Mendelssohn: Overture: Die Schone Melusine
5.20 Durante: Concerto No 1 in F minor for strings
5.35 Liszt: Hymne de l'Enfant Son Reveil
5.45 Leo Smit: Concerto for piano and wind
With Penny Gore.
6.15 Beethoven Cello Sonata in A, Op 69 Raphael Wallfisch , John York (piano)
6.45Smetana Vltava (Ma Vlast)
Chicago SO, conductor Daniel Barenboim
7.30 Tippett Songs for Ariel Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), Graham Johnson (piano)
7.40 Grieg Norwegian Dances, Op 35
Gothenburg SO, conductor NeemeJarvi
8.00 Bach Concerto in D minor for two violins, BWV1043 Itzhak Perlman and PinchasZukerman, English Chamber
Orchestra, conductor Daniel Barenboim
8.35 Hindemith Symphonic
Metamorphoses on Themes of Carl Maria von Weber Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Claudio Abbado
Donald Macleod traces the young
Brahms's relationship with the Schumann family, in particular his close friendship with Clara Schumann , which intensified after Robert Schumann had attempted suicide by jumping into the Rhine. Volks-Kinderlieder (excerpt)
Edith Mathis (soprano), Karl Engel (piano) Piano Concerto No 1 in D minor
Maurizio Pollini, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Claudio Abbado
With Rob Cowan.
Arnold Beckus the Dandipratt
RPO, conducted by the Composer
10.09 Vital! Chaconne in G minor
Jascha Heifetz (violin), Richard Ellsasser (organ)
10.20 Delibes Entr'acte; Airs de danse (Lakme, Act 2) Chorale Marcel Briclot, French National Radio Orchestra, conductor Desire-Emile Inghelbrecht
10.30 Rameau Pièces de Clavecin, Book 1 Marcelle Meyer (piano)
10.47 Leoncavallo Prologue (Pagliacci) Lawrence Tibbett (baritone), orchestra conducted by Rosario Bourdon
10.55 Saint-Saens Violin Sonata No 1 in D minor, Op 75 Jascha Heifetz, Emmanuel Bay (piano)
11.18 J Strauss (son) Waltz: Hofball-Tanze, Op 298 Vienna Symphony Orchestra, conductor Eduard Strauss
A Magpie Called Igor
3: Of Fairy Tales and Exotic Scales
Jonathan Cross reveals the unusual ways Stravinsky divided up his octaves to create a distinctive sound, especially for evocations of the supernatural. With excerpts from
Stravinsky's ballet The Firebird alongside one of the sources of his material, Rimsky-Korsakov's Sadko. Later developments in neoclassicism are represented by Stravinsky's Symphony in Three
Movements, music by Olivier Messiaen and John Adams , and examples from jazz and progressive rock.
The Florestan Trio play two key works of the piano trio repertory in a lunchtime concert from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Dance in Glasgow. Presented by Kirsteen McCue.
Faure Piano Trio in D minor, Op 120
Beethoven Piano Trio in 0, Op 70 No 1 (Ghost)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Janice Watson is the soloist at the end of Mahler's Fourth Symphony, which was inspired by the German poem Des Knaben Wunderhorn. Presented by Graeme Kay. Torke Run
Mackey Lost and Found Schwertsik Uluru
Conductor Rumon Gamba
Mahler Symphony No 4 Janice Watson (soprano), conductor Tadaaki Otaka
A selection of music for younger listeners.
Live from Westminster Abbey. Introit: Herr Gott , Du Bist Unsre Zuflucht (Mendelssohn). Responses: Smith. Psalms: 142, 143 (Langdon's Collection, Bayley). First
Reading: Isaiah 54. Magnificat for double choir (Stanford). Second Reading: Romans 8, w28-39. Nunc Dimittis
(Hoist). Anthem: Videte Miraculum (Tallis). Hymn: 0 Love Divine (Cornwall). Organ Voluntary: Toccata in D minor, BWV538 (Dorian) (JS Bach). Organist and master of the choristers James O'Donnell. Sub-organist Andrew Reid.
Sean Rafferty with the arts magazine.
So What is Great? "Great" is one of the most overused adjective in current usage. Norman Lebrecht asks what it really means. What is the reason for the apparent need to create lists of the "greatest", and in doing so are the critical distinctions between the important and the trivial in art being lost? And is there really a living individual who is unquestionably great? Answers, please, by email to [email address removed], or by phone (from 6pm) on [number removed].
(Repeated Sunday 12.15am)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chris de Souza introduces tonight's live relay from Symphony Hall, Birmingham, in which Sakari Oramo conducts the CBSO in music mainly from America. This is the second instalment from the orchestra's series featuring the music of Charles Ives in which his compact and powerful, enigmatic masterpiece is set against Elgar's famous set of variations .
Bernstein Suite: On the Waterfront Barber Piano Concerto
8.20 Twenty Minutes: The Devil's Larder David Troughton reads a selection of Jim Crace 's dark, unsettling and tender tales, in which he explores human foibles through our relationship with food.
8.40 Ives The Unanswered Question Elgar Variations on an Original Theme (Enigma)
Acclaimed sociologist Richard Sennett has written Respect: The Formation of Character, which argues that respect is the glue that holds society together. Yet, police believe that the recent killing of two teenage girls in the West Midlands were part of a growing trend of respect shootings".
Sennett joins Philip Dodd and guests to explore what the word means today.
Presented by Fiona Talkington from the Celtic Connections festival in Glasgow.
With Jonathan Swain. Mendelssohn Octet in E flat, Op 20 12.35 Beethoven Cello Sonata in D, Op 102 No 2 1.00 Hans
Henkemans Partita Falla Nights in the Gardens of Spain Ravel Daphnis et Chloe: Suites Nos 1 and 2 2.15 Silvio Foretic
Three-part Invention 2.25 Bo Holten
There's a Time for Everything 2.35 Imants Zemzaris Pastorale for Summer Flute
2.50 Faure/Messager Messe Basse
3.00 Together 3.15 Time and Tune
3.35 Words Alive 3.50 Listen and Write
4.10 Megamaths 4.25 First Steps in Drama 4.40 School Plays
