With Penny Gore.
Sammartini Concerto Grosso in G minor, Op 5 No 6 (Christmas Concerto) Les Violons du Roy, director Bernard Labadie
6.45 Wesley Rondo on God Rest You, Merry Gentlemen Ian Hobson (piano)
7.00 Paul Creston The Nativity
Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Theodore Kuchar
7.45 Hely-Hutchinson Carol Symphony
Pro Arte Orchestra, conductor Barry Rose
8.00 Suk Meditation on an old Czech Hymn, St Wenceslas, Op 35a Delme Quartet
8.45 Poulenc Suite: Les Biches
Orchestre de Paris, conductor Semyon Bychkov
Donald Macleod explores Strauss's involvement with the Nazi party. Das Bachlein , Op 88 No 1
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), LSO, conductor George Szell
Olympic Hymn Locke Brass Consort, conductor James Stobart
Also Sprach Zarathustra
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, conductor Neeme Jarvi
Friedenstag, Op 81 (excerpt)
Choir of Bavarian State Opera and Bavarian RSO , conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch (R)
Artist Dorothy Cross talks about her plans to stage an opera in a cave - a shrine to the Virgin Mary - in the west of Ireland.
With Rob Cowan and Jonathan Swain.
Monteverdi Beatus Vir (Psalm 111)
Emma Kirkby (soprano). Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor), David Thomas (bass), Taverner Consort and Players, director Andrew Parrott
10.16 Musorgsky St John 's Night on the Bare Mountain Anatoli Kotcherga (bass-baritone), South Tyrol Children's Choir, Berlin Radio Choir, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Claudio Abbado
10.29 Beethoven Piano Sonata in C, Op 53 (Waldstein) Solomon
10.55 Purcell, ed Britten Chacony in G minor English Chamber Orchestra, conductor Benjamin Britten
11.04 Sibelius Symphony No 7
New York PO, conductor Thomas Beecham
Charles Mackerras
Presented by Humphrey Burton.
Handel Oratorio: Saul (excerpt) Maureen Lehane (contralto), April Cantelo (soprano). English Chamber Orchestra
Mozart Symphony No 40 in G minor, K550 Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Janacek Suite: The Cunning Little Vixen BBC Philharmonic
Mozart Piano Concerto No 24 in C minor Alfred Brendel , Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Today's concert from London's Temple Church includes a rarely heard motet for violins, organ and choir by Max Reger. Presented by Brian Kay.
BBC Singers, Stephen Bingham and Anna Bradley (violins) Iain Farrington (organ), conductor Stephen Cleobury
Hugo Distler Singet Frisch und Wohlgemut (Geistliche Chormusik, Op 12 No 4)
Schutz Hodie Christus Natus Est
Mendelssohn Herr Gott, Du Bist Unser Zuflucht; Frohlocket, Ihr Volker auf Erden Schoenberg Friede auf Erden
Jan Sandstrom Es Ist ein Ros Entsprungen
Reger Vom Himmel Hoch Da Komm Ich Her
Great Gershwin. A celebration of the work of George and Ira Gershwin, recorded earlierthis year at the 2001 Covent
Garden Festival. Featuring singers
Kim Criswell and George Dvorsky , and pianist/ singer Kevin Cole with the BBC Concert Orchestra under David Charles Abell.
Live from Westminster Abbey.
Introit: Bethlehem Down (Warlock).
Responses (Leighton). Psalms 57, 86 (Hine, Battishill, Rintoft, Tuale). First
Lesson: Genesis 4, wl-10. Canticles: Chichester Service (Walton). Second
Lesson: Matthew 23, w34-39. Anthem: Hodie Christus Natus Est (Sweelinck).
Hymn: Stephen, First of Christian Martyrs (Everton). Organ Voluntary: Grand Dialogue (Marchand). Organist and master of the choristers James O'Donnell.
Sub-organist Andrew Reid.
Rodney Milnes and conductor Mark Elder discuss Verdi's late Shakespearean masterpiece Otello and the challenges of performing Verdi in English. (R)
A sequence of music for Christmas, with carols and devotional music. (R)
Joan Bakewell talks to celebrities about what they believe and why.
3: Jeanette Winterson , writer.
BBC Proms 2001
Another chance to hear a concert featuring the music of Verdi.
Veronica Villarroel (soprano), Dolora Zajick (mezzo), Leah-Marian Jones
(mezzo), Carlo Ventre (tenor). Vassily
Gerello (baritone), Alexander Anisimov (bass). Alastair Miles (bass),
Halle Choir , Leeds Festival Chorus, London Symphony Chorus,
Halle Orchestra , conductor Mark Elder
Verdi Overture: Nabucco; II Trovatore:Actl Scene 2; Don Carlos : Act 4 Scene 1; Aida: Prelude to Act 1; Aida: Act 2 (complete) (R)
By Franz Kafka. Adapted for radio by Pamela Grace and read by Paul Scofield.
3: The Advocate. Charged with unspecified crimes, Joseph K begins to fear for his life.
Another chance to hear a late-night Prom featuring Jools Holland with his Rhythm and Blues Orchestra and guests, including pianist and com poser Julian Joseph and multicultural fusionist Nitin Sawhney. (R)
With Jill Anderson.
Beethoven Overture: Egmont
12.15 Ravel String Quartet in F
12.40 Paul Gilson Suite Nocturne d'apres Aloysius Bertrand
1.00 Frank Martin Le Mystere de la Nativite
2.50 Mlkolaj Zielenksi Viderunt Omnes Fines Terrae
Jan z Lublina Three Dances
2.55 Respighi Ancient Airs and Dances: Suite No 2
3.15 Rachmaninov Suite No 2, Op 17
3.40 Brahms Concerto in A minor for violin and cello
4.10 Jerzy Komowicz Waiting
4.20 Ferenc Erkel Hunyadi Laszlo (Swan Song)
4.25 Gibbons The Silver Swan Lassus Susanna Fayre
4.30 Fux Turcaria
4.45 Corelli Sonata da Chiesa in A, Op 1 No
4.50 Murray Adaskin Legato and Ricochet
4.55 Peter Sculthorpe Awake Glad Heart
5.00 Debussy Premiere Rapsodie
5.05 Sibelius Piano Sonatina No 3 in B flat minor, Op 6
5.15 Martin Two Christmas Carols
5.15 Bach Concerto in D minor for two violins, BWV1043
5.35 Handel Theme and Variations
5.40 Steve Maitland Three Carols
5.50 Leo Fall Overture: Die Geschiedene Frau
