with Andrew McGregor.
7.05 Praetorius Der Tag vertreibt die finster Nacht
7.09 Francois Couperin Ninth concert: Ritratto dell'Amore
7.42 Franck Prelude,
Chorale and Fugue
8.05 J Strauss (father) Radetzky March
8.22 Massenet Que mes soeurs sont heureuses
(Cendrillon)
8.32 Quartet Collection: Haydn String Quartet in E flat, Op 20 No 1 Discs
Simon Callow reads a final excerpt from the composer's autobiographical sketch, describing his present position in Hamburg, his recent travels including a long-awaited trip to Paris and an update on the careers of his children.
He also attempts a list of some of his major works. The music includes the Cantata: Ihr Volker , hort, the Quartet in A minor
(Paris) and a Concerto in D for three trumpets.
with Piers Burton-Page , including at approximately
10.03 Brahms
Hungarian Dances Nos 17-21
10.15 Copland
Suite: Appalachian Spring
10.40 Artist of the Week:
James Blades (percussion) Britten
The Prodigal Son (excerpt)
11.15 Mateo Flecha
Ensalada: La Guerra
11.30 Ravel La Valse
11.40 Boris Blacher
Variations on a theme of Paganini
Repeated from yesterday 11.30pm
The last in an eight-part series of lunchtime concerts from St George's, Brandon Hill , Bristol, based around the music of Felix Mendelssohn
. Presented by Lucy Longhurst.
Rivka Golani (viola)
John Lenehan (piano) Mendelssohn Viola Sonata in C minor
Brahms Viola Sonata in E flat,
Op 120 No 2
A Classic Arts production
Ulster Youth Orchestra
John Toal introduces the first concert given by a new youth orchestra in Northern Ireland, conductor En Shao.
Stephen Gardner Prana
Respighi Fontane di Roma Mahler Symphony No 1 Sponsored by Marks and Spencer
(piano) Bartok Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm (Mikrokosmos) Jeffrey Lewis Trilogy
Liszt Three Concert Studies (S144)
Mike Maran presents the last of five journeys through the life and work of Robert Louis Stevenson
, including specially written songs performed by Rod Paterson. 5: The Beach of Falesa
Series producer Richard Bannerman
See also tonight 10.45pm
Lullabies and folk songs of work and ritual from north, south and central Vietnam, sung by Bach Yen and Tran Quang Hai , who also plays a traditional lament for
General Van Thien Tuong on the 16-stringed zither, the dan tranh. Presented by John Thornley.
Into the Underworld
1607: Monteverdi captures the sound of the underworld on paper - the first composer to associate instrumental sound with darkness. Brian Beattie takes a voyage into the heart of darkness in search of others.
with Natalie Wheen.
Producer Gwen Hughes
from St Paul's
Church,
Knightsbridge, London.
The BBC Singers present a selection of American
Christmas music from the 18th to the 20th centuries.
Margaret Phillips (organ) BBC Singers
New London Orchestra, conductor Simon Joly Conrad Susa
The Chanticleer's Carol
William Allbright Pax in Terra
Ives Adeste fidelis
William Billings
While shepherds watched
Supply Belcher Then jointly all the Harpers
Horatio Parker The
Shepherd's Vision
8.15 Star-Spangled Singers
The American conductor
Robert Zeigler talks to British and American musicians about American choral tradition and compares Christmas music in this country with that from across the Atlantic.
8.35 Daniel Pinkham
Christmas Cantata
Ned Rorem Three Carols
Garth Edmundson Toccata on "Von Himmel hoch"
Trad, arr John Jacob Niles Appalachian Carols
Conrad Susa A Christmas
Garland
5: In the crowded bazaars of a faraway city you glimpse a familiar face, a pub sign you have seen somewhere before.
Perhaps the city is a reflection of your own state of mind.
conductor Riccardo Muti
Dvorak
Symphony No 8 in G
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
Poems of Robert Louis
Stevenson as set by Vaughan Williams in his great song-cycle Songs of Travel.
Stephen Roberts (baritone) John Constable (piano)
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
Was Robert Louis Stevenson merely the superb adventure storyteller and children's author Britons remember, or the pioneer of the psychoanalytical novel venerated by Europeans?
Julian Evans travels to Utah and the South Seas to explore the reputation of a writer whose brilliance may well have been shipwrecked on the success of Treasure Island. Producer Noah Richler
Alwynne Pritchard introduces a pair of pieces from a recent CD by pianist Rolf Hind. David Sawyer The
Melancholy of Departure
Vic Hoyland The Other Side of the Air
And there's another chance to hear Clarence Barlow 's
Im Januar am Nil recorded by the ensemble Expose, conductor Roger Redgate. Producer Alan Hall
