With Andrew McGregor.
7.05 Arne Cantata: The
Morning
Emma Kirkby (soprano) Parley of Instruments
7.17 Brahms Piano
Pieces, Op 118 Nos 1-3
Stephen Kovacevich (piano)
7.32 Tchaikovsky Fantasy Overture: Hamlet
Philadelphia Orchestra, conductor Riccardo Muti
8.05 Ravel La Valse
Montreal Symphony Orchestra, conductor Charles Dutoit
8.25 Grieg A Swan; With a Waterlily (Six Poems by Ibsen)
Anne Sofie von Otter
(mezzo)
Bengt Forsberg (piano)
8.40 Mozart Flute
Concerto in D (K314) Judith Hall (flute)
Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Peter Thomas
Discs
Presented by Roger Nichols.
Vierge d'Athenes
Lotte Lehmann (soprano) Erno Balogh (piano) Sortie
Carlo Curley (organ) Aimons-nous
Reynaldo Hahn (tenor) Ave Maria
Rosa Ponselle (soprano) Faust (excerpts)
A selection of recordings sung by Nicolai Gedda ,
Fernand Ansseau , Marcel Journet , Boris Christoff ,
Liliane Berton , Victoria de los Angeles, Jussi Bjorling and Ninon Vallin.
From Belfast with Stephanie Hughes , including
Pergolesi Overture: L'Olimpiade
Ulster Orchestra, conductor Richard Pittman
10.07 Stravinsky Suite : Pulcinella
Columbia Symphony
Orchestra, conducted by The Composer
10.29 Poulenc Concert
Champêtre
Robert Woolley (harpsichord)
Ulster Orchestra, conductor Richard Pittman
10.55 Mozart Horn
Quintet in E flat (K407)
Dennis Brain (horn) Griller Quartet
11.10 Stravinsky Symphony in C
Ulster Orchestra, conductor Richard Pittman
11.40 Artist of the Week:
Francis Poulenc (piano) plays his arrangement of his Suite Française
Frank Renton presents his final selection of music from the 1993 Conference of the World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles, held in Valencia.
Kiyoshigue Koyama Kobiki- Uta
Kinki University Band/ Kazayoshi Tanaka
Jose Maria Cervera Lloret Paisaje Levantino
Sociedad Instructiva Santa Cecilia de Cullera/Cristobal Soler Almudever
Yashuhide Ito Concerto
Fantastique
Nobuya Sugawa (saxophone) Hamamatsu Community Band/The Composer
Respighi Three Dances
(Belkis, Queen ofSheba) Kinki University Band/ Kazayoshi Tanaka
Gerard McBurney introduces the second of two concerts featuring the music of Alfred Schnittke.
Gidon Kremer (violin) Veronika Hagen (viola) Clemens Hagen (cello)
Schubert String Trio in B flat (D471)
Schnittke Stille Music ; String Trio
Mozart Divertimento in E flat (K563)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra conductor Takuo Yuasa
Christine Cairns (mezzo) Berlioz Overture: Le Corsaire
Wagner Wesendonk-Lieder
Schumann Symphony No 4 in D minor
Rodney Slatford with music, news and arts events from
Manchester, with news of recent discoveries of British music. Including at 6.15 Percy Grainger Hill Song Nol
7.10 Frank Bridge The Pageant of London Producer Paul Hindmarsh
from the Royal Festival Hall,
London. conductor Jiri Belohlavek
Eva Urbanova (soprano) Dagmar Peckova (mezzo) Kim Begley (tenor)
Alexander Anisimov (bass) Thomas Trotter (organ) Dvorak
Symphony No 8 in G
8.10 The Excursions of Mr Janacek
Mirka Zemanova introduces readings from her translations of some of Janacek's travel writings. Reader Anthony Jackson.
8.30 Janacek Glagolitic Mass
Tonight the Marquesa de Cadaval remembers the great Russian bass
Chaliapin in Serenade to a Balcony, with excerpts from his recordings.
Inferno Revisited by Peter Howell
This personal adaptation of Dante's Inferno was composed and produced at the BBC Radiophonic workshop, and first heard in 1983 on Radio 4.
Narrator Alec McCowan
Serenata Notturna , director
Kriss Rusmanis
Singcircle, director Gregory Rose
Presented by Mark Russell in conversation with Peter Howell.
Producer Tim Thorne
Boccherini Symphony in D (La Casa de Diavolo) London Festival Orchestra, conductor Ross Pople Gluck Dance of the Blessed Spirits
Academy of St Martin, conductor Philip Ledger
Tony Palmer chairs a discussion on the life and music of Edward Elgar. Plus news of the Booker Prize judgement.
Producer Abigail Appleton
conductor Hilary Davan Wetton Malcolm Proud (organ)
Cherublni Demophodn : Overture and Act 1
Finale
Handel Organ Concerto in D minor, Op 7 No 4 Crotch Sinfonia in F
