Andrew McGregor with news, weather, travel and music including Bach Violin Sonata No 2 in A,
BWV1015
Ruth Waterman , Morey Ritt (piano)
6.19 Weber Overture: Oberon Philharmonia, conductor Neeme Jarvi
7.03 Johann Strauss (son) Waltz: Wiener Blut Vienna Quintet
7.32 Stravinsky Scherzo Fantastique Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, conductor Riccardo Chailly
8.05 Berlioz Roman Carnival Overture
Montreal Symphony Orchestra, conductor Charles Dutoit
8.35 Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano), Philharmonia, conductor Bernard Haitink
Peter Hobday continues his Vaughan Williams symphony cycle and introduces works conducted by Leopold Stokowski.
Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio Espagnol New Philharmonic, conductor Leopold Stokowski
9.17 Haydn String Quartet in D, Op 64 No 5 (Lark) Italian Quartet
9.36 Trad, arr Britten The Salley
Gardens; The Ash Grove; Oliver Cromwell
Philip Langridge (tenor), Graham Johnson (piano)
9.44 Vaughan Williams Sinfonia Antarctica (Symphony No 7)
Sheila Armstrong (soprano).
LPO, conductor Bernard Haitink
Christa Ludwig
With Joan Bakewell. Mezzo Christa
Ludwig could still sing on the concert platform in superb voice after a career spanning almost 50 years. She was taught by her mother, who had overstrained her own voice and retired at the age of 40. How did Christa avoid making the same mistake?
Peggy Reynolds continues a week looking at the Orpheus myth.
After the death of Eurydice, Orpheus was so miserable that he visited the realm of the dead to get her back. Even the ferryman Charon, the dog Cerberus, and the three judges of the dead were charmed by the sound of his music.
Edward Blakeman explores the life and music of a neglected composer, with contributions from Joel-Marie Fauquet. Cello Concerto
Pierre Fournier , Lamoureux
Orchestra, conductor Jean Martinon
Three Melodies (1872)
Teresa Zylis-Gara (soprano), Christian Ivaldi (piano) Fantaisie Norv égienne Philippe Graffin (violin),
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor Paul Murphy
Repeated next Wednesday 11.30pm
SOUNDING THE CENTURY
From the Adrian Boult Hall , Birmingham, the fifth of six concerts of the music of Shostakovich and Tippett, introduced by Chris Wines. The Lindsays
Tippett String Quartet No 4
Shostakovich String Quartet No 9
Susan Sharpe presents listeners' requests.
Producer Brian Jackson Discs
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From Norwich Cathedral.
Introit: Exsultate Deo
(Palestrina)
Responses (Statham) Psalms 22 and 23 (Rintoft, Smart, Walford Davies ) First Lesson: Ezekiel 36, wl-5
Office Hymn: Creator of the Earth and Sky (Deus Creator) Canticles: Bairstow in D
Second Lesson: Matthew 27, w27-44
Anthem: For Lo I Raise Up (Stanford) Hymn: Beyond All Mortal Praise (Marlborough Gate) Organ Voluntary:
Grand Jeux from Suite Brève
(Langlais)
Organist and master of the music David Dunnett. Assistant organist Katharine Dienes.
Sean Rafferty puts on his flares as a new production of Cosi Fan Tutte set in the 1970s opens at Scottish Opera. He talks to the young director
Stewart Laing about Mozart and the Bee Gees. Music includes Mozart's
Rondo for Horn and Orchestra played by Barry Tuckwell , and Poulenc's
Concerto for Two Pianos conducted by Charles Dutoit.
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Bedtime Stories
A five-part cultural history of sexuality. 3: Transvestism
Men and women have dressed in each other's clothes from
Shakespeare to pantomime, yet transvestism today remains a secret lifestlye. Writers and psychologists explore the history of cross-dressing and transvestites talk about their lives.
Penny Gore introduces a recital by Michael Collins (clarinet) and Kathryn Stott (piano).
Bernstein Clarinet Sonata
Debussy Première Rapsodie
Brahms Clarinet Sonata in E flat, Op 120 No 2
Producer Nigel Wilkinson Repeated tomorrow 4pm
Francis Bacon was obsessed with "doing one perfect image", and Henri Cartier Bresson searches constantly for "the decisive moment". Two of the most influential artists of the century, they both have current exhibitions at the Hayward Gallery. Bresson - who is 90 this year - explores Europe through photographs of people, and Bacon, in the first major showing of his work for a decade, probes the body itself in nudes and portraits. Producer Abigail Appleton
Presented by Roger Nichols.
Including a legendary performance by Pierre Bernac and Francis Poulenc.
Poulenc L'Offrenade; La Belle Jeunesse; Serenade
(Chansons Gaillardes)
Pierre Bernac (baritone), The Composer (piano)
Tailleferre Concertino for Harp and Orchestra Gillian Benet (harp), Women's Philharmonic, conductor JoAnn Falletta
Honegger Vocalise-Etude Brigitte Baileys (contralto), Billy Eidi (piano)
Auric Piano Sonata in F
Marie-Catherine Girod (piano) Repeated from last Wednesday
Digby Fairweather presents a birthday celebration for pianist David Newton.
With Penny Gore.
1.00 Archives From Saarland Radio, featuring the Saarbrucken RSO. Lehar Overture: Zigeunerliebe Conducted by the Composer
Bach, arr Stokowski Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV582
Conductor Leopold Stokowski Bach , orch Webem Ricercare (The Musical Offering) Conductor Wolfgang Fortner Debussy Jeux Conductor Hans Zender
2.05 Forqueray Harpsichord Suite Kafi Hamalainen
2.30 Mendelssohn Viola Sonata in C minor Michael Gieler ,
Lauretta Bloomer (piano)
3.00 Schools
3.00 Time and Tune 3.20 Together
3.40 Dance Workshop 4.00 Let's Move! Special EAL Edition 4.20 Scottish Resources 4.40 Talking Points: Scottish Resources for RE
5.00 Sequence Music by Prokofiev and Juan de Nava , plus 5.20 Mozart Piano Sonata in G, K283
Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano) 5.35 Britten Lachrymae Rivka Golani (viola), Toronto SO/Andrew Davis
