Introduced by Paul Guinery. Including at approximately
7.02 and 7.25 Christmas music by Michael Praetorius Westminster Cathedral Choir
Parley of Instruments, conductor David Hill
7.35 Schubert Symphony No 8 in B minor
(Unfinished)
8.15 Haydn
Creation Mass
Susan Chilcott (soprano) Christine Cairns (mezzo) Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor)
Michael George (bass) BBC Welsh Chorus
BBC National Orchestra of Wales/Neville Marriner Producer Piers Burton-Page
introduced by Hugh Keyte. Cantamus Girls' Choir, conductor Pamela Cook
Trad 0 Mary and the baby, sweet lamb!
Trad, arr Pettman Sing Lullaby!
Coates London Suite
RLPO/Charles Groves
9.27 Artist of the Week:
English Chamber Orchestra Flnzi Intrada; Rhapsody (Dies natalis)
Wilfred Brown (tenor) conductor Christopher Finzi
9.41 Khachaturlan Allegro vivace (Flute Concerto) Jean-Pierre Rampal (flute) ORTF/Jean Martinon
9.51 Balaklrev Russia
Philharmonia Orchestra/ Yevgeny Svetlanov
10.10 Beethoven
Fantasia in C, Op 80 Melvyn Tan (fortepiano) London Classical
Players/Roger Norrington
10.30 Composer of the Week: Elliott Carter Elegy Los Angeles CO/ Gerard Schwarz
10.35 Debussy Jeux Cleveland Orchestra/ Lorin Maazel
10.52 Hildegard of Bingen Ave Generosa
Margaret Philpot (contralto)
10.57 Bach Concerto in C for Three Harpsichords (BWV1064)
Raymond Leppard, Andrew Davis and Philip Ledger (harpsichords)
English Chamber Orchestra
11.18 Elliott Carter Heart not so heavy as mine Gregg Smith Singers, conductor Gregg Smith
11.23 Tchaikovsky
Symphony No 1 in G minor (Winter Daydreams)
Oslo PO/Mariss Jansons Producer Edward Blakeman Discs
with Ivan Hewett.
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Kathryn Stott (piano)
Patricia McMahon (soprano) Henry Herford (baritone) Paisley Abbey Choir
Rossini Overture: La
Cenerentola
Grieg Piano Concerto in A minor
Dukas The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Dellus Sleigh Ride conductor Takuo Yuasa Flnzi In Terra Pax conductor George McPhee
Rimsky-Korsakov Polonaise (Christmas Eve); Suite: The Snow Maiden conductor Takuo Yuasa
First of four programmes featuring the music of Luigi Nono.
Ha venido, Canciones para
Silvia Barbara Miller (soprano) Sopranos of the Stuttgart Schola Cantorum, conductor Clytus Gottwald Liebeslied
Vienna Youth Choir
Vienna PO/Claudio Abbado Producer David Gallagher
(Nono's Prometeo tomorrow 7.30pm)
Joanna MacGregor presents more performances by young artists from the National Portrait Gallery. Lucy Wakeford (harp):
Caplet Divertissement la française
Britten Suite , Op 83
The Musicke Companye: Purcell Oh, the sweet delights of love
Blow Ah Heav'n, what is't I hear
Purcell If music be the food of love
Marcello L'usignole che il suo duolo
Handel Sono liete, fortunate Nicola Loud (violin)
Graham Caskie (piano):
Mozart Sonata in F (K376) Ysaye Violin Sonata No 3 (Ballade)
Producer Nigel Wilkinson
(Recital presented in association with the Sunday Times)
conductor Hugh Wolff Ravel Le tombeau de
Couperin
Barber Adagio for strings Beethoven Symphony No 2 in D
Barrie Rutter , founder of the Northern Broadsides theatrical company, joins Joe Farrell to discuss his Indian tour of The Merry Wives. Producer Tim Dee
Domus
Mahler Piano Quartet Movement in A minor
Strauss Piano Quartet in C minor, Op 13
Since it was first produced in Dublin in 1983, Tom Murphy 's play has gained an almost legendary status. A despairing Irish millionaire meets a hapless English dilettante and together they explore the infinite possibilities of the human soul.
Director Pam Brighton
Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival
Christopher Fox presents the first of three concerts from this year's festival.
This week, the UK debut of the Bang on a Can All-Stars from New York, playing music by (among others) Evan Ziporyn and Philip Glass. Producer Paul Hindmarsh
Presented by George Guest.
A French Noel George Guest talks to Richard Langham Smith about the French Noel and introduces seasonal music from over three centuries.
Saint-Saens Oratorio de Noel - Soloists Dresden Kreuzchor, Dresden Philharmonic, conductor Martin Flamig
Charpentier Noeles sur les instruments - English Concert, director Trevor Pinnock
Pierne Les enfants a Bethleem - Soloists Radio France Children's Choir and PO/Michel Lasserre de Rozel
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