Lord Briggs on Victorian Culture and Society
7.05 Mozart Sextet in E flat
(K Anh 183)
7.25 Franck, arr
Gant Panis angelicus
7.32 Takemltsu Litany
8.05 Handel Handbook:
Handel
Trio Sonata in F, Op 5 No 6
8.25 Tchaikovsky
My protector, my angel, my friend; None but the lonely heart
8.36 Vivaldi
Dixit Dominus (RV594) Producer Andrew Lyle Discs
FAIREST ISLE
(1596-1662) and (cl602-1645)
1: The Households of Hertford and Bridgewater Henry Lawes, praised by Milton for his "tunefull and well measur'd song", was widely regarded by his contemporaries as the finest song writer of his generation, while his younger brother William was a friend and favourite musician of Charles I.
Today, Kate Bolton looks at the artistocratic circles in which much of their music was written and includes
Henry's songs for despairing and moumful lovers and William's tributes to his teacher, Coprario, and his acquaintance
Alfonso Ferrabosco the younger. Producer Kate Bolton
Piers Burton-Page marks the Clara Haskil centenary this week.
9.45 Artist of the Week:
Clara Haskil (piano)
Beethoven Violin Sonata in A, Op 30 No 1
10.05 Brahms
Two Motets, Op 29
10.18 Vivaldi Concerto in D
(RV95) (La pastorella)
10.30 Mozart
Nine Variations on a Theme of Duport (K573)
10.45 Tobias Picker
The Encantadas
11.15 Marais The Bells of St Genevieve
11.25 Schumann Piano
Concerto in A minor
Six-part history of light opera. 2: Ooh-la-lai
If you think operetta was born on the banks of the Danube, think again. It sprang from the Seine, and in the second part of Roy Strong 's series, we join the grandes horizontales of Second Empire Paris to discover the pleasures of I'operette.
A Heavy Entertainment production Repeated Friday 12 midnight
with Susan Sharpe.
1.00 BBC Lunchtime
Concert from St John 's,
Smith Square.
Guarneri Trio, Prague
Haydn Piano Trio in G (H XV 25) (Gypsy Rondo)
Dvorak Piano Trio in E minor, Op 90 (Dumky)
Repeated next Sunday 6.30pm
2.00 Schools
Lifeskills 2.15 Storybox
2.25 Let's Move 2.45 First
Steps in Drama
3.00 The BBC
Orchestras
BBC National Orchestra of Wales conductor Tadaaki Otaka
Wagner Overture; Venusberg music (Tannhauser)
Duparc Lenore
3.45 The Stations of the Cross
Simon Wright concludes his performance of Marcel Dupre 's symphonic poem on the organ of Ampleforth Abbey, Introduced by Clair Jaquiss. Rpt
4.30 You Take Some
Skins....
In six programmes, Russell Davies unravels the complex relationship between black and white jazz musicians from the earliest days of jazz to the present.
2: Two-Tone Stomp A Perryscope production
World Music in London
In this week's programmes, Dirk Campbell explores the ethnic music of London's immigrant communities. Today, the bagpipes and drums of Galicians from north-west Spain.
A Partners in Sound production
Richard Baker plays a selection of music including Heisted Pas de deux
(Flower Festival in Genzano)
6.03 Chopin Variations in A (Souvenir de Paganini)
6.30 Mozart Exsultate , jubilate (K165)
Producer Ray Abbott
FAIREST ISLE
Billy Budd
The second of this week's operas by Benjamin Britten , introduced by Humphrey Carpenter.
Britten's nautical opera made its maiden voyage at Covent Garden in 1951. Now it embarks on a return sailing in a new production from Geneva by Francesca Zambello. Billy Budd is a youthful and naïve sailor who is eventually condemned to be hanged from the yard-arm for the murder of his ship's master-at-arms - but only when provoked by a malicious accusation of mutiny. Britten was attracted to this story with its undercurrents of homosexuality and sub-theme of innocence driven to desperation by an uncaring and corrupt society.
Royal Opera Chorus
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, conductor Robert Spano
Acts 1 and 2 9.00 Aspects of Britten
Below Decks with Billy Budd In the second of four programmes,
Jeremy J Beadle looks at the male world of life at sea in the late 18th century.
9.20 Acts 3 and 4 Peter Grimes Wednesday 7.00pm
with Robert Sandall and Mark Russell.
Producer Philip Tagney
Penny Gore introduces a recital by the Russian cellist Daniil Shafran , recorded during his recent visit to Britain - his first in 35 years, Including
Shostakovich, an Shafran Viola Sonata and pieces by Schnrttke. Prokofiev.
Tchaikovsky and Shchedrln With Anton
Ginzburg (piano) and Steven Isserlis , who masterminded the visit.
Repeated tomorrow at 12 noon
German: Die Schnuffier
1.40 Singing Together
