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7.05 Schmelzer
Sonata con Arie zu der
Kaiserlichen Serenada
New London Consort, director Philip Pickett
7.13 Sibelius
Karelia Suite, Op 11 Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy
7.32 Stravinsky Tango Victor Sangiorgio (piano)
8.05 Brahms
Hungarian Dances: No 5 in G minor; No 6 in D Leipzig Gewandhaus
Orchestra/Kurt Masur
8.22 Poulenc Timor et
Tremor; Vinea mea Electa
The Sixteen, conductor
Harry Christophers
8.32 Mozart Piano
Concerto No 15 in B flat
(K450)
Solomon (piano)
Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Otto Ackerman
Discs
Introduced by Roxanna Panufnik.
Old Polish Suite
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor Christopher Gayford Miniature Studies
Valerie Tryon (piano) Lullaby
Sinfonia Rustica
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor
Christopher Gayford
presented by Mairi Nicolson.
Glazunov
Carnival Overture
BBC Philharmonic, conductor Yuri Simonov
10.11 Artist of the Week Wanda Wilkomirska
(violin)
Szymanowski Nocturne and Tarantella, Op 28 Tadeusz Chmielewski
(piano)
10.24 Handel
La Resurrezione
(excerpts)
Barbara Schlick (soprano) Klaus Mertens (bass) Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, director
Ton Koopman
10.34 Schubert Piano
Sonata in A minor (D845) Todd Crow (piano)
11.13 Dvorak Cello
Concerto in B minor
Robert Cohen (cello) BBC Philharmonic, conductor Yuri Simonov
City of London Sinfonia, conductor Richard Hickox
Vaughan Williams
Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis
Barry Guy After the Rain (first broadcast)
Elgar Serenade for Strings
In the first of two programmes,
Stephen Plaistow and James Gibb examine recordings of some of the great Chopin pianists of the past, and discuss the different performing traditions.
Including performances of the Piano Concerto No 2 in F minor, Ballade No 1 and the Mazurkas, played by Cortot, Rubinstein,
Hoffmann, Kochalski and Sztompka.
Producer Adam Gatehouse
The fourth programme of Robert Tear 's survey of English song is devoted to the 18th century and features some of the most popular and influential vocal works of the period, including arias from operas by Handel and Gay, and songs by Weldon, Dlbdin, Ame and Hook.
Discs
Producer Nick Freeth A Rewind production
BBC Symphony Orchestra conductor David Atherton
Stravinsky Four
Norwegian Moods
Tippett Symphony No 2
With the Huddersfield
Contemporary Music Festival in full swing,
Rodney Slatford talks to some of the composers and artists taking part in this year's "minimalist" extravaganza, and plays some music associated with Yorkshire.
5.03 Chris Fitkin Sextet
5.32 Purcell The
Yorkshire Feast Song
6.02 Johann Strauss (son), arr Schoenberg Kaiserwalzer
Monteverdi's Orfeo is not really an opera but a "favola in musica" - a fable set to music. Nevertheless,
Monteverdi drew on all his rich experience as a madrigal composer to create a compellingly dramatic version of the ancient myth. Presented by Donald Macleod. Sung in Italian.
Combattimento
His Majesties Sagbutts and Cornetts/David Roblou
(Monteverdi's Coronation of Poppea next Saturday at 7.05pm)
Underground Poland
The salt mines at Wieliczka are a labyrinth of thousands of fairytale chambers. Bogdan Frymorgen and photographer Chris Schwarz bring them into focus.
Krzysztof Penderecki is 60 today. Gwyn Pritchard introduces a celebratory concert to mark the event.
Paradise Lost (Act 2) Cello Concerto
Symphony No 2 (Christmas)
Timothy Hugh (cello) Leipzig Radio SO/ The Composer
with Tony Palmer , live from Gdansk.
Producer Abigail Appleton
conductor Martyn Brabbins Colin Fleming (flute)
Eisner Overture:
Leszek Bialv
Panufnik Hommage a Chopin Sikorski Strings in the Earth
Karlowicz Serenade, Op 2
Except in Scotland.
As broadcast 9.00-10.25am on R5
