With Penny Gore . Wagner Overture: Das Liebesverbot
Philadelphia Orchestra, conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch
6.35 Bach Brandenburg Concerto No 1 in F, BWV1046 Le Concert des Nations, La Capella Reial de Catalunya, conductor JordiSavall
7.25 Chabrier Souvenirs de Munich
Pierre Barbizet and Jean Hubeau
(piano, fourhands)
7.45 WF Bach Sinfonia in D
Tafelmusik, director Jeanne Lamon
8.10 Xavier Montsalvatge Five Canciones Negras Victoria de los Angeles (soprano), Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, conductor Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos
8.22 Schubert Impromptu in A flat, D899 No 4 Maria Yudina (piano)
(1899-1963). With Donald Macleod.
1. Early Life. Born into a wealthy Parisian family, Poulenc mixed with some of the most influential artistic personalities of the period, including Ricardo Vines, Erik Satie and Georges Auric. Poulenc's Les Biches, written for Russian ballet impresario Sergei Diaghilev , established his international reputation.
Trois Mouvements Perpétuels Pascal Roge (piano)
Rapsodie Negre Francois le Roux
(baritone), French National Orchestra Soloists, conductor Charles Dutoit
Ballet Suite: Les Biches Paris Orchestra, conductor Semyon Bychkov
Sonata for piano duet (4 hands)
Pascal Roge and Jean-Philippe Collard Le Bestiaire ou Cortege d'Orphee Jean-Christophe Benoit (baritone), Paris Conservatoire Soloists, conductor Georges Pretre Producer Johannah Smith
A daily series in which artists talk about their current work. Maggie O'Farrell talks about writing her second novel Her Lover's Lover, a story of ghosts and psychological doubles. Producer Fiona McLean
With Rob Cowan. This week featuring orchestral music by Reger and performances by the Smetana Quartet. Reger Hermit Playing the Violin, Op 128
No 1 (Four Symphonic Poems after Bocklin) Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Gerd Albrecht
10.16 Rachmaninov
Prelude in G, Op 32 No 5;
Prelude in G sharp minor, Op 32 No 12 Vladimir Horowitz (piano)
10.21 Schubert String Quartet in E flat, D87 Smetana Quartet
10.43 Villa-Lobos Choros No 10: Rasga 0 Coracao Mexico Philharmonic Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Fernando Lozano
10.57 Strauss Heimliche Aufforderung,
Op 27 No 3; Die Nacht, Op 10 No 3; Befreit, Op 39 No 4; Standchen, Op 17 No 2
Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Gerald Moore (piano)
11.11 Reger Isle of the Dead, Op 128
No 3 (Four Symphonic Poems after Bocklin) Berlin RSO, conductor Gerd Albrecht
Lufthansa Festival of Baroque Music Lucie Skeaping introduces a week of highlights from the festival in London, which this yearfocuses on the glories of the human voice. Today's programme includes Monteverdi's Lamento d'Arianna performed by I Fagiolini; Purcell's birthday ode for Queen Mary, Love's Goddess Sure Was Blind, performed by Westminster Abbey Choir with the St James Baroque Players under James O'Donnell; and Bach's Cantata No 54: Widerstehe Ooch derSunde performed by countertenor
Michael Chance with the Purcell Quartet.
Live from the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Stephanie Hughes presents a recital which celebrates the nostalgic landscape of the English pastoral imagination. Thomas Allen (baritone),
Malcolm Martineau (piano) Finzi Let Us Garlands Bring
Wolf Morike Lieder (excerpts)
Britten The Sally Gardens; The Plough Boy; The Miller of Dee
Vaughan Williams Silent Noon
Butterworth Six Songs from "A Shropshire Lad"
Another chance to hear last Thursday's concert from the Royal Albert Hall.
The Sixteen, BBC Philharmonic, conductors James MacMillan and Vassily Sinaisky
Rimsky-Korsakov Russian Easter Festival Overture
James MacMillan Birds of Rhiannon (BBC commission, first performance)
Strauss Ein Heldenleben
(R)
Tommy Pearson explores the world of music for film and asks Lord Puttnam how to choose the perfect composerforthe big screen. Plus music and a look at the latest CD and movie releases.
Humphrey Carpenter presents a selection of music and news from the arts world.
Live from the Royal Albert Hall , London. Presented by Sandy Burnett. Louis Lortie (piano),
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor OsmoVanska
Nielsen Symphony No 2
(The Four Temperaments)
Prokofiev Piano Concerto No 1
8.25 Twenty Minutes: The London Scene Rosalind Shanks reads from five essays by Virginia Woolf that catch the bustle of life in the capital 70 years ago.
8.45 Vaughan Williams A London Symphony (Symphony No 2) Repeated Friday at 2pm
Ajourneythrough the literatures of Europe. Netherlands. Julian Evans asks how today's Dutch novelists feel about a cultural heritage dominated by painters. Indeed, is there such a thing as Dutch literature at all, given the national capacity for assimilation? (R)
Verity Sharp with more highlights from this year's Womad Festival in Reading, plus music by David Grubbs , John Zorn and Gyorgy Kurtag.
With Louise Fryer. Weber Clarinet Quintet in B flat, Op 34 12.35 Beethoven
Symphony No 8 in F 1.00 Beethoven String Quartet in D, Op 18 No
Chausson String Quartet in C minor, Op 35 Dvorak Piano Quintet No 2 in A, Op 81
2.25 Papandopulo Croatian Mass in D minor, Op 86 3.20 Ippolltov-lvanov Suite: Caucasian Sketches
3.45Goossens Concertino for double string orchestra 4.00 Franck Prelude, Fugue and Variations in B minor, Op 18
4.20 Falla, arr Piatigorsky Ritual Fire Dance (El Amor Brujo) 4.30 Francaix Serenade 4.40 Strauss Dance of the Seven Veils (Salome) 4.50 Bellini
Trumpet Concerto in E flat 5.00 Glinka Overture: Ruslan andLyudmila 5.10
Corelli Violin Sonata in A, Op 5 No 6 5.20 Rachmaninov Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op 42 5.35 Sweelinck 0 Domine Jesu Christe 5.50 Ton Bruynel Serene
