Literature: In a Free State

7.05 Boyce Symphony in A,Op2No2
7.25 Nyman An Eye for Optical Theory
7.32 Keyboard Compendium: Bach Partita No 4 in D
(BWV828)
8.05 Spohr Overture: The Alchemist
8.21 Soler Concerto No 1 in C for two organs
8.41 Berkeley Divertimento in B flat, Op 18. Discs

3: Tyrants and Liberators "In 1889 ... I was
Wagnerian to the point of forgetting the simplest principles of civility," wrote Debussy. Robin Holloway explores the music inspired by "tyrants, liberators and kindred spirits", including the cantata La Damoiselle elue with Victoria de los
Angeles (soprano), the 1912 ballet Jeux and a scene from the opera Pelleas et Melisande.

with Susan Sharpe.
Field Nocturne No 12 in G
Joanna Leach (square piano)
10.15 Paganlni Balletto
Campestre Salvatore Accardo (violin), Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Franco Tamponi
10.30 Handel Mortals think that time is sleeping (The Triumph of Time and Truth)
Charles Brett (countertenor), London Handel Orchestra, conductor Denys Darlow
10.35 Khachaturian
Symphony No 3
(Simfoniya-poema)
Arthur Adamian (organ) Armenian PO, conductor Loris Tjeknavorian
11.00 Mendelssohn Song without Words, Op 19No 1 Annette Servadei (piano)
11.05 Beethoven
Choral Fantasia in C minor, Op 80
Alfred Brendel (piano)
London Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra/Haitink
11.25 Vivaldi Oboe
Concerto No 1 in B flat
(RV465)
Heinz Holliger (oboe) I Musici
11.35 Haydn Cello Concerto No 1 in C (H VIIb 1)
Academy of St Martin , directed by Mstislav Rostropovich (cello)
Producer Chris de Souza. Discs

Timothy Hugh (cello) Ian Brown (piano)
Schnittke Sonata (1978) Grieg Sonata in A minor, Op 36
(Given earlier this year in the Concert Hall of New Broadcasting House)

Nicholas Anderson continues the series of classic early-music recordings with performances of Bach cantatas under
Jurgen Jurgens , Karl Richter and Fritz Werner , cello suites played by Pierre Fournier , and Handel by the Academy of St Martin in the Fields.

Duncan Druce discusses the performance of Beethoven's String
Quartet in A minor, Op 132 in nearly 70 years of recorded quartet playing, from the Lener and Capet Quartets in the 1920s to the ensembles of today. A Cavendish production

from the Chapel of St John's College,
Cambridge.
Introit: I Was Glad
(Robin Orr )
Responses: Radcliffe Psalms 126-31 (Turle, Lemon, Walford Davies , Turle, Hylton Stewart )
First Lesson: I Samuel 23,
W14-24 (AV)
Canticles: St John 's Service
(Andrew Gant ) (first broadcast)
Second Lesson: Luke 22, w24-34 (AV)
Anthem: Rejoice in the Lamb (Britten)
Hymn: Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of Creation (Hast du denn, Jesu) Organ voluntary: Final from Symphony No 4 (Vierne). Director of Music
Christopher Robinson.
Organ student James Martin.

Unsung Heroes: Even the Discords Have to Be in Tune
The Britten Quartet discuss the importance of the right chug in the second violin, and their interdependence.

with Jeremy Nicholas.
5.15 Shostakovich
Festival Overture
6.03 Arthur de Greet
Scherzo (Piano Concerto No 1 in C minor)
6.30 J C Bach First movement (Harpsichord Concerto in A) Producer Gwen Hughes

from the Royal Albert Hall, London.
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Martyn Brabbins
Boris Berezovsky (piano)

Moeran Sinfonietta
Liszt Piano Concerto No 1 in E flat

7.50 Winter Journey
Geoffrey Baskerville looks at Tchaikovsky's St Petersburg and the background to his first symphony.

8.10 Tchaikovsky Symphony No 1 in G minor (Winter Daydreams)

The memoirs of Max
Beerbohm, the caricaturist and parodist. Tonight, friendship with Oscar Wilde and George Bernard Shaw. With Derek Jacobi as Beerbohm.

The flamenco guitarist
Marcos introduces cante from the villages bordering the spectacular Algeciras-Bobadilla railway. With contributions from El Chaqueton, El Canela and Paco de Lucia. (Revised rpt)

from the Royal Albert Hall , London.
Michael Chance
(countertenor)
Mark Padmore (tenor) Michael George (bass) The Sixteen
Orchestra of the Sixteen, conductor
Harry Christophers
Caldara Crucifixus a 16 Bach Der Geist hilft unsrer Schwachheit auf
(BWV226)
Cantata No 131: Aus der
Tiefe
Schoenberg Friede auf Er den
Bach Cantata No 34: 0 etvigesFeuer

Last of four programmes featuring wind music by Mozart.
Nash Ensemble
Strauss
Suite for 13 wind instruments, Op 4 Mozart Serenade in C minor (K388)