Studying the History of the Family
with Andrew McGregor.
7.05 J C Bach Quintet in D, Op 11 No 6
Vienna Concentus
Musicus/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
7.20 Liszt Mephisto Waltz No
Leslie Howard (piano)
7.46 Stravinsky Shrovetide Fair
(Petrushka)
Berlin Philharmonic/ Bernard Haitink
8.05 Brahms Academic
Festival Overture
Saint Louis Symphony
Orchestra/Leonard Slatkin
8.24 Janacek Three
Moravian Dances
Mikhail Rudy (piano)
8.32 Strauss, orch Heger Heintliche Aufforderung Siegfried Jerusalem (tenor) Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, conductor Kurt Masur
Discs
As an interpreter of his own piano music, Scriabin was considered incomparable. Malcolm Binns , in conversation with Stephen Plaistow , presents recordings by the great Russian pianists from Scriabin's day to ours, including Samuel Feinberg , who knew him,
Elena Bekman-Shcherbina , who studied with him, his son-in-law Vladimir Sofronitsky , Vladimir Horowitz , who played to him,
Heinrich Neuhaus , Simon Barere ,
Sviatoslav Richter and Vladimir Ashkenazy. Discs
with Chris Wines from
Birmingham. Including at
10.05 Bach, arr Schumann Violin Sonata No 2 in A minor (BWV 1003) Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) Clifford Benson (piano)
10.30 Artist of the Week: Bernard Haitink
Liszt Symphonic Poem: From the Cradle to the Grave
London Philharmonic
Orchestra
10.45 Schumann Songs from "Myrthen"
Peter Schreier (tenor)
Christoph Eschenbach (piano)
10.55 Bach, arr Schumann Violin Partita No 2 in D minor (BWV 1004)
Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) Clifford Benson (piano)
11.28 Wagensell
Trombone Concerto
Branimir Slokar (trombone) Lausanne Chamber
Orchestra, conductor
Jean-Marie Auberson
11.46 Mendelssohn
Overture: Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage LPO/Bernard Haitink
In the second of five programmes of oratorios from Handel's last decade,
Jane Glover introduces
Solomon, a portrait of a wise and just king ruling over an ideal state, first performed at Covent
Garden in March 1749.
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists/ John Eliot Gardiner
Discs
(piano)
Bach, arr Busoni
Chaconne in D minor
(BWV1004)
Chopin Variations brillantes, Op 12
Grainger Molly on the Shore
Faure, arr Grainger Après un rêve
Delibes, arr Dohnanyi Waltz : Naila
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra conductor Fedor
Glushchenko
Martin Roscoe (piano)
Dohnanyi Piano Concerto No 2 in B minor
Mike's on the flute, Katherine the fiddle and the affable and sociable Tommy Pearson takes a bodhran to a party - where someone asks him to play!
with David Owen Norris from Birmingham, including at 5.30 an interview with Anthony Sargent and at
5.15 Reizenstein
Variations on "The
Lambeth Walk"
6.30 Poulenc Organ Concerto
7.10 Rachmaninov
Symphony No 3 (finale) Producer Jeremy Hayes
Rigoletto Verdi 's opera to a libretto by Francesco Maria Piave based on Victor Hugo 's drama Le Rois'amuse.
Sung in Italian. Presented by James Naughtie.
Page ISOBEL BRADSHAW (mezzo) Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra, conductor
Simone Young Act
Dr David Mendel asks if there is such a thing as the "average Italian".
A look at the Italian language through the occhi of David Mendel.
Tony Palmer reports live from the Russian capital and looks to a future beyond the cultural colonialism and free-for-all of recent years. Producer Neil Trevtthick
Arleen Auger : A Reluctant Star Gordon Stewart presents recordings of the American soprano who died last year, with recollections from Della Jones
, Richard Hickox , Roger Vignoles and Clive Bennett. A Cavendish production
Except in Scotland.
As broadcast 9.00-10.05am on R5
