Petroc Trelawny with arts news and music, including Chopin's Berceuse in D flat, Op 57, played by pianist Maurizio Pollini at 6.05; Weber's Kommt ein Schlander Bursch from
Der Freischutz performed by soprano Inessa Galante and the Latvian National Opera Orchestra, conductor Alexander Vilumanis , at
7.05; and Mozart's Flute Quartet in D, K285, played by Marc Grauwels (flute) and members of the Brussels Virtuosi at 7.30.
With Peter Hobday.
Vivaldi Concerto in G minor, RV104
(La Notte) Camerata Koln
9.10 Monteverdi Non Si Levav'ancor
I' Alba Novella (Madrigals, Book 2) Consort of Musicke, director Anthony Rooley
9.19 Mendelssohn Octet in E flat,
Op 20 Melos Ensemble
9.53 Monteverdi Bevea Fillide Mia;
Dolcissimi Legami ; Non Giacinti 0 Narcisi (Madrigals, Book 2) Consort of Musicke, director Anthony Rooley
10.01 Stravinsky Suite : Pulcinella Philharmonia , conductor Otto Klemperer
Thomas Allen
Although best known for his operatic work, baritone Thomas Allen is equally committed to lieder and song. He talks to Joan Bakewell about his passion for the repertoire and the different approach it requires.
Classical Heroines
With Peggy Reynolds. Ariadne, daughter of King Minos of Crete, helped Theseus to escape from the labyrinth and the fearsome Minotaur. He responded by abandoning her on the island of Naxos, where she lamented her fate in one of the most famous scenes in classical mythology. But eventually
Ariadne found happiness with Bacchus, god of wine, whom she married and who turned her into a star. Including: Monteverdi Lamento d'Arianna Evelyn Tubb (soprano), Mary Nichols (contralto), Joseph Cornwell and Andrew King (tenors), Richard Wistreich (bass)
Strauss Ariadne auf Naxos (excerpt) Soloists, LPO, conductor Georg Solti Arne Bacchus and Ariadne (excerpt) Soloists, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, conductor Neville Marriner
Goehr Arianna (excerpt)
Soloists, Arianna Ensemble , conductor William Lacey
4: Les Troyens (The Trojans at Carthage) "You imagine that I'm going to say to you: 'Ah, the fifth act! Ah, Dido's farewell! Ah, this! Ah, that!' Well, yes, you're right. Yes, I'm bursting with Ah!s."
Berlioz, unusually, seemed pleased at last with his work. Roger Nichols discusses some of the composer's favourite moments in The Trojans at Carthage.
Repeated next Thursday 12 midnight
Introduced by Nicola Heywood Thomas. Bingham Quartet
Shostakovich String Quartet No 8, Op 110
Beethoven String Quartet in F minor, Op 95
Another chance to hear last
Sunday's Prom.
Paul Lewis (piano),
Philharmonia Chorus , BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Mark Elder
Berlioz Funeral March for the Final
Scene of "Hamlet"
Liszt Piano Concerto No 1 in E flat
Britten Sinfonia da Requiem
Prokofiev Cantata for the 20th
Anniversary of the October Revolution
Four Hands. Piers Lane selects recordings of piano pieces which require more than one pianist and looks at some of the great two-piano partnerships of the past and present. Producer Chris Wines
A Musical Offering
What would a composer today make of the royal theme presented to Bach for his Musical Offering? Composer Diana Burrell explains the ideas she uses in Winter Offering. Repeat
Sean Rafferty talks to members of the Halle Orchestra , who are leaving Manchester for a three-week residency at the Salzburg Festival in Austria, and previews the Three Choirs
Festival, which opens this weekend in Gloucester. Music includes one of Canteloube's Songs of the Auvergne sung by soprano Dawn Upshaw ,
Parry's Blest Pair of Sirens and, at about 6.40, Saint-Saens's Septet.
Undoubtedly the orchestral event of the year was the first performance last February of Elgar's sketches for the Symphony No 3 elaborated by Anthony Payne. Now this realisation of Elgar's final thoughts comes to the Proms and the Royal Albert Hall in the company of works by two other orchestral magicians - Mozart and Ravel.
Richard Goode (piano), BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Andrew Davis
Ravel Suite: Mother Goose
Mozart Piano Concerto No 17 in G, K453
7.55 The Symphony - all Bits and Pieces
James Naughtie investigates Elgar's dying wish that the sketches for his third symphony should not be tinkered with.
8.15 Elgar, compl Payne Symphony No 3 in C minor
(Simultaneous Broadcast: with BBC2)
Novel Concerns
With Valentine Cunningham.
4: Battler Britain. A return to the Second World War in the company of leading novelists who still find inspiration - and comfort - in Britain's finest hour. Repeat
The first of two programmes.
Guerrero Maria Magdalena ; Ave Virgo Sanctissima
Morales Emendemus ;
Andreas Christi Famulus
Victoria Dum Complerentur ; Dum Ergo Essent Lobo Versa Est in Luctum
Next programme Tuesday 10pm
Writer, critic and journalist VS
Pritchett - one of the great literary figures of the century - died in March last year at the age of 96. Valentine Cunningham celebrates the life of the master of the short story with Martin Amis , Francis King , Anthony Howard and Pritchett's son Oliver. Repeat
Alyn Shipton and Campbell Burnap review the best new jazz releases.
Elgar and His Muses
With Michael Kennedy. Some of Elgar's most personal music is to be found in his partsongs, like Owls, which he composed for his daughter Carice. His friends Sydney and Frances Colvin suggested that he compose a requiem for the fallen in 1915, and in return he dedicated the cello concerto to them.
Pleading, Op 48 No 1
Robert Tear (tenor), CBSO, conductor Simon Rattle
Deep in My Soul, Op 53 No 2
Finzi Singers, conductor Paul Spicer Falstaff (Two Interludes) Northern Sinfonia, conductor Richard Hickox
For the Fallen (The Spirit of England) London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Richard Hickox
Cello Concerto in E minor
Paul Tortelier , London Philharmonic, conductor Adrian Boult
Repeated from last Thursday
With Susan Sharpe.
1.00 Spanish RSO, conductor Sergiu Commissiona , Luis Martinez (violin), Antonio Fans (oboe), Suzana Stefanvic (cello), Dominique Deguines (bassoon) Brahms Variations on a Theme of Haydn Haydn Sinfonia Concertante in B flat Strauss Suite: Der Rosenkavalier
2.05 Brahms Fantasies, Op 116 Yevgeni Kissin (piano)
2.30 Brahms Piano Trio in B, Op 8 Takacs Trio
3.05 Van Rossum Violin Concerto No 2
Peter Zazofsky , French Community Orchestra/Pierre Bartholomew
3.40 Zbinden Divertissement
Franco Petracchi (double bass), Lausanne CO/Armin Jordan
4.00 Leclair Sonata in A
I Musici Gelosi
4.25 R Murray Schafer Minnelieder Jean Stillwell (mezzo), Canadian
Chamber Ensemble/Raffi Armenian
5.05 Vanhal Symphony in A minor Capella Coloniensis , director Hans-Martin Linde
5.25 Tartini Violin Sonata in G minor
(Devil's Trill) I Musici Gelosi
5.40 Tormis Film music: The Spring Tallin CO. conductor Olari Elts
5.50 Paul Juon Fairy Tale in A minor Esther Nyffenegger (cello), Desmond Wright (piano)
