conducted by KARL MUNCHlNGER The fourth of five programmes. Vivaldi Autumn (The Four Seasons)
Bach Brandenburg Concerto No 4 inc. Records
(piano)
The fifth of six programmes. Liszt Eroica
(Transcendental study No 7) Lyapunov Chant epique
(Transcendental study No 8) Schumann Arabesque, Op 18 Mozart Piano Concerto in A (K 414)
LPO/THOMAS BEECHAM Mono records
Bach Cantata No 51: Jauchzet Gott in alien
Landen HELEN DONATH (SOprano) MAURICE ANDRE (trumpet)
ACADEMY OF ST MARTIN-IN-THE-FIELDS/
NEVILLE MARRINER
Brahms String Quartet No 3 in B flat, Op 67
MELOS QUARTET OF STUTTGART Ravel La Valse (two piano version)
THORSON AND
THURBER Franz Schmidt Symphony NolinE
RADIO BRATISLAVA SO/
L'UDOVITRAJTER Records
with Michael Oliver.
The Unknown Tchaikovsky:
Henry Zajaczkowski explores some rarely-heard pieces by one of the most remarkably inventive composers of the last century.
Mementos of Sir Thomas: a visit to the Beecham Archive at Denton House.
On Being an Early Singer: a conversation with the soprano Julianne Baird. Producer ANDREW LYLE
conducted by DAVID ATHERTON MARTYN HILL (tenor)
Britten Prelude and Fugue for 18 strings
Gerhard Canciones de Pedrell Vaughan Williams Symphony No 2 (A London Symphony)
(piano)
Weber Sonata in A flat, Op 39 Liszt Sunt lachrymae rerum;
Lesjeux d'eau a la Villa d'Este; Bagatelle sans tonalite;
Reminiscences de Lucia di Lammermoor
Writers Talking
Christopher Bigsby talks with the Canadian novelist and poet Margaret Atwood.
String Quartet in G (D 887) BUSCH STRING QUARTET Mono record: 1938
conducted by SEIJI OZAWA
Webern Five Pieces for small orchestra, Op 10
Mahler Symphony No 9
(Given on 1 December 1988 in the Royal Festival Hall, London) (R)
(violin and piano)
Beethoven Sonata in A, Op 47 (Kreutzer)
Prokofiev Sonata No 2 in D. Op 94a BBC Pebble Mill
ESTONIAN PHILHARMONIC
CHAMBER CHOIR conducted by TONU KALJUSTE
Veljo Tormis Liv 's Inheritance trad, arr Tormis Estonian folk songs trad, arr Kreek Songs from Vaimulikud rahvalaulud
Tormis The Making of Iron
(Given on 30 June 1988in St George 's. Brandon Hill , Bristol, as part of the Bristol International Music Week) BBCBristol
The First Decade
Between 1914 and 1974 only
20 feature films were made in New Zealand. Since then over 50 have been produced. Philip French reports on this sudden outburst of activity and the state of the local cinema, with contributions from Lindsay Shelton of the New Zealand Film Commission, and directors Roger Donaldson , Geoff Murphy , Gaylene Preston and Vincent Ward. Mono (R)
live from the Royal Festival Hall, London, as part of the South Bank Centre's Schoenberg cycle, The
Reluctant Revolutionary. LONDON SYMPHONY CHORUS RICHARD HlCKOX SINGERS
CITY OF BIRMINGHAM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by SIMON RATTLE Schoenberg's massive song-cycle sets poems by the Danish poet JENS PETER JACOBSON. They describe the legend of the 12th century King Waldemar of Denmark, and his illicit love for a young girl, Tove, who lives in Gurre Castle. Waldemar's wife is jealous and has Tove murdered. After his own death, Waldemar's ghost searches for Tove in a wild hunt. (sung in German) (soprano) (tenor) (tenor) (bass)
Parti
8.10*
The Air from Other Planets Frank Whitford considers Schoenberg as a painter. (R)
8.30* Parts 2 and 3
Sonata No 2 (1950)
VARDO RUMESSEN (piano) Record
by W.B. YEATS.
In this play, taken from the Japanese Noh tradition, a young revolutionary is faced with a dilemma when he meets two spectres from a bygone age. Will his credo allow him to forgive their ancient betrayal of Ireland?
Music by HENRY DAGG
Directed by EOIN O'CALLAGHAN BBC Northern Ireland
recorded in Exeter Cathedral Responses (Byrd)
Psalms 142,143 (Flintoft and Keeton)
First lesson: n Kings 5, w 1-14 Canticles: Darke in F
Second lesson: Mark 7, w 24-37 and 8, w 22-26
Anthem: 0 where shall wisdom be found? (Boyce)
Hymn (AMR 243): Christ is our cornerstone
Organ voluntary: Prelude and fugue in D (Buxtehude)
Organist and Master of the Choristers LUCIAN NETHSINGHA
Assistant Organist PAUL MORGAN BBC Bristol
The first of three programmes. Ensemble music flourished in Italy during the Baroque period. There was a great diversity of instrumental colour, particularly among the instruments which accompanied the dominant violin.
Works by Salamone Rossi and Biagio Marini are performed by ROMANESCA (R)