with Andrew McGregor.
7.05 Mendelssohn String Symphony No 5 in B flat London Festival Orchestra, conductor Ross Pople
7.25 Charpentler Salve Puerule
Westminster Abbey Choir, conductor Simon Preston
7.47 Vaughan Williams Fantasia on Christmas
Carols
John Barrow (baritone)
Guildford Cathedral Choir
Gavin Williams (organ)
String Ensemble, conductor Barry Rose
8.05 Giovanni Gabrieli
Salvator noster
Monteverdi Choir
Philip Jones Brass
Ensemble, conductor John Eliot Gardiner
8.19 Brahms Two Songs, Op 91
Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo) Nils-Erik Sparf (viola)
Bengt Forsberg (piano)
8.41 Schumann Five
Pieces in Folk Style
Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) Benjamin Britten (piano) Discs
Introduced by Hugh Keyte. Highcliffe Junior Choir, conductor Mary Deniss Trad I wonder as I wander; Go tell it on the mountain; Rise up, shepherd, and follow!
Curt Carlsson introduces highlights from the opera
Electra by Johann Crlstoph Friedrich Haeffner.
Soloists
Swedish Radio Choir
Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble, conductor Thomas Schuback
From Birmingham with Chris Wines.
Respighi Three Botticelli Pictures
City of London Sinfonia, conductor Richard Hickox
10.30 Debussy Suite bergamasque
Caroline Palmer (piano)
10.48 Locatelll Violin
Sonata
Locatelli Trio
11.00 Josquin Preter rerum seriem
New London Chamber
Choir/James Wood
11.10 Debussy La puerta del vino; La sérénade interrompue; La soiree dans Grenade
Caroline Palmer (piano)
11.26 Weber Trio
David Butt (flute) Ross Pople (cello)
Rosemarie Wright (piano)
11.47 Artist of the Week: Christa Ludwig (mezzo) Strauss Trio and Duet
(Der Rosenkavalier)
Gwynneth Jones and Lucia Popp (sopranos) Vienna PO/
Leonard Bernstein
On the centenary of its first performance,
Humperdinck's fairy-tale opera to a libretto by Adelheid Wette , in a new recording. Sung in German. Presented by Clive Bennett.
Dresden State Opera
Children's and Women's
Choruses
Dresden State Orchestra, conductor Colin Davis
Discs
(piano)
Mendelssohn Six
Children's Pieces, Op 72 Tchaikovsky December (The Seasons), Op 37b Suk On Christmas Eve
Rebikov Christmas Tree Waltz (The Fairy Tale) Lyapunov Chant de Noel, Op 41 No 4; Nuit de Noel, Op 41 No 1
A special edition of Minnesota Public Radio's popular weekly programme St Paul Sunday Morning, from St Wenceslaus
Church, Spillville, Iowa.
Here in 1893 Dvorak spent the summer among the small Czech community and wrote his "American" String Quartet, Op 96.
Bill McGlaughlin introduces a concert of Dvorak's music, including this quartet, played by the Takacs Quartet.
Producer Mary Lee An MPR production
Music, news, interviews and arts stories with David Owen Norris from
Birmingham. Including at approximately
5.00 Elgar The Snow, 0p26Nol
6.00 Weber Clarinet
Concerto No 1 in F minor
7.00 Messiaen Premiere communion de la Vierge Producer Jeremy Hayes
conductor Colin Davis
The fourth of five all-
Sibelius concerts given as part of last year's
Scandinavian Festival at the Barbican Centre, London. Tapiola
Symphony No 6 in D minor
Symphony No 5 in E flat
4: The Mouse
A most embarrassing incident on a train, particularly for a well-brought-up young man. Read by Peter Howell. (Final story tomorrow 9.05pm)
played by the Gaudier Ensemble
Continuing the six-part series by Kevin Crossley-Holland . 3: Sir Erec
1439. In bed just after their wedding, Malory's wife shares with him the strange and magical romance of Erec and Enide - the story of a woman who proves her love by her disobedience.
(Part 4: Holiday Tuesday 10.45pm)
Christmas Pudding
Just when you thought you couldn't take any more, lain Burnside serves up a rich and heady mixture of songs celebrating you-know-what, ranging from Gregorian chant to Gracie Fields.
Producer Adam Gatehouse
