Petroc Trelawny with music and arts news, including Sibelius's Finlandia played by the Pittsburgh SO, conductor Lorin Maazel, at 6.50; Bach's Violin Concerto in E, BWV1042, played by Jeanne Lamon and Tafelmusik at 7.05; and Johann Strauss (son)'s Tales from the Vienna Woods played by the Vienna PO, conductor Willi Boskovsky, after the arts news at 8.20.
With Peter Hobday, continuing the series of Mozart symphonies and featuring performances by the Cleveland Orchestra.
Mozart Symphony No 31 in D, K297 (Paris) - Academy of Ancient Music, director Jaap Schroder
9.17 Faure Dolly Suite - Jean-Philippe Collard and Bruno Rigutto (piano duet)
9.32 Georges Onslow String Quintet in C minor, Op 38 (The Bullet) - L'Archibudelli, Smithsonian Chamber Players
9.58 Walton Symphony No 2 - Cleveland Orchestra/George Szell
Pierre Boulez stands prominently among the leading musicians of the century. As a composer, conductor and champion of the modernist cause, his influence on the postwar musical landscape has been immense. He talks to Joan Bakewell about the beginnings of his spectacular career.
With Peggy Reynolds.
When Nellie Melba died in 1931, her body lay in state. Crowds lined the streets to pay their last respects to a lady whose voice had enchanted millions and who claimed to have put Australia on the map.
Music includes:
Verdi Caro Nome (Rigoletto) - Nellie Melba (soprano), orchestra, conductor Walter B. Rogers
Balfe I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls (The Bohemian Girl) - Joan Sutherland (soprano), LSO, conductor Richard Bonynge
Gounod Je Veux Vivre (Romeo et Juliette) - Mirella Freni (soprano), Paris Opera Orchestra, conductor Alain Lombard
Puccini Vissi d'Arte (Tosca) - Nellie Melba (soprano), New Symphony Orchestra, conductor Landon Ronald
With Chris Wines.
March No 3/My Old Kentucky Home - St Louis SO, conductor Leonard Slatkin
Psalm 67 BBC Singers/Cleobury String Quartet No 1 (From the Salvation Army) - Emerson Quartet
Fugue in Four Keys on "The Shining Shore" - St Louis Symphony Orchestra, conductor Leonard Slatkin
Yale-Princeton Football Game - New England Orchestra/James Sinclair
Forward, Flock of Jesus (The Celestial Country) - Andrew Murgatroyd (tenor), Duke Quartet, Christopher Hughes (organ), New London Orchestra, conductor Stephen Cleobury
From the Steeples and the Mountains - London Gabrieli Brass Ensemble
Variations on "America" (arr Schuman) - New York PO, conductor Kurt Masur
(Repeated next Monday 12 midnight)
From St John's, Smith Square, London.
Gerald Finley (baritone), Julius Drake (piano)
Schumann Du Bist wie eine Blume, Op 25 No 4; Die Lotosblume, Op 25 No 7; Aus dem Ostlichen Rosen, Op 27 No 25; Jasminenstrauch, Op 27 No 4; Widmung, Op 25 No 1
Brahms Unbewegte Laue Luft, Op 57 No 8; Dein Blaues Auge, Op 59 No 8; Der Gang zum Liebchen, Op 48 No 1; Die Mainacht, Op 43 No 2; Wie Bist Du, Meine Konigin? Op 32 No 9; Meine Liebe 1st Grun, Op 63 No 5
Sibelius Svarta Rosor, Op 36 No 1; Jag Ar Ett Trad, Op 57 No 5; Sav, Sav, Susa, Op 36 No 4; Demanten Pa Marssnon, Op 36 No 6; Var Det en Drom? Op 37 No 4
(Repeated Saturday 1pm)
Conductors David Atherton and Grant Llewellyn
Patricia Rozario (soprano), Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano)
Berlioz Overture: Le Corsaire
Saint-Saens Piano Concerto No 2 in G minor
Poulenc Gloria
Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique
Jeremy Sams presents a personal selection of operatic delights.
Massenet's Manon seduces Sams into uncovering a procession of prostitutes, from Monteverdi's Coronation of Poppea to Berg's Lulu via the likes of Verdi's La Traviata and the nieces in Britten's Peter Grimes.
Can composers use a musical shorthand to conjure images in your mind? Tommy Pearson investigates with pianist David Owen Norris.
(Repeat)
Humphrey Carpenter talks to composer Michael Berkeley about his 50th birthday celebrations at the Wigmore Hall. Plus a visit to Garsington Opera. Music includes Copland, Verdi, and Mozart's Clarinet Quintet at about 6.30.
A concert given yesterday at the Barbican Centre, London.
Gil Shaham (violin), Andrew Marriner (clarinet), Maurice Murphy (trumpet), Christine Pendrill (cor anglais), LSO, conductor Andre Previn (piano)
Copland Quiet City
Barber Violin Concerto
Copland Clarinet Concerto
Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue
Five programmes this week examining the history, culture and inhabitants of the dynamic New York borough that was once a city in its own right and has played a major part in inventing America.
Tim Marlow journeys across one of America's greatest landmarks and symbols - the Brooklyn Bridge. He learns of the epic struggle to realise the bridge and examines the work of poets and artists who have been inspired by it, from Hart Crane to Georgia O'Keefe.
String Sextet in A, Op 48 - Endellion Quartet, Bruno Giuranna (viola), Stephen Doane (cello)
Iain Burnside talks to tenor Philip Langridge about a career which has spanned the early music revival and the cutting-edge of the contemporary scene. With music by Monteverdi, Schubert, Janacek and Britten.
(Rptd tomorrow 4pm)
Clarinettist and composer Don Byron talks to Mark Russell and Robert Sandall about his new funk-inspired jazz and poetry fusion album, Nu Blaxploitation.
With Digby Fairweather.
Muggsy Remembered. A set by the Brian White/Alan Gresty Ragtimers.
Puccini as a teenager was bowled over by a performance of Verdi's recent masterpiece Aida.
(Repeated from last Monday)
With Donald Macleod.
1.00 Olga Szwajgier (soprano), Jerzy Godziszewski (piano)
Bartok Valzlatok; Szymanowski Four Polish Dances, Op 47; Four Mazurkas from Op 50; Children's Rhymes, Op 49
2.05 Matti Rautio Ballet Suite: The Blue Heron - Finnish RSO/Kari Tikka
2.20 Madetoja Symphonic Suite - Finnish RSO/Jukka-Pekka Saraste
2.45 Hellendaal Grand Concerto in E flat, Op 3 No 4 - Combattimento Consort
3.00 Schools
3.00 Music Box
3.15 Something to Think About
3.30 The Song Tree
3.45 Radio Showcase
3.50 Stories and Rhymes
4.00 Together Stories
4.15 Music for Dance
4.30 Vivaldi Concerto in C, RV779 - Camerata Koln
5.00 Musorgsky, arr Rimsky-Korsakov A Night on the Bare Mountain - Vancouver SO/Rudolf Barshai
5.15 Kraus Symphony in D - Concerto Koln
5.45 Telemann Sonata in A - Michael Schneider (recorder), Rainer Zipperling (harpsichord), Harold Hoeren (cello)
