Petroc Trelawny reviews a new production of Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel from Welsh National
Opera. The programme also includes Elgar's Overture: Alassio (In the South) and Poulenc's Oboe Concerto performed by Nicholas Daniel.
With Peter Hobday , featuring Mahler song cycles and vintage performances by Geza Anda.
Handel Concerto a Due Cori No 1 in B flat English Chamber Orchestra, conductor Raymond Leppard
9.16 Mahler Lieder eines Fahrenden
Gesellen Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
(baritone), Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Rafael Kubelik
9.33 Mozart Piano Concerto No 27 in B flat, K595 Salzburg Mozarteum Camerata Academica, director Geza Anda (piano)
10.05 Faure, orch Gaubert Romance Chantal Juillet (violin), Montreal SO, conductor Charles Dutoit
10.11 Ibert Divertissement
Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, conductor Jean Martinon Producer Tony Cheevers
David Wlllcocks
David Willcocks has made a unique contribution to British music. Born in Newquay, Cornwall, he became a chorister at Westminster Abbey at the age of eight. In these magnificent surroundings, he heard and performed music by Handel, Blow and Purcell.
Producer Johannah Smith
* See Brian Kay : page 42
Castles and Palaces
With Donald Macleod.
1: Windsor Castle. From its origins after the Norman Conquest to the disastrous fire of 1992, Windsor Castle has been a symbol of the English monarchy, with architectural glories ranging from Edwin Lutyens 's dolls' house for Queen Mary to the perpendicular splendours of St
George's Chapel. With excerpts from: Haydn Nelson Mass
Soloists, English Concert and Choir, director Trevor Pinnock
William Lawes Royal Consort No 1 in D minor Greate Consort
Purcell Welcome, Vicegerent of the Mighty King, Z340 Soloists, King's
Consort and Choir, director Robert King Handel Concerto Grosso in G minor,
Op 6 No 6 Collegium Musicum 90, director Simon Standage
Elgar Froissart Overture BBCSO, conductor Andrew Davis Producer Andrew Lyle
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The Young Bach
It is often assumed that genius comes prepacked and fully formed, but Bach's youthful life and works show him to be reassuringly human: headstrong and exasperating, but nevertheless brilliant. Kirsteen McCue traces his early years, when he managed to hold down his first job and got into a fight with a bassoonist. Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV565 Bernard Foccroulle (organ)
Partita Diverse sopra Christe, der Du Bist der Helle Tag, BWV766 No 1 Jean-Patrice Brosse (organ)
Cantata No 106: Gottes Zeit 1st der
Allerbeste Zeit Soloists, Leonhardt Consort , director Gustav Leonhardt Allein Gott in der Hoh' sei Ehr, BWV715 Hans Fagius (organ) Capriccio in B flat, BWV992 Tatiana Nikolaeva (piano) Producer David McGuiness
Repeated next Monday 12 midnight
Wigmore Hall Chamber Series
A concert given last Friday at the Wigmore Hall, London.
Donald Macleod introduces an all-Beethoven recital by Chilean pianist Alfredo Perl. Alfredo Perl (piano)
Beethoven Piano Sonatas: in F minor,
Op 57 (Appassionataj; in F sharp,
Op 78; in E flat, Op 81a (Les Adieux) Repeated Saturday 1pm
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Conductors Tadaaki Otaka and Mark Wigglesworth
, John Lill (piano)
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 1 in F sharp minor
Shostakovich Symphony No 7 (Leningrad)
Ruth Mackenzie , general director of Scottish Opera, introduces a selection of operatic highlights.
Beginnings and Endings. To conclude the series, a look at how operas start and finish. With excerpts from Janacek's Jenufa and Mozart's The
Marriage of Rgaro.
Producer Gautam Rangarajan
English Folk Music
What Is Folk Music? This week,
Verity Sharp looks at English folk music. She starts by trying to obtain a satisfactory definition of folk music. Producer Steve Portnoi
Each day this week, Sean Rafferty investigates the background to a different Christmas carol, talking to choir directors and composers who have made a study of the ancient tradition of carol singing. Music today includes works by Britten and Brahms, and at about 6.30 Vladimir Ashkenazy plays Scrlabln's Piano
Concerto with the London Philharmonic.
Tomas Luis de Victoria, the greatest composer of the Spanish
Renaissance, was born 450 years ago. This concert - given in October at St John's, Smith Square, London - includes his sensuous settings of poetry from the Song of Solomon, elegant hymns, and the pinnacle of early Spanish choral music - the Requiem for the Dowager Empress Maria.
The Sixteen/Harry Christophers
Victoria Ave, Maris Stella ;
Vidi Speciosam ; Veni Creator Spiritus; Vadam, et Circumibo Civitatem ; Ad
Coenam Agni Providi; Requiem (1605)
Reading Around
Kevin Jackson unravels the stories behind works of European literature. 1: The Canti of Giacomo Leopardi Mocked as a hunchback, virtually imprisoned by his parents and unrequited in love, Giacomo Leopardi produced some of the most musical and moving poetry ever written in Italian. Kevin Jackson examines why he means so much to those who read him and talks to Edwin Morgan , one of a growing number of contemporary poets who have translated his work into English. Producer Abigail Appleton
Conductor Paul Murphy Milhaud Symphony No 2
Cecilia Bartoli in Recital
Introduced by Iain Burnside. Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo), Gyorgy Fischer (piano)
Bellini Vaga Luna Che Inargenti;
Malinconia, Ninfa Gentile ; Ma Rendi pur Contento
Donizetti La Conocchia; Amore e Morte; Me Voglio Fe 'Na Casa
Rossini Mi Lagnero Tacendo: Bolero; L 'Orpheline du Tyrol; Bel Raggio Lusinghier (Semiramide) Producer Adam Gatehouse
With Mark Russell and Robert Sandall.
Producer Ekene Akalawu
Alyn Shipton presents a musical celebration of Antonio Carlos Jobim , led by the composer's son Paulo with the Jobim-Morelenbaum Quintet. The legendary bossa nova creator is also remembered by Joe Henderson and broadcaster Pablo Aguirre. Part 2 tomorrow night at 11.30pm
Voyage: Piano Sonata; A Symphony of Three Orchestras
Repeated from last Monday
With Donald Macleod.
1.00 Fretwork and soprano Ruth Holten perform music from the Renaissance by Wlllaert, Ortiz,
Cabezon, de Rore, Lassus and Arcadett
2.00 Nielsen Symphony No 4 (Inextinguishable) Danish
NRSO/Michael Schonwandt
2.35 Beethoven String Quartet in G, Op 18 No 2 Bartok Quartet
3.00 Brahms Chorale Preludes, Op 122 Olli Porthan (organ)
3.30 Renier L'lndifference Punie
Richard Duguay (tenor), Arion Ensemble
3.55 Bartok The Miraculous Mandarin
Claire Ovellet and Sandra Murray (pianos)
4.30 Dohnanyi Ruralia Hungarica West Australian SO/Jorge Mester
5.35 Rontgen Theme and Variations, Op 17 Wyneke Jordans and Leo van Doeselaar (piano duet)
