First Test
Australia v England
Commentary on the final session of the third day's play in Brisbane.
MWonlyfrom 6.55 am
Berlioz Overture: Roman Carnival LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Verdi Ritorna vincitor (Aida) EVA TURNER (soprano) Sibelius Violin Concerto in D minor: JASCHA HEIFETZ LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Delius Brigg Fair Verdi Vegliammo invan due notti (Macbeth, Act 4) MARGHERITA GRANDI (soprano) VERA TERRY (soprano) ERNEST FRANK (baritone) ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Brahms Symphony No 2, in D LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA records. MW joins at 7.35*
Bizet Suite: The Fair Maid of Perth ORTF NATIONAL ORCHESTRA/
JEANMARTINON Mrs H. H. A. Beach Violin
Sonata in A minor, Op 34 JOSEPH SILVERSTEIN (violin) GILBERT KALISH (piano)
Ravel Une barque sur l'océan (Miroirs)
JEAN PHILIPPE COLLARD (piano) Copland Ballet: Billy the Kid ST LOUIS SO/LEONARD SLATKIN records
Introduced by Michael Oliver
Editing Schubert: a conversation with Martino Tirimo. Pushkin and music: Elizabeth Wilson reflects upon Pushkin's importance for generations of Russian composers.
Instrumental music teaching in the school: a discussion with Ronald Smith , Michael Wearne , John Stephens
Derek Bourgeois and Timothy Goulter.
Producers GRAHAM SHEFFIELD and ANDREW LYLE
(piano)
Bach Goldberg Variations (bwv 988)
(A re-broadcast of last Monday's BBC Lunchtime Concert)
(Tomorrow at 1.5: Mikhail Pletnev , piano)
Spitalfields 1986
ALISON HARGAN (soprano)
JANET BAKER (mezzo-soprano) SIMON GAY (counter-tenor) MARTYN HILL (tenor)
STEPHEN VARCOE (bass) RICHARD HICKOX SINGERS
CITY OF LONDON SINFONIA leader SIMON STANDAGE conducted by RICHARD HICKOX Brahms Alto Rhapsody
Liszt Motets: Des erwachenden Kindes Lobgesang ; An den heiligen Franziskus von Paulo; Cantantibus organis
1.40* Interval Reading
1.45* Mozart
Mass in c minor (K 427)
(Given on 5 June in Christ Church, Spitalfields in association with the Spitalfields Development Group)
HANSON STRING QUARTET
Glazunov Quartet No 3, in G, Op 26 (Quatuor slave) Gliere Quartet No 2
Roussel Symphony No 1, in D minor, Op 7 (Le poeme de la foret): ORCHESTRE NATIONALE DE FRANCE/CHARLES DUTOrr Faure Chant funeraire
MUSIQUE DES GARDIENS DE LA PAIX/ DESIRÉ DONDEYNE: records
NINA MILKINA (piano) NEIL BLACK (oboe)
THEA KING (clarinet)
GRAHAM SHEEN (bassoon) ANTHONY HALSTEAD (hom)
Scarlatti Sonatas: in G minor
(Kk 450); in D (Kk 161); in B minor (Kk 27); in B (Kk 262); in (Kk 208); in D minor (Kk 396) Beethoven Quintet in E flat, Op 16 (R)
European agriculture is so developed that a chicken may lay one egg a day and a cow is capable of churning out 40 gallons of milk in a week.
So productive a system provides us with more than enough food, but it attracts criticism. Colin Tudge explores how current concerns over the way we feed ourselves may shape the future of animal farming in Europe. Producer DEBORAH COHEN
In National Style (5)
Hungarian Rhapsody No 10; Ballade d'Ukraine (Glanes de Woronince); Hungarian National Melody No 9:
Hungarian Rhapsody No 11 played by KUN WOO PAIK
Balakirev's symphonic poem USSR SO/EVGENY SVETLANOV: record
by MIKHAIL LERMONTOV (1814-41)
New translations by JOHN HEATH -STUBBS and EUGENE DUBNOV Readers Julian Glover and Jane Leonard
Producer JOHN THEOCHARlS
Opera in three acts Libretto by VLADMR IVANOVICH BELSKY , based on a poem by PUSHKIN Music by Rimsky-Korsakov Sung in the English translation by STEPHEN OLIVER
Rimsky-Korsakov's last opera is a veiled political satire in the guise of a macabre fairy tale.
OPERA NORTH CHORUS chorus-master JOHN PRYCE-JONES ENGLISH NORTHERN PHILHARMONIA leader DAVID GREED conducted by ALEXANDER RAHBARI Act
8.20* Interval Reading
8.30* Acts 2 and 3 (Given on 11 January in the Grand Theatre, Leeds)
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played by STEPHEN lSSERLIS Bloch Suite No 1
Elizabeth Maconchy Narration BBC Wales
Six talks about
Law, Justice and Democracy byLordMcCluskey
Scottish High Court Judge
Solicitor-General for Scotland 1974-9 ,
2: The Clanking of Medieval Chains
(Lecture 3: next Wednesday on R4) The Reith Lectures are printed weekly in THE LISTENER
Prelude and Fugue in A minor (bwv894)
RICHARD COULSON (harpsichord) Trio-Sonata No 3, in D minor (bwv527)
RICHARD COULSON (organ of Stoke d'Abernon Parish Church) (R) Triple Concerto in A minor (Bwv 1044)
DAVID HASLAM (flute)
PETER MOUNTAIN (violin)
NORTHERN SINFONIA directed by GEORGE MALCOLM (harpsichord) (R)
Four centres of the Russian Orthodox tradition 3: Leningrad
The GLINKA KAPELLA, directed by VLADISLAV CHERNUSHENKO , sing extracts from the AU-Night Vigil which Rachmaninov dedicated to their former director, S. V. Smolensky. (Soviet Radio recording)
