With Andrew McGregor.
Beethoven Piano Sonata in F minor, Op 2 No 1
Melvyn Tan (fortepiano)
6.24 Tchaikovsky Suite No 2 in C New Philharmonia, conductor Antal Dorati
7.05 Machaut De Toutes Flours
Ensemble Organum, director Marcel Peres
7.40 Maxwell Davies Carolisima
Scottish Chamber Orchestra, conducted by the Composer
8.05 Purcell, real Britten Sound the Trumpet; I Attempt from Love's Sickness to Ry
Felicity Lott (soprano), Ann Murray (mezzo), Graham Johnson (piano)
8.30 Leclair Premiere Recréation de
Musique d'une Exécution Facile Collegium Musicum 90, director Simon Standage
With Penny Gore.
Haydn Piano Trio in D minor, H XV 23 Beaux Arts Trio
9.20 Loewe Hinkende Jamben ; Die Pfarrjungferchen Susses Begrabnis Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo), Cord Garben (piano)
9.26 Sibelius Incidental music:
Pelleas et Melisande
Berlin Philharmonic, conductor Herbert von Karajan Discs
With Piers Burton-Page .
Haydn Symphony No 51 in B flat L'Estro Armonico, conductor Derek Solomons
10.29 Brahms Five Part-Songs, Op 104. Danish National Radio
Choir, conductor Stefan Parkman
10.45 Janacek Pohadka
Nina Kotova (cello),
Bohumila Jedlickova (piano)
10.57 Betsy Jolas Day Music Bernard Foucroules (organ)
11.07 Artist of the Week:
Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
Liszt Piano Sonata in B minor
11.38 Pizzettl Due Composizioni Corali BBC Singers, conductor Stefan Parkman
11.46 Rimsky-Korsakov Sadko Bergen Philharmonic , conductor Dmitri Kitaenko
Ben-Hur, King of Kings and El Cid were films that made Rozsa a househould name to a new generation of cinema-goers. His scores did not simply dazzle, they were brilliantly contrived to add atmosphere, emotion and intensity. Roderic Dunnett also investigates how Rozsa's inspired flair for colourful yet measured orchestration secured a career as a composer in the Romantic tradition. Ben-Hur
MGM Studio Orchestra, conducted by the Composer
King of Kings (excerpts)
City of Prague Philharmonic, Crouch End Festival Chorus, conductor Kenneth Alwyn
Sinfonia Concertante
Igor Gruppman (violin), Richard Bock (cello), New Zealand Symphony
Orchestra, conductor James Sedares Repeated next Thursday 11.30pm
Four programmes in which Roderic Dunnett explores some of the operatic byways of Eastern Europe. 1: Patriotism, National Pride and Honour
Verdi and Wagner may have dominated mid-19th-century opera, but what about composers working further afield in Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic? As well as Smetana's dazzling Bartered Bride, today's programme includes excerpts from Dvorak's The Jacobin and operas by Moniuszko and Erkel. Producer Fiona Shelmerdine
Prokofiev String Quartet No 2
Beethoven String Quartet in F minor, Op 95
Tchaikovsky String Quartet No 2 in F, Op 22 Repeat
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Conductor Richard Bernas ,
Marco Rizzi (violin)
Verdi Overture: Luisa Miller
Busoni Violin Concerto
Verdi Overture: Nabucco
Tasmin Little (violin), Piers Lane (piano).
Beethoven Violin Sonata in A, Op 30 No 1
Dohnanyl Violin Sonata in C sharp minor, Op 21
Repeated from yesterday 10.00pm
Junk Week
Luke Cresswell meets successful
Liverpool-based band the Urban
Strawberry Lunch , who recently hit the charts with Gat Decor.
Repeat
With Humphrey Carpenter , including Max Steiner Dodge City
National Philharmonic, conductor
Charles Gerhardt
6.05 Couperin Magnificat
Miecke van der Sluis (soprano),
Guillemette Laurens (mezzo), Pascal Monteilhet (lute), Marianne Muller (viola da gamba), Laurence Boulay (harpsichord/organ)
6.20 Berwald Symphony No 1 in G minor (Sinfonie Serieuse)
Gothenburg SO, conductor Neeme Jarvi Producer Jeremy Hayes
SOUNDING THE CENTURY
Serge Koussevitzky first brought
Respighi and Rachmaninov together by inviting the Italian to orchestrate the Russian's Etudes-Tableaux.
Introduced by Kirsten McCue.
Maria Gavrilova (soprano), Arkady Mishenkin (tenor), Vladimir Redkin (bass), Royal Scottish National
Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Alexander Lazarev
Rachmaninov, orch Resplghl Five Etudes Tableaux
Respighi Trittico Botticelliano Rachmaninov The Bells
American poet Thomas Lynch talks about his work as an undertaker.
4: All Hallow's Eve
Richard Rodney Bennett (piano), Dave Heath (flute), John Harle (saxophone), Ursula Leveaux (bassoon), David McGuinness (harpsichord)
Britten Pan (Metamorphoses) Harle Machaut Improvisations
Frescobaldl Variations on La Monica
Cima Sonata No 1
Schulhoff Hot Sonata
Cima Sonata No 2
Koechlin Epitaph for Jean Harlow
Aceman Getting Sentimental over You
Across the Alps to Italy
Italy acted like a magnet on Renaissance composers, many of whom travelled there to work and live, some even adopting Italian names. Anthony Rooley introduces a concert given by I Fagiolini, directed by Robert Hollingworth , of music written by foreign visitors and native Italians, including Hans Leo Hassler, Luca Marenzio , Claudio Monteverdi , Cipriano de Rore and Giaches de Wert.
Producer Kate Bolton
Repeated Monday 4.15pm
Milos Forman 's film The People vs
Larry Flynt has caused controversy in America over its portrayal of pomographer Larry Flynt as a champion of freedom of speech. Tony Palmer and guests debate Forman's film and look at Jo Menell's documentary Mandela, which examines an undisputed hero's struggle against apartheid. Producer Nicki Paxman
With Chris Wines.
4: A Musical Nature Tinged with Genius Ballad, Op 6; Three Pieces, Op 40; Flute Quintet, Op 80 (Theme and Variations)
Repeated from last Thursday
Digby Fairweather introduces a solo piano set from Brian Priestley.
With Donald Macleod.
1.00 Choral Evensong from Blackburn Cathedral
(Repeated from yesterday 4.00pm)
2.00 Kodaly Suite: Hary Janos Budapest Philharmonic/Janos Ferencsik
2.20 Oleg Maisenberg (piano)
Beethoven Andante Favori in F, WoO 57; Piano Sonata in C minor, Op 111
Chopin Berceuse in D flat, Op 57; Four Mazurkas, Op 67; Barcarolle in F sharp, Op 60
Liszt Funerailles (Harmonies Poetiques et Religieuses); Mazeppa (Transcendental Studies)
3.40 Alison Eldredge (cello), Aleksander Romanski (clarinet), Warsaw Sinfonia/Krzysztof
Penderecki Prokofiev Symphony No 1 (Classical)
Shostakovich Cello Concerto No 1
Penderecki Sinfonietta No 2 for Clarinet and Strings
Beethoven Symphony No 7 in A
5.00 Sequence