Stephanie Hughes with music and arts news, including a review of a new production of Harold Pinter 's Betrayal. Music includes at 6.05
Massenet's Meditation from Thais; before 8.00 Hoist's Jupiter from The Planets suite; and after 8.00 Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man.
With Penny
Gore. Johann Strauss (son) Overture: Die Fledermaus Berlin Philharmonic, conductor Herbert von Karajan
9.09 Telemann Violin Concerto in A
(Frog) Pavlo Beznosiuk , New London Consort, director Philip Pickett
9.22 Bach Preludes and Fugues Nos 9-14 ("48", Book 1) Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
9.47 Elgar, orch Jacob Organ Sonata in G Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, conductor Vernon Handley
10.13 Mozart Three German Dances,
K605 Vienna Mozart Ensemble, conductor Willi Boskovsky
10.18 Johann Strauss (son) Waltz: An Artist's Life Berlin Philharmonic, conductor Herbert von Karajan
Barbara Hendricks
In 1986, American soprano Barbara Hendricks became the youngest person ever to receive the decoration Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres from the French government. She was decorated again - in 1992 - by President Mitterand. In today's programme, she talks to Joan Bakewell about her affinity with France and the French language, both musically and culturally. With music by Faure, Debussy and Berlioz.
With Donald Macleod.
Sebastian was a soldier who joined the Imperial army so he could help fellow Christians during their persecution by the Romans. He was soon promoted to be one of the bodyguards of the emperor Diocletian, but when his beliefs became known he was sentenced to death. Diocletian ordered Sebastian to be shot to death with arrows, and, when this did not kill him, he was beaten to death and thrown into a sewer so the Christians could not honour his body as a martyr. As well as being patron of archers and soldiers, Sebastian is also the patron saint of the Brazilian city Rio de Janeiro.
Debussy Le Martyre de St Sebastien
Los Angeles Philharmonic, conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen
Dufay O Beate Sebastiane Hilliard Ensemble, director Paul Hillier
Martini O Beate Sebastiane Clerks' Group, director Edward Wickham
Villa-Lobos Missa Sao Sebastiao
Corydon Singers, director Matthew Best
After the death of Louis XI of France in 1483, Josquin seems to have moved to Milan, where he probably composed his motet cycle
Vultum Tuum. Jeremy Summerly introduces a performance of this monumental work by the Westminster Cathedral Choir, conductor James O'Donnell. Repeated next Wednesday 12 midnight
New Generations
Fiona Talkington introduces a a season of recitals from the Wigmore Hall, London, featuring leading young soloists and ensembles. This final recital is given by violinist Priya Mitchell , one of the country's most inspiring soloists. Priya Mitchell (violin), Robert Kullek (piano)
Dvorak Four Romantic Pieces, Op 75 Lutoslawskl Subito
Schumann Violin Sonata No 2 in D minor, Op 121
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Conductors Martyn Brabbins and Mark Wigglesworth ,
Anne Queffelec (piano)
Grace Williams Sea Sketches
Strauss Death and Transfiguration Mozart Piano Concerto No 24 in C minor, K491
Mendelssohn Symphony No 3 in A minor (Scottish)
From Lincoln Cathedral.
Introit: A Hymn for St Cecilia
(Howells)
Responses (Radcliffe)
Psalms 75 and 76 (Walmisley, Elvey) First Lesson: Isaiah 40, v27 - 41, v7
Canticles: Kelly in C
Second Lesson: Revelation 19
Anthem: 0 Praise God in His Holiness
(Mark Blatchly) (first broadcast)
Hymn: Lead, Kindly Light (Alberta) Organ Voluntary: Le Monde sans I'Attente du Sauveur
(Symphonie-Passion) (Dupré) Organist and master of the choristers Colin Walsh. Assistant organist Jeffrey Makinson.
Sean Rafferty talks to newscaster and author John Suchet as the third volume of his fictional biography of Beethoven is published. Music includes Copland's Billy the Kid suite before 6.00, and pieces by Strauss and Prokofiev.
SOUNDING THE CENTURY
Wozzeck
A concert performance of Berg's gritty opera given earlier this month at the Royal Festival Hall, London.
Wozzeck was premiered in 1925 and is now a central work in 20th-century opera. Based on Georg Buchner 's
-,play Woyzeck, the opera follows the inevitable decline of a poor soldier who submits to harsh treatment from his superior officers in order to sustain his mistress Marie and their illegitimate child. Under stress, he loses the balance of his mind when he learns that Marie has been unfaithful.
Tragedy ensues. Sung in German.
London Oratory School Schola, London Voices, Philharmonia, conductor Christoph von Dohnanyi
Private View
For the past 30 years, artist
Peter Joseph has pursued a very particular form of abstraction in his painting.
Nicholas Ward Jackson visits his studio near Stroud and explores how the light and landscape of the Cotswolds continue to inform Joseph's work.
Suite No 2 in F - Central Band of the Royal Air Force, conductor Wing Commander Eric Banks
Penny Gore introduces music by two composers famed for their sharp musical wit, together with piano pieces of more bizarre humour by Satie.
Francalx Divertissement for Bassoon and Strings Gaudier Ensemble
Haydn String Quartet in E flat, Op 33 No 2 (Joke) Sorrel Quartet
Producer Nigel Wilkinson. Rptd tomorrow 4pm
Oscar Wilde 's Salome was first produced in Paris while Wilde himself was in prison, and banned in Britain until 1931. Tonight, Patrick Wright sees Emily Woof star in a new adaptation from the translation by Alfred Douglas. And how far is our modern debate about the role of rural areas shaped by pastoral visions from the past? Patrick Wright discusses
Landscape and Englishness, in which David Matiess draws on health manuals, poetry, nature guides and novels to explore the origins of current attitudes about the countryside. Producer Lawrence Pollard
More from the Stan Tracey Quartet.
String Sextet No 2 in G, Op 36; Wiegenlied, Op 49 No 4
Repeated from last Wednesday
With Donald Macleod.
1.00 International Radio Archives
Hungarian pianist Annie Fischer in recordings from the 1950s and 1960s
Mendelssohn Rondo Capriccioso in E, Op 14; Prelude and Fugue in E minor, Op 35 No 1
Beethoven Piano Sonata in E flat, Op 31 No 3
Schumann Kinderszenen, Op 15
2.00 Kodaly Duo, Op 7 - Denes Kovacs (violin), Miklos Perenyi (cello)
2.25 Brahms Symphony No 3 in F - Danish NRSO/Albert Wolff
3.00 Schools
3.00 Time and Tune
3.20 Together
3.40 Dance Workshop
4.00 EAL Dance
4.20 Scottish Resources 10-12
4.40 Talking Points
5.00 Dohnanyi Capriccio in A minor, Op 23 No 3 - The Composer (piano)
5.04 Liszt Hymn de l'Enfant a Son Reveil - Eva Andor (soprano), Hedi Lubik (harp), Gabor Lehotka (organ), Gyor Girls' Choir/Miklos Szabo
5.20 Haydn String Quartet in G, Op 77 No 1 - Australian Quartet
