SCHREIER and GUNDULA JANOWITZ
(Austrian Radio recordings)
3.45* Mozart Bassoon Concerto: record
4.25* Dvorak Bagatelles for two violins, cello and harmonium: record
4.45* Dvorak Symphony No 8, in G: LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by CARLO MARIA GIULINl (KUSC recording)
from King's College Chapel, Cambridge
ALBAN BERG QUARTET Beethoven Quartet in B flat major, Op 18 No 6 Debussy Quartet in G minor
The Rt Rev Graham Leonard , Bishop of London, considers God's decisive act in history, arguing that the Incarnation transforms into a possibility man's wish for eternal life.
Part 2 Beethoven Quartet in c major (Rasumovsky). Op 59 No 3
NIGEL KENNEDY (violin)
BBC PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conductor EDWARD DOWNES
Rawsthome Symphony No 3
9.20* Interval Reading
9.25* Elgar Violin Concerto in B minor
KEITH SWALLOW (piano)
MARK ROWLINSON (baritone) STEPHANIE BAMFORD (piano)
Peter Cornelius Six Christmas Songs
Liszt Five Pieces from
Weihnachtsbaum
Gaetano Maria Schiassi Sinfonia Pastorale per il
Santissimo Natale di nostro Signore Jesu
CAPELLA CLEMENTINA directed by HELMUT MULLER -BRUHL
Stradella Cantata per il Santissimo Natale
EDITH MATHIS , TERESA ZYUSGARA. , CATERINA ALDA (sopranos)
PAUL ESSWOOD (counter-tenor) ERIC TAPPY (tenor)
ALFREDO MARIOTTI (bass) MONTREUX FESTIVAL CHOIR
SCHOLA CANTORUM BASHJENSIS directed by AUGUST WENZlNGER Vivaldi Concerto in E major (Per la Natale) (Rv 270)
PIERO TOSO (violin); I sousn
VENETI/CLAUDIO SCIMONE: records