With Stephanie Hughes , including Barber Violin Concerto
Gil Shaham , London Symphony
Orchestra, conductor Andre Previn
6.42 Sibelius Karelia Suite
Helsinki Philharmonic, conductor Leif Segerstam
7.09 Poulenc Quatre Motets pour le Temps de Noël
Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia, conductor John Rutter
7.47 Dvorak Slavonic Dances , Op 72 Nos 1-3
Cleveland Orchestra, conductor Christoph von Dohnanyi
8.08 Tavener The Lamb
The Sixteen, director Harry Christophers
8.45 Faure Ballade in F sharp, Op 19 Kathryn Stott (piano), BBC Philharmonic, conductor Yan Pascal Tortelier
With Peter Hobday.
Donizetti Sinfonia in G minor for Solo
Wind Instruments
Camerata Budapest, conductor Laszlo Kovacs
9.06 Purcell Welcome to All the Pleasures, Z339
Taverner Consort and Players, conductor Andrew Parrott
9.21 Schubert Impromptu in F minor, D935 No 1
Alfred Brendel (piano)
9.32 Strauss Death and Transfiguration
Vienna Philharmonic, conductor Herbert von Karajan Discs
With Nicola Heywood Thomas. Rubbra Dormi Jesu
BBC National Chorus of Wales, conductor Simon Halsey
10.05 Mozart Symphony No 39 in E flat, K543
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor Mark Wigglesworth
10.35 John Peterson Rituals in Transfigured Time (first broadcast) BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor Lionel Friend
10.50 Bartok Concerto for Orchestra
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor Grant Llewellyn
11.30 Gurney I Will Go with My Father A-Ploughing
Janet Baker (mezzo), Martin Isepp (piano)
11.35 Artists of the Week:
Netherlands Wind Ensemble
Beethoven Piano Quintet in E flat, Op 16
Peter Donohoe (piano)
With John Toal.
Frederick Curzon Overture: Punchinello
Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Adrian Leaper
Richard Rodney Bennett Four-Piece Suite
David Nettle and Richard Markham
(pianos)
Charles Williams The Old
Clockmaker
Ronald Binge The Water Mill
Trevor Duncan March (Little Suite) Radio and television themes
Roger Quilter Love 's Philosophy: Go, Lovely Rose; Fair House of Joy John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Malcolm Martineau (piano)
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Petite Suite de Concert
RTE Concert Orchestra, conductor Adrian Leaper
Repeated next Tuesday 11.30pm
Stravinsky Plus
Introduced by Chris de Souza. Philip Dukes (viola),
Sophia Rahman (piano)
Schumann Adagio and Allegro in A flat, Op 70
Stravinsky Elegie for Solo Viola
Shostakovich Viola Sonata, Op 147 Repeat
Five programmes about nursery rhymes.
2: Little Jack Horner
Victorian scholars reveal that there is more to Master Horner than a liking for Christmas pie. With readings from David Holt and music played by the Broadside Band.
Next programme tomorrow 3.55pm
BBC Philharmonic
Conductor Yan Pascal Tortelier, Artur Pizarro (piano)
Stravinsky Suite: The Firebird (1919 version)
Grieg Piano Concerto in A minor Sibelius Symphony No 1
Rimsky-Korsakov Suite: Christmas Eve
Repeated from yesterday 10pm
In the second of four programmes about great comedy performers, Peter Nichols looks at Kenneth Williams.
Repeat
In the second of five programmes,
Willard White talks to Rodney Milnes about Porgy in Gershwin's Porgy and Bess, with excerpts from both the recordings he has made. Repeat
Michael Vogl
Gordon Stewart looks at Schubert songs from the singer's point of view and investigates what Vogl thought as well as what others thought of him. Repeat
St James 's, Great Packington,
Warwickshire. In the second of five programmes, Adrian Jack visits one of England's most unusual churches, built to celebrate the restoration to health of George III. Guest organist Martin Souter plays the instrument which was designed to Handel's specifications.
String Quartet in E flat, Op 127 Henschel Quartet: Christoph and Markus Henschel (violins), Monika Henschel (viola), Mathias Beyer (cello)
SOUNDING THE CENTURY
Paris, City of Light
From the Queen's Hall, Edinburgh.
Kim Criswell (soprano),
Donald Maxwell (baritone), Gerald Martin
Moore (piano), chamber ensemble, director Wyn Davies (piano)
Satie Je Te Veux; La Diva de I'Empire Poulenc Le Bal Masque
Weill Three Parisian Songs
8.25 Brilliant Creatures
The last of six interval features about women who were great patrons of the arts this century. Lucinda Lambton visits the home of Ottoline Morrell - literary hostess, creative catalyst and friend to Lawrence and Woolf.
8.45 Poulenc Chansons Gaillardes ;
Sonata for Clarinet and Bassoon
Plus songs by Porter, Gershwin and other Americans in Paris.
Christmas Day
Paul and Frank continue their melancholic and often subversive
Christmas afternoon conversation.
Paul Durcan continues reading his book-length poem that sets out a funny, sweetly sad and often irreverent vision of Christmas.
Conductor Yan Pascal Tortelier,
Craig Ogden (guitar)
Milhaud Le Boeuf sur le Toit
Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez Bizet Suite: Carmen
Jeremy Nicholas returns with the popular series celebrating the age of 78rpm records. In the first of sixprogrammes, he introduces listeners' requests for Rimsky-Korsakov's
Overture: Ivan the Terrible conducted by Constant Lambert, and the Theme and Variations from Beethoven's
Funeral Sonata played by pianist Frederic Lamond.
Producer Andrew Mussett
SOUNDING THE CENTURY
They Are Seven; Quintet, Op 39 (excerpts); Symphony No 2 Repeated from last Tuesday
With Digby Fairweather. This week's programmes feature the Jacques Loussier Trio in concert with classic interpretations of Bach and Vivaldi. Tonight music by Bach.
With Donald Macleod.
1.00 Beethoven Symphony No 8 in F Warsaw Sinfonia/Yehudi Menuhin
1.30 Cologne RSO/Emmanuel
Krivine, Andreas Haefliger (piano)
Beethoven Piano Concerto No 1 in C
Saint-Saens Symphony No 3 in C minor (Organ)
2.50 Concertino Praga Prizewinners' Concert from the international competition for young musicians
4.15 Mozart Symphony No 38 in D. K504 (Prague)
European Chamber Orchestra, conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt
5.00 Sequence
