With Andrew McGregor , including Delius Brigg Fair Halle Orchestra, conductor John Barbirolli
6.21 Beethoven Quartet Collection: Beethoven String Quartet in E minor, Op 59 No 2 (Rasumovsky) Tokyo Quartet
7.05 Chabrier, orch Ravel Menuet Pompeux
Toulouse Capitole Orchestra, conductor Michel Plasson
7.47 Martinu Jazz Suite
Zdenek Jilek (piano),
Members of the Prague SO, conductor Zbynek Vostrak
8.05 Heinlchen Concerto in F
Musica Antiqua Kbln , director Reinhard Goebel
8.25 Stravinsky Petrushka (1947 version)
Oslo Philharmonic, conductor Mariss Jansons
With Catriona Young.
Telemann Sonata in E minor
Frans Briiggen (transverse flute), Anner Bylsma (cello),
Gustav Leonhardt (harpsichord)
9.09 Wolf Italian Serenade
Hagen Quartet
9.16 Strauss Burleske
Rudolf Serkin (piano),
Philadelphia Orchestra, conductor Eugene Ormandy
9.36 Dvorak Symphonic Variations Czech Philharmonic, conductor Karel Sejna Discs
With Chris Wines, including
Playford Indian Queen; Of Noble Race Was Shinkin
Dufay Collective
10.05 J C F Bach Trio Sonata in F
London Baroque
10.15 Artist of the Week:
Mitsuko Uchida (piano)
Mozart Piano Concerto No 25 in C, K503 ECO, conductor Jeffrey Tate
10.48 Anon The Clothier's Song Dufay Collective
10.53 Copland Symphony No 2 (Short) Orpheus CO
11.09 Tchaikovsky Trio in A minor, Op 50
Daniel Barenboim (piano), Pinchas Zukerman (violin), Jacqueline du Pre (cello)
11.52 Playford Pell Mell Dufay Collective
Richard Langham Smith talks to
Stephen Hough about his approach to Franck's music.
Danse Lente
Stephen Hough (piano) Prelude, Aria and Finale Alfred Cortot (piano) Le Chasseur Maudit
BBC National Chorus and Orchestra of Wales, conductor Tadaaki Otaka
Pièce Heroïque (orch Connell) San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, conductor Pierre Monteux
Repeated next Wednesday 11.30pm
From the Wigmore Hall, London. Prazak Quartet
Dvorak Terzetto in C, Op 74
Smetana String Quartet No 1 in E minor (From My Life)
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With Susan Sharpe. Ring in with your request by lunchtime for a chance to hear it today. Including
Arnold Little Suite No 1, Op 80 Grimethorpe Colliery Band, conductor Elgar Howarth
Furtwangler Symphonic Dialogue (Symphonic Concerto) Edwin Fischer (piano), Berlin Philharmonic, conducted by the Composer
Hartmann Serenade for wind and brass, Op 43
Consortium Classicum
Producer Peter Thresh Discs
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Midweek Choice. BBC Radio 3, Broadcasting House, London W1A 1AA
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From Rochester Cathedral.
Introit: My Soul within the Bed of Heaven Doth Grow (Mold) Responses(Rose)
Psalms 82-85 (Turner, Banks, How, Vann)
First Lesson: 2 Kings 23, w 1-4 and 15-20 Office Hymn: Before the Ending of the Day (Te Lucis Ante Terminum) Canticles: Sumsion in G
Second Lesson: Acts 27, w 1-26
Anthem: Lord, Thou Hast Been Our
Refuge (Boyce)
Hymn: Father, Hear the Prayer We Offer (Cypress Court) Toccata (Whitlock)
Director of music Roger Sayer.
Assistant organist William Whitehead. Repeated tomorrow 1.00am
Tuning
Tommy Pearson investigates the art of piano tuning.
Anthony Burton introduces a Danish edition, looking ahead to the visit of the Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra and the 1996 Clerkenwell
Music Series of Danish and English music. He commemorates one of Denmark's most respected senior composers with a recording of his last symphony. Including
5.45 Kunzen Rezia 's 's Scene
(Holger Danske )
Inger Dam-Jensen (soprano), Danish National RSO, conductor Thomas Dausgaard
6.05 Nielsen Wind Quintet Esbjerg Ensemble
6.40 Vagn Holmboe Symphony No 13 Aarhus SO, conductor Owain Arwel Hughes Producer Nick Morgan
Stephen Johnson explores the symphonic legacy of Anton Bruckner (1824-1896), with complete performances of most versions of his symphonies by the BBC orchestras.
3: An Unplayable Symphony?
This week, the survey reaches the Symphony No 2 in C minor in a performance by the Ulster Orchestra and conductor John Carewe. The programme includes contributions from William Carragan and Otto Biba , who discuss the various versions of the symphony and the approach of different editors. Is there such a thing as a definitive version of this - or any - Bruckner symphony?
A week of specially commissioned new poems from five of the most distinctive voices in poetry today. 3: The Wind Dog by Tom Paulin.
Tom Paulin is distinguished as a critic as well as a poet. His poem is an autobiography in sound, ranging from bomb blasts in Belfast to the sound of someone wearing hobnailed boots walking down a lane in winter.
Tom Paulin appears in Night Waves, tonight
10.45pm
Fabio Bonizzoni plays a 1571 harpsichord by Vito Trasuntino , one of the most revered Italian instrument makers. The programme was recorded last January at the Museum of Early Instruments in the Sforza Castle,
Milan, and includes works by Clma, Gabrieli, Picchi. Producer Kate Bolton
The second of two programmes in which the young Danish baritone sings settings of texts by Heinrich Heine. lain Burnside introduces songs by Grieg, Schumann's Liederkreis, Op 24 and Schubert's six Heine settings from Schwanengesang, recorded last month at London's Wigmore Hall. Producer Adam Gatehouse
Repeated next Monday 3.45pm
Battle for the Books - somewhere in the near future the world's last library is on fire. As smoke licks the shelves which books should we rescue?
Austen or Eliot? Dickens or Proust?
Tony Palmer fans the flames as Paul Bailey , Tom Paulin and Tim Waterstone fight for their favourites, before an audience at the Cheltenham
Festival of Literature.
Producer Abigail Appleton
Largo Sostenuto - First Love With Paul Kildea.
String Quartet No 1 in E minor (From My Life, 3rd mvt)
Bagatelles and Impromptus Piano Trio in G minor, Op 15 Repeated from last Wednesday
With Steve Voce. The second part of guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli 's concert at the 1996 Brecon Jazz Festival.
For details see yesterday
With Donald Macleod.
1.00 Pianist Alicia de Larrocha plays works by Mendelssohn and Falla
3.00 Schools Time and Tune 3.20
Together 3.40 Dance Workshop 4.00 History 9-114.20 Scottish Resources 10-12 4.40 Talking Points
5.00 Sequence
