With Sandy Burnett.
Krommer Octet-partita in F, Op 5 7
Wind Soloists of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe
6.30 Mozart Piano Concerto No 23 in A, K488 English Chamber Orchestra, conductor Murray Perahia (piano)
7.10 Liszt Grand Duo Concertant
Gidon Kremer (violin),
Oleg Maisenberg (piano)
7.35 Bach Cantata No 132: Bereitet die Wege, Bereitet die Bahn
Soloists, Hanover Chamber Choir, Collegium Vocale Gent, Leonhardt Consort , conductor Gustav Leonhardt
8.00 Schubert, arr Tausig March Militaire in D flat, D733 No 1
Vladimir Horowitz (piano)
8.40 Schumann Overture, Scherzo and Finale, Op 52
Dresden Staatskapelle, conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch
Stephanie Hughes looks back at some of the musical highlights of the year, including performances from Amsterdam, Edinburgh, Copenhagen, Schwetzingen, Lucerne, Prague and Riga.
Music also includes, at approximately:
9.25 Beethoven Piano Sonata in E, Op 109 Andras Schiff
10.10 Wagner Prelude; In Fernem Land (Lohengrin)
Ben Heppner (tenor), Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Edo de Waart
10.50 Schubert Piano Trio No 1 in B flat, D898 Florestan Trio
11.10 Nielsen Symphony No 6 (Sinfonia Semplice)
Danish National Orchestra, conductor Herbert Blomstedt
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I Anthony Burton introduces the annual international celebration from the European Broadcasting Union, with Christmas music from nine countries and 400 years of seasonal celebration.
I Bulgaria Christmas music for unaccompanied choir from the Orthodox tradition by Bulgarian and Russian composers, sung by the Bulgarian Radio Mixed Chorus, conducted by Metodi Matakiev and Rumen Raytchev.
1.00 Finland The period players of the Orchestra of the Sixth Floor are conducted in Helsinki's Kallio Church by Jukka Rautasalo in orchestral works by Handel and Roman, and, with soprano
Anu Komsi , in Alessandro Scarlatti 's cantata 0 di Betlemme Altera.
2.00 Germany From the Municipal
Theatre in Oldenburg, a programme of German Christmas music spanning four centuries, including works by Praetorius, Schutz, Bach, Brahms and Rheinberger, sung by the Pro Musica Bremen Chamber Chorus, conducted by Anne Kohler.
3.00 Denmark Music for choir and orchestra by Nielsen, Buxtehude, Gade and other Danish composers, performed in St Bendt Cathedral, Ringsted, by soprano Pernille Bruun with the Danish
National Girl's Choir conducted by Michael Bojesen , and Copenhagen Youth Strings, conducted by Morten Ryelund-Sorensen .
4.00 Belgium From the Jesuit Church at
Heverlee, Johan Duijck conducts the Flemish Radio Chorus and organist Joris Verdin in sacred works by EdgarTinel, Franz Uyttenhove , Joseph Jongen and Julio Dominguez , plus Jonathan Harvey 's Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis and a new work by Annelies van Parijs.
5.00 Iceland TheChristmas Oratorio by 5.00IcelandTheChristmasOratorioby
British-born Icelandic composer
John Speight , performed in Reykjavik's
Hallgrims Church by Hallgrims Church Motet Choir, Scola Cantorum and the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Hordur Askelsson.
6.00 Poland Baroque music for Christmas by Mielczewski, Rozycki, Szarzynski and Forster, performed in Polish Radio's
Witold Lutoslawski Concert Hall by the chamber ensemble II Tempo, directed by Agata Sapiecha.
7.00 Austria Organist Robert Lehrbaumer and Art of Brass, Vienna, play Christmas works by Gabriel i, Bach (the Canonic Variations on Vom Himmel Hoch ) and Marcel Dupre , and Karg-Elert's Marche Triomphale on "Nun DanketAlle Gott ".
8.00 United Kingdom The organist David Goode and the BBC Singers, conducted by Justin Doyle , are in Tonbridge School
Chapel for a programme of plainsong and chorale-based works, including chorale preludes from Bach's Orgelbuchlein, Tournemire's Fantaisie-Choral, movements from Messiaen's La Nativité du Seigneur, and the first performance of Incarnation with Shepherds Dancing by Judith Bingham.
Little Joe and the Best of All Possible Worlds
Murray Gold's new version of Voltaire's satirical classic Candide is set in the closing years of the 20th century. Little Joe declares his love for his adopted sister Arabella and is sent on a therapeutic voyage around the world to rid him of his sociopathic impulses.
With Scott Brooksbank , Simon Donaldson , Laura Doddington and Emma Woolliams
Music by Murray Gold Director Jeremy Mortimer
Robert Sandall and Mark Russell present another mix of musical styles and influences.
With Susan Sharpe.
Dittersdorf Symphony No 3 in G (The Transformation of Actaeon into a Stag) (After Ovid's "Metamorphoses)
12.25 Mozart Violin Sonata No 3 in D, K306
12.50 Grleg Lyric Pieces, Op 68: No 4 (Evening in the Mountains); No 5 (At the Cradle)
1.00 Corelli Sonata a Quattro in G minor A Scarlatti/Cinque Profeti (Christmas Cantata) - La Stagione, director Michael Schneider
2.05 Soler Fandango in D minor
2.20 Glazunov Rêverie in D flat, Op 24
2.25 Borodin Symphony No 2 in B minor
2.50 Tchaikovsky Piano Sonata in G, Op 37
3.20 Reger Ach, Herr, Strafe Mich Nicht, Op 110 No
3.35 Mozart Symphony No 29 in A
4.00 Schubert Notturno in E flat, D897
4.10 Rosenmuller Sinfonia a 4
4.15 Jacobus de Kerie Suscipiant Domine
4.25 Scheidt In Dulce Jubilo
4.30 Butterworth A Shropshire Lad
4.45 Smetana Vltava (Ma Vlast)
5.00 Kaspar Forster Sonata in C minor a 3
5.10 Durufle Prelude, Recitatif et Variations, Op 3
5.20 Debussy Gigues (Images)
5.30 Beethoven 12 Variations on a Russian Dance
5.40 Glinka Spanish Overture No 1
5.50 Granados Andaluza (Playera), Op 3 7 No
5.55 Patrick Hadley I Sing of a Maiden