Sor Guitar Fantasia No 7, Op 30
5.15 Albicastro Trio Sonata, Op 8 No 9
5.30 Bach Keyboard Concerto No 5 in F minor, BWV1056
5.45 Faure Nocturne in E flat minor, Op 33 No 1
5.55 Liszt Du Bist Wie eine Blumen
With Tommy Pearson.
Alfonso X El Sabio The Hawk in the Outlook
Musica Antigua, director Eduardo Paniagua
6.40 Janacek Our Father Lydie Hartelova (harp), Josef Ksica (organ), Prague
Chamber Choir, conductor Josef Pancik
7.00 JC Bach Piano Concerto in E flat
Hanover Band, director Anthony Halstead (piano)
7.45 Strauss Waltzes (Der Rosenkavalier) Chicago SO, conductor Fritz Reiner
8.00 Brahms Waltzes, Op 39 (excerpts)
Nadia Boulanger and Dinu Lipatti (pianos)
8.45 Telemann Concerto in D minor
Mark Bennett , Michael Harrison and Nicholas Thompson (trumpets), Paul Goodwin and Lorraine Woods (oboes),
English Concert, director Trevor Pinnock
5: Carmen and the Opera Comique
The opening of Carmen on 3 March 1875 was an historic night at the Opera Comique. Donald Macleod visits the theatre and reconsiders Bizet's famous composition. Chorus of the Cigarette Girls ... Habanera (Carmen, Act 1)
Tatiana Troyanos (mezzo), John Alldis Choir, LPO, conductor George Solti Vivat, Vivat le Torero.... Votre Toast (Toreador's Song) (Carmen, Act 2)
Colette Boky (soprano), Marilyn Home and Marcia Baldwin (mezzos),
Russell Christopher (tenor), Tom Krause (baritone), Donald Gramm (bass), Manhattan Opera Chorus, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, conductor Leonard Bernstein
Je Vais Danseren Votre Honneur.... La
Fleur Que Tu MAvais Jetee (Carmen, Act 2) Teresa Berganza (mezzo), Placido Domingo (tenor), LSO, conductor Claudio Abbado Card trio (Carmen, Act 3)
Maria Callas and Nadine Sautereau
(sopranos), Jane Bertie (mezzo), Paris Opera Orchestra, conductor Georges Pretre Micaela's aria (Carmen, Act 3)
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), London
Philharmonic, conductor Georg Solti Finale (Carmen, Act 4) Victoria de los
Angeles (soprano), Nicolai Gedda (tenor), French National Radio Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Thomas Beecham
Hungarian poet George Szirtes describes the process of writing his first novel.
With Jonathan Swain.
Copland Duo Elaine Schaeffer (flute), Aaron Copland (piano)
10.20 Strauss An Alpine Symphony Munich Reichssenders Orchestra, conducted by the Composer
11.08 Dvorak Violin Sonatina in G, Op 100 Josef Suk (violin), Josef Hala (piano)
Artist in Focus: Osmo Vanska
Stephen Johnson introduces performances given by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra under their chief conductor. Today's programme includes works by Nordic composers Sibelius and Nielsen, and music bySchoenberg. Sibelius Symphony No 5
Schoenberg Song of the Wood Dove
(Gurrelieder) With Lili Paasakivi (soprano) Nielsen Symphony No 6 (Sinfonia Semplice)
From Brunswick Methodist Church,
Newcastle upon Tyne, Stephanie Hughes introduces the first of five visits to
Tyneside's new Live from the 18th Century festival for a programme of vocal music. James Bowman (countertenor), Joanne Green and Sarah Roberts (violins), Deborah Thorne (cello)
Telemann Ach Herr, Strafe Mich Nicht A Scarlatti Infirmata, Vulnerata Handel VedendoAmor
Purcell Celia's Fond, tho' Long I Loved Her
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Musorgsky, arr Shostakovich Prelude to Act 1: Khovanshchina
Conductor Mark Wigglesworth
Stravinsky Symphony in three movements Conductor Grant Llewellyn
Shostakovich Cello Concerto No 2
Steven Isserlis , conductor Mark Wigglesworth Tchaikovsky Symphony No 6 in B minor
(Pathetique) Conductor Mark Wigglesworth
Dexter Gordon
Julian Joseph introduces recordings by influential tenor saxophonist
Dexter Gordon , including his first solo date in Los Angeles with pianist Nat Cole in 1943, one of many duels with sparring partner
Wardell Gray in 1947 and highlights from a a series of celebrated albums recorded for the Blue Note label during the sixties.
Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and news from the arts world. Plus a look at the nominations for the best original score category at the Oscars.
From the Ulster Hall in Belfast. The young German conductor Alexander Liebreich , winner of the Kondrashin Conducting Competition in 1996, makes his Irish debut with the Ulster Orchestra in a programme which features two of the best-loved works from the clarinet repertoire. Andrew Marriner (clarinet), Ulster
Orchestra, conductor Andrew Liebreich Beethoven Overture: Egmont
Mozart Clarinet Concerto in A, K622
8.25 Twenty Minutes: A Sound Read
Ivan Hewett is joined by philosopher Roger Scruton and Claire Fox , director of the Institute of Ideas, to discuss recently published books on music. This month's edition features
Untwisting the Serpent by Daniel Albright , Driven into Paradise, edited by Reinhold Brinkmann and Christoph Wolff , and Wagner and Philosophy by Bryan Magee.
8.45 Weber Clarinet Concertino in E flat, Op 26
Brahms Symphony No 3 in F
Paul I Allen discusses the reassessment of Cicero. Though the great Roman orator's speeches and writings have profoundly influenced European culture, he has been reviled by generations of readers and criticised by historians. But, is his most important legacy, as a new biography maintains, the extensive body of personal letters and their complex portrait of a man at the heart of the Roman Republic?
Verity Sharp presents an invitation concert of new Australian music, given earlierthis evening in London. BBCSO, conductor Grant Llewellyn
Andrew Schultz The Diver's Lament Elena Kats-Chemin Zoom and Zip
Gerard Brophy colour red ... your mouth ... heart; Brett Dean Beggars and Angels
With Jonathan Swain. Handel Figlia Mia
Non Pianger No! (Tamerlano) 12.10 Chopin Four nocturnes 12.35 Brahms Cello Sonata No 1 in Eminor, Op 38 l.OOAcomplete performance of Handel's three-act opera Tamerlano. 4.05 Kurpinski Two Huts 4.15 Chopin Scherzo No 1 in B minor, Op 20
4.30 Papandopulo Rapsodai Concertante for cello and piano 4.50 Szymanowski Prelude and Fugue in C sharp minor.
5.00 Bruckner Ave Maria; Christus Factus Est; Locus Iste 5.10 Charles Avison concerto Grosso No 4 in A minor
5.25 Bach Viola Sonata No 2 in D,
BWV1028 5.45 Mendelssohn Overture:
Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage
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