Messiah: Part 2 (excerpts) Judith Nelson (soprano) Emma Kirkby (soprano) Paul Elliott (tenor)
Choir of Christ Church
Cathedral, Oxford
Academy of Ancient Music/Hogwood
Concerto grosso in F, Op 6 No 9: Vienna Concentus
Musicus/Nikolaus
Hamoncourt. Records
The question which the angels asked the women at the tomb of Christ was the starting point for many dramatised versions of the Easter narrative.
Today Schola Antiqua of New York, directed by John Blackley , perform three of these plays; the first was composed in the Swiss abbey of Engelberg in 1372. Records
Producer Graham Dixon
Music for Easter Day Couperin Motet pour le jour de Paques
Mieke van der Sluis
(soprano); Guillemette Laurens (mezzo) Marianne Muller
(viola da gamba)
Laurence Boulay (organ) Bach Cantata No 31: Der Himmel lacht, die Erde jubilieret
Kurt Equiluz (tenor) Siegmund Nunsgem
(bass); Vienna Boys' Choir Chorus
Viennensis Vienna Concentus
Musicus/Nikolaus
HarnonCOUrt. Record
Stanford Te Deum in B flat: St Paul 's
Cathedral Choir/Rose
Mark Blatchly (organ)
8.41 Tailis When Rising from the Bed of Death Salisbury Cathedral Choir/Deamley
8.46 Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
ECO/Yehudi Menuhin
9.03 Debussy Sonata for flute, viola and harp Skaila Kanga (harp)
William Bennett (flute) Stephen Shingles (viola)
9.18 Schumann Fantasie in C: Murray Perahia
9.48 Moeran Violin Concerto
John Georgiadis; LSO/
Vemon Handley. Records
with Michael Oliver. Benjamin Franklin :
Statesman, Scientist ... Musician:
Roderick Swanston investigates. A conversation with soprano
Kristine Ciesinski.
A visit to the National
Sound Archive with Timothy Day.
A 16th-Century Scot: John Purser puts
Robert Carver in the context of his time. Producers Andrew Lyle and Edward Blakeman
leader Bela Dekany conductor Andrew Davis John Lill (piano)
Prokofiev Suite: Lt Kije Piano Concerto No 3
12.10 Interval Reading
12.15 Brahms
Symphony No 4
(Given in Leeds Town Hall, in association with Sandoz)
Sposalizio; II pensieroso; Canzonetta del
Salvator Rosa ; Three Petrarch Sonnets; Apres une lecture du Dante
(Annies de pelerinage: Italie)
Louis Lortie (piano)
The second of three programmes. A liturgical play which depicts the arrival of the sorrowing women at the tomb of Christ and their subsequent realisation that he is risen. This and the following drama were compiled in France in the late 12th century, and are found in the Fleury Playbook.
Michelle Lee (flute)
Alberni String Quartet Boccherini Flute
Quintet in G (G 423) Mozart Flute Quartet in A (K 298)
Boccherini Flute Quintet inEflat(G424)(R)
leader Michael Davis conductor Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos Stravinsky The Fairy's Kiss Mahler Symphony No I (In association with Brother International (Europe) Ltd) BBC North
Fifth Cable and Wireless Test. West Indies v
England. Commentary on the third day's play in Antigua.
Rachel Isserlis and Frances Turner (violins) William Hunt (bass viol) John Toll (harpsichord) directed by Nigel North (archlute) Matthew Locke Suite in G minor Nicola Matteis Ayres for the Violin Purcell Sonata of three parts (1683). BBC North
Kit Wright introduces and reads three of his poems: The Losing of Liverpool, A Pastoral Disappointment and The Sub-Song.
Jessye Norman (sop) Geoffrey Parsons (piano) Pepe Romero (guitar) Dieter Flury (flute) Handel E pur cost in un giorno ... Piangero la sorte mia (Giulio Cesare ) Strauss Ruhe meine Seele; Morgen; Heimkehr; Nichts Duparc L'Invitation au voyage; Lamento; La Vie anterieure; Chanson triste Ravel Shiherazade Falla Canciones poputares espaflolas (Courtesy of Austrian Radio) (Given in August 1989 as part of the Salzburg Festival)
A timely re-examination of the life and work of Bernard Leach , a man who believed passionately in the artist-craftsman and his importance to society. Devised and compiled by Karin Fernald. Readings from Leach's poetry and prose by Julian Curry. With contributions from Janet, David and John Leach , Stephen Dixon , Christopher Frayling , John Maltby , Marianne de Trey, Frank Vibert and Oliver Watson. Producer Piers Plowright
conductor James Levine Daniel Barenboim (piano) Mozart Piano Concerto in E (K 482) Berlioz Symphonie fantastique
(harpsichord) anon Baletto favorito;
12 passamezzi (di noma anticho); La Capriola ; Padovana detta ta Paganina Juan Cabanilles Catorce versos anon El villano BBC Pebble Mill (R)
Carl Stamitz Quartet No 9 in G minor Schnittke Quartet No 2 Smetana Quartet No 1 in E minor (From My Life). BBC North (R)
Chairman Paul Barker
live from St George 's Chapel, Windsor.
Introit: Proclaim his triumph, heaven and earth (Francis Grier ) Responses: Statham Psalm 118 (Stanford)
Lessons (RSV): Exodus 14, w 5-31; John 20, w 11-23; Canticles: Dyson in D; Anthem: Lo, the full final sacrifice (Finzi); Hymn (NEH 106): Come ye faithful, raise the strain; Organ: Toccata (Renaud)
Director of Music
Christopher Robinson Organist Roger Judd
The disciples encounter the risen Christ on the road to Emmaus.
