With Stephanie Hughes , including Respighi The Pines of Rome Chicago Symphony Orchestra, conductor Fritz Reiner
6.46 Bach Italian Concerto in F,
BWV971
Andras Schiff (piano) 7.04 Poulenc Les Chemins de IAmour
Felicity Lott (soprano),
Graham Johnson (piano)
7.51 Beethoven Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage
Frank Lopardo (tenor), Corydon Singers, director Matthew Best
8.05 Shostakovich Overture-Waltz :
Cheryomushki
Philadelphia Orchestra, conductor Riccardo Chailly
8.44 Brahms Tragic Overture Boston Symphony Orchestra, conductor George Szell
With Peter Hobday.
JC Bach Sinfonia Concertante in C
Rachel Brown (flute),
Frank de Bruine (oboe), David Watkin (cello),
Academy of Ancient Music, director Simon Standage (violin)
9.20 Chopin Scherzo No 1 in B minor, Op 20
Maurizio Pollini (piano)
9.31 Dvorak Serenade for Strings Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Discs
With Mary Miller.
Mozart Ave Verum Corpus, K618 Amsterdam Baroque Choir and Orchestra, conducted by Ton Koopman
10.05 Vivaldi Viola d'Amore
Concerto in D minor, RV394
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, director Catherine Mackintosh (viola d'amore)
10.16 Artist of the Week:
Sena Jurinac (soprano)
Strauss Wie Du Warst! Wie Du Bist!
(Der Rosenkavalier) Vienna Philharmonic, conductor Erich Kleiber
10.25 Bartok Dance Suite
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor Martyn Brabbins
10.48 Mozart Symphony No 29 in A, K201
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
11.09 Villa-Lobos String Quartet No 7
Latin American Quartet
11.45 Heinichen Concerto in F
Musica Antiqua Koln , director Reinhard Goebel
2: Years of Exile
Prokofiev spent much of the 1920s in Paris, where he composed some of his most complex and adventurous music. In conversation with Humphrey Carpenter , Sir Edward Downes introduces a performance of the symphony which the composer described as being "made out of iron and steel."
They Are Seven
Yuri Elnikov (tenor),
USSR Radio Choir and Orchestra, conductor Gennadi Rozhdestvensky Quintet, Op 39 (excerpts) Berlin Soloists
Symphony No 2
BBC Philharmonic, conductor Edward Downes
Repeated next Tuesday 11.30pm
Stravinsky Plus
Introduced by Chris de Souza. Emperor Quartet,
Anya Alexeev (piano)
Gubaidulina Chaconne for Piano
Prokofiev Visions Fugitives for Piano, Op 22 (selection)
Shostakovich Piano Quintet, Op 57 Repeat
BBC Philharmonic
Prokofiev Suite: Lieutenant Kije Hindemith Symphonic Dances Conductor Yan Pascal Tortelier
Shostakovich Symphony No 4 Conductor Vasili Sinaisky
In Praise of Heine
To celebrate the 200th anniversary of Heinrich Heine 's birth,
Susan Sharpe presents the last of two programmes of settings of the great German poet.
Turid Moberg (mezzo), Susie Allan (piano),
Richard Edgar Wilson (tenor), Eugene Asti (piano)
Repeated from yesterday 10pm
Bells
Verity Sharp tries to teach Tommy Pearson the complicated art of change-ringing.
With Sean Rafferty. English,
American, French, Finnish, Estonian and Czech composers and artists feature in the musical choice tonight, including the lyrical and nostalgic String Quartet No 2 in D minor by Smetana, performed by the Talich
Quartet. Plus a look at the premiere of Saturday Night,
Stephen Sondheim 's very first musical.
Paris, City of Light
From the Queen's Hall, Edinburgh. A concert of music for two pianos, moving from a glittering Viennese ball to the barbaric brilliance of Stravinsky.
Martin Roscoe and Peter Donohoe
(pianos)
Debussy En Blanc et Noir
Poulenc Sonata for Two Pianos
Ravel La Valse
8.35 Brilliant Creatures
The fifth of six interval features about women who were great patrons of the arts this century.
Renowned as a poet, Edith Sitwell was also a formidable patron of the arts. Through archive interviews and reminiscences, she talks about her extraordinary life and career.
8.55 Satie La Belle Excentrique Stravinsky The Rite of Spring
Role Play
Michael Billington talks to actors about key roles in the repertojre. 2: When Hedda Gabler opened in London in 1891, The Daily Telegraph critic wrote, "What a hideous play!"
Alexandra Gilbreath and Harriet Walter reveal the challenges in playing the character of Hedda. Repeat
Conductor Emilio Pomarico
Elliott Carter Variations for Orchestra
Richard Coles heads for
NeverNeveriand as the Royal
National Theatre's crowd-pulling production of Peter Pan opens with Jenny Agutter , Ian McKellen and Alec -McCowen. Across the Thames,
Sam Mendes offers more satirical fare:
Night Waves reviews his new production of The Front Page - Ben Hecht 's classic exposure of newspaper journalism. And, as a spate of new films puts the spotlight on the Chinese rule of Tibet, the programme asks: what makes a fashionable liberal cause in the arts?
Producer Juhan May
A week of programmes in celebration of Goehr's 65th birthday, with contributions from the composer. 2: Millennial Visions
Three Pieces from "Arden Must Die", Op 21a Royal Northern College of Music Wind Band/Timothy Reynish Behold the Sun
Jeanine Thomas (soprano), London
Sinfonietta, conductor Oliver Knussen Sinfonia London Sinfonietta/Oliver Knussen
Repeated from last Tuesday
Digby Fairweather continues the musical tribute to Ronnie Scott with a concert given by the John Critchinson Quartet: John Critchinson (piano), Pat Crumly (sax), Leon Clayton
(double bass). John Piper (drums)
With Donald Macleod.
1.00 Beethoven Symphony No 1 in C (3rd mvt); Symphony No 7 in A Sinfonia Varsovia, conductor Yehudi Menuhin
1.45 Menuhin from the BBC Archive
A recital from 1960. Bartok Violin
Sonata No 1 Yehudi Menuhin , Hephzibah Menuhin (piano)
2.20 Haydn Organ Concerto in C Gabor Lehotka , Budapest Strings, conductor Karoly Botvay
3.00 Gasparini/Bononclni Mirena e Floro (Intermezzo) Graciela Oddone (soprano), Antonio Abete (bass),
Ensemble Arcadia, director Attilio
Cremonesi (harpsichord)
3.40 Gustav Mahler Youth
Orchestra, conductor Pierre Boulez Ravel Le Tombeau de Couperin Bartok Four Pieces, Op 12 Boulez Notations 1-4
Stravinsky The Rite of Spring
5.00 Sequence
