With Edward Seckerson , including:
Debussy L 'IsleJoyeuse Pascal Roge ( piano)
6.30 Harty Fantasy: In Ireland Ulster
Orchestra, conductor Bryden Thomson
7.00 Puccini Preludio Sinfonico
Berlin RSO, conductor Riccardo Chailly
7.50 Szymanowski Litania do Marii Panny Elzbieta Szmytka (soprano), City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Simon Rattle
8.00 Honegger Pacific 231 Bavarian RSO, conductor Charles Dutoit
8.45 Mozart Rondo in D, K382
Evgeny Kissin (piano), Moscow Virtuosi, conductor Vladimir Spivakov
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Ivan Hewett talks to Sir Colin Davis about his Berlioz odyssey and asks how his view of the composer has changed over 30 years. Plus a report from English National Opera's debate on Understanding Opera. Producer Jessica Isaacs
Chopin at the Wigmore Hall
Gordon Stewart introduces the last of six recitals marking the 150th anniversary of Chopin's death. Sequiera Costa (piano) Chopin Ballade No 1 in G minor, Op 23;
Ballade No 3 in A flat, Op 4 7; Waltz in A flat, Op 34 No 1; Waltz in A flat, Op 42; Scherzo No 1 in B minor, Op 20; 24 Preludes, Op 28
The series of programmes in which writers explore a chosen theme from the BBC archives. This week writer Colm Toibin explores some Irish connections in the archive. He begins with WB Yeats reciting his own poetry and the tenor Peter Pears performing The Curlew, a setting of Yeats's poems by Peter Warlock. Plus a 1972 performance of Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde performed by Irish contralto
Bernadette Greevy under Charles Groves. Producer Declan McGovern
John Suchet introduces recordings by baritone Thomas Allen. Producer Martin Cotton
97: Yasujiro Ozu: Tokyo Story Producer Fiona McLean
Anthony Burton introduces music first performed in 1969.
Tavener Celtic Requiem (1st section) Little Missenden Village School, London Sinfonietta Chorus and Orchestra, conductor David Atherton
Maxwell Davies Eight Songs for a Mad King: Nos 6 and 7Julius Eastman (baritone), The Fires of London, conducted by the Composer
Ligeti Ramifications Ensemble Intercontemporain, conductor Pierre Boulez
Carter Concerto for Orchestra London Sinfonietta, conductor Oliver Knussen
Shostakovich Symphony No 14 Makura Kasrashubili (soprano), Anatoly Safiulin (bass), USSR Ministry of Culture SO, conductor Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
Tim Marlow discusses American painter Mark Rothko , who committed suicide in 1970. Rothko's giant vibrant canvases of colour have been a spiritual inspiration for many artists. With contributions from artists Sean Scully and Brice Marden ,
Rothko's daughter Kate, architect Philip Johnson and composer Steve Reich. Producer Tanya Hudson
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Paul Guinery introduces a performance of Bach's Mass in B minor, BWV232, given in a concert in Berlin earlier this year.
Veronique Gens (soprano),
Anne-Sophie von Otter (mezzo), Charles Workman (tenor), José van Dam (bass), Swedish Radio Chorus, Berlin PO/Claudio Abbado .
By Timberlake Wertenbaker.
A group of students meet a storyteller in a cafe. She tells them a story of anger, passion, jealousy, sexual betrayal and revenge. It is an ancient story, but it could have been told of any time and any place where war and desire wreak havoc on hapless individuals.
Mozart Oboe Quartet in F, K370(R)
Conductor Matthias Bamert
Gerhard Symphony No 4; Suite: Pandora; Concerto for Orchestra
With Susan Sharpe.
1.00 Suppe Requiem
2.10 Chopin Polonaise in F sharp minor, Op 44
2.20 Judith Weir String Quart
2.35 Mozart Piano Concerto No 22 in E flat, K482
3.05 Sweelinck Mein Junges Leben Hat ein End
3.15 Nauss Praeludium Terti Toni
3.25 Bach Cantata No 14 7: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben
4.00 Sibelius Andante Festivo
4.10 Kodaly It Pains My Heart
4.25 Beethoven Piano Trio in B flat, Op 11 (Gassenhauer-Tho)
5.00 Kuula Sorrow
5.10 Hildegard of Bingen O Clarissima Mater
5.25 Debussy Images, Book 2
5.40 Gershwin An American in Paris
