Penny Gore with music and arts news, including a review of an unusual production of Puccini's
Turandot at the Edinburgh Festival. Music includes after 6.00 Brahms's
Clarinet Sonata No 2 in E flat; at
7.00 Tippett's Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli; and after 8.00
Rachmaninov's Vocalise.

Brahms's meeting with the Schumanns was the turning point of his career. Chris de Souza considers the effect Schumann's death had on his young pupil. Music includes: Serenade No 2 in A
London Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Adrian Boult
Variations on a Theme of Schumann
Emmanuel Ax (piano)
Partsongs, Op 62 Nos 1-3
BBC Singers, conductor Joseph Cullen

Maggi Hambling
In the second of five programmes this week, Maggi Hambling talks about her series of paintings of her late father, begun during his illness and continued, from memory, after his death.

With Stephanie Hughes.
Johann Friedrich Fasch Concerto in B flat Colin Lawson (chalumeau), English Concert, director Trevor Pinnock
10.17 Biber Violin Sonata No 10:
The Crucifixion (Rosary Sonatas) Reinhard Goebel , Phoebe Carrai (cello), Andreas Spering (organ)
10.26 Byrd Laudibus in Sanctis; Haec Dicit Dominus; Haec Dies (Cantiones Sacrae, 1591)
Choir of New College, Oxford, director Edward Higginbottom
10.43 Bloch Baal Shem Joshua Bell
(violin), Baltimore Symphony
Orchestra, conductor David Zinman

Edinburgh International Festival 1999
Linda Ormiston introduces a concert of string quartets by Beethoven and Mozart, given in the Queen's Hall, Edinburgh.
Quatuor Mosaïques
Mozart String Quartet in G, K156
Beethoven String Quartet in F, Op 135
11.55 Catalunya Caledonia Caledonia and Catalonia come together in the world of theatre as directors Xavier Alberti and Philip Howard discuss the premiere of The Meeting by Catalan Lluisa Cunille.
12.15 Mozart String Quartet in F, K590 (Prussian)

Rodney Slatford introduces a recital given in Manchester in 1997 by pianist Peter Hill.
Schoenberg Five Pieces, Op 23 Dougtas Young Herr Schoenberg Plays Ping-Pong
Messiaen Le Courlis Cendre
(Catalogue d'Oiseaux: Book 7 No 13) Repeat

Another chance to hear last
Thursday's Prom concert.
James Galway (flute), London Mozart Players, conductor Matthias Bamert Strauss Metamorphosen
Mozart Flute Concerto in D, K314 Lowell Liebermann Flute Concerto
Mozart Symphony No 40 in G minor

I Don't Know to Whom I Belong: German Cabaret Songs
Brechtian chanteuse Eva Meier and pianist Conor Linehan perform songs by Weill and Brecht, Hans Eisler , Friedrich Hollaender ,
Frank Wedekind and some composed specially for her by Peer Raben. Producer Anthony Sellors

Introduced by Humphrey Carpenter. Music includes the Strauss
Burlesque and the classic Richter performance of Liszt's Piano Concerto No 1 in E flat.

Ives's ruggedly personal homage to his compatriot Emerson - left in sketches at his death - is an exciting Proms premiere.

Alan Feinberg (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Christoph von Dohnanyi

Beethoven Overture: Egmont

Ives, reconstructed David G Porter Emerson Concerto (first British performance)

8.05 Adultery and Other Diversions: 2: Magic
Tim Parks reads three more essays from his best-selling collection. How to teach your students, and the relationship between picture and text.

8.25 Schubert Symphony No 9 in C (Great)

(Repeated next Tuesday 2pm)

Picturing the Word
Five writers reflect on their selection of images inspired by Christianity. 2: The religious historian Karen Armstrong on Rublev's The Old Testament Trinity.

Piano Sonata in B flat, D960 Repeat

The Giraffe's Neck and the Snowflake
Noam Chomsky 's ground-breaking work on linguistics has changed not only our knowledge of what language is but the very idea of what it is to be human. Chomsky talks to Jonathan Steinberg about a life of academic and public dissent, fuelled by an optimistic belief in the ability of people to force changes from below. Repeat

Appleby Jazz Festival
Drummer Clark Tracey leads his
Sextet in the first part of a tribute to the late Art Blakey. In the line-up are trumpeter Guy Barker , saxophonists Peter King and Alan Barnes , pianist Steve Melling and bassist
Dave Green. Introduced by Alyn Shipton.

With Jonathan Swain.

12.05am Shostakovich Festive Overture, Op 96
Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, conductor Uri Mayer

12.10 Mart Saar Yes I'll Sing Estonian National Male Choir, director Ants Soots

12.15 Poulenc Clarinet Sonata
Georgetta van Aart, Reynaud Maartense (piano)

12.30 Tchaikovsky Letter Scene (Eugene Onegin) Joanne Kolomyjec (soprano), Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Mario Bernardi

12.40 Liszt Csardas Macabre
Jeno Jando (piano)

12.50 Bruckner Locus Iste: Christus Factus Est Danish National Radio Choir, conductor Jesper Grove Jorgensen

1.00 A recital given by the English Concert directed by Trevor Pinnock.
Handel Concerto Grosso in F. Op 6 No 2 CPE Bach Symphony in G, Wq 182 No 1 Bach Concerto in D minor for keyboard and orchestra, BWV1052 Handel Concerto Grosso in A, Op 6 No 11

2.05 Schubert Symphony No 5 in B flat, D485 Saarbrucken RSO. conductor Marcello Viotti

2.30 Gregorio Huwet Fantasie Nigel North (lute)

2.35 Lassus Motet: Omnes de Saba
Venient Studio de Musique Ancienne de Montreal, director Christopher Jackson

2.40 Mendelssohn Organ Sonata in A, Op 65 No 3 Martti Miettinen

2.50 Lutoslawski Variations on a Theme of Paganini Anna Klas and Bruno Lukk (pianos)

2.55 Paganini Cantabile in D, Op 17 Tomaz Lorenz (violin), Jerko Novak (guitar)

3.00 Goldmark Befreit, Op 46 No 6 Katalin Szokefalvy-Nagy (soprano), Klara Kormendy (piano)

3.05 Trad Hungarian Dances from Locs Virginal Book Camerata Hungarica, conductor Laszlo Czidra

3.10 Boldlzsar Csiky Divertimento Budapest Wind Ensemble, conductor Kalman Berkes

3.25 Bach Suite in A minor, BWV 818a Wolfgang Gluxam (harpsichord)

3.35 Haydn String Quartet in B minor, Op 64 No 2 Tatrai Quartet

3.55 Kunzen Overture (Gyrithe) Danish RCO, conductor Peter Marschik

4.05 Mahler Kindertotenlieder Catherine Robbin (mezzo),
Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, conductor Raffi Armenian

4.30 Debussy Reve Antanas Talocka (clarinet), Lilija Talockiene (piano)

4.35 Guilmant Symphony No 1 in D minor Simon Preston (organ), Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, conductor Nicholas Braithwaite

5.00 Mozart Overture: Cosi Fan Tutte Edmonton SO. conductor Mario Bernardi

5.05 Smit Symphonie Netherlands RCO, conductor Thierry Fischer

5.25 Haydn Variations on Gott Erhalte Andreas Staier (fortepiano)

5.35 Corelli Trio Sonata in D minor, Op 1 No 11 London Baroque

5.40 Gustav Merkel Wer Nur den Lieben Gott Lasst Walten
Martin Poruba (organ)

5.55 Sweelinck Diligam Te Domine Ensemble Weser Renaissance, conductor Manfred Cordes