The Loss of British Power
With Chris de Souza , including at approximately
7.00 Mozart
Horn Concerto No 1 in E flat (K417)
Barry Tuckwell (horn) Academy of St
Martin/Neville Marriner
7.35 Haydn
Symphony No 4 7 in G L'Estro Armonico/ Derek Solomons
8.05 Debussy Romance Thomas Zehetmair (violin) Philharmonia/Eliahu Inbal
8.30 Dohnanyi
Piano Quintet No 1
Andras Schiff (piano) Takacs Quartet. Discs
Schubert
String Trio in Bflat (D581) Les Musiciens
Gruppe aus dem Tartarus (D583)
Thomas Hampson (baritone)
Graham Johnson (piano) Symphony No 6 in C London Classical
Players/Roger Norrington Discs
with Susan Sharpe. Haydn
Sonatas 3 and 4 (The
Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross) Amadeus Quartet
10.15 Vivaldi
Flute Concerto in C minor
(RV441)
William Bennett (flute) ECO/George Malcolm
10.27 Zelenka
Lamentations for Maundy Thursday
Michael Chance
(countertenor)
John Mark Ainsley (tenor) Michael George (bass)
Chandos Baroque Players
10.50 Haydn
Sonatas 5 and 6 (Seven Last Words)
11.05 Rautavaara
Swans Migrating (Cantus Arcticus)
Helsinki PO/Jorma Panula
11.15 Mozart
Concerto in C for flute and harp (K299)
Lisa Beznosiuk (flute) Frances Kelly (harp) Academy of Ancient Music/Hogwood
11.45 Rachmaninov
Vocalise
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) Roger Vignoles (piano)
11.50 Haydn
Sonata 7; Earthquake
(Seven Last Words). Discs * REQUESTS: Midweek Choice, BBC Radio 3. Broadcasting House, London W1A 1AA or phone [number removed]
As period instrument orchestras progress through the 19th-century repertoire, many masterpieces are being revealed afresh.
Roderick Swanston presents the first of six programmes highlighting some of the results of this "cleaning-up" process.
Beethoven Overture: The Creatures of Prometheus London Classical
Players/Roger Norrington Beethoven Symphony No 3 in Eflat (Eroica) Orchestra of the 18th
Century/Bruggen. Discs
Piers Lane (piano)
Musorgsky Pictures from an Exhibition
Rachmaninov
Preludes: in D, Op 23 No 4; in G flat, Op 23 No 10 Balakirev Islamey
Harty
Ode to a Nightingale Ulster Orchestra/
Vernon Handley. Disc
live from the Cathedral and Abbey Church of St Alban, Hertfordshire.
Introit: Salvator mundi
(Tallis); Responses (Lloyd); Psalm 55 (Barnby, Turle); First Lesson: Isaiah 63, w 1-9; Office Hymn: Once, only once, and once for all (Albano); Canticles: from Humfrey in E minor;
Second Lesson: John 16, vv 16-33; Anthem: Out of the Deep (Morley); The
Lamentation (Bairstow). Choir directed by Barry Rose.
Organist Andrew Parnell.
Music, news and arts events with Charles Hazelwood , whose guest is the leader of the English Chamber Orchestra, Stephanie Gonley.
Producer Edward Blakeman
BBC Philharmonic conductor Edward Downes Richard Rodney Bennett Acteon
Barry Tuckwell (horn) Strauss
Horn Concerto No 2
Frank Lloyd (horn)
Phluger Horn Concerto
Hermann Baumann (horn)
Tomlinson Rhapsody and Rondo Richard Watkins (hom)
Schumann Konzertstiick
Richard Watkins , Michael Thompson , Freydis Wekre and Jonathan Goodall (horns) (Given in association with the Post Office)
The third of four readings by Judi Dench from the journal of the fourth-century nun Egeria: an account of the services of Great and Holy Week.
(Final programme tomorrow 9.25pm)
Trio of London
Mozart Piano Trio in G
(K564)
Ravel Piano Trio in A minor
The last of three programmes. William Cornysh Woefully arrayed; Stabat Mater Tallis Scholars/
Peter Phillips. Discs
Peggy Reynolds reviews the Royal Ballet's new production of Don Quixote and previews a major celebration of the world of cross-dressing at the ICA. Producer Adrian Washbourne
The second of six programmes exploring the solo piano, piano trio and string quartet repertoire which makes up Haydn's mature chamber music.
Piano Trio in D (H XV 24) Andras Schiff (piano)
Yuuko Shiokawa (violin) Steven Isserlis (cello) Piano Sonata in C
(H XVI 50)
Andras Schiff (piano)
String Quartet in D minor, Op 76 No 2 (Fifths) Takacs Quartet
