With Andrew McGregor.
Faure Cello Sonata No 2 in G minor
Stephen Isserlis ,
Pascal Devoyon (piano)
6.38 Martlnu Sinfonia Concertante
City of London Sinfonia, conductor Richard Hickox
7.05 Howells Fantasy Minuet
Michael Broadway (player piano)
7.37 Prokofiev Violin Concerto No 1
Maxim Vengerov ,
LSO, conductor Mstislav Rostropovich
8.05 Parsons Ave Maria
Westminster Cathedral Choir, conductor James O'Donnell
8.32 Ravel Piano Trio
Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin), Heinrich Schiff (cello),
Christian Zacharias (piano)
With Peter Hobday.
Mendelssohn Trumpet Overture LSO, conductor Claudio Abbado
9.10 Berlioz La Captive, Op 12 Eleanor Steber (soprano),
Columbia SO, conductor Jean Morel
9.18 Poulenc Suite Française the composer (piano)
9.33 Haydn Symphony No 100 in G (Military)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, conductor Colin Davis
Discs
With Mairi Nicolson.
Rossini Overture: La Cambiale di
Matrimonio
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
10.06 Rossini Le Regata Venziana; Canzonetta Veneziana (Souvenirs de Venise)
The Songmakers' Almanac, Graham Johnson (piano)
10.14 Artist of the Week:
Patrick Gallois (flute)
Vivaldi Flute Concerto in F, RV433 (La Tempesta di Mare)
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
10.22 Haydn Piano Sonata in D, H XVI 37
Alfred Brendel
10.35 Dvorak The Water Goblin
BBC Philharmonic, conductor Vassili Sinaisky
10.55 Poulenc Flute Sonata
Patrick Gallois (flute), Pascal Roge (piano)
11.10 Westlake Suite: Antartica
John Williams (guitar),
LSO, conductor Paul Daniel
11.40 Nielsen Rhapsody Overture:
An Imaginary Trip to the Faroe Islands Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, conductor Myung-Whun Chung
With Peter Paul Nash.
Wuorinen A Reliquary for Igor Stravinsky
London Sinfonietta, conductor Oliver Knussen
Harris Symphony No 5 Louisville Orchestra, conductor Robert Whitney
Repeated next Wednesday 11.30pm
Raymond Clarke (piano)
Robert Simpson Variations and Finale on a Theme of Beethoven
(first broadcast)
Beethoven Piano Sonata in C minor, Op 111
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Purcell They That Go Down to the Sea in Ships, Z57
James Bowman (countertenor),
Michael George (bass), Choir of the King's Consort, The King's Consort, director Robert King d'lndy Symphonie Cevenole Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano), Montreal Symphony Orchestra, conductor Charles Dutoit
Grainger Fantasy on George Gershwin 's "Porgy and Bess"
David Nettle and Richard Markham
(pianos)
Producer Peter Thresh Discs
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Dance Rhythm
Tommy Pearson takes his partner for some early evening ballroom dancing.
With Natalie Wheen , including Debussy, arr Heifetz Beau Soir Julian Rachlin (violin),
Oleg Maisenberg (piano)
6.05 Bach Prelude and Fugue in B flat minor ("Well-tempered Clavier", Bk 2)
Glenn Gould (piano)
6.35 Stravinsky Symphony in Three Movements
French Radio Philharmonic, conductor Marek Janowski
Producer Andrew Mussett
Fourteen programmes exploring the symphonic legacy of Anton Bruckner. 9: The Keckste Sechste
The Symphony No 6 in A is one of the least performed of Bruckner's symphonies, yet the composer himself described it as his boldest.
Stephen Johnson examines the work with contributions from Bruckner scholars, and introduces a performance by the BBC Philharmonic conducted by Matthias Bamert.
Many of America's greatest writers and poets come from the South. Russell Davies talks to New York writer and critic Alfred Kazin about
Robert Lowell , Allen Tate , Walker Percy and others.
A programme of brass music and arrangements from north eastern Brazil.
Jobim, arr Adall Ela e Carioca
Dimas Sedlcias Trezentas Leguas; Berceuse para Cecilia; Garatuja
Flavlo Fernandes Quinteto Nordeste Egberto Gismonto Palhaco Duda Temas Nordestinos
Adall Fernandes Brassiliero
Jobim, arr Duda The Girl from Ipanema
Carl Loewe
To commemorate the bicentenary of Carl Loewe 's birth, Richard Stokes presents a selection of songs by this neglected German composer who elevated the ballad to an art form.
Ian Bostridge (tenor),
Gerald Finley (baritone), Julius Drake (piano)
Loewe Susses Begrabnis : Lyceus, der Thumer, aufFausts Sternwarts Singende ; Wandrers Nachtlied: Gutmann und Gutweib; Tom der
Reimer: Hinkende Jamben ; Herr Oluf ; Erlkonig; Heinrich der Vogler: Die Wandelnde Glocke ; Edward Producer Adam Gatehouse
Repeated next Monday 3.45pm
Much Ado about Nothing is one of Shakespeare's best-loved comedies. Hermione Lee invites past performers and directors to reflect on the play, and reviews the RSC's new production. Plus the second of this week's essays on the current relationship between science and the arts, and a review of the first volume of a new biography of Herman Melville. Producer Edwina Wolstencroft
Kodaly The Battle and Defeat of Napoleon (Hary Janos )
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, conductor Antal Dorati
Bartok Piano Concerto No 1
Stephen Kovacevich ,
LSO, conductor Colin Davis
Kodaly The Spinning Room (closing scene)
Eva Andor (soprano), Erzsebet
Komlossy (contralto), Gyorgy Melis (baritone), Hungarian Radio and Television Chorus, Budapest
Philharmonic, conductor
Janos Ferencsik
Repeated from last Wednesday
With Digby Fairweather. The conclusion of the concert featuring Harry "Sweets" Edison and Red
Holloway, given last month at the UCS Jazz Club, Hampstead, London.
With Donald Macleod.
1.00 Early Italian choral music, performed by Fala Musica
3.00 Schools Time and Tune 3.20
Together 3.40 Dance Workshop 4.00 History 9-11 4.20 Scottish
Resources 10-12 4.40 Talking Points
5.00 Sequence
