Talking about the Enlightenment
Music, news and weather with Piers Burton-Page , including at approximately
7.10 Janacek Suite: The Cunning Little Vixen Czech Philharmonic
Orchestra/Frantisek Jilek
7.30 Rubinstein Valse caprice
Leslie Howard (piano)
8.10 Stravinsky Ebony Concerto
Michael Collins (clarinet) City of Birmingham
Symphony Orchestra. conductor Simon Rattle
8.35 Tchaikovsky
Fantasy Overture: Romeo and Juliet Philharmonia, conductor
Giuseppe Sinopoli. Discs
Richard Langham Smith continues his exploration of the music of Faure, centred on the cycle of 13 Barcarolles.
2: Barcarolles and Fishermen
Barcarolles: No 1 in A minor. Op 26; No 2 in G, Op 41
Pascal Roge (piano)
Messe des Pecheurs de
Villerville
Le Chapelle Royale
Ensemble Musique Oblique/ Philippe Herreweghe
Barcarolle No 3 in G flat, Op 42
Jean-Phillipe Collard (piano) Barcarolle No 4 in A flat, Op 44
Pascal Roge (piano) Elégie, Op 24
Paul Tortelier (cello) Jean Hubeau (piano) Discs
conductor Tadaaki Otaka
Martin Roscoe (piano)
Rossini Overture: The
Silken Ladder
Respighi Toccata
Stravinsky Symphony in C
Richard Hickox conducts Vaughan Williams Job: A Masque for Dancing
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Discs
Bach Sonata in B minor
(BWV1030)
Marais Le Labyrinthe Telemann
Sonata in D minor
The Cambridge Musick: Robert Erlich (recorder)
Mark Levy (viola da gamba) Richard Egarr (harpsichord) Telemann
Concerto in D minor for two chalumeaux
Erik Hoeprich and Lisa Klewitt (chalumeaux) Music Antiqua Koln director Reinhard Goebel
conductor Jerzy Maksymiuk Shostakovich
Symphony No 9 Tchaikovsky
Serenade for Strings
conductor Martyn Brabbins Mozart Clarinet Trio in E flat (K498) (Kegelstatt) Robert Saxton The
Sentinel of the Rainbow
Ronan Magill (piano)
Scriabln Piano Sonata
No 10, Op 70
Liszt Andante lagrimoso (Harmonies poétiques et religieuses)
Ravel Alborada del gracioso (Miroirs) Prokofiev
Suggestion diabolique (Piano Pieces, Op 4)
conductor John Carewe
Janet Hilton (clarinet) Michael Torke Ash
Copland
Clarinet Concerto
Ives Symphony No 3 (The Camp Meeting)
Ron Geesin presents the last of six programmes on the work of saxophonist Coleman Hawkins.
Hawk's Heart. Three aspects of composition - the written piece, the unaccompanied improvisation, and the complete session in which Hawkins moulds the pieces into an apparent four-movement work. On that session in May 1944, Hawkins was joined by Teddy Wilson (piano), John Kirby (bass) and Sidney Catlett (drums) to record
Make believe, Don't blame me, Just one of those things, and Hallelujah as the frenzied climax.
Producer Derek Drescher
Music, news and arts events with Anthony Burton. Producer Tim Thome
From the Royal Albert Hall, London.
BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra conductor Yakov Kreizberg
David Wilson-Johnson (baritone)
Vladimir Ovchinikov (piano)
Rachmaninov: Spring
Chopin: Piano Concerto No 2 in F minor
8.20 The Moon Came Out
by Tatyana Tolstaya.
The moon in Natasha's youth promised romance and beauty, but reality in a communal flat in Leningrad proves distinctly drab.
Read by Sorcha Cusack.
8.40 Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 6 in B minor (Pathetique)
Ian Christie explores the flourishing of European cinema in the 1920s.
2: French Follies and Russian Salad: the High Twenties.
Germany, France and Soviet Russia lead Europe's challenge to Hollywood, only to find their best talent heading west.
Introduced by Viram Jasani. Rajan and Sajan Mishra (vocalists)
Sanjay Jhalla (tabla) RagMultani Thumri
The life of Jacques Brel (1929-1978), singer, songwriter. cardboard manufacturer, movie director and traveller.
With Alfred Molina as the voice of Brel, Caroline John and Leo Aylen as the speakers of his lyrics, and Jonathan Cohen at the piano.
Compiled by Leo Aylen from Brel's notebooks and recordings and an interview with his daughter. France.
conductor Edward Downes
Gliere
Ballet Suite: The Red
Poppy
Symphony No 1 in E flat
