With Andrew McGregor.
Strauss Three Hymns, Op 71: Hymne an die Liebe; Ruckkehr in die
Heimat; Die Liebe
6.25 Sauer Piano Concerto No 1 in E minor
7.05 Veracini Overture No 5 in B flat
7.40 Sibelius Suite: Scenes
Historiques II
8.05 Puccini Un Bel di Vedremo
(Madam Butterfly)
8.35 Bruch Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor
Editor Andrew Lyle
This week, Peter Hobday features Haydn's London symphonies. Haydn Symphony No 93 in D
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, conductor Colin Davis
9.23 Busoni Sonatina No 6 on Bizet's "Carmen"
Geoffrey Douglas Madge (piano)
9.32 Stravinsky Our Father: Ave Maria Tallis Scholars , director Peter Phillips
9.36 Destouches Les Elements
Academy of Ancient Music, director Christopher Hogwood Producer Tony Cheevers Discs
With Nick Morgan. Artist of the Week:
Andreas Staier (harpsichord) Scarlatti Sonata in C, Kk502
10.05 WF Bach Sinfonia in F, F88
CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra, conductor Hartmut Haenchen
10.14 Maconchy String Quartet No 1 Hanson Quartet
10.28 Beethoven Piano Sonata in E flat, Op 7
Andreas Staier (fortepiano)
10.55 JH Schein Christ , UnserHerr, zum Jordan Kam
Greta de Reyghere and Agnes Mellon (sopranos), Ricecar Consort
11.01 Schubert String Quartet in E flat, 087
Mosaïques Quartet
11.25 Lutoslawski Concerto for
Orchestra
BBC Philharmonic, conductor Yan Pascal Tortelier
11.54 Scarlatti Sonatas in A, KK537 and in B flat, KK70
Bela Bartok (piano) Producer Nick Morgan
At the turn of the century, Bela Bartok (1881-1945) and Zoltan Kodaly (1882-1967) were described as young barbarians, determined to raise Hungarian music from its
"musical torpor". Paul Hindmarsh explores this theme, concentrating on Bartok's unique piano music and Kodaly's influential choral music. Kodaly Entrance of the Emperor (Hary Janos )
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, conductor Antal Dorati
Bartok Violin Concerto No 1 (1st mvt) Dmitri Sitkovetsky , Philharmonia, conductor Libor Pesek
Bagatelles, Op 6 Nos 13 and 14 Zoltan Kocsis (piano)
Kodaly Two Folk Songs from "Zabor" Gyor Girls' Choir, conductor Miklos Szako
Bartok Piano Sonatina
Zoltan Kocsis
Kodaly String Quartet No 2 (2nd mvt) Hagen Quartet
Bartok Final Dance (The Wooden Prince)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, conductor Pierre Boulez
Producer Paul Hindmarsh
Repeated next Monday 11.30pm
From St John's, Smith
Square, London.
Boris Pergamenshikov (cello), Lars Vogt (piano)
Beethoven Variations on "Bei
Mannern " (Die Zauberflote)
Tatiana Komarova
Triptychon Brahms Cello Sonata in E minor, Op 38
Repeated next Sunday 6.30pm
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Conductor Tadaaki Otaka ,
John Lill (piano)
Tchaikovsky The Voyevoda
Prokofiev Piano Concerto No 1
Rachmaninov Symphony No 2 in E minor
Jazz Voices. lain Burnside and Geoffrey Smith introduce some legendary jazz voices.
Repeated from last Wednesday
"A gruff-toned instrument, hardly suitable for melodic or solo work", "a cavernous and unwieldy horn." John Surman , himself an exponent of the baritone, has decided that it is time to speak up for what he considers to be an undervalued instrument. In the first of five programmes, he examines the work of Ernie Caceres , Leo Parker ,
Charlie Ventura , and the grand master of the instrument, Harry Carney. Producer Derek Drescher
Ensemble Bash
Tommy Pearson spends the week at Harrow Arts Centre, London, with the percussion group Ensemble Bash.
Today, he finds out exactly what the group is and gets to know some of the many different types of music played by this versatile quartet. Producer Christina Pritchard WEB SITE: http://www.bbcnc.org.uk/music_machine/
With Andrew Green , who discusses the 1996 St Ceciliatide Festival of Music with Penelope Rapson.
Dvorak Slavonic Dance in C minor,
Op 46 No 7
Russian National Orchestra, conductor Mikhail Pletnev
5.40 Tartini, arr Kreisler Variations on a Theme of Corelli Ginette Neveu (violin), Gustaf Beck (piano)
6.15 Bach Prelude and Fugue in G ("Well-tempered Clavier", Bk 2) Ton Koopman (piano)
6.30 Janacek Taras Bulba
Rotterdam Philharmonic , conductor Mark Elder Producer Patrick Lambert
Rodney Slatford introduces the first of five concerts given last month at Manchester's Berlioz/Dutilleux
Festival. This concert was given at the Royal Northern College of Music. Bruno Pasquier (viola), BBC Philharmonic, conductor
Yan Pascal Tortelier Berlioz Overture: Benvenuto Cellini
Dutilleux Symphony No 2 (Le Double) Berlioz Harold in Italy Next concert Friday 7.30pm
For some years, our picture of cultural life has been of celebrity, market success or economic regeneration. Alternative notions of culture for its intrinsic worth have been dismissed. Curiously, however, once-neglected worlds are now successful. Patrick Wright explores this phenomenon in five conversations. 1: Robbie Barnett , professional clown and founder of the Tibetan
Information Network.
Producer Simon Coates
Penny Gore introduces the first of two programmes of music by Debussy and Szymanowski played by Vanya Milanova (violin) and Caroline Palmer (piano).
Debussy Images (Book 1)
Szymanowski Nocturne and Tarantelle Debussy Violin Sonata Repeated tomorrow 2.30pm
The Voluptuous Tango
In Dominic Muldowney 's score an erotically charged collision between two of the cultural stars of the 20th century makes for operatic radio. American dancer Isadora Duncan and FT Marinetti, the founder of Italian futurism, vie for carnal domination over a futurist meal in David Zane Mairowitz 's libretto, which sets their meeting against tremors of fascism and war. With sound design by Ian Dearden , and starring Maria Friedman as Isadora and Alen Belk as Marinetti.
Producer Ned Chaillet
Cherubini Lodoiska (excerpts) Discs Repeated from last Monday
BBC Big Band
Richard Niles presents the first in a week of programmes featuring the BBC Big Band. Tonight, they are directed by Bill Holman. Producer Bob McDowall
With Donald Macleod.
1.00 Dagmar Peckova (mezzo), Frankfurt RSO/Dmitri Kitaenko Wagner Prelude and Liebestod (Tristan und Isolde) Mahler
Kindertotenlieder Tchaikovsky Symphony No 5 in E minor
3.00 Schools
3.00 Music Box 3.15 Something to Think About 3.30 The Song Tree
3.45 Stories and Rhymes 3.55 Together Stories 4.10 Singing Together 4.30 Hopscotch 4.45 Scottish Resources 7-9
5.00 Sequence
