Andrew McGregor with news, weather and music, including
Plainsong Victimae Paschali Laudes; Salve, Feste Dies
Pro Cantione Antiqua , director James O'Donnell
6.19 Schubert Piano Trio in E flat,
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Vera Beths (violin),
Anner Bylsma (cello),
Jos van Immerseel (fortepiano)
7.05 Shostakovich Prelude and Fugue, Op 87 No 1
Tatiana Nikolaeva (piano)
7.32 Schubert, arr Reinecke The Shepherd on the Rock
Charlotte Margiono (soprano), Paul Meyer (clarinet),
Berlin Symphony Orchestra, conductor Hans-Peter Frank
8.05 Ravel La Valse
Berlin Symphony Orchestra, conductor Hans-Peter Frank
8.36 Bartok Piano Concerto No 1
Andras Schiff ,
Budapest Festival Orchestra, conductor Ivan Fischer
Editor Andrew Lyle
Penny Gore features Haydn piano trios.
Rameau Prologue: Les Indes Galantes
Orchestra of the 18th Century, conductor Frans Bruggen
9.18 Haydn Piano Trio in A, H XV 18 Beaux Arts Trio
9.35 Loewe Meine Ruh 1st Hin; Szene aus Faust
Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo), Cord Garben (piano)
9.42 Ravel Overture: Sheherazade
New York Philharmonic, conductor Pierre Boulez
Producer Tony Cheevers Discs
With Stephanie Hughes.
Handel, orch Goossens Hallelujah Chorus (Messiah)
Royal Philharmonic Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Thomas Beecham
10.04 Artist of the Week:
Yo-Yo Ma (cello)
Beethoven Variations on "Bei
Mannern, Welche Liebe Fuhlen" from Mozart's "The Magic Flute" Emanuel Ax (piano)
10.20 Haydn Symphony No 30 in C (Alleluja)
Academy of Ancient Music, conductor Christopher Hogwood
10.38 Handel Organ Concerto in B flat, Op 7 No 3
Simon Preston , English Concert, conductor Trevor Pinnock
10.55 Delibes Ballet music:
Le Roi SAmuse
Royal Philharmonic, conductor Thomas Beecham
11.20 Malcolm Arnold Divertimento for Flute, Oboe and Clarinet, Op 37 Nash Ensemble
11.28 Walton Cello Concerto
Yo-Yo Ma,
London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Andre Previn Producer Terry Black
(1867-1944)
Amy Beach was the most gifted member of the Boston school of composers. She was prolific and successful and composed in a wide range of musical genres. Yet little of her music is known or performed today. Chris Wines looks at her life and music in conversation with her American biographer Adrienne Fried Block.
1: Miss Amy Marcy Cheney of New Hampshire
Fireflies (Four Sketches, Op 15) Alan Feinberg (piano)
Kyrie Eleison (Grand Mass in E flat) Elaine Bunse (soprano),
Michael May Festival Chorus, conductor Michael May Piano Concerto
Mary Louise Boehm , Westphalian SO , conductor Siegfried Landau Plus a selection of songs. Producer Chris Wines
Repeated next Monday 11.30pm
In conversation with Stephen Plaistow , Malcolm Binns talks about his enthusiasm for the great Russian pianist/composers. He plays Medtner's Sonata-Skazka in C minor, Op 25 No 1, Scriabln's Piano Sonata No 3 in F sharp minor and four Preludes from Rachmaninov's Op 23 set.
The last programme from the 1996 season at London's Royal Albert Hall. Olivier Charlier (violin),
Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano),
Valerie Hartmann-Claverie (ondes martenot), BBC Philharmonic, conductor Yan Pascal Tortelier
Dutilleux Violin Concerto (LArbre des Songes)
Messiaen Turangalfla-Symphony Repeat
Hello Sailor lain Burnside presents songs with a sailing theme.
Repeated Wednesday 10.00pm
In the last programme, John Surman introduces examples of baritone players active today. Repeat
Stately Homes
This week Sarah Walker visits some of the great houses of Britain and finds out about the music-making of the people who lived there. In the first of two visits to Warwick Castle, she discovers what kind of music was made there in the second half of the 15th century. Her guide is Karina Jacobs. Producer Christina Pritchard
WEB SITE: http://www.bbcnc.org.uk/music_machine/
With Andrew Green , including
Barber Overture: The School for
Scandal. St Louis SO, conductor Leonard Slatkin
5.45 Gibbons This Is the Record of John. Red Byrd, Rose Consort
6.03 Musorgsky Coronation Scene (Boris Godunov )
Washington National SO, conductor Mstislav Rostropovich
6.30 Beethoven Variations, Op 34 Alfred Brendel (piano) Producer Edward Blakeman E-MAIL: intune@bh.bbc.co.uk
Nigel Rogers directs Chiaroscuro in a rare performance of Alessandro Scarlatti 's sumptuous serenata, written to celebrate the birth of Archduke Leopold of Austria in 1716. Soloists in this performance are
Mhairi Lawson and Nicki Kennedy
(sopranos), Sally Bruce-Payne (mezzo) and Stephen Varcoe (baritone).
Penny Gore introduces a recital by the Chagall Trio.
Shostakovich Piano Trio No 1
Beethoven Piano Trio in D, Op 70 No 1 (Ghost)
Producer Nigel Wilkinson
Repeated tomorrow 2.15pm
Mark Russell and Robert Sandall introduce highlights from the first of this year's LMC/New Aura concerts at London's Purcell Room. Tonight soundscapes by John Wall and a rare appearance from Romanian composer lancu Dumitrescu and his Hyperion Ensemble. Producer Philip Tagney
MUSIC DETAILS: see BBC1 Ceefax page 652
A Bid for Freedom, 1777-82 With Richard Wigmore
. Sancta Maria , Mater Dei , K273
Leipzig Radio Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Herbert Kegel
Alcandro, Lo Confesso ... Non So d'Onde Viene, K294
Lucia Popp (soprano),
Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra, conductor Leopold Hager
Violin Sonata in E flat, K302
Arthur Grumiaux , Walter Klien (piano) Piano Sonata in C, K309
Mitsuko Uchida
Basta Vincesti ... Ah, Non Lasciarmi , K486a Lucia Popp (soprano),
Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra, conductor Leopold Hager
Discs Repeated from last Monday
Campbell Burnap presents a selection of April Jazz Fools on record, including Jack Sheldon and Bill Harris with Ben Webster. Producer Terry Carter
With David Cornet.
1.00 Schubert Symphony No 9 in C (Great) - Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra/Marek Janowski
1.50 Bernard Hass (organ)
Bach Fantasia in G, BWV572
Bruckner, arr Hass Symphony No 6 in A
Liszt Sonata in B minor
Bach Fuga sopra il Magnificat, BWV733
3.15 Mozart Symphony No 34 in C, K338 - Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra/Leopold
Hager Adagio for Glass Harmonica, K617a - Paul Badura-Skoda (piano)
Missa Brevis in D, K194; Ave Verum Corpus, K618 - Ibolya Verebics (soprano), Judit Nemeth (contralto), Josef Mukk (tenor), Josef Moldvay (bass), Hungarian Radio and Television Chorus, Concentus Hungaricus/Janos Remenyi
4.05 BBC Philharmonic/Yan Pascal Tortelier
Berlioz Overture: Roman Carnival
Ravel Pavane pour une Infante Defunte
Stravinsky The Rite of Spring
5.00 Sequence
