with Andrew McGregor.
7.05 Faure, arr Grainger Après un rêve
7.09Tetemanri OvertureinD
7.45 Respighi Fountains of Rome
8.05 Henry Lawes Sitting by the Streams
8.20 Bruckner Intermezzo and Trio in D minor
8.40 Britten The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra. Discs
John Warrack 's final selection is from the last years of the composer's life, 1890-93.
Incidental music (Hamlet) Janis Kelly (soprano) LSO/Geoffrey Simon
Piano Pieces, Op 72 Nos 2, 13, 8 and 16 Viktoria Postnikova (piano) Iolanta (excerpt)
Vladimir Atlantov (tenor)
Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra, conductor Mark Ermler
The Voyevode, Op 78
Frankfurt RSO/Eliahu Inbal Momento lirico
Tatyana Nikolaeva (piano) Discs
with Edward Blakeman.
Beethoven Overture:
Leonora No 1
BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor David Coleman
10.10 Bach, arr Stokowski Fugue in G minor
BBC Philharmonic/Bamert
10.15 Glazunov Violin
Concerto
Ruriko Tsukahara (violin) BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor David Coleman
10.35 Schumann Songs from Myrthen, Op 25
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (bar) Christoph Eschenbach (piano)
10.50 Mendelssohn String Symphony No 12
Primavera CO/Manley
11.10 Artist of the Week:
James Dower (flute) Doppler Fantasy on Rigoletto
Ransom Wilson (flute) John Lenehan (piano)
11.25 Arensky Variations on a Theme of Tchaikovsky Primavera Chamber
Orchestra/Paul Manley
11.40 Innocenzo Fede
Bellezze voi siete; Suite in C London Baroque/Medlam
11.45 Smetana Dances
(The Bartered Bride) BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor David Coleman
Repeated from yesterday 11.30pm)
(cello) and Pavel Gililov (piano) Schumann Three
Romances (Op 94)
Chopin Sonata in G minor (Op 65)
Debussy Sonata in D minor
2: The Heaven-Sent Country of Opportunity
Andrew Green follows the expansion of Goossens' career in the United States during the 20s.
Goossens Ballet music "Judith"
New Symphony Orchestra Debussy Iberia
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Walton Violin Concerto
Jascha Heifetz (violin) Cincinnati SO
Villa-Lobos The Little Train of the Caipira
London Symphony Orchestra Vaughan Williams
A London Symphony Cincinnati SO
Music written by composers alive at the time of gunpowder, treason and plot. Gibbons Go from my Window
Fretwork
Ravenscroft There Were Three Ravens
Emma Kirkby (soprano)
Consort of Musicke/Rooley Byrd Fantasia a 6; Fantasia a 5 Musica Dolce nscs
Ruth Davis presents the first of two programmes of traditional music from Iraq. 1: Songs of Baghdad
with Jeremy Nicholas. Producer Ray Abbott
Stephen Johnson introduces this evening's programmes marking the centenary of Tchaikovsky's death.
Fantasy Overture: Romeo and Juliet (first version) LSO/Geoffrey Simon
Love Duet for Romeo and Juliet
Stella Zimbalis (soprano) John Daniecki (tenor) Moscow Radio and TV
Orchestra/Peter Tiboris Discs
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First of three programmes tonight looking at aspects of Tchaikovsky's life seen through his letters and reflected in his songs. Presented by Iain Burnside.
Susan Roberts (soprano) Adrian Thompson (tenor) Iain Burnside (piano)
Reader Alan Howard
At the Ball; The Sun has set; We sat alone together; Moonlit night; I'd like in a single word; If I were a blade of grass
The Seasons
Mikhail Pletnev (piano)
2: Madame von Meek
It was in early spring; Kennst du das Land;
Amid sombre days; No word from you
Why did Tchaikovsky choose Pushkin's celebrated
"prose poem" as inspiration for his most popular opera? In the first of a series of opera introductions for the 1993-4 season, Ated Jones plays some of the music and meets artists and others familiar with the work. Producer Daniel Snowman
(Eugene Onegin tomorrow night on R3)
3: "How Short Life Is"
Again, as before, alone; Softly the spirit; Night; Lullaby
Producer Adam Gatehouse
A hundred years ago,
Russia's leading composer died suddenly. Was it cholera, or did Tchaikovsky kill himself?
Symphony No 6 in B minor (Pathetique)
Stephen Johnson plays Ferenc Fricsay 's mono
1960 live recording with the Bavarian RSO and asks whether it portrays the composer in the shadow of death or boldly facing the future?
As soon as he heard the news of his teacher's death, Anton Arensky started work on his
Quartet in A minor, Op 35, incorporating the now-famous Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky.
The Arienski Ensemble play this first example of the composer's lasting but often unacknowledged influence.
Producer Nick Morgan Discs
Except in Scotland.
As broadcast 9.00-10.25am on R5
