With Tommy Pearson.
Elgar Chanson de Matin, Op 15 No 2
6.35 Donizetti String Quartet No 13 in A
7.05 Mozart Oboe Concerto in C, K314
7.50 CPE Bach Variations on "La Folie d'Espagne", Wqll8 No
8.20 Dvorak American Suite, Op 96b
8.45 Mllhaud Danses Exotiques
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Theatre and opera director David Leveaux , whose new production is playing on Broadway, talks about his latest projects.
With Jonathan Swain.
Shostakovich Festive Overture
USSR Symphony Orchestra, conductor Evgeni Svetlanov
10.12 Purcell Funeral Sentences forthe
Death of Queen Mary (1695) Collegium Vocale , director Philippe Herreweghe
10.27 Purcell Remember Not, Lord, Our Offences Collegium Vocale , director Philippe Herreweghe
10.31 Brahms Piano Concerto No 1 in D minor Claudio Arrau ,
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, conductor Bernard Haitink
Oxford Chamber Music Festival
Petroc Trelawny introduces performances from this year's festival.
Ravel Pavane pourune Infante Défunte Imogen Cooper (piano)
Rachmaninov Cello Sonata in G minor, Op 19 Jan-Erik Gustafson ,
Alexander Melnikov (piano)
Schoenberg Verklarte Nacht , Op 4
Priya Mitchell and Heime Muller (violins), Lawrence Power and Andreij Vijtovitch (violas), Jan-Erik Gustafson and Adrian Brendel (cellos)
Traditional Russian Tangos Igor Outkine (accordion)
Towards
Schubert Fiona Talkington introduces a concert given last month at St George's, Bristol, featuring settings of Heinrich Heine from Schubert's Schwanengesangand from Lachner's rarely heard Songbook.
Mark Padmore (tenor) Julius Drake (piano) Franz Lachner Sangerfahrt , Op 33
Schubert Schwanengesang (excerpts)
BBC Philharmonic
Beethoven Symphony No 4 in B flat Conductor Peter Maxwell Davies
Beethoven Piano Concerto No 4 in G
Kathryn Stott , conductor Vassily Sinaisky Beethoven Symphony No 5 in C minor Conductor Yan Pascal Tortelier
During the sixties trumpeter Miles Davis led a group that for many years defined the cutting edge in jazz.
Julian Joseph presents some of the highlights from the great Miles Davis Quintet recordings and talks to pianist Herbie Hancock and tenor saxophonist George Coleman. Bassist Ron Carter and Coleman's successor Wayne Shorter recall their time with the band, which also featured the innovative drumming of Tony Williams.
In addition to his time with Miles Davis ,
George Coleman worked with many of the giants in hard bop including Lee Morgan , Elvin Jones and Cedar Walton. Here the saxophonist joins forces with Julian Joseph for anotherjazz concert in a series given at the Wigmore Hall in London earlier this year. Completing the line-up are Adam Salkeld (guitar) and Orlando Le Fleming (bass).
A sequence of music for Christmas, with readings, carols and devotional music.
Joan Bakewell talks to celebrities about what they believe and why.
5: Professor Paul Davies , Physicist and Mathematician
"If ever a composer showed polyphony in its greatest strength and employed the most hidden secrets of harmony with the most skilled artistry it was certainly our late lamented Bach." The judgement of one of Bach's sons is marvellously confirmed in this most tautly dramatic and compelling of Passion settings.
Paul Agnew (tenor), Sanford Sylvan (baritone), Ruth Ziesak (soprano), Michael Chance (countertenor), Toby Spence (tenor), Gerald Finley (bass-baritone), Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, St James's Baroque Players, conductor Ivor Bolton
Bach St John Passion, BWV245
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An experiment in biography by Frangoise Sagan. Adapted for radio by Pamela Grace. 5: The Final Years
The writer concludes her conversation with the spirit of the dead actress.
Emily Beynon (flute), Stephen Bell (horn), conductor Jane Glover
Saint-Saens Morceau de Concert in Ffor horn and orchestra, Op 94; Romance in D flat for flute and orchestra, Op 3 7
Bach and Beyond. Verity Sharp introduces a concert featuring excerpts from Mauricio Kagel 's Chorbuch-a colourful reworking of Bach's chorale settings. The concert also includes Poul Ruders 's reworking of Jesu, Joy of Man 's Desiringand the Brandenburg-related Concerto Fribourgeoisfor piano and strings by Jose de Almeldo Prado. Plus recently composed or newly commissioned Christmas carols, including ones by Steve Martland and Judith Bingham.
Gilberto Matte (piano), BBC Singers,
Lontano, conductor Odaline de la Martinez
With Jonathan Swain.
Johann Georges Reutter Ecce Quomodo Moritur Justus 12.10 Weiss Prelude-
Fantasia in D 12.15 Beethoven Piano Trio in G, Op 1 No 2 12.45 Corelll Violin Sonata in A, Op 5 No 6 1.00 Monteverdi Orpheus
2.15 Kuhnau Biblical Sonata: Saul Cured through Music by David 2.30
Schumann Carnaval , Op 9 2.55 Mozart Symphony No 36 in C (Linz) 3.30 CPE Bach Trio Sonata in A, Wql46 3.40 Forster Viri Israelite (Dialogus de Judith etHoloferne) 3.55
Papandopulo Rapsodia Concertante 4.15 Borodin In the Steppes of Central Asia
4.25 Corelli Sarabande ; Gigue; Badinerie
4.35 Mozart Fantasy in C minor, K475
4.45 Naumann Symphonie a grand orchestre de 'opera "Cora" 5.00 Saint-Saens Etude en Forme de Valse 5.15
Glinka Overture: Ruslan und Lyudmila
5.25 Balakirev Islamey 5.30 Kajanus
Funeral March 5.45 Kodaly A Song about King Stephen 5.50 Saint-Saens, arr d'Albert Danse Macabre
