Romantic Poetry: Shelley
Handel Concerto a due cori No 2, in F
ENGLISH BAROQUE SOLOISTS/ JOHN ELIOT GARDINER
7.21*FrantisekBrixi Indica nobis
EVA BROMOVA (soprano)
BLANKA TUMOVA (contralto) MIROSLAV KOPP (tenor) PAVEL HADERER (bass) PRAGUE RADIO CHORUS
DVORAK CO/JOSEF HERCL
7.30* Arriaga Quartet No 2, in A RASOUMOVSKY QUARTET
7.50* Mendelssohn Andante and rondo capriccioso, Op 14 MURRAY PERAHIA (piano)
8.0 News
8.5 Shostakovich Overture on Russian and Kirghiz folk themes, Op 115
AMSTERDAM CONCERTGEBOUW
ORCHESTRA/BERNARD HAITINK
8.15* Ravel Song-cycle: Sheherazade
JESSYE NORMAN (soprano) LSO/SIR COLIN DAVIS
8.34* Debussy L'islejoyeuse PASCAL ROGE (piano)
8.40* Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio espagnol, Op 34 MONTREAL SO/DUTOIT: records
Nikolai Myaskovsky
'The first thing I demand from music is directness of appeal, power and nobility of expression.'
Symphony No 21, in F sharp minor
CHICAGO SO/MORTON GOULD
Violin Concerto in D minor, Op 44
GRIGORYFEIGIN
MOSCOW RADIO SO/
ALEXANDER DMTTRIEV: records
PHILIP MEAD (piano)
Scarlatti Three Sonatas: in F, d and E (Kk 296, 288, 380)
Dallapiccola Sonatina canonica Scarlatti Three Sonatas: in E minor, B minor, and A major (Kk 402, 293, 285)
BBC Birmingham (R)
Berlioz Overture: Le corsaire, Op 21
SNO/SIR ALEXANDER GIBSON
Schumann Overture: Manfred, Op 115
AMSTERDAM CONCERTGEBOUW
ORCHESTRA/BERNARD HAITINK
Liszt Symphonic Poem: Tasso, lamento e trionfo
LPO/BERNARD HAITINK: records
ROMAN JABLONSKI
KRYSTYNA BORUCINSKA Lutoslawski Grave: Metamorphoses
Chopin Sonata in G minor, Op 65
Symphony No 4
SHEILA ARMSTRONG (soprano) BBC PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA led by ANDREW ORTON conductor EDWARD DOWNES BBC Manchester
(Dedicated to the memory of Duke Ellington)
East Stratford Too-Doo
The second part of this work by Mike Westbrook recorded by his orchestra last year in Amiens.
Excerpts from
Edward German 's comic opera
CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA/ MICHAEL COLLLINS: records
(25 September 1785-23 March 1806)
The first of four programmes celebrating the 200th anniversary of his birth JOHN MCCABE (piano)
Field Sonata in E flat, Op 1 No 1 Pinto Sonata in c minor (1803) BBC Wales
Violin Concerto in D minor Symphony No 7, Op 105 BORIS BELKIN (violin)
PHTLHARMONIA ORCHESTRA/
VLADIMIR ASHKENAZY: records
direct from Bristol Cathedral Responses: Leighton
Psalm: 119, w 73-104 (Thalben-Ball, Smart, Trent, Higgins) First Lesson: Amos 9 (rsv) Canticles: St Paul's Service (Howells)
Second Lesson: Mark 12, w 13-27 (rsv)
Anthem: Geistliches Lied (Brahms)
Hymn: King of glory, king of peace
Organ Voluntary: Fugue No 1 on the name of Bach, Op 60 (Schumann)
Organist and Master of the Choristers MALCOLM ARCHER Assistant Organist
MARTIN SCHELLENBERG. BBC Bristol
Novak Symphonic Poem: In the Tatra Mountains
CZECH PO/KAREL SEJNA: record
5.16* Saint-Saens Sonata No 1, in D minor
DONG-SUK KANG (violin)
PASCAL DEVOYON (piano) (R)
5.39* Rossini Una voce poco fa (The Barber of Seville) (mono) CONCHITA SUPERVIA (mezzo-soprano)
ORCHESTRA/ALBERGONI
5.45* Bach Toccata , Adagio and Fugue in c (bwv 564) PETER HURFORD (organ)
6.0* Haydn Piano Concerto in G (H xvm 4): ILSE VON ALPENHEIM
BAMBERG SO/ANTAL DORATi: records
6.19* Britten Cello Symphony, Op 68: MORAY WELSH
BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by LIONEL FRIEND (R) Please send requests for future programmes to: Midweek Choice, BBC Broadcasting House, London W1A 4WW
Artists give their first radio recital
KEITH WILLIAMS and cuve WILLIAMSON (pianos) Holst Elegy (in memoriam
William Morris ), for two pianos (first broadcast performance) Debussy: Six épigraphes antiques, for piano duet
by THOMAS MIDDLETON adapted by PETER BARNES with music by JEREMY BARLOW played by THE BROADSIDE BAND
The themes of this comedy are avarice, the power of money, and the gullibility and greed of those who pursue it.
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leader FEux KOK conductor Simon Rattle Nobuko Imai (violin) Robert Cohen (cello) Parti
Tippett Concerto for Double String Orchestra
Walton Viola Concerto
Presented by Ian McDougall
(Re-broadcast tomorrow at 11. 45 am)
Part 2 Strauss
Symphonic Poem: Don Quixote (Given on 14 May in Birmingham Town Hall in association with I Ml)
Ronald Thomas (violin)
Raphael Wallfisch (cello)
Anthony Goldstone (piano) Tchaikovsky Piano Trio in A minor. Op 50
(Given earlier this evening in Studio 7. Tickets from BBC Concerts Promotion. POBox27, Manchester M60 1SJ) series producer MARK ROWLINSON BBC Manchester
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