Saint-Saens Danse macabre, Op 40
PARIS ORCHESTRA/PIERRE DERVAUX
7.07* Gluck Dance of the Blessed Spirits (Orfeo)
ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSIC/
CHRISTOPHER HOGWOOD
7.15* Mussorgsky A Night on the Bare Mountain
SUISSE ROMANDE ORCHESTRA/
ERNEST ANSERMET
7.30 News
7.35 Goldmark Overture: In Italy, Op 49
BUDAPEST PO/ANDRAS KORODI
7.48* Corelli Concerto Grosso in G minor, Op 6 No 8 (Christmas) I MUSICI
8.02* Monteverdi Zefiro toma NIGEL ROGERS (tenor) ian PARTRIDGE (tenor)
WERNER KAUFFMANN (Virginals) COLIN TiLNEY (harpsichord) EUGEN DOMBOIS (lute)
HEINRICH HAFERLAND (viola da gamba)
HANS KOCH (violone) directed by jurgen JURGENS
8.08* Martinu Frescoes of Piero della Francesca PRAGUE RSO/CHARLES MACKERRAS
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Bach
Leipzig, 9 February 1727 Recitative and aria:
Der Glocken bebendes Geton ... Wie starb die Heldin so vergniigt! (Cantata No 198: Trauer-Ode)
HELEN WATTS (contralto) CONCERTO AMSTERDAM/ JURGEN JURGENS
Trio-Sonata No 6 in G (BWV 530) TON KOOPMAN (organ)
Partita No 2 in c minor (bwv 826) TREVOR PINNOCK (harpsichord)
Cantata No 84: Ich bin vergniigt mit meinem Glucke
WILHELM wiedl (treble)
VIENNA CONCENTUS MUSICUS/
NIKOLAUS HARNONCOURT Records
Stig Nilsson (violin)
Aage Kvalbein (cello)
Jens Harald Bratlie (piano) Mozart Trio in B flat (K 502) Roussel Trio in E flat, Op 2
10.30* Interval Reading
10.35* Mendelssohn Trio No 2 in c minor, Op 66
(Given on 8 July in the Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham, aspartofthe 1987 Cheltenham Festival) BBC Pebble Mill
NIGEL ROGERS (tenor) PAUL ROBERTS (piano)
Henri Reber Au bord du ruisseau
Victor Masse Eho!
Ernest Reyer Pourquoi ne m'aimez-vous?; Serenade
Lalo L'Aube nait
Saint-Saens La Cloche
Bizet Le Matin; La Nuit; Chanson d'Avril
Massenet Elegie; Un adieu; Declaration; A Mignonne BBC Pebble Mill
Violin Concerto No 1; Symphony No 9
ERICH GRUENBERG (violin)
BBC PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA led by DENNIS SIMONS conducted by RUDOLF BARSHAI BBC Manchester
LINDSAY STRING QUARTET
Beethoven Quartet in c,
Op 59 No 3 (Rasumovsky)
Shostakovich Quartet No 4 in D, Op 83
(Given last Wednesday in Studio 7. Ticket details from:
BBC Concerts Promotion,
PO Box 27. Manchester M60 ISJ)
Robert Layton introduces the second of ten programmes to include all the symphonies of Edmund Rubbra. Symphony No 2 NEW PHlLHARMONIA
VERNON HANDLEY Record
played by COLIN LAWSON with ERIK LEVI (piano)
Widor Introduction and Rondo, Op 72
Florent Schmitt Andantino , Op 30 No 1
Caplet Improvisations (d'apres 'Le Pain quotidien') BBC Manchester
led by RICHARD HOWARTH conducted by BRYDEN THOMSON
Wagner Prelude and Liebestod (Tristan und Isolde) von Biilow Nirvana , Op 20
Liszt Tone poem: Hamlet (R)
The first of two programmes
Sonatas in F minor (Kk 183-187) HAROLD LESTER (fortepiano)
The fifth of ten programmes EXON SINGERS conducted by CHRISTOPHER TOLLEY Hans Leo Hassler 0 Sacrum Convivium; 0 Domine Jesu Christe (Sacri Concentus)
Peter Cornelius Three Motets, Op 18
BBC Bristol
David Hoult presents a selection of music for the early evening.
Producer PAUL HINDMARSH BBC Manchester
Geoffrey Smith presents the third of five programmes on the French jazz violinist
Stephane Grappelli. In 1954, Grappelli left Britain to live in Paris again, where he began to work with the younger generation of jazz musicians, including Jean-Luc Ponty. He also recorded with Joe Venuti , Stuff Smith , Gary Burton and Duke Ellington.
Christopher Cook talks to James Roose-Evans, the director of Hugh Whitemore's play The Best of Friends which opens at London's Apollo Theatre next Wednesday.
Moeran Seven Poems by James Joyce
ANN MURRAY (mezzo-soprano) ANTONY SAUNDERS (piano) (R)
conducted by MARISS YANSONS direct from the Barbican Hall, London
Parti
Hovland Fanfare and Chorale Beethoven Symphony No 2 in D
by EDITH WHARTON
1 he first of three programmes compiled by DONALD BANCROFT The American novelist Edith Wharton was a close friend of Henry James and her autobiography A Backward
Glance gives some fascinating glimpses of the life of a great writer.
Producer PENNY GOLD
Part 2 Mahler
Symphony No 1 in D (Titan)
A modern satyr play by ANDRE GIDE translated and adapted by PATRICK POLLARD with In disgrace for selling matches without a licence, Prometheus goes to Paris accompanied by his scrawny eagle. A smart waiter puts him in touch with a millionaire who dispenses
Pleasure and pain with godlike waywardness.
Also taking part
DAVID GARTH. NARISSA KNIGHTS and ELLEN MCINTOSH
Directed by JOHN THEOCHARIS (R)
Sonatas in E (Kk 380, Kk 381) TREVOR PINNOCK (harpsichord) Record
Sun, Moon and Stars
Poems for the fifth day of Creation.
(Adam and Eve' tomorrow at
11.00pm)
Prokofiev
Music for Stage and Screen: The Tyrant
Polonaise and Fountain Scene (Incidental music: Boris Godunov ) arr Stassevitch
Film music: Ivan the Terrible (excerpts)
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