A 12-part series featuring his Opus 6 Concerti grossi.
Grande entree (Alceste: Act 1): ENGLISH CONCERT/
TREVOR PINNOCK
Arias: Siissen Blumen Ambraflocken; Das zitternde Glanzen der spielenden Wellen
EMMA KIRKBY (soprano) LONDON BAROQUE
Concerto grosso, Op 6 No 1: AMSTERDAM
BAROQUE ORCH/
TON KOOPMAN. Records
(1890-1963)
A centenary celebration for the Russian virtuoso who contributed so much to British music.
Chopin Scherzo in E, Op 54 Schumann Romance in F sharp, Op 28 No 2. (Mono)
Beethoven Concerto
No 5 (Emperor). (Mono) With LPO/SZELL. Records
Vaughan Williams On Wenlock Edge (Mono)
GEORGE MARAN (tenor)
LONDON STRING QUARTET IVOR NEWTON (piano)
8.56 Marcello Concerto in C minor (Mono)
LEON GOOSSENS (oboe) PHILHARMONIA STRING
ORCH/WALTER SUSSKIND
9.07 Elgar Organ Sonata No 1 in G
STEPHEN CLEOBURY
9.36 Brahms Geistliches Lied: CHOIR OF CHRIST
CHURCH. OXFORD/PRESTON COLIN WALSH (organ)
9.24 Bax Symphony No 2 in E minor and C
LPO/THOMSON. Records
Michael Oliver visits Oslo, Voss and Bergen to investigate musical life in Norway, with contributions from
Benny Dahl-Hansen, Harald Herresthal, Mariss Jansons, Geir Johnson, Audun Kayser, Terje Kvamm, Lorenz Reitan and others.
(Repeated tomorrow at 2.05pm)
led by RICHARD HOWARTH conducted by YANNIS DARAS
Scandinavian Season Lars-Erik Larsson
Concert Overture No 2 Suite: A Winter's Tale
Berwald Symphony No 3 in C (Sinfonie singuliere) (R)
Debussy Sonata in D minor
Lutoslawski Grave (Metamorphoses) Brahms Sonata in E minor, Op 38
RALPH KIRSHBAUM (cello); ROGER VIGNOLES (piano)
Sixth of 12 programmes featuring the recorded legacy of Artur Rubinstein. Introduced by Graham Sheffield. Bach, arr Busoni
Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C
Mozart Rondo in A minor
(K511)
Franck Violin Sonata With JASCHA HEIFETZ (violin)
Prokofiev Douze visions fugitives, Op 22
Bach, arr
Busoni Chaconne. Records (R)
Scandinavian Season
Ib Norholm Quartet No 4
Anders Nordentoft
String Quartet
Herman D. Koppel Quartet No 6
(all first broadcasts)
led by JAMES CLARK conducted by TADAAKIOTAKA GARRICK OHLSSON (piano)
Scandinavian Season live from the Royal
Festival Hall, London.
Brahms Piano Concerto No 2 in B flat
4.00 An Instrument of the State
In the light of the Palme and Hay ward cases, Gunnar Pettersson assesses politics and justice in Sweden. (R)
4.20 Sibelius Symphony No 2 in D
Richard Wigmore introduces the last in the series of Schubert song recitals with programmes arranged by opus number. ANDREAS SCHMIDT (baritone)
MARKUS HINTERHAUSER (piano)
Op 83: L'incanto degli occhi; II traditor deluso;
II modo di prender moglie; Op 4: Der
Wanderer; Morgenlied; Wandrers Nachtlied ; Op 65: Lied eines Schiffers an die Dioskuren; Der Wanderer; Heliopolis I; Op 19: An Schwager Kronos; An Mignon; Ganymed; Op 21: Auf der Donau; Der Schiffer; Wie Ulfru fischt; Op 22: Der Zwerg; Wehmut; Op 24: Gruppe aus dem Tartarus;
Schlaflied; Op 1: Erlkonig (Austrian Radio recording)
Series producer PETER TANNER
Scandinavian Season 2: The Fire beneath the Rock
To avenge the insults to their mother, the Njalssons take their spears and ride across , the Land Isles. But � further deaths only fuel Mordh's determination to see Gunnar dead. (Final part at 9.05pm)
live from the Royal
Festival Hall, London. LONDON PHILHARMONIC led by DAVID NOLAN conducted by KURT SANDERLING
Scandinavian Season Dramatised in three parts by DAVID WADE from a translation by MAGNUS MAGNUSSON and HERMAN PALSSON of The Burning of Njal.
With Bernard Hepton as Njal and narration by Norman Rodway and Barbara Jefford.
3: The Burning In the year 1000
Christianity comes to
Iceland. But the new faith does little to change the course of the blood feud, and now the sons of Njal seem doomed to turn on their father's favourite.
Cast for all three plays:
With Alice Arnold , Sam Bennett , Anna Cropper , Ken Cumberlidge , Joe Dunlop , Simon Linnell , 1 Joan Matheson , Danny Schiller , Ian Targett and Joan Walker.
Music by DAVID Chilton and NICK RUSSELL-PAVIER
Directed by JEREMY MORTIMER
recorded in Westminster Abbey to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the birth of Thomas Cranmer , Archbishop of Canterbury.
Music from the Reformation period by Tallis, Thomas Caustun , Robert Parsons , Robert Stone and William Mundy.
Organist and Master of the Choristers
MARTIN NEARY Sub organist
ANDREW LUMSDEN
Chansons by the French Renaissance composers Sermisy, Richefort and Sandrin, arranged for the lute by their contemporaries,
Attaignant, da Milano and de Rippe. played by CHRISTOPHER WILSON (lute) (R)
