With Andrew McGregor.
Purcell Rejoice in the Lord Alway (Bell Anthem)
Choir of New College, Oxford, The King's Consort, director Robert King
6.13 Goldmark Rustic Wedding Symphony
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Yondani Butt
7.05 Beethoven Overture: Coriolan
Warsaw Sinfonia, conductor Krystof Penderecki
7.37 Bach Orchestral Suite No 4 in D
Academy of Ancient Music, director Christopher Hogwood
8.05 Vllla-Lobos Bachiana Brasileira
No 5
Dawn Upshaw (soprano), Cellos of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe
8.30 Martucci The Song of Memories Mirella Freni (soprano), La Scala Philharmonic , conductor Riccardo Muti
With Catriona Young.
Brahms Ballades , Op 10
Stephen Kovacevich (piano)
9.20 Verdi Macbeth (Act 4, excerpt) Leontyne Price (soprano), Corinna Vozza (mezzo), Robert El Hage (bass), RCA Italiana Orchestra, conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
9.33 Strauss Oboe Concerto
Leon Goossens , Philharmonia, conductor Alceo Galliera
Discs
With Patrick Lambert.
Nielsen Overture: Maskarade
BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Andrew Davis
10.05 Artist of the Week:
Suzanne Danco (soprano)
Debussy Fetes Galantes (1st series) Guido Agosti (piano)
10.13 Nordheim Partita for Six Double
Basses
Janne Johansson , Bjorn Terje Jensen , Andrzei Woznikowski , James Mallet ,
Josee Deschenes , Rolf Christian Erdahl
10.29 Sibelius Violin Concerto
Julian Sitkovetsky , Czech Philharmonic , conductor Nikolai Anosov
11.06 Crusell Divertimento in C, Op 9 Sarah Francis (oboe), Allegri Quartet
11.17 Marco Marllani La Gita in Gondola
Suzanne Danco (soprano),
Francesco Molinari-Pradelli (piano)
11.20 Stenhammar Serenade in F
BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Andrew Davis
With Misha Donat.
"I consider him a genius." (Arnold Schoenberg)
Violin Sonata in F sharp minor, Op 24 (Allegretto)
Adolf Busch , Rudolf Serkin (piano)
Humoresque, Op 20 No 5; Silhouette, Op 53 No 3 the composer (piano) Hymnus der Liebe
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Hamburg Philharmonic State
Orchestra, conductor Gerd Albrecht
Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Bach, Op 81
Rudolf Serkin (piano)
Repeated next Wednesday 11.30pm
From the Wigmore Hall,
London. The young choral ensemble I Fagiolini sing English and Italian sacred and secular music of the late 16th century, including motets and madrigals by Gabrieli, de Rore,
Marenzio, Palestrina, Byrd, Tomkins, Farmer and Monteverdi.
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Maria Inessa Galante (soprano), Latvian National SO, conductor
Alexander Vilumanis
Beethoven Quintet in E flat for Piano and Wind, Op 16
Murray Perahia (piano), Neil Black (oboe), Thea King (clarinet), Tony Halstead (horn), Graham Sheen (bassoon)
Vaughan Williams Serenade to Music Soloists, ECO, conductor Matthew Best Producer Vicky Whitaker Discs WRITTEN REQUESTS:
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From Liverpool Cathedral. Introit: Cantate Domino
(Monteverdi)
Responses (Shephard)
Psalms 114 and 115 (Tonus Peregrinus , Wesley) First Lesson: Job 33
Office Hymn: 0 Jesus Saviour of Mankind (Jesu Redemptor Omnium) Canticles: Howells in G
Second Lesson: Hebrews 11, w 17-40
Anthem: To My Humble Supplication (Hoist)
Hymn: For the Fruits of His Creation (East Acklam)
Organ Voluntary: Carillon Sortie (Mulet) Organist and master of the choristers Ian Tracey. Assistant organist Ian Wells.
Repeated tomorrow 1.00am
Lucie Skeaping's guide to early instruments reaches the pluckers and the strummers - lutes, citterns and theorbos. With Anthony Rooley and Robin Jeffrey, plus the Great Sackbuts Competition.
With Andrew Green.
Nikolai Tcherepnin La Princesse Lointaine
5.45 Mozart Six Variations on "Mio caro Adone ", K180
Ingrid Haebler (piano)
6.15 Bach Prelude and Fugue in B flat minor ("Well-tempered Clavier", Bkl) Wilhelm Backhaus (piano)
6.30 Glazunov Violin Concerto in A minor
Itzhak Perlman , Israel PO , conductor Zubin Mehta
Producer Andrew Mussett
BRUCKNER SEASON
Fourteen programmes exploring the symphonic legacy of Anton Bruckner. 4: The Wagner Symphony
Bruckner's Third Symphony exists in at least three versions. Stephen Johnson introduces a performance of the first version by the Ulster Orchestra conducted by Jacek Kaspszyk , and discusses the work with Paul Banks , Bayan Northcott , Otta Biba and Herbert Vogg. With readings by Joe Dunlop from reminiscences of people who knew Bruckner.
Michael Rosen examines four very different historical attempts at moulding the minds of the young. 3: Little Hitlers
No other state so comprehensively overturned the world of children's literature and education as the Nazis in their 12-year reign.
Next programme tomorrow 8.50pm
Conductor Martyn Brabbins
Webern Concerto for Nine Instruments
Bach Brandenburg Concerto No 5 in D Repeat
Their Kind of Song: Kit and the Widow In conversation with lain Burnside, Kit and the Widow are invited to choose their favourite songs. Be prepared for some surprises and revelations as they bring their outlandish blend of humour and high camp to the hallowed world of song. Producer Adam Gatehouse
Repeated next Monday 3.45pm
Jamaica Kincaid left school at 16 without formal qualifications to become an acclaimed reporter for the New
Yorker and one of the most respected of Caribbean novelists. She talks to
Hermione Lee. Also tonight, a review ofTrevor Nunn's film version of Twelfth Night, and Andre Brink sharing his thoughts on culture and the arts in the new South Africa.
Producer Edwina Wolstencroft
Danse Lente
Prelude, Aria and Finale
Le Chasseur Maudit
Pièce Héroïque (orch Connell) Repeated from last Wednesday
When famous bandleaders die their bands often continue to flourish - as the Basie Band and Duke Ellington's Orchestra have proved. Alyn Shipton looks at some of the famous "ghost" bands, including that of Ted Heath.
With Donald Macleod.
1.00 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra/ Pierre Boulez Schoenberg Verklarte Nacht Ravel Suite: Mother Goose
Boulez Notations I-IV Berg Three Orchestral Pieces
2.15 Cologne Chamber Chorus/Peter Neumann sing Schubert
3.15 Stavanger SO/Alexander Dmitiev, Truls Mork (cello) Saeverud Peer Gynt Suites Nos 1 and 2 Prokofiev
Symphony-Concerto
5.00 Sequence
