Why Study the State?

played by PETER HURFORD on the organ of Knox Grammar School, Sydney, Australia.
Prelude and fugue in c (bwv 545); Sonata No 4 in E minor (BWV 528); Prelude and fugue in A minor
(BWV 551); Concerto in G (BWV 592) (R)

(1906-88)
With the LENINGRAD PHILHARMONIC
ORCHESTRA
The first of a short series devoted to the great Russian conductor.
Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker, Op 71 (excerpts)
Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet: Suite No 2 Records

Vivaldi, transc Bach Concerto in A minor (Bwv 593) WERNER JACOB (organ)
Alessandro Melani Cantata : AH'armi, pensieri
JUDITH NELSON (soprano) DENNIS FERRY (trumpet) JONATHON RUBIN (flute) KATHI GOHL (cello)
GORDON MURRAY (harpsichord) Mozart Piano Concerto No 11 in F (K 413)
ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA directed by MURRAY PERAHIA (piano)
Brahms String Quintet in G, Op 111
MEMBERS OF THE
BERLIN PHILHARMONIC
OCTET
Saint-Saens Requiem Mass DANIELLE GALLAND (soprano)
JEANINE COLLARD (mezzo-soprano) FRANCIS BARDOT (tenor) JACQUES VILLISECH (bass)
MICHELINE LAGACHE (organ) ORTF LYRIC ORCHESTRA
CONTREPOINT ENSEMBLE/
JEAN-GABRIEL GAUSSENS Records

with Michael Oliver.
On the Road with Opera 80: Michael Oliver investigates the preparations for this year's tour.
A conversation with the homplayer Michael Thompson.
The Social Phenomenon of the Brass Band: Michael Lomas surveys the tradition. Producer ANDREW LYLE

The fourth of six concerts. FAYE ROBINSON (soprano) BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA led by RODNEY FRIEND conducted by JOHN PRITCHARD Mozart Symphony No 39 in E flat (K 543)
Strauss Daphne (closing scene)
12.05* Malcolm Hayes presents readings from Mozart's letters written about the time of his Symphony No 39.
Reader IAN THOMPSON
12.10* Strauss Macbeth ;
Death and Transfiguration (Given last Thursday m the Royal Festival Hall, London)

Beethoven Quartet in F,
Op 59 No 1 (Rasumovsky)
Webern Five Movements, Op 5

Writers Talking
David Benedictus talks to the writer, poet and playwright Adrian Mitchell.

The first of seven programmes which follow Handel's own tradition of presenting oratorios during Lent.
Joseph and His Brethren Music by Handel
Libretto by JAMES MILLER. Joseph's Brethren:
LONDON HANDEL CHOIR
LONDON HANDEL ORCHESTRA led by ROY GOODMAN conducted by DENYS DARLOW Part 1
3.20* Duncan Chisholm introduces contemporary readings which suggest that the story of Joseph relates to the political debates of the 1740s.
3.25* Part 2
4.25* Part 3
(Sec also Tuesday at 2.05pm for a rival setting of the story)

PETER DONOHOE (piano)
Brahms Six Pieces, Op 118 Beethoven Sonata in G, Op 31 No I
Rachmaninov Preludes, Op 32 (Given on 2 February in St David 's Hall, Cardiff) BBC Wales

by REGGIE OLIVER. With and 'You are wasting your time,
Sir Joshua. There is no call for history painting in this country.' Two old friends and rivals agree to differ about their ideas. A conversation piece based on their letters and discourses.
Directed by PETER FOZZARD

live from the Royal Festival Hall. London. The last of four concerts given by the Philharmonia Orchestra led by Bradley Creswick
Heinrich Schiff (Cello)

Haydn Symphony No 22 in E flat (Philosopher) conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen
Lutoslawski Cello Concerto conducted by The Composer
8.10* Voices in a Burning Forest
The writer and translator Adam Czerniawski introduces some of the important poets writing in Polish today. Readers Caroline John and Norman Bird.
8.30* Lutoslawski Symphony No 3 conducted by The Composer

with JOHN CONSTABLE (piano) Der Wachtelschlag; Mailied; Der Gesang der Nachtigall;
Die Ehre Gottes ans der Natur; Seufzer eines Ungeliebten und Gegenliebe; Der Kuss;
An die ferne Geliebte. BBC Wales

played by KEITH WILLIAMS and CLIVE WILLIAMSON
Roger Smalley Accord

A Lenten sequence recorded in Manchester Cathedral.
Organ voluntary: Miserere (Byrd)
Introit: Call to Remembrance (Farrant)
Kyrie: Four-Part Mass (Byrd) Hymn (NEH 358): Father of heaven; Readings (rsv): Hosea 14; The Imitation of Christ (Thomas a Kempis); Philippians 2, vv 1-11; Psalms 51 (Bairstow/Beer); 130 (Purcell/Elvey)
Anthems: Salvatormundi
(Tallis); Lord, let me know mine end (Greene): 0 Lord, in thy wrath (Gibbons); Lord, for thy tender mercies'sake (Hilton) Hymn (NEH 61): 0 Christ, who art the light and day
Organ voluntary: Fantasia (Bull)
Master of the Choristers
STUART BEER
Organist GORDON STEWART BBC Manchester

The last of three programmes. Works by Corelli, Veracini and Caldara played by ROMANESCA (R)