17th-century England: Hobbes
Haydn Symphony No 48, in c (Maria Theresia )
ORPHEUS CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
7.32* Beethoven Seven variations on 'Bei Mannern ' YO-YO MA (cello)
EMANUEL AX (piano)
7.42* Sinding Suite in A minor, Op 10 rrzHAK PERLMAN (violin)
PITTSBURG SO/ANDRE PREVIN
8.0 News
8.5 Mendelssohn Overture: The Fair Melusine, Op 32 LSO/CLAUDIO ABBADO
8.16* Reynaldo Hahn La vie est belle
ELLY AMELING (soprano) RUDOLF JANSEN (piano)
8.18* Grieg Symphony in c minor (1864)
GOTHENBURG SO/OKKO KAMU records
Arriaga and Soler Soler Concerto No 4, in F
KENNETH GILBERT and TREVOR PINNOCK (harpsichords)
Arriaga Biblical Cantata: Hagar ANGELA DENNING (Soprano) BILBAO SO/JESUS LOPEZ-COBOS Soler Quintet No 5, in D, for strings and harpsichord
MONTSERRAT CERVERA (violin) ANDREE WACHSMUTH (Violin) ANDRE VAUQUET (viola) MARCAL CERVERA (cello) CHRISTIANE JACCOTTET (harpsichord): records
PIERSLANE (piano)
Rachmaninov Variations on a theme of Chopin, Op 22 Godowsky Concert paraphrase of Johann Strauss 's 'Die Fledermaus' BBCBristol
Beethoven Overture: Fidelio (mono: 1929)
BERLIN STATE OPERA ORCHESTRA/
ALEXANDER VON ZEMLINSKY
Zemlinsky Symphony No 2, in B flat
SLOVAK PO/EDGAR SEIPENBUSCH records
Second of two programmes featuring Mass settings composed in 1922 which look back to the music of earlier generations
BBC NORTHERN SINGERS conductor STEPHEN WILKINSON with SIMON LINDLEY (organ) Poulenc Litanies a la Vierge Noire
Frank Martin Passacaille; Mass BBC Manchester
leader JAMES CLAKK conducted by James Loughran Dong-Suk Kang (violin) Parti
Grace Williams Penillion
Bruch Violin Concerto No 1, in G minor, Op 26
Part 2
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 4, in F minor
(Given on 26 March in the Newport Centre in association with the Welsh Arts Council)
JUAN MARTIN plays some of his own compositions based on traditional flamenco forms.
Taranta-Fandango; Alegria de Pablo; Zambra Mora ;
Granadina; Bulerias (R)
(violin) with Kathryn Stott (piano)
Mozart Sonata in E minor (K 304) Faure Sonata No 1, in A major, Op 13 (R)
Mozart Serenade in B flat (K 361), for 13 wind instruments
CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA conducted by GEORGE SZELL (WCLV recording 1969)
Reger Serenade in G, Op 141a PETER LUKAS GRAF (flute) SANDOR VEGH (violin)
RAINER MOOG (viola): record
Brahms Serenade No 1, in D, Op 11
CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA conducted by ISTVAN KERTESZ (WCLV recording 1969)
Presented by Edward Seckerson Producer JUDITH ROLES
Philips Passamezzo pavan and galliard
ANNEKE UITTENBOSCH (harpsichord)
Lawes Suite in D minor (from the 'Royall' consort)
SIGISWALD KUIJKEN (Violin) LUCY VAN DAEL (violin)
WIELAND KUIJKEN (bass viol)
GUSTAV LEONHARDT (bass viol)
TOYOHIKO SATOH (theorbo): records
leader DENNIS SIMONS conductor Edward Downes Gwyneth Jones (soprano) direct from the Free Trade Hall, Manchester
Part 1
Strauss Symphonia domestica
Three reflections from
Ian McDougall following a recent visit
2: The Islamic Resurgence
What is the character of Islamic fundamentalism in Egypt, muted though it may be by comparison to other Middle Eastern states, and how can Egypt respond to it?
Part 2 Wagner
Siegfried's Rhine Journey and Funeral Music;
Immolation scene
(Gotterdammerung) BBC Manchester
by DOUGLAS DUNN with 'I am in a serene and ingenious work-tower of Astronomy - and by means of this window, I can inspect Infinity. From this garden of telescopes, I can travel across the wilderness of Death itself.... through distances so vast they can be measured only on the abacus of God.'
Music composed by DAVID DORWARD DAVID FLACK (hom) HEATHER CORBETT and GORDON RIGBY (percussion) Directed by STEWART CONN BBC Scotland (R)
Quartet No 7, in F sharp minor. Op 108; Piano Quintet in G minor, Op 57
BRODSKY STRING QUARTET
Michael Thomas (violin) Ian Belton (violin)
Paul Cassidy (viola)
Jacqueline Thomas (cello) with iain BURNSIDE (piano)
A series of live theatre and opera reviews
A.S. Byatt considers Titus Andronicus at The Swan
Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
A suite for chamber orchestra by Louis Ballard
(first UK broadcast)
SAAR RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by DENNIS RUSSELL DAVIES (Soar Radio recording)
