With Andrew McGregor.
Tchaikovsky String Quartet No 1 in F, Op 11
Borodin Quartet
6.31 Rachmaninov Piano Concerto
No 1 in F sharp minor Vladimir Ashkenazy ,
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, conductor Bernard Haitink
7.05 Bach Trio Sonata in C minor, BWV526 the King's Consort, director Robert King
7.32 Haydn Piano Concerto in G, H XVIII 4
Barbara Moser ,
Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra, conductor Adam Fischer
8.05 Torke Green
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, conductor David Zinman
8.25 Delius Violin Concerto
Tasmin Little,
Welsh National Opera Orchestra, conductor Charles Mackerras
Malcolm Bruno introduces Christmas carols performed by British amateur choirs.
Durham County Youth Choir, conductor Alan Woods
Anon Es 1st ein Ross Entsprungen Henry Walford Davies 0 Little Town of Bethlehem
With Penny Gore.
Vivaldi Concerto in F, RV544
(II Proteo o sia il Mondo Rovescio )
Enrico Onofri (violin), Christophe Coin (cello), II Giardino Armonico , director Giovanni Antonini
9.11 Mendelssohn Six Songs without Words, Op 53 (Book 4) Daniel Barenboim (piano)
9.28 Bach Jesu , Meine Freude ,
BWV227
Augsburg Cathedral Boys' Choir, director Reinhard Kammler
9.47 Telemann Trio No 5 in A minor
(Essercizii Musici)
Cologne Camerata Discs
With Piers Burton-Page .
John Stanley A Voluntary
Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet), Bournemouth Sinfonietta, conductor Richard Studt
10.04 Goldschmidt Rondeau
Chantal Juillet (violin),
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by the Composer
10.18 Artist of the Week:
Paul Steinitz (conductor)
Bach Cantata No 71: Gott 1st Mein
Konig
Soloists, London Bach Society, Steinitz Bach Players
10.37 Bruckner Erinnerung Wolfgang Brunner (piano)
10.44 Frankel Clarinet Quintet, Op 28 Paul Dean (clarinet), Australian Quartet
11.02 Arnold Song of Simeon Soloists, Ambrosian Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, conducted by the composer
11.32 Lehmann Suite: Cobweb Castle
BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Barry Wordsworth
11.53 Warlock, arr Carter Lullaby My Jesus
Polyphony, conductor Stephen Layton
The rival influences of Chausson's teachers - Massenet and Franck - are evident in his youthful Piano Trio in G minor, the work at the heart of Roger Nichols 's programme, which also includes three pieces inspired by women.
Chausson Piano Trio in G minor, Op 3 Beaux Arts Trio
Duparc Phidyle
Maggie Teyte (mezzo), Leslie Howard (piano)
Duparc Le Manoir de Rosamonde Charles Panzera (baritone),
Madeleine Panzera-Baillot (piano) Chausson Viviane
Toulouse Capitole Orchestra, conductor Michel Plasson
Repeated Boxing Day 11.30pm
CD Pick of 1996 Michael Oliver presents the last of five programmes featuring some of the outstanding opera recordings issued this year, with comments from Hugh Canning and Andrew Clements. Weber Der Freischutz
After his success with operatic masterpieces of the baroque and classical periods,
Nikolaus Harnoncourt turns his attention to
Weber's archetypal German romantic opera. This recording was made during concert performances at the Philharmonie in Berlin last year.
Berlin Radio Chorus, Berlin Philharmonic , conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Producer Peter Tanner Discs
The Takacs Quartet and pianist Peter Frankl play two of the most famous works in the repertoire.
Schumann Piano Quintet in E flat. Op 44
Brahms Piano Quintet in F minor, Op 34 Repeat
Christmas Music
Tommy Pearson talks to James O'Donnell , master of music at
Westminster Cathedral, about how composers through the centuries have set the words of the mass for
Christmas.
With Humphrey Carpenter , whose guest is cellist Natalie Clein. Music includes motets by Charpentier and Marais, plus
Beethoven Overture: Leonore No 1
Chamber Orchestra of Europe, conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt
6.05 Bach Christmas Oratorio,
BWV248 (final part)
Nancy Argenta (soprano), Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), Anthony Rolfe -Johnson and Hans-Peter Blochwitz
(tenors), Olaf Bar (baritone),
Monteverdi Choir , English Baroque
Soloists, director John Eliot Gardiner
6.45 Vivaldi Cello Concerto in F, RV412
Raphael Wallfisch ,
City of London Sinfonia, conductor Nicholas Kraemer
Producer Jeremy Hayes
Conductor Andrew Davis , Kyung-Wha Chung (violin), Nina Rautio (soprano), Markella Hatziano (alto),
Bonaventura Bottone (tenor), Willard White (bass), BBC Symphony
Chorus, Malcolm Sargent Festival Choir, Royal Choral Society Walton Coronation Te Deum
Bruch Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor
Verdi Requiem Repeat
Sex and Marriage
Erica Jong , Michele Roberts and Yvonne Roberts on the changing script of women's sexuality.
Anthony Rooley introduces music from the library of the Cavalier nobleman William Cavendish , including songs and consort music by Gibbons Dowland , , and William and Henry Lawes.
Rachel Elliot (soprano), Concordia Producer Kate Bolton
Repeated tomorrow 2.15pm
Little Eyolf is one of Ibsen's last and most powerful dramas, delving into the complex emotions of marriage and family life. As Adrian Noble 's new production opens in Stratford,
Hermione Lee discusses the current appeal of Ibsen. Night Waves' reviewers also report from the opening night of the RSC's The Merry Wives of Windsor and reflect on the year in the theatre.
Producer Edwina Wolstencroft
With Stephen Johnson. 4: A Cathedral in Sound
String Trio (Prelude)
Galina Solodchin (violin), John Underwood (viola), Jonathan Williams (cello) Symphony No 9
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, conductor Vernon Handley Repeated from last Thursday
With Digby Fairweather. Tonight,
Scott Joplin 's new biography and the second part of Steve Voce 's interview with Oscar Peterson.
With Donald Macleod.
1.00 Choral Evensong from Birmingham Cathedral
Repeated from yesterday 4.00pm
2.00 Sarah Chang (violin), Bamberg Symphony Orchestra/Herbert
Blomstedt Sibelius Violin Concerto
Bruckner Symphony No 6 in A
3.45 Oliver Latry (organ) plays music by Bach, Schumann, Brahms and Liszt
5.00 Sequence
