Doing Science
Music, news and weather with Andrew McGregor , including at approximately 7.05 Franck Les Eolides
New York Philharmonic, conductor Kurt Masur
7.20 Chopin Polonaise in F sharp minor, Op 44 Yevgeny Kissin (piano)
7.30 William Lawes
Fantasia-Suite No 1 in G minor
London Baroque
8.05 Prokofiev
Symphonic Song, Op 57 Scottish National
Orchestra, conductor Neeme Jarvi
8.30 Copland An Outdoor Overture
London Symphony
Orchestra, conducted by The Composer
8.45 Finzi Fantasia and Fugue, Op 38
Philip Fowke (piano) Royal Liverpool
Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Richard Hickox Discs
"The most beautiful of my operas".
Roberta Alexander talks to
James Naughtie about
Madama Butterfly and introduces extracts from the opera.
Artists of the Week:
BBC Philharmonic
Maxwell Davies Sir Charles- His Pavan conducted by The Composer
10.05 Malvezzi and Cavalieri Intermedio VI (Jove's gift to mortals of rhythm and harmony)
Taverner Consort, Soloists and Players, conductor Andrew Parrott
10.20 Suk Meditation on the old Bohemian
Chorale "Svaty Vaclave", Op 35
Skampa Quartet
10.28 Brttten
Canticle 2: Abraham and Isaac
Michael Chance
(countertenor)
Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor)
Roger Vignoles (piano)
10.45 Granados
Intermezzo (Goyescas) Janos Starker (cello) Shigeo Neriki (piano)
Strathclyde Concerto Nol
Marios Argiros (oboe) BBC Philharmonic, conductor The Composer
11.19
Schubert Dem Unendlichen
Totengrabers Heimweh
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (bar) Gerald Moore (piano)
11.30 Sibelius Symphony No 6 in D minor BBC Philharmonic, conductor Peter Maxwell Davies
The first of three programmes contrasting the intimacy of late trios and piano pieces by Haydn with the grandeur of the major chamber ensemble music of the French late romantic composer Ernest Chausson.
Joachim Piano Trio:
Rebecca Hirsch (violin) Caroline Dearnley (cello) John Lenehan (piano) Haydn Piano Trio in C minor (H XV 27)
Chausson Piece for Cello and Piano; Piano Trio in G minor, Op 3
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor Jerzy Maksymiuk
Raphael Oleg (violin) John Pickard
The Flight of Icarus Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor
Tchaikovsky
Symphony No 5 in E minor
Hu Kun (violin)
Norma Fisher (piano) Brahms
Violin Sonata No 1 in G, Op 78 Busonl
Violin Sonata No 2 in E minor, Op 36a
BBC Philharmonic, conductor Andras Ligeti lldiko Komlosi (soprano) Kolos Kovats (bass)
Bartok Bluebeard's Castle
Music, news, interviews and arts stories with David Owen Norris.
Producer Sarah Devonald
Ernst Senff Choir
Berlin Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra, conductor Claudio Abbado
A diary of everyday anxieties with mother-of-four Laurie Graham. 4: Mother's Pride
Dvorak Piano Trio in F minor, Op 65 Schumann Duet
(Phantasiestucke No 3, Op 88)
Nat King Cole began his career as a pianist, influencing a whole generation of pianists, including Oscar Peterson , Bud Powell and Erroll Garner.
Max Harrison begins this six-part series with Nat King Cole's upbringing in late 1920s Chicago.
Joe Farrell reviews a new touring production of Hamlet.
Producer Paul Quinn
Bononcini Cantata: Siedi, Amarilli mia - Rene Jacobs (countertenor) Sigiswald Kuijken and Lucy van Dael (violins) Wieland Kuijken (cello) Robert Kohnen (harpsichord)
Geminiani Concerto Grosso in C minor, Op 2 No - Tafelmusik, director Jeanne Lamon (violin)
Handel Cantata: Cecilia, volgi un sguardo - Jennifer Smith (soprano) John Elwes (tenor) English Concert, director Trevor Pinnock
(harpsichord)
(Discs)
Except in Scotland.
As broadcast 9.00-10.25am on R5
English Resources: The Poetry of Passion - Kinds of Loving
