Sibelius Nightride and Sunrise
PHILHARMONIA SIMON RATTLE
7.20* Stephen Foster , arr Colin Matthews Beautiful Dreamer
MARILYN HORNE (contralto)
ECO/CARL DAVIS
7.24* Rachmaninov Vocalise
BERLIN PO LORIN MAAZEL
7.30* Schubert Symphony No 2 in b flat
ACADEMY OF ST MARTININ-THE-FIELDS/
NEVILLE MARRINER
8.00 News
8.05 Britten
Matinees musicales
NATIONAL PO/RICHARD BONYNGE
8.18* Purcell Music for a while KATHLEEN BATTLE (soprano) JAMES LEVINE (piano)
8.22* Debussy Rapsodie for saxophone and orchestra
CLAUDE DELANGLE (saxophone) MONTE CARLO NATIONAL OPERA
ORCHESTRA/ARMIN JORDAN
8.32* Mozart String Quintet in E flat (K 614)
ARTHUR GRUMlAUX (violin) ARPAD GERECZ (violin) GEORGES JANZER (viola) MAX LESUEUR (viola)
EVA CZAKO (cello). Records
John Field
La Danse des Ours; Andante in c minor: DAVID BRANSON and ANDREW DAVIES (piano duet) Concerto No 5 in c
JOHN O'CONOR (piano)
NEW IRISH CO/JANOS FURST Records
Nocturne No 11 in E flat JOHN MCCABE (piano) (R) Rondo in A flat
ECKART SELLHEIM (fortepiano) COLLEGIUM AUREUM. Records
DALIA OUZIEL (piano)
JERROLD RUBENSTEIN (vioin) EDMOND BAERT (cello)
Ysaye Poeme nocturne, Op 29 (first UK Broadcast)
Beethoven Trio in E flat major, Op 1 No 1. BBC Manchester
Scherzo a la russe: PHILHARMONIA/
MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS
Suite for small orchestra No 1
ACADEMY OF ST MARTIN-IN-THE-FIELDS/
NEVILLE MARRINER Circus Polka
CBC SO/THE COMPOSER
Suite for small orchestra No 2
ACADEMY OF ST MARTININ-THE-FIELDS/
NEVILLE MARRINER
Fireworks: MONTREAL so/ CHARLES DUTOIT. Records
In D major (Kk 397); D minor (Kk 18); G major (Kk 144); E major (Kk 380); E major (Kk 381); c major (Kk 132) MAGGIE COLE (harpsichord)
led by GEOFFREY TRABICHOFF conducted by JERZY MAKSYMIUK JOHN OGDON (piano)
John Maxwell Geddes Voyager Rachmaninov Piano Concerto Nol
Tchaikovsky Fantasy
Overture: Romeo and Juliet BBC Scotland
Second of 12 programmes direct from Pebble Mill
COULL STRING QUARTET
Haydn String Quartet in c, Op 33 No 3 (The Bird)
Simpson String Quartet No 10 (For Peace). BBC Pebble Mill
Ein deutsches Requiem, Op 45 EDITH MATHIS (soprano)
ANDREAS SCHMIDT (baritone) BERLIN PHILHARMONIC CHOIR
BERLIN RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by ANTAL DORATI (RIAS Berlin recording)
Oboe Quartet in F major (K 370) Sonata in B flat major for bassoon and cello (K 292)
Serenade in E flat major, for wind octet (K 375)
ENDYMION ENSEMBLE (R)
Nocturne No 11 in F sharp minor, Op 104 No 1; Barcarolle No 10 in A minor, Op 104 No 2; Barcarolle No 11 in G minor, Op 105; Barcarolle No 12 in E flat, Op 106b; Nocturne No 12 in E minor, Op 107; Barcarolle No 13 in c, Op 116; Nocturne No 13 in B minor, Op 119 ERIC PARKIN (piano) BBCBristol. (R)
Presented by Richard Baker Producer JUDITH ROLES
BRITISH AEROSPACE WINGATES BAND conducted by GEOFFREY BRAND Thomas Wilson Sinfonietta ; Refrains and Cadenzas BBC Manchester
In his recent book, The
Embarrassment of Riches,
Simon Schama , Professor of History at Harvard University, examines the moral tensions that underlie the golden age of Dutch art. In conversation with Colin McLaren , he reflects on issues arising from his book, and on his approach to cultural history.
Producer ROBIN MELHUISH
Bizet's opera, exotically set in ancient Ceylon, tells the story of two friends whose relationship is first wrecked, and then tragically restored by their love for the same woman. Original French text by MICHEL CARRE and EUGENE CORMON Sung in NELL AND JOHN MOODY 'S English version
Additional orchestrations by ARTHUR HAMMOND
English National Opera's new production by PHILIP PROWSE , direct from the London Coliseum
ENGLISH NATIONAL OPERA CHORUS chorusmasters MARTIN HANDLEY and DAVID DRUMMOND
ENGLISH NATIONAL OPERA ORCHESTRA led by RAYMOND OVENS conducted by CHARLES MACKERRAS Acts 1 and 2
A sequence of poetry about
Identity compiled by JANE WILSON Readers BOB PECK.
RICHARD DERRINGTON. SUSIE BRANN and PAULINE LETTS
Producer PETER WINDOWS BBC Pebble Mill (R)
Act 3
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Septet, Op 65 for trumpet, string quintet and piano
GROUPE INSTRUMENTAL DE PARIS Record
Justin Connolly introduces the first complete performance of the cycle, Carceri d 'Invenzione, by Brian Ferneyhough , given at last year's Donaueschingen
Contemporary Music Festival. ROBERTO FABBRICIANI (flutes) IRVINE ARDITTI (violin)
BRENDA MITCHELL (mezzo-soprano) HARRY STARREVELD (flutes) ERNEST ROMBOUT (oboe) TACO KOOISTRA (cello)
MARTIN DERUNGS (harpsichord) SOUTH WEST GERMAN RADIO
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by ARTURO TAMAYO
(South West German Radio recording)
Michael Goldfarb reviews Entertaining Strangers by DAVID EDGAR at the National's Cottesloe Theatre.