Stephanie Hughes with arts news and music, including at 6.40
Slbelius's Karelia Suite played by the Oslo Philharmonic, conductor Mariss Jansons ; at 7.10 Berlioz's Overture to Part 2 and Shepherds' Farewell from L'Enfance du Christ played by La Chapelle Royale, the Ghent
Collegium Vocale and the Orchestre des Champs-Elysees, conductor
Philippe Herreweghe : before the 8.00 news Britten's Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra played by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor Andrea Quinn ; and at 8.50 Dvorak's Carnival Overture played by the London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Istvan Kertesz.
With Peter Hobday , featuring Berlioz's symphonic works and performances by conductor Jean Martinon.
Beethoven Rondo a Capriccio in G, Op 129 (Rage over a Lost Penny) Wilhelm Kempff (piano)
Macbeth (Witches' Chorus and Ballet) La Scala Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Claudio Abbado
Tambourin; Les Tendres Plaintes; Les Niais de Sologne (Pieces de Clavecin)
Kenneth Gilbert (harpsichord)
Symphonie Fantastique
French National Radio Orchestra, conductor Jean Martinon
Dietrich Flscher-Dleskau
This week, Joan Bakewell talks to legendary German baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau . Their conversation begins today with his early life and career and how he gave his first performances from the back of a lorry as a prisoner of war in Italy. Producer David M Jackson
Five Painters
With Donald Macleod.
1: Leonardo da Vinci. Leonardo was born in Florence in 1452. As well as producing the world's most famous painting, the Mona Lisa , he was a genius skilled in many other fields, from mathematics and technology to sculpture, drawing and music. With excerpts from:
Max von Schillings Mona Lisa Beate Bilandzija (soprano), Kiel
Opera Chorus, Kiel Philharmonic, conductor Klauspeter Seibel
Monteverdi Vespers of St John the Baptist Soloists, Netherlands Chamber Choir, Amsterdam Monteverdi
Ensemble, conductor Gustav Leonhardt
Plus music from Leonardo's time performed by the Huelgas Ensemble, Circa 1500 and Concordia.
Producer Piers Burton-Page
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(1899-1963)
With Roger Nichols. 1: 1917-26 Sonata for Two Clarinets
Michel Portal and Maurice Gabai
Le Bestiaire Claire Croiza (soprano), the Composer (piano)
Discours du General; La Baigneuse de Trouville (Les Maries de la Tour Eiffel) Philharmonia/Geoffrey Simon
Sonata for Clarinet and Bassoon
Michel Portal (clarinet),
Amaury Wallez (bassoon)
Suite: Les Biches Paris Conservatoire
Orchestra, conductor Georges Pretre Napoli Gabriel Tacchino (piano) Producer Nigel Wilkinson
Repeated next Monday 12 midnight
From the Wigmore Hall, London.
Stephanie Hughes introduces the first of 12 recitals by leading pianists with a special emphasis on the music of Chopin.
This week, Nikolai Demidenko plays Chopin's celebrated set of 24 Preludes and a selection of Etudes-Tableaux by Rachmaninov. Repeated Saturday lpm
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Conductors Mark Wigglesworth and Grant Llewellyn , Anu Komsi (soprano) Haydn Symphony No 1 in D
Mozart Idomeneo (Overture; Ballet Music Nos 1 and 2) Lutoslawski Chantefleurs et
Chantefables
Beethoven Symphony No 3 in E flat (Eroica)
Robert Lloyd takes over the programme, sharing some of his experiences from thirty years on the opera stages of the world and introducing recordings by some of the singers he has most admired. Including Jon Vickers as Peter Grimes and Geraint Evans as Leporello in Don Giovanni , and recordings by Mirella Freni, Cesare Siepi and Jose Carreras. Producer Alan Hall
Music In the Home
This week, Tommy Pearson looks at the many ways in which music occurs within the domestic setting of our own homes. Today, he finds out how the role of music-making within the home has changed over the centuries.
Producer Christina Pritchard
Sean Rafferty returns with the early-evening music and arts programme. To celebrate the centenary of Francis Poulenc this week, Sean Rafferty talks to jazz musicians about the influence of the composer and his circle. Plus music from Mozart and Purcell, with Elgar's Overture:
Alassio (In the South) after 5.30.
Howard Ferguson at 90 Philip Martin (piano),
Christopher Maltman (baritone), Ulster Orchestra, conductor Adrian Leaper
Howard Ferguson Overture for an Occasion
Find, orch Ferguson The Fall of the Leaf Ferguson Piano Concerto; Two Ballads
Flnzl Let Us Garlands Bring Ferguson Partita
Fictualfty
Five dramatic monologues that combine fiction and a news story. 1: One Giant Leap by Sue Teddem. Repeat
Violin Sonata No 2 in A minor, BWV1003 Nathan Milstein
Brahms and Beyond, lain Burnside introduces a specially recorded programme of music by Brahms and by composers he influenced. Katarina Karneus (mezzo), William Dazeley (baritone)
Brahms Feldeinsamkeit , Op 86 No 2 Ives In Summer Fields
Brahms Murrays Ermordung, Op 14 No 3
Stanford La Belle Dame sans Merci
Brahms Vergebliches Standchen, Op 84 No 4
Strauss Hat Gesagt - Bleibt's Nicht Dabei , Op 36 No 3
Brahms Sapphische Ode, Op 94 No 4; Wie Rafft Ich Mich Auf in der Nacht,
Op 32 No 1
Schoenberg Verlassen, Op 6 No 4 Somervell White in the Moon the Long Road Lies (A Shropshire Lad)
Brahms Abenddammemng , Op 49 No 5 Producer Adam Gatehouse. Rpd tomorrow 4pm
Mark Russell and Robert Sandall present the final part of the Mixing It listeners' top ten albums of the year poll.
National Youth Jazz Orchestra
Alyn Shipton presents a three-part concert featuring some of our finest young jazz musicians. Tonight, he talks to the founder of the National
Youth Jazz Orchestra, Bill Ashton. Producer Terry Carter
Tarantella, Op 6 Clara Novakova (flute), Richard Vieille (clarinet), Paris Orchestral Ensemble, conductor Jean-Jacques Kantorow Phaeton Philharmonia , conductor Charles Dutoit
Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso Kyung-Wha Chung (violin), RPO, conductor Charles Dutoit
Odelette Gary Arbuthnot (flute), Ulster Orchestra, conductor Kenneth Montgomery
Africa Gwendolyn Mok (piano), LPO, conductor Geoffrey Simon Repeated from last Monday
With Donald Macleod.
1.00 Arthur Grumiaux Trio
Mozart Piano Trio in B flat, K502
Ravel Piano Tno in A minor Saint-Saens
Piano Trio No 2 in E minor, Op 92
2.30 Antonin Uehmann Mass in D minor Lenka Skornickova
(soprano), Olga Kodesova (contralto), Damiano Binetti (tenor), llja Prokop (bass), Radek Rejsek (organ),
Pevecky-Czech Radio Choir, Plzen Radio Orchestra/Josef Herd
4.10 Martinu La Revue de Cuisine
Festival of Sound Ensemble
4.35 Kraus Symphony in C minor
(Symphonie Funebre) Concerto Koln
5.20 Telemann String Quartet No 6 in E minor Arion Ensemble
