With Andrew McGregor.
Ockeghem Missa De Plus en Plus
Tallis Scholars, director Peter Phillips
6.38 Schubert String Quartet in D, D74
Cherubini Quartet
7.05 Ravel Sonatine
Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano)
7.40 Delius Brigg Fair Halle Orchestra , conductor John Barbirolli
8.05 Giovanni Gabrieli Magnificat a 33 Gabrieli Consort and Players, director Paul McCreesh
8.41 Bernstein Chichester Psalms
Dominic Martelli (treble),
Rachel Masters (harp), Gary Kettel (percussion), Corydon Singers, Thomas Trotter (organ), conductor Matthew Best
With Penny Gore.
Dvorak The Noonday Witch
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Rafael Kubelik
9.14 Schubert String Quartet Movement in C minor, 0703
Hagen Quartet
9.24 Mozart Piano Concerto No 9 in E flat, K271
Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra, directed by Geza Anda (piano) Discs
Chris Wines continues the survey of 20th-century concertos for orchestra. Vivaldi Violin Concerto in C, Op 8 No 6 (II Piacere)
Alice Harnoncourt ,
Vienna Concentus Musicus, conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt
10.09 Jean Huré Cello Sonata in F
Lowri Blake , John Lenehan (piano)
10.40 Artists of the Week:
Consort of Musicke
Gesualdo Occhi del Mio Cor Vita;
Languisce al Fin
10.48 Petrassi Invenzione Concertata
Italian Radio and Television
Orchestra, conductor Zoltan Pesko
11.04 Beethoven Piano Sonata in F,
Op 54
Richard Goode
11.15 Rore Mentre, Lumi Maggior Consort of Musicke
11.21 Dvorak Piano Quintet No 2 in A, Op 81
Steven de Groote , Chilingirian Quartet
After the morale-boosting success of the Second Piano Concerto,
Rachmaninov wrote some of his most successful compositions in quick succession, including his only major chamber work. Stephen Hough introduces a rare early recording by Shura Cherkassky , and Peter Donohoe discusses some of the Opus 32 Preludes and Rachmaninov's own approach to performance. Including Preludes: in F, Op 32 No 7; in E, Op 32 No 3
The Composer (piano) (1940)
Prelude in B minor, Op 32 No 10 Benno Moisewitsch (piano) (1940)
Prelude in E minor, Op 32 No 4 Peter Donohoe (piano)
Cello Sonata in G minor, Op 19 Marcel Hubert ,
Shura Cherkassky (piano) (1935) Repeated next Tuesday 11.30pm
A concert by the award-winning Italian period instrument ensemble given at the 1996 Barocktage at Malk in Austria.
Biber Sonata a 6 in B flat (Die Bauern Kirchfahrt); Battalia a 10 in D
Bach Brandenburg Concerto No 6 in B flat, BWV1051
Telemann Trio Sonata in A minor for Recorder, Violin and Continuo
Vivaldi Trio Sonata in D minor, RV63 (La Folia)
Telemann Concerto in A minor for Recorder, Viola da Gamba and Strings
Russell Braun lain Burnside presents a programme recorded by the young Canadian baritone Russell Braun.
Repeated from yesterday 10.00pm
BBC Philharmonic
Director Stephen Kovacevich (piano) Mozart Piano Concerto No 27 in B flat,
K595; Symphony No 39 in E flat, K543 Repeat
Wotan, Valkyries, Valhalla and the Twilight of the Gods - these words are the very stuff of Wagnerian opera, but their origin in ancient Germanic and Norse mythology is less familiar. Christopher Page looks at poems from the old Icelandic Edda - a collection of stories of giants and dwarves, prophecies and visions - with musical interpretation by the ensemble Sequentia. Repeated from Sunday 3.15pm
The Freelance Musician
That Little Extra. Life as an orchestral
"extra" requires talent, a strong constitution and a good map. Tommy Pearson talks to a special breed of musician who prefer the excitement of the unknown to a permanent job.
Mairi Nicolson 's guest is conductor Richard Hickox , who talks about the music of Percy Grainger , which can be heard in Manchester this weekend. Including
Grainger Green Bushes BBC Philharmonic, conductor Richard Hickox
6.05 Nigel Westlake Antarctica John Williams (guitar),
London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Paul Daniel
6.30 Shostakovich Suite No 1 for
Jazz Band
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, conductor Mark Elder
Producer Paul Hindmarsh
Nicola Heywood Thomas introduces the last of three concerts given last year at the Point in Cardiff Bay . London Winds, director Michael Collins Strauss Serenade Op 7
Schoenberg Wind Quintet
Gottfried von Einem Wind Quintet Mozart Serenade in E flat, K375
Five programmes exploring the life, history and literature of Sicily, presented by Joe Farrell. 2: The Family
The past and present of the Cosa Nostra in art and life.
BBC Symphony Orchestra A concert given at the 1995 International Society of Contemporary Music Festival in Essen, Germany. Conductor Peter Eotvos ,
Marta Fabian (cimbalom) Debussy Jeux
Eotvos Psychokosmos Henze Symphony No 7
Renaissance scholar Stephen Greenblatt , one of the most influential literary critics of his generation, talks to Richard Coles on the British publication of The Norton Shakespeare , of which he is general editor. They discuss how a fuller historical understanding of life in early modern England can illuminate the best-known plays. And composer Orlando Gough talks about his role in Second Stride's new performance Hotel, which combines dance, theatre and music, Its London premiere is reviewed. Producer Matthew Dodd
// Caro Sassone
Johann Adolf Hasse was one of the 18th century's most widely admired masters of Italian serious opera, despite being a German.
Paul Guinery introduces highlights of his drama Cleofide, in a performance in which William Christie conducts
Capella Coloniensis , with Emma Kirkby in the title role, Derek Lee Ragin as the jealous King Poros, Randall K Wong as his friend
Gandartes, Agnes Mellon as his sister Eryxene, and Dominique Visse as Alexander the Great.
Repeated from last Tuesday
Digby Fairweather presents a session by the new band, Septpiece, featuring Andrew Cleyndert (bass), John Donaldson (piano), Dave Mattacks (drums), Andy Panayl
(tenor sax/flute), Chris Garrick and Pragjote Osahn (violins), and Laura Fairhurst (cello).
With Donald Macleod.
1.00 Haydn String Quartets
Continuing the series in which leading ensembles perform Haydn's finest quartets. Lindsay Quartet
Haydn String Quartet in F, Op 50 No 5 (Dream) Bartok String Quartet No 5
1.50 La Sfera Armoniosa: Xenia
Meijer (mezzo), Paulina van
Laarhoven (viola da gamba/lirone), Mike Fentross (chitarrone/archlute). Renaissance cantatas, including works by Monteverdi, Grandi, Kapsburger and Strozzi
3.00 Schools
3.00 Playtime 3.15 Time to Move
3.35 Let's Make a Story 3.50
History (9-11) 4.10 In the News
4.30 CSYS English
5.00 Sequence
