Petroc Treiawny with music and arts news, including a review of a major exhibition of works by the 15th-century painter Zonobi Strozzi. Music includes at 6.00 an aria from
Monteverdi's opera Orfeo performed by Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor) and the English Baroque Soloists, conductor John Eliot Gardiner ; at
7.00 Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik played by the Cleveland Orchestra, conductor Christoph von Dohnanyi ; and to end the programme,
John Adams 's Roadrunner played by the London Sinfonietta, conducted by the Composer.
With Peter Hobday.
Vanhal Symphony in C (Sinfonia Comista) Concerto Koln
9.12 Bach Preludes and Fugues Nos 11-13 ("48", Book 2) Edwin Fischer (piano)
9.27 Mozart Bella Mia Fiamma ...
Resta, 0 Cara, K528
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano),
Vienna Chamber Orchestra, conductor Gyorgy Fischer
9.37 Janacek Taras Bulba
Czech Philharmonic , conductor Vaclav Talich
10.01 Bach Preludes and Fugues Nos 14-15 ("48", Book 2)
Wanda Landowska (harpsichord)
10.19 Poulenc Un Soir de Neige Groupe Vocaie de France, conductor John Alldis
John Eliot Gardiner
John Eliot Gardiner talks to Joan
Bakewell about his recordings of Beethoven and Berlioz, including his recording - the first ever - of Berlioz's Messe Solennelle
With Peggy Reynolds.
Goethe said that Schiller was magnificent "even when cutting his fingernails". Schiller was one of the greatest playwrights of 18th-century Germany. He based many of his works on the great figures of history, like Joan of Arc, Mary Stuart and William Tell. His interpretations were so exciting that almost all of his plays were turned into operas.
Rossini Overture: William Tell - La Scala Orchestra, conductor Riccardo Muti
Verdi Overture: I Masnadieri - Chicago SO, conductor Georg Solti
Beethoven Symphony No 9 in D minor (Choral) - Soloists, chorus, Philharmonia, conductor Otto Klemperer
Smetana Wallenstein's Camp - Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Rafael Kubelik
Presented by Misha Donat in conversation with the composer.
A Celebration of Some 100 x 150 Notes
London Sinfonietta, conductor Oliver Knussen - Eight Etudes and a Fantasy
Contrasts Ensemble - Double Concerto
Paul Jacobs (harpsichord), Gilbert Kalish (piano), Contemporary Chamber Ensemble, conductor Arthur Weisberg
(Repeated next Wednesday 12 midnight)
Douglas Boyd (oboe), Susan Tomas (piano)
Koechlin Oboe Sonata, Op 58
Poulenc Nocturnes Nos 1, 2, 4, 5 and 7 Saint-Saens Oboe Sonata in D,
Op 166 Repeat
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Conductors Jerzy Maksymiuk , Osmo Vanska , Martyn Brabbins and Alexander Titov , Martin Roscoe (piano) Rossini Overture: The Italian Girl in Algiers
Beethoven Symphony No 8 in F Brull Piano Concerto No 2
Tchaikovsky Symphony No 1 in G minor (Winter Daydreams)
From York Minster.
Responses(Rose)
Office Hymn: Creator of the Stars of Night (Conditor Alme)
Psalms 47-9 (Elvey, Turle, Ellis)
First Lesson: Isaiah 45, wl5-end Cantate Domino; Deus Misereatur
(Moore)
Second Lesson: 2 Thessalonians 1
Anthem: Blow Ye the Trumpet in Zion (Jackson)
Hymn: When Came in Flesh (Walsall) Toccata from "L'Orgue Mystique No 1" (Tournemire)
Organist and master of the music
Philip Moore. Assistant organist John Scott Whiteley.
As a new production of The Bartered Bride opens at Sadler's Wells, Sean Rafferty talks to director Francesca Zambello. Music includes Mozart's
Piano Quartet in G minor, K478, before 6.00, and Strauss's Burleske at about 6.35.
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
The Creation, Haydn's great oratorio celebrating the creation of the world from chaos. Inspired by the composer's encounters with the music of Handel in London, it was an immediate success and has remained one of his best-loved works. This performance was given in the Brangwyn Hall last year as part of the Swansea Festival.
Conductor Trevor Pinnock ,
Rosa Mannion (soprano), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Alan Ewing (bass),
BBC National Chorus of Wales
Haydn The Creation
The Kitsch Show!
Four illustrated reflections on kitsch. 3: Richard Dyer , professor of film studies at Warwick University, asks how intellectuals can enjoy what they know to be kitsch without resorting to inverted commas. He wonders if he can ever return to a simple appreciation of the Queen, The
Waltons or The Sound of Music. He finds an answer in two different versions of Could It Be Magic? (by Take That and Petula Clark ) and the Italian love song Grazie Dei Fiori.
The second of two programmes in which Penny Gore finds out how Mozart. Haydn and Beethoven responded to upper-class patronage. Mozart Violin Sonata in G, K379 '
Krzysztof Smietana ,
Caroline Palmer (piano)
Beethoven Cello Sonata in D,
Op 102 No 2
Louise Hopkins ,
Aleksander Madzar (piano) Repeated tomorrow 4pm
The history of western civilisation and the story of its cities have been inextricably linked, from ancient
Athens and Rome to London and Los Angeles today. Cities have been crucial centres of creativity, but what makes one thrive as another goes into decline? Patrick Wright talks to Peter Hall , whose epic new study Cities in Civilisation attempts to answer some of the most ambitious questions in cultural history. Producer Doug Traill-Stevenson
Alyn Shipton recalls some great
British jazz groups.
3: Mozart and the Piano Concerto
Chris Wines introduces music Mozart composed for the piano. Piano Sonata in C, K309
Mitsuko Uchida
Ch'io Mi Scordi di Te, K505
Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo), Andras Schiff (piano), Vienna Chamber Orchestra, conductor György Fischer
Piano Concerto No 15 in B flat, K450 Robert Levin (fortepiano),
Academy of Ancient Music, director Christopher Hogwood Repeated from last Wednesday
With Donald Macleod.
1.00 International Radio Archives Pianist Rosalyn Tureck performs
Bach's Goldberg Variations, BWV988
2.30 Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor Frank Peter Zimmermann , North Holland Philharmonic, conductor Roelof van Driesten
3.10 Mozart String Quartet in C,
K465 (Dissonance) Bartok Quartet
3.35 Bartok Ket Kep (Two Pictures for Orchestra)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Leif Segerstam
4.00 Durante Harpsichord Concerto in B flat Gerald Hambitzer , Concerto Koln
4.20 Albeniz Iberia West Australian
Symphony Orchestra/Jorge Mester
5.00 Weber Overture: Der Freischutz
Calgary Philharmonic, conductor Mario Bernardi
5.10 Wlenlawskl Legende Jae-Kwang Song (violin), Een-Ah Eum (piano)
5.25 Bloch Suite Hébraïque Rivka Golani (viola),
Toronto Symphony Orchestra, conductor Andrew Davis
5.40 Couperin Suite in G
Rosalind Halton (harpsichord)
