1994's first edition of the Sunday sequence heralds the New Year with a pair of Christmas cantatas by Telemann, two celebrated north European organs and performances from two of the BBC orchestras.
Presented by Paul Guinery.

Maria Zadori (soprano)
Capella Savaria , director Pal Nemeth

Sheep may safely graze
BBC Philharmonic, conductor Matthias Bamert

Concerto No 20 in D minor (K466)
Maria Joao Pires (piano)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor
Neville Marriner

Uns ist ein
Kindgeboren Maria Zadori (soprano) Judit Nemeth (contralto) Capella Savaria , director Pal Nemeth
Producer Piers Burton-Page

Rossini Overture:
Semiramide
9.15 Artist of the Week: James Galway (flute) Mendelssohn, arr
Overton Weihnachtsstucke
9.24 Howells Psalm
Prelude, Op 32 No 1
9.30 Dellbes Le Roi s'amuse: Galliarde;
Pavane; Lesquercarde; Finale
9.39 Chopin Scherzo No 2 in B flat minor
9.48 Composer of the Week: Elgar Serenade for Strings
10.03 Vaughan Williams Tuba Concerto
10.17 Haydn The
Creation (excerpts)
10.35 Mllhaud La creation du monde
10.52 Juan Garcia de
Zespiedes Guaracha: Convidando esta la
Noche
10.58 Sibelius Suite:
Rakastava
11.11
Poulenc Mouvements perpituels
11.16 Telemann Flute
Concerto in G
11.28 Brahms Symphony No 4 in E minor
Producer Edward Blakeman
Discs

Ever since the beginning of recording a century ago, musicians and listeners have been fascinated by the opportunities it offers. But some feel that the development of ever more sophisticated methods can lead performers to play safe. Edward Seckerson considers the influence of changing recording techniques.
Producer Daniel Snowman

First in a 13-part series featuring some of the best concerts of the last season of Proms.

Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Mariss Jansons
Midori (violin)

Schnittke (K)ein Sommernachtstraum

Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D

Strauss An Alpine Symphony

The first of two concerts coupling works by Haydn and Webern recorded last
November at St George's, Brandon Hill , Bristol. Endellion Quartet
Haydn String Quartets: in E flat, Op 33 No 2 (Joke); in C, Op 64 No 1
Webem Five Pieces, Op 5 Haydn String Quartet in F, Op 74 No 2
A Classic Arts production

"And I would I could know what swimmeth below when the tide comes in/ On the length and breadth of the marvellous marshes of Glynn."
Sidney Lanier wrote these closing words to his haunting poem in 1878 and many Americans still learn them by heart.
A Southerner, made prisoner during the Civil War and never in good health again, Lanier became a leading voice in a time of defeat and an influence on later Southern writers like
William Faulkner and his distant relative
Thomas Lanier (Tennessee) Williams. Roberta Berke presents a portrait of Lanier though his letters, read by John Guerrassio , his lyrical poem, read by William Hope and his own flute music, played by Nancy Hadden. The dramatised prelude is performed by Oona Beeson , Teresa Gallagher and Dominic Letts.
Producer Piers Plowright

BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor Tadaaki Otaka
David Pyatt (horn)
Gwyneth Jones (soprano)

Mozart Overture: The Marriage of Figaro; Horn Concerto No 4 in E flat

Hoddinott A Vision of Eternity (first performance)

Strauss Also sprach Zarathustra

Wagner Prelude and Liebestod (Tristan and Isolde)

(Given in association with the Welsh Development Agency)

The Most Excelknt and Lamentable Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare.
Another chance to hear this star-studded cc-production from Radio 3 and the Renaissance Theatre
Company, using the full text of the play.
With Sean Barrett. Patti Holloway , Alex Lowe and Shaun Prendergast Music by Patrick Doyle
Directors Kenneth Branagh and Glyn Dearman

The first in a month-long series featuring concert performances by minimalist composers.
This week, The Cave, an epic stage work by Steve Reich and Beryl Korot , which explores the significance of the Biblical story of Abraham and Sarah for three different peoples: Israelis, Palestinians and Americans. Introduced by Robert Ziegler , who talks to Reich and Korot.
Steve Reich Ensemble , conductor Paul Hillier
Producer Philip Tagney