Chausson Soir de fete, Op 32 RTBF SO/JOSE SEREBRIER
7.20* Waldteufel Les Patineurs , Op 183: VIENNA VOLKSOPER
ORCHESTRA FRANZ BAUER-THEUSSL
7.29* Tchaikovsky Suite: Nutcracker, Op 71a ACADEMY OF ST MARTIN-IN-THE-FIELDS/
SIR NEVILLE MARRINER
8.0 News
8.5 Rossini Overture: n viaggio a Rheims
NATIONAL PO/RICCARDO CHAILLY
8.13* Elgar Three Bavarian Dances, Op 27: BOURNEMOUTH SINFONIETTA/NORMAN DEL MAR
8.26* Rimsky-Korsakov Suite: Christmas Eve: SNO/NEEME JARVI records

Ravel
Ballet: Daphnis and Chloe MONTREAL SO AND CHORUS/
CHARLES DUTOrr records

(piano)
Mozart Fantasia in c minor (K 475)
Beethoven Sonata in c, Op2No3
Klement Slavicky Three Pieces (1949)
BBC Bristol (R)

Poulenc Four Christmas Motets Saint-Saens Oratorio de Noel SALLY BRADSHAW (soprano)
CATHERINE DENLEY (mezzo-soprano)
AMERAL GUNSON (contralto) MARTYN HILL (tenor)
STEPHEN ROBERTS (bass)
RICHARD HICKOX SINGERS
CITY OF LONDON SINFONIA conducted by RICHARD HICKOX

(guitars)
Schubert, transc Bream Duo in A minor (Quartet in G minor, D 173) (R)

conducted by Herbert von Karajan Parti
Beethoven Symphony No 4, in B flat major

Part 2 Strauss Symphonic Poem: Ein Heldenleben , Op 40 (R)

A further hearing of some of this year's discoveries and rediscoveries
Scarlatti Sinfonia , trio and six arias (Narcisso) patrizia KWELLA (soprano) GILLIAN FISHER (soprano) IAN PARTRIDGE (tenor) NIGEL ROGERS (tenor)
RAGLAN BAROQUE PLAYERS directed by NICHOLAS KRAEMER (harpsichord) (R)
Bach Newly-discovered Chorale Preludes: Herzliebster Jesu , was hast du verbrochen; Werde munter, mein Gemiite; Ich hab mein Sach; Das alte Jahr vergangen ist; Gott ist unser
Heil; Ehre sei dir, Christe; Jesu, meine Freude
GILLIAN WEIR. NICHOLAS DANBY and JOHN scott (organ of the Queen Elizabeth Hall , London) (R)
Handel Four newly-discovered arias: Sento primo le procelle;
Sorge nel petto; Sa perche pena il cor; Lusinga questo cor SARAH LEONARD (soprano)
AMERAL GUNSON (mezzo-soprano)
CITY OF LONDON SINFONIA conducted by RICHARD hickox (R) Bach Chorale Preludes:
Ach Gott, tu dich erbarmen;
Als Jesus Christus in der Nacht; Herzlich lieb hab ich dir, 0 Herr; Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verderbt; 0 Jesu, wie ist dein Gestalt; Alle Menschen miissen sterben
GILLIAN WEIR. NICHOLAS DANBY and JOHN scott (R)
Handel Sinfonia and Act 1, scenes 1-4 (Teseo)
JUDITH NELSON (soprano)
CHRISTINE ARMISTEAD (soprano) DREW MINTER (counter-tenor) BOSTON EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL
CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA
Conducted by NICHOLAS MCGEGAN (A WGBHIBBC co-production) (R)

Ronald Thomas (violin)
Raphael Wallfisch (cello)
Anthony Goldstone (piano) direct from the Concert Hall, Broadcasting House, London Beethoven Allegretto in B flat (Wo039)
Grieg Andante con moto in c minor (first UK broadcast) Schubert Trio in B flat (D 898)

Eight programmes written and presented by David Brown 2: First Masterpiece
The genesis and composition of Romeo and Juliet, comparisons between the versions, and a complete performance of the final version with Mike Gwilym as the composer and Gabriel Woolf as Balakirev (R)
(Part 3 on Boxing Day at 5. Opm)

played by KATHRYN stott (piano) (R)

Madrigals from Manuscript
If heavn's juste wrath; No object dearer; Cruell unkinde; Downe in a dale; My breast i'le sett;
Well soundinge pipes; Cor mio THE CONSORT OF MUSICKE directed by ANTHONY ROOLEY (R)

Does Classical Music Have to be Entirely Serious?
The 1984 Darwin Lecture given in the Music Faculty Concert Hall of Cambridge University by Alfred Brendel (R)

Bach's set of six concertos played on period instruments Parti1
Concerto No 1, in F (BWV 1046) UNDE CONSORT directed by HANS-MARTIN LINDE Concerto No 3, in G (BWV 1048) ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSIC directed by CHRISTOPHER HOGWOOD Concerto No 5. in D (BWV 1050) ENSEMBLE directed by GUSTAV LEONHARDT

In 1880 Anthony Trollope wrote a series of articles about London tradesmen for the Pall Mall Gazette.
In the first of three programmes, selected and edited by RICHARD MULLEN , Trollope turns his attention to the wine trade and coal merchants.
Read by John Rowe
Producer CHRISTOPHER VENNING (Part 2 on Friday at & 45pm)

Part 2
Concerto No 2, in F (BWV 1047) ENGLISH CONCERT directed by TREVOR PINNOCK Concerto No 6, in B flat (BWV 1051)
VIENNA CONCENTUS MUSICUS directed by NIKOLAUS HARNONCOURT
Concerto No 4, in G (BWV 1049)
AMSTERDAM BAROQUE ORCHESTRA directed by TON KOOPMAN records

Presented by Charles Fox featuring Peter King Quartet

The third of 12 programmes Quartet in E (Cypresses No 6) Quartet in F minor, Op 9 LINDSAY STRING QUARTET

CHOIR OF WESTMINSTER ABBEY CHRISTOPHER HERRICK (Organ) directed by SIMON PRESTON records