Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 280,425 playable programmes from the BBC

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

Contributors

Unknown:
Sibelius Nightride
Unknown:
Stephen Foster
Unknown:
Colin Matthews
Contralto:
Marilyn Horne
Unknown:
Lorin Maazel
Unknown:
Neville Marriner
Viola:
Max Lesueur

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

Contributors

Unknown:
David Branson
Piano:
John O'Conor
Piano:
John McCabe

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

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Tilson Thomas
Unknown:
Neville Marriner
Unknown:
Charles Dutoit.

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)

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

Contributors

Unknown:
Simon Schama
Unknown:
Colin McLaren
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

Contributors

Unknown:
Michel Carre
Unknown:
Eugene Cormon
Unknown:
John Moody
Unknown:
Arthur Hammond
Production By:
Philip Prowse
Unknown:
Martin Handley
Unknown:
David Drummond
Unknown:
Raymond Ovens
Conducted By:
Charles MacKerras

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)

Contributors

Introduces:
Justin Connolly
Unknown:
Brian Ferneyhough
Flutes:
Roberto Fabbriciani
Mezzo-Soprano:
Brenda Mitchell
Conducted By:
Arturo Tamayo

BBC Radio 3

About BBC Radio 3

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

Appears in

About this data

This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More