With Penny Gore.
6.20 Field Nocturne in F John O'Conor(p!ano)
6.25 Clementi Symphony No 3 in G (Great National) Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Claudio Scimone
7.05 Mendelssohn Violin Sonata in F Maxim Vengerov, Alexander Markovich (piano)
7.40 Walton Ballet Suite: The Wise Virgins LPO, conductor Bryden Thomson
8.00 Mozart FMe Quartet in D, K285 Irena Grafenauer (flute), Gidon Kremer (violin). Veronika Hagen (viola). Clemens Hagen (cello)
8.50 Musorgsky St John's Night on the Bare Mountain LSO, conductor Claudio Abbado
(1813-1901) With Donald Macleod. Verdi in Paris
This week's programmes are devoted to a survey of Verdi's complex rotations with the French capital.
S/, to Sento, /dd;o M) Cn/ama ('/ Due Foscari) Luciano Pavarotti (tenor). Orchestra of the Teatro aita Scala, conductor Ctaudio Abbado
Overture.'Jerusalem BBC Philharmonic, conductor Edward Downes
! -Jerusalem (Act 2, Scene 2) Roberto Aiagna (tenor), Berlin PO. conductor Ciaudio Abbado Ballet Music (Jerusalem, /4ct 3. Scene 1) BBC PO, conductor Edward Downes 0 Mes /tm<s, Mes Freres d '/trmes
(Jerusalem, Act 3, Scene 2) Jose Carreras (tenor), RPO, conductor Roberto Benzi L '/4bandonee Nuccia Focite (soprano), Michael Pollock (piano) Producer Piers Burton-Page
Composer of the Week (9.00am R3), introduced by the knowledgeable and eloquent Donald Macleod, is Verdi in Paris. The French made heavy demands on Verdi as a composer, but they also stimulated him to create some of his greatest work, most notably his superb operas Don Carlos and the Sicilian Vespers. Pavarotti, Alagna and Carreras illustrate their splendours. SG
Corneha Parher. in five programmes this week Cornelia Parkertaiks about her work on a new sculpture. Edge o/'Eng/andis made from pieces ofchaik collected from BeaChy Head. ProducerHannahAndrassy
With Stephanie Hughes. featuring symphonies by Charles Ives and recordings by Leopold Stokowsi. Tchaikovsky Francesca da Rimini
New York Stadium Symphony Orchestra, conductor Leopold Stokowski
10.30 Liszt Après une Lecture du Dante (Années de Pe/er/nage, Booh 2.) Alfred Brendei (piano)
10.46 Schubert Fr/hon<g, D328 Brigitte
Fassbaender (mezzo), Cord Garben (piano)
10.51 ives Symphony No 1Chicago SO. conductor Michaei Tiison Thomas
Producer Tony Cheevers
Fixations and inspirations.
Humphrey Burton presents a week of programmes of performances from the BBC archive by ceitist Steven Isserlis.
Schumann Sonata in A minor (arr Isserlis for cello and piano) With Paul Coker (piano)
Janacek Pohadka (Fairy Tales)
With Pascal Devoyon (piano)
Debussy Cello Sonata
With Pascal Devoyon (piano)
Tavener Eternal Memory
With the BBC SO, conductor Richard Hickox
Tavener Thrinos for solo cello
Faure Cello Sonata No. 1 in D minor
With Pascal Devoyon (piano)
A recitai from the Wigmore Halt. London, introduced by Stephanie Hughes. Augustin Dumay (vio!in), C!a!re-Mahe )e Quay (piano)
Schumann Sonata No J. /n /t mtnor, Op 105 Rave) 7z(gane Brah)DSSonataMo3/nDm'nor, Op .108
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Rossini Overture; Semtram<de
Conductor Vassily Sinaisky
Mozart Horn Concerto No 4 /n E flat
David Pyatt , conductor Harry Christophers Martinu Les Fresques de Piero della Francesca Conductor Vassliy Sinaisky
Verdi Canzone de Salice (Willow Song); /<ve Mana (Otello) (/4ct 4) Janice Watson (soprano), conductor Vassily Sinaisky Mendelssohn Overture.' RuyB/as Conductor VassliylSinaisky
Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Howard Shelley (piano)/Sinaisky Tchaikovsky Capriccio ftahen Conductor Vassily Sinaisky
Unsung Heroes. The !ast programme of the sehes in which Stephen Johnson rediscovers some great opera performers. 5: Arleen Auger. American soprano Aneen Auger exceiied !n Mozart and Haydn but a!so recorded Handei's Alcina before her ear!y death. ProducerMichae! Surcombe
Sean Rafferty's guests include Maggie Cole, who celebrates 100 years since the beginning of the harpsichord revival. Music includes at 5.35 Beethoven's Piano
Sonata in F flat. Op -M /vo 3, performed by Wilhelm Kempff; at 6.00 Janacek's Before Dawn; at 6.35 Falla's Nights in the Gardens of Spain played by Alicia de Larrocha (piano) with the LPO conducted by Rafael Fruhbeckde Burgos: and at 7.00, another chance to hear part of Radio 3's Disc of the Week, Dvorak chamber music played by the Takacs Quartet and Andreas Haef )iger (piano).
Huw Tregelles Williams presents the third concert in a series featuring 20th-century masterpieces, given earlier this month at St David's Hall in Cardiff.
BBC National Orchestra of Wales/Mark Wigglesworth Britten Four Sea Interludes; Passacagha (Peter Grimes.)
Prokofiev Montagues and Capulets: Dance; Romeo and Juliet; Death of Tybalt (Romeo and Juliet)
Webem Passacagha, Op.: Bgar Variations on an Original Theme (Enigma)
Beethoven Variations on Ru/e Br/tann/a, WoO 79 Alfred Brendei (piano)
Tippett Sonata Mo 2 Paul Crossiey (piano)
Isabel Hilton talks to psychologist Steven Pinker, author of bestselling books on language. Plus the first of five specially commissioned essays on shifting notions of identity at the close of the century looks at the Moriori - the earliest inhabitants of the Chatham islands, 400 miles east of New Zealand.
Fiona Taikington samptes some seasonal sounds. Producer Undsay Hemp
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Dave Geiiy joins Aiyn Shipton with the jazz news. Pius a took at the year's best jazz books With Tony RuSSeti. Producer Terry Carter
With Jonathan Swain.
12.05am Rachmaninov Etude-Tableau in A minor, Op 39 No 2
12.10 Glinka Memories of a Summer Night in Madrid
12.20 CPE Bach Symphony in B flat
12.30 Weber Missa Sancta in G (Jubelmesse)
1.00 Rachmaninov Etudes-Tableaux (excerpts) Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet (excerpts) Granados Love and Death (Goyescas)
Taktakishvili Georgian Folk Instruments
Liszt Ballade No 2 in B minor
2.10 Hoffman Flute Concerto in D
2.30 Wolf Italian Serenade
3.50 Rosenmuller Sinfonia Quinta
4.05 Wert Ascendente Jesu in Naviculum
4.15 Bach, orch Webern Ricercar (Musical Offering)
4.25 Kilpinen Spielmannslieder
4.35 Weber Grand Duo Concertant
5.05 Hummel Viola Sonata in E flat
5.25 Cesti Intorno all'Idol Mio (Orontea)
5.35 Busoni Sonatina super Carmen
5.45 Mozart Divertimento in D
