With Penny Gore.
Mozart String Quartet in D, K575 Alban Berg Quartet
6.25 Rossini Impromptu Tarantellise
(Peches de Vieillesse) Alberto Portugheis
7.00 Glinka Souvenir d 'une Nuit d 'Ete a MadridTchaikovsky Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra conductor Vladimir Fedoseyev
7.30 Rosenmuller Sinfonia Seconda
Hesperion XX, director Jordi Savall
8.00 Shostakovich Concertino, Op 94 Claire and Antoinette Cann (piano)
8.45 Prokofiev The Battle on the Ice
(Alexander Nevsky) Paris Orchestra, conductor Semyon Bychkov
Donald Macleod looks at Couperin's career at the court of Louis XIV.
FourVersets Les Arts Florissants, director William Christie
Première Livre de Clavecin (Troisieme Ordre) (excerpts)
Kenneth Gilbert (harpsichord) Airs Sérieux
Judith Nelson (soprano),
Academy of Ancient Music, director Christopher Hogwood Troisième Leçon de Tenebres
Miecke Van der Sluis (soprano),
Guillemette Laurens (mezzo), Pascal Monteilhet (lute), Marianne Muller (gamba), Laurence Boulay (harpsichord/organ)
With Jonathan Swain.
Mendelssohn Overture: Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Claudio Abbado
10.17 Schubert Standchen , D889; Ippolyts Lied, D890;An Sylvia , D891 Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Gerald Moore (piano)
10.25 Chausson Poeme de I'Amouretde la Mer, Op 19 IrmaKolassi (mezzo), LPO, conductor Louis de Froment
10.53 Arnold Three Shanties, Op 4 Bergen Wind Quintet
11.01 Rameau Hippolyte et Aricie (Actl, conclusion)
ECO, conductor Anthony Lewis
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A Commonwealth Celebration
The BBC Singers and their new principal guest conductor Bob Chilcott mark the Queen's Golden Jubilee with a programme of choral music from across the Commonwealth. Africa, Australia, Canada, India and Singapore are just a few of the continents and countries represented, giving a fascinating glimpse of singing traditions very different from our own.
MUSIC LIVE
Another chance to hear the Golden Jubilee concert from the gardens of Buckingham Palace which was televised live on Saturday evening on BBC1. Andrew Davis conducts the BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra and an array of international stars, including Kiri Te Kanawa , Thomas Allen , Angela Gheorghiu and Roberto Alagna. Presented by Paul Guinery. See page 74 for more concert details.
Spotlight on Thomas Hampson. American baritone Thomas Hampson discusses his wide-ranging career with lain Burnside and plays some of his favourite recordings.
Sean Raffertywith music and arts news.
MUSIC LIVE
The New Westbrook Orchestra
The first broadcast of a new work by Mike and Kate Westbrook commissioned by Radio 3. Written for a 15-piece ensemble, Chanson Irresponsable takes as its starting point the song of the sedge warbler. Texts by Kate Westbrook , translated into French, German and Italian, capture moments in the life of this migrant bird, with each translation receiving a different musical treatment.
Matthew Sharp and Kate Westbrook
(voices), Peter Whyman and Chris Biscoe (clarinets/saxophones), Dave Bitelli (clarinet/saxophone), Karen Street
(accordion), Stuart Brooks (trumpet), Jane Hanna (french horn), Mark Wilson and Neil McTaggart (violins), David Lasserson (viola), Chris Allen (cello), Tim Harries (double bass), Sebastian Roachford (percussion), director Mike Westbrook (piano)
Mozart Flute Quartet in C, K285b
With proposed changes to the UK's gambling laws possibly paving the way for large-scale casino resorts in holiday towns like Blackpool, Isabel Hilton considers The Money and the Power, a new book investigating the history of Las Vegas.
Fiona Talkington introduces the latest CDs from Rook and Swap, traditional Afghan tunes and music by Guillaume Dufay.
With Susan Sharpe.
Vaughan Williams Overture: The Wasps
12.15 Elgar Variations on an original theme (Enigma) 12.40 Strauss Du Meines Herzens Kronekein , Op 21 No 2; Die Nacht, Op 10 No 2; Ruhe Meine Seele , Op 27 No 1; Allerseelen, Op 10 No 8
1.00 Music fortwo violins. Leclair Sonata in A, Op 3 No 2 Jean-Pierre Guignon Duo, Op 7 No 2 Leclair Sonata in B flat, Op 12 No 6Telemann Suite in D (Gulliver)
1.35 Bartok Four Hungarian Folk Songs
1.50 Kodaly Missa Brevis 2.25
Shostakovich Symphony No 3 (First of May)
3.00 Something to Think About
3.15 Let's Move 3.35 Time to Move
3.55 Stories and Rhymes 4.10 Playtime
0 Clarissima Mater
4.35 Handel Dall 'ondoso Periglio; Aure, Deh, perPieta (Giulio Cesare in Egitto)
4.50 Turina Fiesta at San Juan de
Aznalfarache (Sinfonia Sevilliana, Op 23)
5.00 Allan Pettersson Sonata No 5 for two violins (Allegro) 5.10 Josip Stratik Concert for two violins, strings and continuo 5.25 Scheidemann Chorale-preludes: Durch Adams Fall 1st
Ganz Verderbt ; Jesu, Wollst Uns Weisen; Erbarm Dich Mein, 0 Herre Gott 5.40 Bach Keyboard Concerto No 5 in F minor,
BWV1056 5.50 Verdi Overture: Nabucco
