Petroc Trelawny with arts news and music, including Mozart's Piano
Concerto No 23 in A, K488, Bach's motet Singet dem Herrn and a piece for violin by Charles Chaplin.
With Peter Hobday , featuring orchestral works by Elgar and vintage performances by conductor John Barbirolli.
Grainger Shepherd 's Hey; Molly on the Shore Halle Orchestra, conductor John Barbirolli
9.07 Elgar Enigma Variations London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Pierre Monteux
9.38 Mozart Church Sonata in C, K328
Johan Kracht and Henk Rubingh (violins), Wim Straesser (cello),
Margaret Urquhart (double bass), Brian Pollard (bassoon), Peter Hurford (organ)
9.43 CPE Bach Magnificat in D, Wq215 Felicity Palmer (soprano),
Helen Watts (contralto), Robert Tear (tenor), Stephen Roberts (bass),
Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, conductor Philip Ledger Producer Tony Cheevers
Marilyn Home
Joan Bakewell's guest this week is American mezzo Marilyn Horne, whose wide vocal range and agility set her apart as one of the greatest voices of the century. Today, she talks about her early career, which included providing the singing voice of Dorothy Dandridge in the film Carmen Jones.
Producer Arthur Johnson
Fairy Tales
Peggy Reynolds explores the hidden meanings behind five celebrated fairy tales.
1: Mother Goose
Leschetizky Melusine, Op 19 No 1 Peter Ritzen (piano)
Ravel Tom Thumb (Suite: Mother Goose) Louis Lortie and Helene Mercier (piano duet)
Auric Moments d'Effroi (Beauty and the Beast) Axios Choir, Moscow SO, conductor M Adriano
Massenet Voir Griselidis (Griselidis) Laurence Dale (tenor), Nancy Lyric Orchestra, conductor Kenneth Montgomery
Reinecke La Belle Griseldis, Op 94 Thomas Hitlberger and Georg Schiitz (pianos)
Humperdlnck Hansel and Gretel (Finale from Act 3)
Soloists, Sadler's Wells Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Mario Bernardi
Bortklewicz The Ugly Duckling;
Golden Treasure (Tales of Andersen, Op 30) Stephen Coombs (piano) Ravel Laideronnette; Le Jardin
Féerique (Suite: Mother Goose) French National Orchestra, conductor Eliahu Inbal Producer Piers Burton-Page
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(1659-95) With Robert King. 1: 1677-82
My Beloved Spake, 128; Beneath a Dark and Melancholy Grove, 1461; Blow up the Trumpet in Sion, 110; Pavan in G minor, 1752; Let Mine
Eyes Run Down with Tears, Z24;
Pastora's Beauties, When Unblown, 1407; Remember Not, Lord, Our
Offences, Z50; Sonata No 6 in G minor, Z807; Hear My Prayer, 0 Lord, 115 Producer Mark Rowlinson
Repeated next Monday 12 midnight
From the Wigmore Hall, London
. Donald Macleod introduces the third of 12 recitals by leading pianists. Lars Vogt (piano)
Beethoven Six Bagatelles, Op 126 Brahms Ballade in B, Op 10 No 4
Beethoven Piano Sonata in F minor,
Op 57 (Appassionata)
BBC Philharmonic
Conductors Vassily Sinaisky and Yan Pascal Tortelier , Peter Donohoe (piano) Balakirev Overture: King Lear; In Bohemia
Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No 2 in G Balakirev Symphony No 1 in C
Robert Lloyd considers the charm and the challenges of the French language in opera, featuring Regine Crespin in Bizet's Carmen and Debussy's Pelleas et Melisande.
Jazz Improvisation
Each day this week, Verity Sharp talks to a jazz musician about what is going on in their head while they improvise around a tune - in this case, Billy Joel 's Just the Way You Are. Today's guest is pianist Julian Joseph. Repeat
Sean Rafferty 's guests today include the legendary Romanian Gypsy band Taraf de Haidouks. Music includes at
5.35 Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite No 1 played by the Gothenburg SO, conductor Neeme Jarvi; and at 6.35 Chausson's Poeme is performed by violinist
Philippe Graffin in an arrangement for violin, piano and string quartet.
SOUNDING THE CENTURY
BBC Symphony Orchestra
The Messiaen weekend concludes with music inspired by the two great influences of his life - religion and birdsong. Chronochromie (The Colour of Time) is suffused with birdsong and evokes Messiaen's vision of harmony as colour in music. Trois Petites
Liturgies de la Presence Divine and Et Exspecto Resurrectionem Mortuorum were inspired by Messiaen's spirituality. Conductor Andrew Davis , Steven Osborne (piano), Jeanne Loriod
(ondes martenot), BBC Symphony Chorus Women's Voices
Chronochromie; Trois Petites
Liturgies de la Presence Divine; Et
Exspecto Resurrectionem Mortuorum
Mini Monet
Reflections on the life and work of Claude Monet to coincide with the Royal Academy's new Monet exhibition. 1: Monet in Giverny. Monet's gardens in Giverny - and his water garden in particular - provided the central motifs of his later paintings. Although it was built in the face of fierce objections from neighbours, today the garden receives thousands of visitors. Anna Pavord , gardening correspondent for The Independent, and art historian Paul Hayes Tucker reflect on the garden and on the paintings it inspired. With excerpts from Monet's letters read by Paul Scofield. Producer Abigail Appleton
Corinne Morris (cello), Nathalie Dang (piano)
Barber Cello Sonata, Op 6
Martinu Variations on a Theme of Rossini Repeat
With Iain Burnside.
Lisa Milne (soprano), Sarah Connolly (mezzo), Iain Burnside (piano)
Chausson Nanny; Les Papillons; Le Colibri
Gounod Au Rossignol; Viens, les Gazons Sont Verts
Massenet Il Pleuvait
Bizet Chanson d'Avril
Franck Nocturne
Saint-Saens La Cloche; L'Attente; Aimons-Nous et Dormons
Bachelet Chere Nuit
Caplet L'Adieu en BarqueÃ
Debussy Apparition
With Mark Russell and Robert Sandall.
Alyn Shipton talks to Louis Stewart and presents the first part of a concert by the Louis Stewart Quartet. Producer Terry Carter
Piers Burton-Page surveys Rimsky's operatic output, today including The Maid of Pskov, May Night, Snow Maiden and Mlada.
(Repeated from last Monday)
With Donald Macleod.
1.00 Smetana Richard III; Composition in G minor; Sonata Movement in E minor; Rondo for Youth; Triumph Symphony in E Petr Jiriovsky , Michal Rezek , Adam Skoumal , Daniel Wiesner , Jana Macharackova , Hanus Barton ,
Jaromir Klepac and Ales Barta (pianos)
2.30 Shostakovich Cello Concerto No 1 Arto Noras , Estonian State SO/Andres Mustonen
3.00 Schools
3.00 Music Box 3.15 Something to Think About 3.30 EAL: Let's Make a Story 3.45 Stories and Rhymes 4.00 Find Out 4.15 Maths Challenge 4.30 Hopscotch 4.45 Scottish Resources 7-9
5.05 Weber Four Songs
Miek&van der Sluis (soprano), Stanley Hoogland (fortepiano)
5.20 Brahms String Quartet No 3 in B flat, Op 67 Francesco Giornetti and Paolo Zordanazzo (violins), Abril
Someer (viola), Serena Mancuso (cello)