With Tommy Pearson.
Mozart Divertimento in D, K136
6.15 Beethoven Piano Sonata in C minor, Op 10 No 1
7.20 James MacMillan Untold
7.50 Weber Invitation to the Dance
8.00 Arutiunian Trumpet Concerto
8.25 Bach Brandenburg Concerto No 5 in D, BWV1050
(1862-1934). 1: American Sojourn
This week Donald Macleodjourneys to countries that played a part in the life and music of Frederick Delius , beginning today with America. Delius spent two years there as a young man, where, forthe most part, he ostensibly oversaw an orange plantation in Florida. However, he was more preoccupied with the sights and sounds around him and with composingforthe first time.
Polka: Zum Carnival Eric Parkin (piano) Appalachia (ed Thomas Beecham )
Daniel Washington (baritone), Welsh
National Opera Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Charles Mackerras
Koanga (Act 3, excerpt) Eugene Homes (baritone), Claudia Lindsey (soprano), London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Charles Groves
With Jonathan Swain. This week featuring Rachmaninov symphonic works and recordings by Julian Bream.
Frescobaldi, arr Segovia Aria con Variazione detta la Frescobalda
Julian Bream (guitar)
10.06 Listener Request:
D'lndy Chansons etDanses Maurice Bourgue Wind Octet
10.23 Villa-Lobos Two Preludes
Julian Bream (guitar)
10.30 Rachmaninov Symphony No 1 in D minor, Op 13 USSR Symphony
Orchestra, conductor Yevgeni Svetlanov
11.19 Sor Fantasia , Op 7 Julian Bream (guitar)
Music and Arts Week
1: French Impressionism
Christopher Cook explores the connections between the visual arts and music. Today he visits the Courtauld Gallery in London with Professor John House to see how French music was influenced by the Impressionist painters. Debussy Reflets dans /'Eau (Images) Ashley Wass (piano)
Roussel Pourune Fete de Printemps BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor David Porcelijn
Delage Quatre Poèmes Hindous Lisa Milne (soprano),
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor Matthew Rowe
Ravel String Quartet Belcea Quartet Faure Masques et Bergamasques
BBC NOW, conductor David Porcelijn
For the first concert in the new season of Monday lunchtime concerts live from the Wigmore Hall, London, pianist Joanna MacGregor introduces and plays a programme that includes works by Dowland, Ligeti, Messiaen and Chick Corea. She is joined by saxophonist Andy Sheppard and Aref Durvesh on tabla.
(Repeated Sunday 1pm)
BBC Philharmonic
Louise Winter (soprano), conductor Charles Mackerras
Presented by Sandy Burnett.
Bgar Overture: Cockaigne (In London Town); Sea Pictures, Op 3 7; Symphony No 2
A new series of music for younger listeners, presented byCBBC's
Angellica Bell and Adrian Dickson.
ADDRESS: Making Tracks, BBC Broadcasting House, London, W1A1AA Email: makingtracks@bbc.co.uk
Reprise: James Homer. Tommy Pearson talks to Hollywood composer James Horner about his scores for Titanic, Braveheart, Aliens and Apollo 13.
Petroc Trelawny introduces a selection of music and news from the arts world.
To mark the 25th anniversary of the death of Maria Callas , lain Burnside presents an evening celebrating her life and work.
Stelios Galatopoulos explores some of the melodramas of Callas's life and Rodney Milnes comments on her gallery of tragic heroines. Music includes excerpts from Bellini's Norma and IPuritani, Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor and Anna Bolena , Cherubini's Medea, Verdi's Aida, La
Traviata, Rigoletto, La Forza del Destino and Un Ballo in Maschera, Bizet's Carmen and Puccini's Tosca, Madama Butterfly and Turandot. Plus a chance to hear some of the masterclasses that Callas gave at the Juilliard School of Music in 1971/2.
7.35 Wagner Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde (sung in Italian)
8.00 Greece: The Early Years
Tony Palmer explores Callas's time studying in Athens with Elvira de Hidalgo. With contributions from Nicola Petsaris-
Dolomidis, from fellow pupil Maria Alkeou and from Ray Morgan , a British soldier who met Callas in Athens during the civil war. The Voice Vocal coach Gerald Moore analyses Callas's vocal technique.
Masterclass: Rossini Una Voce Poco Fa (II Barbiere di Siviglia)
9.00 Donizetti Mad scene (Lucia di Lammermoor)
The Fat Lady Sings Kit and the Widow take a look at the opera diva phenomenon. Bellini Oh, Rimembranza! (Norma)
In the Grand Tradition John Steane places Callas in historical context and measures her against great singers from the past.
10.00 Callas: The Legend lain Burnside looks at Callas's wider cultural legacy.
Verdi Or Siam Soli (La Forza del Destino) Masterclass: Cherubini Dei Tuoi Figli (Medea)
Verdi Non Sai Tu (Un Ballo in Maschera)
11.25 Puccini Tosca (end of Act 2)
With John Shea.
Palestrina Lamentations for Holy Saturday
12.35 Bach Sonata in G. BWV1039
12.50 Brahms Intermezzo in E flat minor, Op 118 No 6
1.00 Haydn Piano Trio in Eflat, HXV10;
Piano Sonata in G, H XVI 27; Piano Sonata in E minor, H XVI 34; Scottish and English Songs; StringQuartetinA, Op 20 No
2.00 Brahms Symphony No 2 in D
2.50 Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No 6 in Dflat
3.00 Let's Make a Story
3.15 Reading Tree Stories
3.30 Alphabet Time
3.40 Alphabet Time: First Phonics
3.50 Find Out
4.05 Word Games 1
4.20 Poetry Corner
4.30 Hopscotch
4.45 Scottish Resources 7-9