With Andrew McGregor.
6.03 W F Bach Harpsichord Concerto in D, F41
Charlotte Nediger , Tafelmusik, director Jeanne Lamon
6.19 Faure Masques et bergamasques Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
7.05 Copland Morning on the Ranch (The Red Pony)
Phoenix Symphony, conductor James Sedares
7.32 Bach Sonata in G, BWV1027
Richard Boothby (viola de gamba), Shalev Ad-El (harpsichord)
8.05 Paganini Caprice in A minor, Op 24 No 1 Midori (violin)
8.36 Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano), LSO, conductor Andre Previn
With Peter Hobday.
Handel Concerto Grosso in F,
Op 6 No 2
English Concert, director Trevor Pinnock
9.14 Berwald Piano Quintet No 1 in C minor
Susan Tomes , Gaudier Ensemble
9.39 Bizet Suite: L'Arlesienne
St Paul Chamber Orchestra. conductor Christopher Hogwood Discs
With Chris Wines in Birmingham. Including
Bizet Seguidilla (Carmen)
Victoria de los Angeles (mezzo), Nicolai Gedda (tenor),
French National Radio Orchestra, conductor Thomas Beecham
10.06 Rodrigo Concierto Andaluz Los Romeros (guitars),
Academy of St Martin in the Fields, conductor Neville Marriner
10.31 Artist of the Week:
Arleen Auger (soprano)
Schubert Die Junge Nonne Irwin Gage (piano)
10.39 Taffanel Fantasia on Themes from "Jean de Nivelle
Leslie Newman (flute), John Lenehan (piano)
10.50 Bach Concerto in C minor,
BWV1060
Elizabeth Wallfisch (violin),
Anthony Robson (oboe), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, conductor Gustav Leonhardt
11.05 Roussel Concerto for
Chamber Orchestra
BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Jose Serebrier
11.24 Schubert Ellens Gesangl-IH Arleen Auger (soprano), Irwin Gage (piano)
11.43 Rossini, transcr Liszt La Danza (Soirees Musicales) Hamish Milne (piano)
11.48 Borne, arr Gallois/Pierre
Fantaisie Brillante on Bizet's "Carmen"
Leslie Newman (flute), John Lenehan (piano)
With Gerard McBurney.
Today's programme follows Glinka in love, pursuing an aristocratic
Russian beauty in the salons of St
Petersburg or an unknown Italian girl on the shores on Lake Como.
I Remember the Wonderful Moment
Nina Dorliac (soprano),
Sviatoslav Richter (piano) Waltz-Fantasy
USSR Symphony Orchestra, conductror Yevgeni Svetlanov Let My Prayer Be Fulfilled
Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Choir of the Russian Orthodox Cathedral, London, conductor Michael Fortounatto
Sextet in E flat
Alexei Nasedkin (piano), Shostakovich Quartet
Repeated next Wednesday 11.30pm
From the Wigmore Hall, London. Douglas Boyd
(oboe), Sue Tomes (piano) Koechlin Sonata , Op 58
Poulenc Nocturnes Nos 1, 2, 4, 5, 7 SaintSaens Oboe Sonata in D, Op 166 TICKETS: phone (0171) [number removed]
This week Susan Sharpe invites requests for pavans, polkas, pas de deux and all music written for dance.
Producer Brian Jackson Discs
WRITTEN REQUESTS:
Midweek Choice. BBC Radio 3. Broadcasting House. London W1A 1AA
FAX: (0171) [number removed]
E-MAIL: midweek.choice@bbc.co.uk
From Chichester Cathedral.
Introit: All the Ends of the World (Boyce)
Responses (Sumsion)
Psalm 78 (Oakeley, Ouseley, Crotch, Goss, Oakeley, Atkins, Howells, Finzi, Mann)
First Lesson: Leviticus 12, w6-7a, 8 Canticles: Chichester Service (Archer) Second Lesson: Luke 2, w21-32
Anthem: We Will Rejoice in Thy Salvation (Croft)
Hymn: 0 Worship the King (Hanover) Organ Voluntary: Master Tallis's Testament (Howells)
Organist and master of the choristers Alan Thurlow.
Assistant organist Mark Wardell. Repeated tomorrow lam
Sean Rafferty 's choice of music ranges from young pianist Arcady Volodos performing Horowitz arrangements to the classic recording of Heifetz playing Korngold's Violin Concerto with the Los Angeles Symphony
Orchestra at 6.35. Studio guest is
Hollywood composer Elmer Bernstein.
Schoenberg's Gurrelieder brings the BBC Symphony Orchestra's series to a rousing close with a luxuriant story of forbidden love and its consequences. Given on Sunday in the Royal Festival Hall, London. Schoenberg Gurrelieder
BBC Symphony Chorus, Philharmonia Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Andrew Davis
Poets' Fan Mail
Five poets read a verse letter to a poet from the past they admire. 3: Glyn Maxwell writes to Edward Thomas.
Penny Gore introduces a recital by the Skampa Quartet who are joined by pianist Nikolai Demidenko in Shostakovich's haunting piano quintet. Schubert Quartettsatz in C minor, (D703)
Shostakovich Piano Quintet in G minor, Op 57
Repeated tomorrow 4pm
News of tonight's world premiere in Glasgow of Sir Peter Maxwell Davies 's new choral piece, The Rising, written to commemorate the Jacobite rebellion. Humphrey Carpenter explores the cultural impact of Jacobinism since the 1745 uprising. In the week of the opening of Wilde, starring Stephen Fry and based on Richard Ellman 's classic biography, Carpenter also assesses the recent flood of books and studies on Wilde and asks why the nineties have gone wild on Wilde.
Producer Julian May
* Barry Norman reviews Wilde: p72
With Christopher Page.
3: The English Demeanour
In the 15th century, Martin le Franc admitted that Guillaume Dufay and Gilles Binchois had been influenced by the so-called English demeanour. Christopher Page explores this style through the music of John Dunstable , Walter Frye and Robert Morton , and traces its effect on other composers. Performances by the Orlando Consort. Gothic Voices, Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor) and Christopher Wilson (lute). Repeated from last Wednesday
In the second part of his conversation with Steve Voce , trumpeter Buddy Childers recalls his days with the Stan Kenton Band. Producer Terry Carter
With Donald Macleod.
1.00 Prague Spring Festival 1997 Prizewinners' Concert Prague
Chamber Symphony Orchestra, conductor Bohumil Kulinsky
Christophe Forster Horn Concerto No 1 Alessio Allegrini (horn) Josef Matej Trombone Concerto Daniel Breszynski (trombone)
Haydn Trumpet Concerto in E flat Gabor Boldoczki (trumpet)
1.55 Carl Loewe Piano Sonata in E,
Op 16; Agnete; Gregor auf dem
Stein; Mazeppa Hermine May (mezzo), Dietrich Henschel (baritone),
Fritz Schwinghammer and Michael Endres (pianos)
3.00 Schools
3.00 Time and Tune 3.20 Together
3.40 Dance Workshop 4.00 Radio Showcase 4.05 Primary Geography
4.20 Scottish Resources 10-12
4.40 Talking Points
5.00 Sequence
