With Martin Handley.
Schubert String Quartet in E flat, 087
6.30 Vivaldi Dixit Dominus , RV595
7.00 Mozart Quartet in F, K370
7.30 Bartok Divertimento for strings
8.00 Schumann Waldszenen , Op 82
8.30 Skempton Lento
Stephanie Hughes presents music from recent concerts around Europe, this week including a special focus on the Schubertiade Festival in Schwarzenberg, including songs by Brahms and Poulenc sung by Lithuanian mezzo Violeta Urmana. Plus arts news from the Sunday papers with Cathy Packe.
9.02 Hoist Nunc Dimittis
Jennifer Adams-Barbaro (soprano),
Andrew Murgatroyd (tenor), BBC Singers, conductor Stephen Cleobury
9.05 Mozart Horn Quintet in E flat, K407 Radovan Vlatkovic (horn), Daniel Sepec (violin), Thomas Kakuska and Hanna Weinmeister (violas), Valentin Erben (cello), Alois Posch (double bass)
9.25 Shostakovich Cello Concerto No 1
Boris Pergamenshikov , North German Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Mark Wigglesworth
11.05 Debussy Fetes (Nocturnes)
North German RSO, conductor Jun Markl
11.20 Handel Dixit Dominus
Margaret Feaviour and Micaela Haslam (sopranos), Sian Menna (alto),
Andrew Murgatroyd (tenor), Stephen Charlesworth (bass), BBC Singers, Irish Chamber
Orchestra, conductor Stephen Cleobury Producer David Gallagher.
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Ivan Hewett celebrates centenarians
Fred Loewe and Victor Hely-Hutchinson and hears about some composing cyclists. Leo Black talks about the bright side of Schubert and Errolyn Wallen about her new sound-and-light show in Wapping.
From the Chapel of St John's College,
Cambridge. Rorate Coeli (Byrd). Hymn: Lo! He Comes with Clouds Descending
(descant Robinson). Adam Lay Ybounden (Ord). First Lesson: Ezekiel 36, w22-28. There Is No Rose (Vann). Second Lesson: Luke 12, w35-40. The Holly and the Ivy (arr Britten). 0 God, Thou Art My God
(Purcell). Third Lesson: Isaiah 9, wl-7.
'Twas the Year King Uzziah Died (Benjamin). Fourth Lesson: Luke 4, wl4-21. Hymn: Thy Kingdom Come! I Am the Day (Dove). Fifth Lesson: Isaiah 35, w3-10.
Richte Mich , Gott (Mendelssohn). Sixth Lesson: Matthew 3, wl-11. Hymn: On Jordan's
Bank (descant Robinson). Ave Maria (Verdi). Seventh Lesson: Luke 1, vv39-49. ISing of a Maiden (Berkeley). Magnificat: Stanford in G. Eighth Lesson: 1 Peter 1, w22-end; 2, wl-5. Sussex Carol (arr Ledger). Hymn: Hark! the Herald Angels Sing (descant Robinson). Organ voluntary: Toccata
(Durufle). Director of music Christopher Robinson. Organist Christopher Whitton
Portuguese pianist Maria Joao Pires plays Chopin's Fantaisie-impromptu in C sharp minor, Op 66, and the Sarabandefrom Debussy's Pour le Piano.
Louis Kentner
Piers Lane concludes his profile of Hungarian-born pianist Louis Kentnerwith s of music by Franz Liszt , the composer with whom the pianist was most associated. The programme also includes a rare opportunityto hear
Kentner perform some of Liaponov's, Liszt-inspired Transcendental Studies.
A selection of light music classics, presented by Brian Kay. Including David Rose 's Holiday for Strings, played by the New London Orchestra, conductor
Ron Corp , and Marshall Ross 's Marching with Strings. There's also an arrangement of Tea for Two and a trip to the Caribbean with the English Chamber Orchestra.
Euripides's great tragedy spans the centuries as a voice of protest against the inhumanity of slavery. In a translation by Brendan Kennelly , with original blues music by Colin Linden. The Gods
Musicians Richard Bell. Gary Craig. Colin Linden. Chris Whiteley and Terry Wilkins - Director Martin Jenkins. Producer Damiano Pietropaolo
Paul Guinery introduces a selction from this year's choral releases, including: Handel Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened
Choirof King's College, Cambridge, Academy of Ancient Music/Stephen Cleobury Monteverdi Beatus Vir(lst setting)
Canlus Colin , Concerto Palatino/Konrad Junghanel Buxtehude Ad Faciem (Membra Jesu Nostri, BuxWV75)The Sixteen,
Symphony of Harmony and Invention, conductor Harry Christophers
Rachmaninov The Bells, Op 35 (3rd mvt) Moscow State Chamber Choir, Russian National Orchestra/Mikhail Pletnev
Plus Russian liturgical music from the Patriarchate Choir, motets and madrigals by Josquin, Palestrina and D'lndia, and Christmas music from Polyphony and the Cambridge Singers.
Schubert String Quartet in G, D887
Mark Russell and Robert Sandall introduce a mixed bill from Ocean in Hackney, London, including psychedelic folk duo the Du-Tels (Gary Lucas and Rolf Stampfel ) and Meta-4, featuring composer Rolf Gehlhaar on his gestural live electronics device called Sound=Space. E-MAIL: mixing.it@bbc.co.uk
With Jonathan Swain.
Brahms Der Tod, Das ist die Kuhle Nacht, Op 96 No 1
12.15 Brahms, orch Schoenberg Piano Quartet No 1 in G minor
1.00 Jan Baptist Verrijt Flammae Divinae, Op 5
2.05 Dukas The Sorcerer's Apprentice
2.15 Frank Martin Violin Concerto in A minor
2.45 Shostakovich Symphony No 7 (Leningrad)
4.00 Scheidt Hymnus: Christe, Qui Lux Es et Dies
4.15 CPE Bach Symphony in B flat, Wq 182 No 2
4.30 Schubert Overture in the Italian Style
4.45 Wagner Prelude: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg, Act 1
5.05 Mozart Symphony No 26 in E flat
5.20 Sweellnck Courante; Psalm 23
5.35 Hindemith Symphonic Metamorphoses of Themes by Weber
