Witness to Change: Lady Shirley Williams

Music, news and weather with Andrew McGregor , and including at approximately
7.05 Mozart Overture:
The Marriage of Figaro
7.14 Farina Capriccio stravagante
7.32 Mendelssohn Song without Words in E flat
(Book 6No 31); Verleih' uns Frieden
8.05 Strauss Romanze inF
8.35 Beethoven Violin
Sonata in E flat, Op 12 Discs

Welcome, great Master! to our favour'd Isle,
Already partial to thy name and style;
Long may thy fountain of invention run
In streams as rapid as first begun!
(Charles Burney , On the Arrival of Haydn in England,
January 1791)
Presented by Susan Sharpe , with Denys Hawthorne as Haydn. Arianna a Naxos
Catherine Bott (soprano) Melvyn Tan (fortepiano) Symphony No 96 in D (Miracle)
Academy of Ancient Music, conductor
Christopher Hogwood
In un mar d'acerbe pene (L'anima del Filosofo)
Christoph Pregardien (tenor) La Stagione, conductor Michael Schneider
March for the Prince of Wales Netherlands Wind Ensemble
Producer Susan Kenyon. Discs

from Glasgow with Mary Miller. Including contributions from Artist of the Week Evelyn Glennie.
10.04 Haydn Arietta con variazioni in A (H XVII 2)
10.14 Messlaen Poèmes pour mi
10.47 Mozart Sinfonia
Concertante in E flat
(K364)
Mendelssohn Octet in E flat
Producer Ann McKay

In the first of two programmes about operatic treatment of the Faust legend, Philip Brady introduces the operas and looks at Faust's better self. Excerpts are taken from the operas by Gounod, Borto and Busoni. Producer Gautam Rangarajan

from St John 's, Smith Square, London.
Ronald Brautigam (piano)
Mozart Rondo in A minor
(K511)
Beethoven Variations and Fugue in E flat, Op 35 (Eroica)
Schubert Fantasy in C (Wanderer) (D760)

Sixth of 13 programmes.
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra/Valery Gergiev
Naum Grubert (piano)
Stravinsky: Scherzo fantastique
Scriabin: Piano Concerto in F sharp minor
Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade

Second of three programmes, played by David Sanger in the Reid Hall , Edinburgh
Weckman Fantasia in D minor
Tunder In dich hab ich gehoffet, Herr
C P E Bach Fantasia and Fugue in C minor
Buxtehude Wie schon leuchtet der Morgenstern
Bach Fantasia and Fugue in G minor (BWV 542)

This week Alex Pascall reaches the 1980s. He looks at the development of pirate radio and the deregulation of the British media; the death of Bob Marley ; the GLC's influence on steel bands; and the Arts Council's new interest in minority arts
A Sound Partnership production

Byte the Music in the first of a special series, Mike Edwards of the pop group Jesus Jones examines the impact of digital technology on music. He looks at the instruments in the digital studio and talks to some of the new musicians, from Philip Glass to dance group Utah Saints. Producer Charlotte Blofeld
FACTSHEET/COMPETITION: see Friday for details

Andrew Green talks to conductor James Judd , and plays music including
5.15 Mozart Overture:
Die Zauberflote
6.03 Schubert Polonaise in B flat (D580)
6.31 Bartok Sonatina
6.50 Hahn L'Enamourée
Producer Andrew Mussett

I from the Radio
House Concert Hall,
Copenhagen.
Danish Radio SO conductor Leif Segerstam Per Salo (piano) Kontra Quartet
Per Norgard Spaces of Time Berg Lyric Suite
8.25 Poul Ruders and Jorgen Jensen tell Stephen Johnson how Nielsen's
Fourth Symphony marked a turning point for Nielsen and Denmark.
8.45 Nielsen Symphony No 4 (Inextinguishable)

Three tales by the renowned
Colombian author, read by David Horovitch.
1: A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings
A stranger comes to town. He has wings and garbles in a foreign tongue. Is he an angel, a devil or simply a Norwegian?
Producer Duncan Minshull

Philip Brady introduces a programme of songs on texts from Goethe's Faust, with excerpts from that play, Marlowe's Doctor Faustus and Robert Nye 's Faust, read by Peter Kenny and others. Producer Gautam Rangarajan

with Robert Sandall and Mark Russell , including a session with improvising quartet Stevie Wishart
(violin/hurdy-gurdy/voice), Vivian Ellis (voice),
Jim Denley (flute/percussion/ saxophone) and Adrian York (keyboards).
Producer Philip Tagney

Early Music Network
The Moscow Orthodox Church
Male Choir, conducted by Anatoly Grindenko , explore the distinctive repertory of Russian chant in the period before it was affected by Western influences.

Except in Scotland,
As broadcast 9.00-10.25am on R5

German 16-18: Deutschlandspiegel: Praktikum in Gottingen (parts 1-2)