With Penny Gore.
Dukas Symphony in C
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Yan Pascal Tortelier
7.05 Krommer Oboe Quartet in C Lajos Lencses (oboe), German Trio
7.32 Zanetti /I Scolaro (excerpts)
King's Noyse, director David Douglas
7.42 Vorisek Variations in B flat. Op 19 Artur Pizarro (piano)
8.35 Beethoven Romance in F, Op 50 Gidon Kremer (violin), CO of Europe, conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt
8.32 Milhaud Le Carnaval de Londres
(excerpts)
New London Orchestra, conductor Ronald Corp
Shostakovich Festive Overture
Boston Pops Orchestra, conductor John Williams
9.08 Bach Double Violin Concerto in D minor, BWV1043
Artur Grumiaux and Herman Krebbers
(violins), Les Solistes Romands, conductor Arpad Gerecz
9.25 Kuhnau The Battle between
David and Goliath (Biblical Sonata No 1) Christian Brembeck (organ)
9.38 Tippett Piano Sonata No 1 Paul Crossley (piano) Discs
With Nicola Heywood Thomas. Strauss Don Juan
BBC NO of. Wales, conductor Tadaaki Otaka
10.20 Beethoven Twelve Variations on Mozart's "Ein Madchen Oder
Weibchen" from "Die Zauberflote"
Raphael Wallfisch (cello), John York (piano)
10.30 Proms Artist of the Week:
Judith Howarth (soprano)
Falla Seven Popular Spanish Songs Malcolm Martineau (piano)
10.40 Ravel Habanera
Philippe Entremont and Dennis Lee (pianos)
10.45 Brahms Symphony No 3 in F BBC NO of Wales, conductor Tadaaki Otaka
11.25 Poulenc Ave Verum Corpus Cambridge Singers, director John Rutter
11.30 Lawes Consort Suite in A minor
Fretwork
11.40 Britten On This Island
Judith Howarth (soprano), Malcolm Martineau (piano)
With Paul Guinery.
Two Marches in F, WoO 18/19
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Karl Anton Rickenbacher
String Quartet in C, Op 59 No 3 (Rasumovsky) Talich Quartet
Agnus Dei (Missa Solemnis)
Soloists, Chorus of La Chapelle
Royale, Collegium Vocale Orchestre des Champs Elysees, conductor Philippe Herreweghe
Repeated next Thursday 11.30pm
With Sandy Burnett.
1.00pm Slava!
In this four-part series, John Allison investigates how Russian opera composers - more than those of any other nationality - have chosen to draw upon the works of their native writers.
4: An encounter with the Demon and Lady Macbeth
, and the influence on opera composers of Tolstoy, Lermontov and Leskov.
Producer Gwen Hughes
2.00 Nikolai Demidenko
(piano)
Field Sonata No 4 in B, H17
Schumann Variations on a Theme by Clara Wieck (Concert sans Orchestre) Chopin Nocturnes: in F sharp, Op 15 No 2; in C sharp minor, Op 27 No 1; in F sharp minor, Op 48 No 2
2.50 Preoccupations
Series in which leading musicians reveal matters close to their hearts. This week, soprano Barbara Bonney reveals her obsession with needle and thread.
2.55 The BBC Orchestras
BBC Symphony Orchestra American Tour
A concert given last October at the Tilles Centre, Greenville. Conductor Andrew Davis ,
John Lill (piano)
Berlioz Overture: Le Corsaire
Beethoven Piano Concerto No 4 in G
Elgar Symphony No 1
From the Printed Page
Kit Hesketh-Harvey explores new technology in music publishing. He talks to Times columnist John Diamond
about publishing and composing on a home computer and to Ben Finn about the state-of-the-art programme he and his brother have written. Plus the digital jukebox: as well as downloading music from the internet, you will soon be able to print your favourite bit of Birtwistle or Oasis.
With Geraint Lewis , including Delius Summer Evening
LSO, conductor Barry Wordsworth
5.40 Ravel Sheherazade
Margaret Price (soprano), LSO, conductor Claudio Abbado
6.03 Grainger Ramble on a Theme from "Der Rosenkavalier"
Martin Jones (piano)
6.15 Mozart Sonata in C for piano duet, K521
Christoph Eschenbach and Justus Frantz (pianos)
6.40 Parry Lady Radnor's Suite LSO, conductor Adrian Boult Producer Gwawr Owen
From the Royal Albert Hall , London. Music by two flamboyant Romantic geniuses written for the composers to perform - Liszt at the keyboard, Berlioz on the rostrum. As Liszt scaled new peaks of virtuosity in his concerto, Berlioz took the symphony to new heights with his dramatic portrayal of an "Episode in an Artist's Life". The programme begins with a Janacek rarity which is a speciality of tonight's orchestra and conductor. Artur Pizarro (piano), Royal Liverpool PO, conductor Libor Pesek
Janacek Incidental music: Schluck und Jau
Liszt Piano Concerto No 1 in E flat
7.35 Fantasy and Fury
Berlioz the man leaps off the page of his colourful and wildly exaggerated memoirs, and he boldly speaks his mind in his many letters to friends and colleagues. Roger Nichols explores the background to the Symphonie Fantastique with the help of the composer's own words.
7.55 Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique
Four programmes culled from the series which explored cultural phenomena. 4: Taxonomy Repeat
Music for harpsichord by Francois Couperin , performed by Christophe Rousset.
From the Royal Albert Hall ,
London. Two anniversaries - the centenary of Roberto Gerhard 's birth and the fiftieth anniversary of Falla's death - provide a cue to compare their contributions to the adventurousness of Spanish music this century. Their scores, shot through with the hard, bright lyricism of the Iberian peninsula, are programmed alongside a recent Nash Ensemble commission from Colin
Matthews and Milhaud's jazz-inspired portrait of the Creation.
Rosa Mannion (soprano),
Nash Ensemble , conductor Martyn Brabbins Milhaud La Création du Monde
Falla Psyche
Colin Matthews Twenty-Three Frames for Four Players
Gerhard, arr Meirion Bowen Six Songs from "L'lnfantament meravellos de
Shahrazada"
Falia El Corregidor y fa Molinera (Act 1)
Stephen Walsh considers some of the important music which Stravinsky introduced to Parisian audiences during the 1922 season.
Tchaikovsky, orch Stravinsky Aurore Variation (Sleeping Beauty) Stravinsky Renard; Mavra;
Symphonies of Wind Instruments (original version)
Repeated from last Thursday
Richard Niles introduces the BBC Big Band in session with vocalist
Deniece Williams.
With Donald Macleod.
1.00 Choral Evensong from Canterbury Cathedral
Repeated from yesterday 4.00pm
2.00 Hungarian RTV SO, conductor Pier Morandi Nicolai Overture: The
Merry Wives of Windsor Ravel Bolero Respighi The Fountains of Rome; The Pines of Rome: Roman Festivals
3.30 Zvi Plesser (cello) and Daniel Gortler (piano) perform works by Beethoven and Rachmaninov
4.20 Traditional Armenian music performed by the Ludwig Garibian Trio
5.00 Sequence
