With Andrew McGregor. News, weather and music including
Vivaldi Violin Concerto in D minor, Op 9 No 8
Felix Ayo (violin), I Musici
6.30 Ravel Piano Trio in A minor
Beaux Arts Trio
7.05 Clementi Sonata in D, Op 40 No 3
Nikolai Demidenko (piano)
7.47 Moeran Rhapsody No 2 in E Ulster Orchestra, conductor Vernon Handley
8.05 Rimsky-Korsakov Dance of the Tumblers (The Snow Maiden) London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Albert Coates
8.42 Haydn Symphony No 22 in E flat (Philosopher)
City of Birmingham Symphony
Orchestra, conductor Simon Rattle
Handel Cantata: Alpestre monte
Emma Kirkby (soprano), Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood
9.11 Haydn String Quartet in D, Op 33 No 6
Pro Arte Quartet
9.23 Mascagni Suzel, buon di (L'Amico Fritz)
Angela Gheorghiu (soprano), Roberto Alagna (tenor),
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, conductor Richard Armstrong
9.32 Suk Praga
Czech Philharmonic/Libor Pesek Discs
With Patrick Lambert.
Artists of the Week:
Czech Philharmonic
Janacek Overture: Jealousy Conductor Jiri Belohlavek
10.07 Debussy Images (selection) Ivan Moravec (piano)
10.11 Hindemith Kleine
Kammermusik, Op 24 No 2
Czech Philharmonic Wind Quintet
10.24 Henze Fandango sopra un basso del padre Soler Czech Philharmonic, conductor Gerd Albrecht
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10.43 Scarlatti Sonata in C, Kkl59
Zuzana Ruzickova (harpsichord)
10.47 Martinu Concerto for harpsichord and small orchestra
Zuzana Ruzickova (harpsichord), Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, conductor Vaclav Neumann
11.06 Dvorak Song to the Moon (Rusalka)
Gabriela Benackova (soprano), Czech Philharmonic, conductor Vaclav Neumann
11.15 Dvorak Symphony No 6 in D Czech Philharmonic, conductor Libor Pesek
Exploring Weber's works through the comments of composers who have both loved and learnt from his music.
"If I'd never got to know Weber's music, I believe I'd never have become a musician"
(Richard Wagner )
Wagner's recollections introduce choral works and highlights from Der Freischutz, Preciosa and Euryanthe, plus a special new of the highly unusual cantata Der Erste Ton (The Birth of Sound). "What
Beethoven did in his orchestration,
Weber chose deliberately: he was the first to write like that".
Repeated next Wednesday 11.30pm
With Susan Sharpe.
From the Wigmore Hall, London.
Florestan Trio:
Anthony Marwood (violin),
Richard Lester (cello), Susan Tomes (piano) Mozart Piano Trio in G, K564
Dvorak Piano Trio in E minor, Op 90 (Dumky)
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2.00 Together
2.20 Time and Tune
2.40 Drama Workshop
With Susan Sharpe. Ring in by lunchtime for a chance to hear your request today. Including Elgar Contrasts (Three Characteristic Pieces)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Vernon Handley
Georges Schmitt Magnificat solonelle Nicholas Danby (organ)
Vieuxtemps Violin Concerto No 5 in A minor
Sarah Chang (violin),
Philharmonia/Charles Dutoit Producer Susan Kenyon
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nFrom Worcester Cathedral.
Introit: Christus vincit
(MacMillan)
Responses (Hunt)
Psalms 65, 66, 67 (Hopkins, Atkins, S S Wesley)
First Lesson: 1 Samuel 17, w 1-30
Canticles: Jackson in G
Second Lesson: Mark 6, w 1-29
Anthem: Blessed city (Bairstow)
Hymn: The day thou gavest (St Clement) Organ Voluntary: Carillon on "Orientis partibus" (Wills)
Director of music Donald Hunt.
Organist Raymond Johnston.
Tommy in at the Deep End
Tommy Pearson attends the National DJ Championships in London to try his hand at mixing and scratching.
With Jeremy Nicholas , including
5.15 Williams The Devil's Galop The New London Orchestra, conductor Ronald Corp
6.03 Mozart Piano Sonata in B flat K281
Alicia de Larrocha (piano)
6.30 Hurlstone Piano Concerto in D Eric Parkin (piano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Nicholas Braithwaite Producer Nick Morgan
BBC Symphony Orchestra
The first of several concerts to be broadcast from this year's festival includes music by Hans Werner Henze, who is 70 next month.
Conductor Oliver Knussen.
Rosemary Hardy (soprano) Colin Matthews M50
Busoni Nocturne symphonique Henze Five Neapolitan Songs Britten Our Hunting Fathers Henze Appassionatamente
A concert given last Saturday at the Maltings. Snape
Five 15-minute plays by Russell Davies , set in bed and starring real-life couples. 3: Imelda Staunton and Jim Carter have an uncomfortable stay at theatrical digs.
Three Idylls for string quartet Coull Quartet
Three Sketches for piano Peter Jacobs (piano) discs
A specially recorded recital by young English tenor Ian Bostridge , recently awarded the Royal Philharmonic
Society prize for the most outstanding debut of 1995. Accompanied by pianist Julius Drake , he sings music by Schumann, Brahms and Wolf. Producer Adam Gatehouse
Octavio Paz is one of the contemporary giants of Latin American culture - a poet, essayist and Nobel laureate. In The Double Flame - his history of love - Paz bemoans the fact that capitalism has turned Eros into "an employee of Mammon" and discusses the impact of science on our sense of the sublime. Michele
Roberts talks to him about his most recent book and his career in literature and politics. Producer Julian May
Bohm Praeludium in G minor
Buxtehude Suite in E minor, BuxWV 234
Buxtehude Jubilate domino, omnis terra, BuxWV 64
Bohm Chorale: Vater unser im
Himmelreich
Bruhns Cantata: Muss nicht der Mensch Repeated from last Wednesday
Campbell Burnap presents the second of two programmes recorded at a concert by Marian McPartland , Alec Dankworth and Ralph Salmins from the 1996 Bath Festival.
With Donald Macleod.
1.00 Westphalian Philharmonia/ Frieder Obstfeld. Music by Krasa.
Schrecker. Haas and Mendelssohn
2.10 Bohuslav Martinu Quartet Haydn String Quartet in G, Op 77 No 1
Martinu String Quartet No 4 Smetana String Quartet in E minor (From My Life) Dvorak Cypresses
3.20 Fortepianist Bart van Oort plays music by Beethoven
4.20 Beethoven Symphony No 6 in F (Pastoral) Prague RSO/Lutz Herbig
5.00 Sequence
