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With Fiona Talkington.

Sibelius Romance for strings

6.40 Schubert Klavierstuck in E minor, D946 No 1

7.00 Palestrina Motet: Si cut Liliuminter Spinas

7.30 Bach Cantata No 32: Liebster Jesu, Mein Verlangen

8.00 Messiaen Prelude: Les Sons Impalpables du Reve

8.35 Mozart Symphony No 28 in C

Contributors

Presenter:
Fiona Talkington

Rossini Overture: William Tell - La Scala Philharmonic, conductor Riccardo Chailly

9.25 Heinichen Concerto for two oboes - Martin Stadler and Harriet Herrle, Fiori Musicali, director Thomas Albert

9.50 Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending - Tasmin Little (violin), BBCSO, conductor Andrew Davis

10.10 Shostakovich The Tale of the Silly Little Mouse - Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, conductor Riccardo Chailly

10.30 Bach Cantata No 124: Meinem Jesum Lass Ich Nicht - Arleen Auger (soprano), Helen Watts (contralto), Aldo Baldin (tenor), Wolfgang Schone (bass), Gachinger Cantorei, Bach Collegium, Stuttgart, conductor Helmuth Rilling

10.45 Ravel Rigaudon; Menuet; Toccata (Le Tombeau de Couperin) - Cecile Ousset (piano)

11.05 Sibelius Finlandia - Boston SO, conductor Colin Davis

11.20 Trad, arr Maxwell Davies Renaissance Scottish Dances - Scottish CO, conductor Peter Maxwell Davies

11.45 Elgar, orch Gordon Jacob Organ Sonata in G - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, conductor Vernon Handley

Contributors

Presenter:
Brian Kay
Producer:
Sarah Devonald

A recital given by soprano Juliane Banse and pianist Andras Schiff in the Wigmore Hall last November.

Schumann Widmung; Liebeslied; Geisternahe; Liebster, Deine Worte Stehlen; Auftrage; Stille Tranen; Mit Myrten und Rosen; Funf Lieder der Maria Stuart; Requiem

Kurtag Requiem fur einen Freund

Debussy Beau soir; Pierrot; Romance; Voici que le Printemps (Romance); Pantomime; Apparition

Mozart Oiseaux, Si Tous les Ans; Dans un Bois Solitaire; Der Zauberer; Als Luise die Briefe; Die Alte; Abendempfindung

Contributors

Soprano:
Juliane Banse
Pianist:
Andras Schiff

Poet Elaine Feinstein explores musical manifestations of heaven and hell, including Stravinsky's A Soldier's Tale from a 1962 recording by the Delphos Ensemble. Plus the Statue Scene from Mozart's Don Giovanni and Mercury's song from Offenbach's Orpheus in the Underworld.

Contributors

Presenter:
Elaine Feinstein
Producer:
Edwina Wolstencroft

Kevin Jackson discusses Robert Burton's 17th-century masterpiece The Anatomy of Melancholy, one of the first treatises to address the mind and its madness in depth. With contributions from psychotherapist Adam Phillips, Burton scholars Martin Dodsworth and Jonathan Sawday, writers Alan Sillitoe and Alexander Theroux and poet laureate Andrew Motion. Plus readings by John Sessions.

Contributors

Presenter:
Kevin Jackson
Interviewee:
Adam Phillips
Interviewee:
Martin Dodsworth
Interviewee:
Jonathan Sawday
Interviewee:
Alan Sillitoe
Interviewee:
Alexander Theroux
Interviewee:
Andrew Motion
Reader:
John Sessions
Producer:
Paul Quinn

By Tim Fountain. Based on the writings of Quentin Crisp.

From The Naked Civil Servant to a grand self-exile in New York City, Quentin Crisp was one of England's strangest exports. Laughter and poignancy greeted this acclaimed stage drama, with Crisp's death in Manchester following the first performances. Bette Bourne re-creates his powerful interpretation for the radio.

Contributors

Writer:
Tim Fountain
Based on the writings of:
Quentin Crisp
[Actor]:
Bette Bourne
Director:
Mike Bradwell

Paul Guinery and guest Ronald Corp introduce music from National Youth Choir concerts given over the past few years.

Stanford The Blue Bird - Laudibus, director Michael Brewer

Schutz Psalm 84 - National Youth Choir of Great Britain, conductor Michael Brewer

Mendelssohn Ehre Sei Gott; Rossini O Salutaris Hostia; Pachelbel Magnificat - New Zealand National Youth Choir/Karen Grylls

Kodaly Three Children's Choruses - Magnificat and Miraculum Children's Choirs, conductor Ivan Fischer

Britten New Year Carol - New London Children's Choir, conductor Ronald Corp

Victoria Salve Regina; De Pearsall Lay a Garland - National Youth Choir of Great Britain/Michael Brewer

Lukas Requiem Aeternam; David Hamilton Lux Aeterna; David Macintyre Ave Maria; Ivan Hrusovsky Rytmus - New Zealand National Youth Choir, conductor Karen Grylls

Vaughan Williams Three Shakespeare Songs - Laudibus, director Michael Brewer

Contributors

Presenter:
Paul Guinery
Guest:
Ronald Corp

A concert given by Fretwork and soprano Caroline King in Bangor Cathedral in 1997.

Milton Fantasia in Six Parts; Praecamur Sancte

Byrd O Lord How Vain; Fantasia in Six Parts

Milton Fair Oriana; Fantasia in Five Parts

Gibbons Go from My Window

Milton How Doth the Holy City

Gibbons Fantasia in Six Parts; What Is Our Life

Byrd My Mistress Had a Little Dog

Contributors

Musicians:
null Fretwork
Soprano:
Caroline King

With Susan Sharpe.

1.00 Copland Ballet: Billy the Kid

John Adams Harmonium

2.10 Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue

2.30 Shostakovich Cello Sonata, Op 40

3.00 Szymanowski String Quartet No 1

3.25 Grieg Jesus Christ Is Risen in Heaven

3.50 Beethoven Symphony No 5 in C minor

4.25 Chambonnieres Pieces de Clavecin du Premier Livre

4.40 Albicastro Motet: Coelestes Angelici Chori

5.10 Bach Keyboard Concerto in F minor, BWV1056

5.30 Mozart The Magic Flute (excerpts)

Contributors

Presenter:
Susan Sharpe

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