17th-century Portraiture (2)

Casella Paganiniana AMSTERDAM CONCERTGEBOUW
ORCHESTRA, KIRILL KONDRASHIN

7.22* Thomas Connais-tu Ie pays? (Mignon)
FREDERICA VON STADE (mezzo-soprano) LPO/JOHN PRITCHARD

7.27* Mendelssohn Symphony No 4 in A (Italian)
PHILHARMONIA/OTTO KLEMPERER

8.0 News

8.5 Lekeu Fantasy on two folk songs from Anjou
MONTE CARLO POARMIN JORDAN

8.18* Berlioz Royal Hunt and Storm (The Trojans)
CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA OF THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE, COVENT GARDEN/COLIN DAVIS

8.28* Ravel Tzigane (Mono) GINETTE NEVEU (violin) JEAN NEVEU (piano)

8.38* Hahn Suite: Le bal de Beatrice d'Este
PARIS ORCHESTRA,
JEAN-PIERRE JACQUILLAT. Records

Schumann Ciphers, and a March ...
Abegg Variations, Op 1
SVIATOSLAV RICHTER (piano)
Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op 26 (first movement) (Mono) ADELINA DE LARA (piano) Camaval, Op 9
ARTUR RUBINSTEIN (piano). Records

CATHERINE CANTIN (flute) FREDERIQUE CAMBRELING (harp) ALAIN DAMIENS (clarinet) QUATUOR INTERCONTEMPORAIN Roussel String Quartet in D, Op 45 Louvier Envois d'ecailles, for flute, viola and harp (first UK performance)
10.45* Interval Reading
10.55* VHF/FM Mozart Clarinet Quintet in A (K 581) Ravel Introduction and Allegro (Given on Sunday in thePittville Pump Room. Cheltenham) BBC Pebble Mill

The Third Comhill Test England v Pakistan
Ball-by-ball commentary on the final day's play at Headingley
1.5pm News
1.10 Your Letters Answered
1.30-1.40*; 3.45-4.0* County Scoreboard

Impromptu; Consolation No 3; Gondoliera (Annees de pelerinage supplement: Venezia e Napoli) PAUL CROSSLEY (piano) Records

led by BELA DEKANY conducted by DAVID ATHERTON ANN MURRAY (mezzo-soprano) Parti Schubert Symphony No 2 in B flat Mahler Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen: Wenn mein Schatz Hochzeit macht; Ging heut' Morgen iibers Feld; [ch hab' ein gliihend Messer; Die zwei blauen Augen

Part 2 Sibelius Symphony No 2 in D (Given on 8 April in the Corn Exchange, Bedford)

played by COSTAS COTSIOLLS Ariel Ramirez Alfonsina y el mar Rafael Duchesne Maya y Esther Jose Quinton El Coqui Edmundo Vasquez Auzielle Pablo Escobar Chopi (R)

Reconstructions of the concert programmes in which the nine symphonies of Vaughan Williams were first performed.
5: Royal Albert Hall, London 24 June 1943 Mendelssohn Overture: A Midsummer Night's Dream LPO/RAYMOND LEPPARD Vaughan Williams Symphony No 5 in D LPO/ADRIAN BOULT Handel Tell fair Irene (Atalanta) JAN PEERCE (tenor) VIENNA STATE OPERA ORCHESTRA; HANS SCHWIEGER Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor: SOLOMON (piano) PHlLHARMONIA/HERBERT MENGES Stravinsky Suite: The Firebird (1910): BBC SO/PIERRE BOULEZ Ireland Epic March LPO/ADRIAN BOULT Records (R)

JAN HENRIK KAYSER (piano) Saeverud Rondo amoroso. Op 14 No 7; Siljuslatter, Op 17 Grieg Ballade, Op 24

Presented by Eric Hancock Producer MARTIN COTTON MW joins at 6.30*

Fantasias, dances and variations by the 16th-century Spanish court composer, played in the original keyboard versions by TON KOOPMAN (harpsichord) and FRANCIS CHAPELET (organ) and in arrangements for ensemble by HESPERION xx directed by jordi SAVALL. Records

direct from the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London An ensemble from Zaire plays music by Babunda and Pende tribes
Part 1 Babunda music

Three reflections by Ian McDougall
3: What Will the Neighbours Think?
As a people and as a nation, the Egyptians stand apart from their Arab brothers. Sadat's
Peace treaty with Israel is just one reflection of Egypt's
Perspective on history. What stance will President Mubarak take in his dealings with Muslims and Jews, Russia and the United States? (R)

Part 2 Pende music
(In association with the South Bank Board)

by WOODY ALLEN with and The scene: an enormous amphitheatre in Athens The time: 500 bc
Enter two distraught Greeks, an actor and a writer, discussing their play, which opens in three days. The problem is, they haven't got an ending. Or a beginning. The middle's not too hot either....
Directed by YURI RASOVSKY
(A National Radio Theatre of Chicago Production) (R)

direct from the Purcell Room. London
Two musicians from Mali, sidiki OIABATE and DJELY MADY SISSOKO Perform part of the epic song about the king Sunjata, a great hero of the Manding people.
(In association with the South Bank Board)

conducted by PETER KEUSHNIG DAVID TANENBAUM (guitar) Richard Rodney Bennett Concerto for guitar and ensemble
Henze An eine Aolsharfe, for guitar solo and ensemble (Austrian Radio recording)

Live theatre and opera reviews Daniel Karlin considers Twelfth Night at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.

Mompou Musica Callada (Vol 2) THE COMPOSER (piano). Record