Music, news and weather with Andrew McGregor , including at approximately
7.05 Weber
Overture: Euryanthe
Hanover Band, director Roy Goodman
7.15 Purcell Portfolio:
Purcell A selection of solo songs
7.32 Quartet Collection: Haydn String Quartet in F sharp minor, Op 50 No 4 Tokyo Quartet
8.05 Bliss Checkmate
(Finale)
English Northern
Philharmonia, conductor David Lloyd-Jones
8.09 Reger A Glimpse of Spring, Op 39 No 3
Danish National Radio
Choir, conductor Stefan Parkman
8.30 Mendelssohn
Concerto in E for two pianos
John Ogdon and Brenda Lucas (pianos)
Academy of St Martin , conductor
Neville Marriner
Discs
Piers Burton-Page presents some orchestral fragments, including the Music for a Pantomime (K446), an unfinished Ballet (K299c), a comic vocal quartet - Caro mio Druck und
Schluck (K571a), as well as several chamber fragments: a String Trio (K562e), a String Quartet (K464a), and a String Quintet (K515c), played by the Academy of St Martin's Chamber
Ensemble.
Chris de Souza presents an edition featuring children's songs by Lutoslawski, Diana Burrell and Brian
Chappie and including Bliss March of Homage Royal Liverpool
Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor David Atherton
10.10 Artist of the Week:
Anthony Halstead (horn) Bottesini Capriccio di bravura
Thomas Martin
(double bass)
10.20 Beethoven Septet , Op 20 in E flat Hausmusik
11.05 Khachaturian Piano
Concerto
Peter Katin (piano) London Symphony
Orchestra, conductor Hugo Rignold
11.40 Abel Symphony in D, Op 17 No 3
Hanover Band, director
Anthony Halstead
Jill Anderson introduces a programme of French wind music featuring the Haffner Wind Ensemble
De Wailly Aubade lbert Cinq Pièces Milhaud
La Cheminée de Roi Renee
Franca ix
Wind Quintet No 2
Repeated from yesterday
11.30pm
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra conductor
Alexander Gibson
Britten Canadian Carnival
Dvorak Symphony No 7 in D minor
Rpt
Radio Q and A
2.05 In the News
2.25 Something to Think About: Infant Assemblies
2.40 Music Workshop: Music Course: 3: Orpheus
with William Bennett (flute)
Corelli Concerto grosso in B flat, Op 6 No 5
Haydn Divertimento in G for strings (H IV 9)
Mathias Flute Concerto
Panufnik Hommage a Chopin
Tchaikovsky Serenade in C, Op 48
performed by Louise Hopkins (cello) Caroline Palmer (piano) Cello Sonata in F, Op 5 No
Rpt
Why do repeat marks exist in music? Should we always observe them? Are we justified in ignoring them? Tommy Pearson tries to find out the answers to some of these questions with the help of musicians including the conductor
Christopher Hogwood and pianist Marc-Andre Hamelin.
Music and arts events from
Cardiff presented by Nicola Heywood-Thomas , including Schubert Ballet in C
(Rosamunde)
6.30 Franck Violin Sonata in A
7.03 Verdi Overture: II
Corsaro
Producer Gwawr Owen
Concert from Vilnius, Lithuania.
Petras Geniusas (piano) Lithuanian National
Symphony Orchestra, conductor
Juozas Domarkas
Rachmaninov Piano
Concerto No 2 in C minor
Barkauskas Konzertstuck
No
Ciurllonls Symphonic Poem: The Sea
4: Magnificence and Melancholy
Dr David Howarth of Edinburgh University describes the flamboyance and sophistication of court painters Rubens and Van Dyck , and talks about the portrait styles now available to a wider patronage - in bronze or marble, in miniatures and prints. Final programme tomorrow
9.25pm
The ensemble Sinfonye, director Stevie Wishart , present the music and writings of the 12th-century mystic Hildegard of Bingen. Reader Susan Sharpe. Rpt
Continuing his series on the American pianist James P Johnson , Ron Geesin concentrates on his compositions, from popular pieces through the show tunes to his orchestral works. Conductor Marin Alsop
and pianist
Leslie Stifelman talk about their recordings of the scores they recently unearthed.
Repeated from Monday 4.30pm
Humphrey Carpenter has first-night news of Jonathan Miller 's new production of Cosi fan tutte at Covent
Garden, and follows the footsteps of the British impressionists as a major survey opens at the Barbican Centre in London. Producer Sarah Barnett
Spotlight on Heather Harper The Ulster-born soprano, one of the foremost singers of our time, looks back with lain Burnside over a career spanning more than 30 years, and picks out some of the highlights, including music by Britten , Ravel Berg and Duparc.
Producer Adam Gatehouse Repeated tomorrow 12 noon
Let's Make a Story 1.30
Music Box 2.00 Ghostwriter
