Couperin La Francoise (First Suite): MUSICA ANTIQUA COLOGNE. Record
Mehul Overture:
La Chasse dujeune Henri: Lisbon
GULBENKIAN ORCHESTRA/
MICHEL SWIERCZEWSKI
7.46 Gossec Symphonie militaire: WALLACE
COLLECTION/WALLACE
7.52 Haydn Symphony No 84 in E flat
ORCH OF THE AGE OF
ENLIGHTENMENT/KUIJKEN
8.17 Cherubini Hymn to Victory: WALLACE COLLECTION. Records
Berlioz Overture: Les Francs-juges, Op 3;
Legende irlandaise: La Belle Voyageuse, Op 2
No 4; Lelio, ou Le Retour a la vie, Op 14b SOLOISTS
JOHN CONSTABLE (piano) JOHN ALLDIS CHOIR
LSO/COLIN DAVIS. Records
for Sir Michael Tippett 's 85th birthday. Presented by Chris de Souza , with an introduction from John Drummond ,
Controller of Radio 3.
As Director of Music at Morley College in the 1940s, Tippett promoted regular series of adventurous and wide-ranging concerts. In this re-creation there are works by Gibbons, Bartok and Seiber;
ALFRED DELLER Singing Purcell; and Tippett conducting Tallis's motet Spem in alium; together with works by Tippett himself - the Concerto for double string orchestra
(SCO/THE COMPOSER) and Boyhood's End (With PETER PEARS).
Tippett also talks about his early career
and his experiences as a wartime conscientious objector (in 1973).
Introduced by Robert Saxton , including contributions from David Matthews ,
Nigel Osborne and Anthony Payne.
Beethoven Overture:
Egmont: BAVARIAN RSO/ COLIN DAVIS
Tippett discusses his Third Symphony and its relationship to
Beethoven with Colin Davis (in 1973) and Michael Hall (in 1988). Tippett Symphony No 3 FAYE ROBINSON (sop)
BBC SO/JOHN PRITCHARD
live from the BBC
Concert Hall, London. CLIVE SWANSBOURNE (piano)
Chopin Ballade No 3; Mazurkas: Op 7 No 2; Op 24 No 4
Schubert Impromptu in F minor (D 935 No 4) Tippett Sonata No 3
Rachmaninov Prelude, Op 32 No 12
Beethoven Quartet in C sharp minor, Op 131 Tippett Quartet No 2 LINDSAY QUARTET with a tribute from their leader, Peter Cropper.
Natalie Wheen gathers tributes to Tippett the operatic innovator from Sir Colin Davis , Andrew Davis , Sam Wanamaker , Nicholas Hytner and Robert Tear.
Tippett's celebration of the universe and of human survival.
FAYE ROBINSON (soprano) SARAH WALKER (mezzo) ROBERT TEAR (tenor)
DAVID WILSON-JOHNSON (baritone)
CITY OF BIRMINGHAM
CHOIR; CHORISTERS OF
ST GEORGE 'S CHAPEL,
WINDSOR; CBSO/
CHRISTOPHER ROBINSON
Tippett often draws on blues, jazz, blue grass or pop music as sources of renewal. Michael Hall introduces a selection of these'source'records.
5.45pm
Mainly for Pleasure Tenth Anniversary Sir Michael Tippett introduces his own choices, in conversation with Michael Berkeley.
Paul Crossley with birthday tributes to Tippett from friends within and without the world of music.
conducted by NICHOLAS CLEOBURY and MICHAEL TIPPETT NIGEL ROBSON (tenor)
Purcell Music from The i Fairy Queen
Tippett Songs for Ariel; Corelli Fantasia
8.00 Nicholas Cleobury i discusses the formative influence of Sir Michael on his career.
8.10
Stravinsky Dumbarton Oaks
Tippett Songs for Dov
(In association with Mobil North Sea Ltd)
9.00pm
New Year, New World America has been 'an emotional home' for Tippett since his first visit there in the 60s.
I New Year, his fifth opera, was premiered at Houston Grand Opera on 27 October. During rehearsals American friends, Sir Peter Hall and members of the cast describe the birth of the production, and Sir
Michael talks about how New Year and other works reflect his
'discovery of the New World' late in life. Producer JANE WALKER
plays Tippett's
Piano Sonata No 2
This listing contains language that some may find offensive.
7: The Pope
Read by PETER Williams Mono (R)
Schubert
(Details as Boxing Day 8.35am)
