Poetry: The Romantic Hero

The first in a weekly series to include music by Antonio Vivaldi and many of his
Venetian contemporaries.
Vivaldi Concerto in G minor, for strings (RV 157)
VIENNA CONCENTUS MUSICUS directed by NIKOLAUS HARNONCOURT
Legrenzi Sonata (La Buscha) MEMBERS OF VIENNA
CONCENTUS MUSICUS
Vivaldi Gloria in D (Rv 589) JUDITH NELSON (soprano) EMMA KIRKBY (soprano) CAROLYN WATKINSON (mezzo-soprano)
CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL
CHOIR. OXFORD
ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSIC/
SIMON PRESTON
Vivaldi Concerto in A, for violin and two orchestras (rv 585) FRANCO FANTINI (violin)
ISOUSTIDIMILANO
LES SOLISTES DE BRUXELLES/ ANGELO EPHRIKIAN : records

The first of eight programmes reflecting the recorded repertoire of the French cellist who died earlier this year aged 79.
Brahms Cello Sonata No 2, in F with RUDOLF FIRKUSNY (piano)
Saint-Saens Cello Concerto No 1, in A minor
LAMOUREUX ORCHESTRAl JEANMARTINON records

Haydn Symphony No 102, in B flat
LPO/SIRGEORGSOLTI
Ravel Alborada del gracioso (Miroirs)
JEAN-PHILIPPE COLLARD (piano)
Rossini, arr Respighi La boutique fantasque RPO/SIR EUGENE GOOSSENS records

Introduced by Michael Oliver
Monsieur Croche Writes a Letter: Roger Nichols considers Debussy's private correspondence.
Scriabin and the Piano: some reflections by Boris Berman.
Traditional Chinese Music and its Instruments: a conversation with the Guo brothers.
Producers GRAHAM SHEFFIELD and ANDREW LYLE

(piano duet)
Schubert Rondo in A (D 951);
Sonata in c (D 812) (Grand Duo) (A re-broadcast of last Monday's BBC Lunchtime Concert)
(Tomorrow at 1.5pm: Nash Ensemble)

associate leader
NICHOLAS WOOD conducted by Christopher Seaman
Garrick Ohlsson (piano) Verdi Overture:
The Force of Destiny
Chopin Piano Concerto No 1, in E minor
1.10* Interval Reading
1.15*Elgar
Symphony No 1, in A flat (Given on 25 January in the Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool) BBC Manchester

Daniel Zisman (violin)
Jonathan Sparey (violin) Alan George (viola) loan Davies (cello)
Shostakovich Elegy and Polka (first UK broadcast)
Tchaikovsky Quartet No 3, in E flat minor, Op 30

Tragic opera in three acts
Libretto by GIUSEPPE bardari after schiller
Music by Donizetti (sung in Italian)
A historical myth in which Mary, loved by Elizabeth's favourite, Leicester, insults her royal cousin and is executed as a result.
VIENNA STATE OPERA CHORUS
AND ORCHESTRA conducted by ADAM FISCHER
Act 1: A gallery in the Palace of Westminster
Act 2: The park at Fotheringay Act 3:
Scene 1: The Palace of Westminster
Scene 2: A guarded room in the Palace of Fotheringay
Scene 3: The place of execution (Austrian Radio recording)

A sceptical review of new ideas and old orthodoxies in the world of the arts.
Stephen Games presents the last of the current series - a blend of talks, parodies, new writing, interviews and documentaries about issues and themes here and abroad. Producers FRASER STEEL and SAM COLLYNS

Sonata in B minor
EDITH VOGEL

During the early 19th century, flowery parterres instead of the careful greens of earlier landscapes began to surround country mansions. In a series of three talks, Dr Joan Morgan examines the work of those Victorian gardeners who not only provided everything from potatoes and tangerines to buttonholes and bouquets, but also changed the view from the terrace for ever.
1: Geometry and Geraniums Readers GRAHAM BLOCKEY
BERNARD BROWN. FRASER KERR and BRIAN SMITH
Producer AUSON RICHARDS (R)

sings two medieval spinning songs from the time of the Roman de la rose. anon Bele Doette
Audefroi le Batard Bele Isabiauz records

direct from
Studio 7, Manchester Last of three concerts
Gabrieli String Quartet Parti
Haydn Quartet in D major, Op 20 No 4
Bartok Quartet No 2

Last of three readings compiled and abridged by MICHEL PETHERAM
Snowdon and Sunset
From Llyn-y-ddinas to
Caernarvon and a valiant attempt on Wales's sublime pinnacle.
Reader Philip Bond
Producer ADRIAN MOURBY BBC Wales

Part 2 Haydn
Quartet in G major, Op 77 No 1

Symphony No 4, in c
BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA leader RODNEY FRIEND conductor SIR JOHN PRITCHARD (R)

ENGLISH BRASS ENSEMBLE
Paul Archibald (trumpet) Richard Martin (trumpet) James Handy (horn)
David Whitson (trombone) James Gourlay (tuba)
Stravinsky Fanfare for a New Theatre
ZsoltDurko Quartet
Bo Nilsson Bass, for tuba, tam-tam and tuned gongs
Vagn Holmboe Quintet No 1, Op79
BBC Scotland

After the first movement (of Bennett concerto), a purely lyrical piece, full of fine human feeling, such as we meet with only in the best master-works, it became clear to all that they had here to do with an artist of the most refined nature. (SCHUMANN) Sixth of nine programmes MALCOLM BINNS (piano) ULSTER ORCHESTRA leader RICHARD HOWARTH conducted by JONATHAN DEL MAR Sterndale Bennett Piano
Concerto No 3, in c minor (1834) (first broadcast)
Haydn Symphony No 98, in B flat
BBC Northern Ireland