with Piers Burton-Page .
Music, news, weather and headlines from the arts world, including:
7.41* Schumann
Fairy Tales, Op 132
8.41* Elgar
Serenade for Strings
The Court of Frederick the Great
CPE Bach
Sonatina in D (Wq 109) Martin Haselbock and Ingomar Rainer (harpsichords)
Vienna Academy Franz Benda
Sonata in G
Aline Parker (harpsichord) Manfredo Zimmermann
(flute)
Quantz
Arioso (Flute Concerto No 116 in D)
Eckart Haupt (flute)
Dresden Baroque Soloists
Agricola Del terreno, nel centro profondo (Achille in Sciro) Jochen Kowalski (counter-tenor)
Berlin CO/Max Pommer Reichardt
Concerto in G
Rainer Kussmaul (violin) Roswitha Trimbom
(harpsichord)
Capella Clementina / Helmut Muller-Brühl
Records
Andras Schiff (piano)
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) Vienna Chamber
Orchestra/Gyorgy Fischer Variations on "Unser dummer Pöbel meint"
(K455); Vado, ma dove?
(K583); Piano Sonata in F (K533 and K494); Chi sa, chi sa, qual sia (K582);
Piano Sonata in A minor
(K310)
conductor Edward Downes
John Lill (piano)
Humperdinck
Overture: Hansel and Gretel
Arnold
Symphony No 5, Op 74 Brahms
Piano Concerto No 2 in B flat
Reykjavik Wind Quintet live from the Concert Hall, New Broadcasting House. Danzi
Quintet in A, Op 68 No 1 Milhaud
La Cheminee du roi Rene
Thorkell
Sigurbjornsson Icelandic Folksongs
Hindemith Kleine Kammermusik
with Michael Oliver.
National Youth
Orchestra of Scotland, conductor Takuo Yuasa
Evelyn Glennie (percussion) Jolivet
Concerto for Percussion Mahler
Symphony No 5 in C sharp minor
The Azerbaijani pianist Lala Moustafazade plays Scriabin
Sonata No 10, Op 70 Lizst
Mephisto Waltz No 1
Michael Oliver presents this evening's programme of music and looks ahead to the weekend's musical events.
Producer Alan Hall
live from the Royal Albert Hall, London, in the presence of HRH The Princess of Wales.
The 98th season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts opens with a performance of Verdi's Requiem.
Andrew Davis conducts the BBC Symphony
Orchestra, and the soloists are led by Susan Dunn , one of the world's leading Verdi exponents, who made a sensational London debut last December with Lorin Maazel and the Philharmonia.
Susan Dunn (soprano)
Marjana Lipovsek (mezzo) Vinson Cole (tenor) Paul Plishka (bass) BBC Singers
London Symphony Chorus chorusmaster
Stephen Jackson
BBC Symphony Orchestra conductor Andrew Davis
Verdi Requiem
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Robert Cushman presents a six-part personal view of musicals with songs from original cast recordings, some familiar, some less well known.
I: The Old Masters.
Including works by Cole Porter , Rodgers and Hart, Vernon Duke and Ogden Nash , and some lesser known songs.
Producer Jonathan James-Moore
(piano) Bach
Toccata in D (BWV912) Nielsen
Chaconne, Op 32 Beethoven
32 Variations in C minor
(woo 80) Busoni Toccata
Paul Robinson introduces a studio recording reflecting the individual qualities of his ensemble, Harmonie Band.
Django Bates
A Larch Explains Itself (first broadcast) Paul Robinson
The Faraday Wheel for solo piano (first broadcast) John White
The Idleburger Salsa John Cage
Credo in US for ensemble and phonograph
Weber Sylvana Variations , Op 33; Kampfund Sieg ; Bassoon Concerto in F, Op 75; Oberon (excerpts)
