European Media Empires
with Andrew McGregor.
7.05 Mozart Symphony No 15 in G(K124)
7.25 Mendelssohn Song without Words (Book 7 No 37)
7.32 Bizet Overture: Patrie
8.05 Telemann Concerto in A minor
8.21 Chopin Polonaise in C minor, Op 40 No 2
8.33 Strauss
Metamorphosen
Producer Andrew Lyle. Discs
In the second week of Manchester's Northern
Lights festival, John Amis introduces music by two very different composers who were bom in the region. Rawsthome Overture:
Street Corner
Pro Arte Orchestra, conducted by The Composer Theme and Variations for two violins
Redcliffe Ensemble
Ireland Fantasy-Sonata Michael Whight (clarinet) Vanessa Latarche (piano) Rawsthome Symphonic Studies
LPO/John Pritchard Ireland FiveXVIthcentury Songs
Benjamin Luxon (baritone) Alan Rowlands (piano)
Producer Paul Hindmarsh. Discs
Mairi Nicolson presents a week of encounters with composers and performers with Manchester connections.
Johann Strauss (son) Artist's Life
Halle Orchestra, conductor
Bryden Thomson
10.13 Brahms Piano Trio
No 3, Op 101 Beaux Arts Trio
10.40 Artist of the Week: John Ogdon (piano) Tchaikovsky Piano
Concerto No 1 in B flat minor
Philharmonia/Barbirolli
11.14 John Foulds Aquarelles, Op 32
Endellion String Quartet
11.27 Shostakovich
Symphonic Poem: October, Op 131 BBC Philharmonic, conductor Jun'ichi Hirokami
11.45 Philip Wilby Shadow Songs (In Memoriam HM) Besses o' th' Barn Band
Producer Paul Hindmarsh
In the concluding programme about operatic treatment of the Faust legend,
Philip Brady investigates different versions of Faust's dealings with the Underworld. With excerpts from the operas by Gounod, Boito and Busoni.
from St John 's, Smith
Square, London.
Tasmin Little (violin) Piers Lane (piano)
Mozart Sonata in B flat
(K454)
Elgar Violin Sonata in E minor, Op 82
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, conductor Riccardo Chailly
Webern Passacaglia , Op 1 Bruckner Symphony No 2 in C minor
Felicity Lott (soprano) and Graham Johnson (piano) perform settings of Hugo's poems by French composers. Discs
The last of three programmes, played by David Sanger in St Giles's Cathedral, Edinburgh
Mozart Fantasia in F minor (K608)
Franck Fantaisie in A
Reger Fantasy and Fugue on BACH
This week Alex Pascall looks at the new wave in British jazz, young musicians who have gone back to the roots of jazz, the development of rap, bhangra, and the Indian fusions in British music. A Sound Partnership production
Byte the Music
Today, Mike Edwards looks at one of the commonest and most controversial aspects of computer music - sampling from other people's records. "Funky
Drummer" Clyde Stubblefield tells how he recorded a drum beat 20 years ago which has been sampled and used on literally hundreds of pop records - and yet he's never been paid a penny. Producer Charlotte Blofeld
FACTSHEET/COMPETITION: see Friday for details
A St Valentine's Day edition with Andrew Green.
Nielsen Love Duet (Saul and David, Act 1)
6.03 Chopin Scherzo in C sharp minor, Op 39
6.32 Prokofiev Summer
Night
7.04 Mozart Rondo for violin and orchestra (K373) Producer Andrew Mussett
conductor Yan Pascal Tortelier
Grigory Sokolov (piano)
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 3 in D minor
Elena Firsova Stanzas, Op 13 (UK premiere)
Musorgsky, orch Ravel Pictures from an Exhibition
As far as musical tastes go, you can't like everything. Everyone has composers they don't admire or pieces they abhor, and often they're popular favourites.
Through this week, David Owen Norris talks to musicians and music-lovers about their betes noires in an attempt to find out why people respond so differently. Tonight actor Timothy West reveals a particular dislike for a 19th-century choral favourite. Producer Anthony Cheevers
Philip Brady introduces larger orchestral works derived indirectly from the Faust legend, including Mendelssohn's demonic
Erste Walpurgisnacht and the suite from
Stravinsky's devilish L'Histoire du soldat.
Robert Sandall and Mark Russell present a mix of musical styles and influences. Producer Philip Tagney
Helen Garrison introduces black humour as portrayed in songs and dances by Byrd, Gibbons and Holborne.
Emily van Evera (soprano) Rose Consort of Viols
