With Penny Gore.
Haydn Violin Concerto in C, H Vila 1
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, director Elizabeth Wallfisch (violin)
6.45 Debussy Rhapsody
Kenneth Radnofsky (alto saxophone), New York PO, conductor Kurt Masur
7.00 Brahms Ballade in B, Op 10 No 4 Artur Rubinstein (piano)
7.45 Strauss Prelude: Capriccio Lausanne Chamber Orchestra, conductor Jesus Lopez-Cobos
8.15 Handel Suite: Almira Parley of Instruments, director Peter Holman
8.35 Britten Diversions for piano left hand and orchestra, Op 21 Peter Donohoe , CBSO, conductor Simon Rattle
Presented by Donald Macleod. Begegnung (Morike Lieder)
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
Der Feuerreitter, An der Geliebte (Morike Lieder) Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Gerald Moore (piano)
Harfenspieler; Anakreons Grab (Goethe Lieder) Matthias Goerne (baritone), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, conductor Riccardo Chailly
Der Rattenfänger (Mörike Lieder)
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
Kennst Du das Land; Nur Wer die Sehnsucht Kennt ; So Lasst Mich
Scheinen (Goethe Lieder) Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), Ralf Gothoni (piano)
Grenzen der Menschheit (Goethe Lieder) Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
With Jonathan Swain.
Poulenc Secheresses French Radio Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Georges Pretre
10.18 Schumann Symphony No 4 in D minor, Op 120 North German RSO, conductor Günter Wand
10.47 Poulenc Ave Verum Corpus
France Groupe Vocal, director John Alldis
10.51 Pandolfi Violin Sonata in D, Op 3 No 3 (La Melana) Andrew Manze , Richard Egarr (harpsichord)
10.57 Poulenc Gloria Judith Blegen (soprano), Westminster Choir,
New York PO, conductor Leonard Bernstein
Talk of the Devil: Fiendish Musicians lain Burnside introduces an array of music allegedly composed under devilish influence. Giuseppe Tartini wrote his
Devil's Trill sonata having dreamt that he had been paid a visit by Beelzebub himself and treated to a dazzling personal performance. Violin virtuoso
Nicolo Paganini 's was described by one observer as belonging more to the "sulphurous realm of shadows than to the sunny world of living things" and his amazing technical skills led to a swell of rumours that his talent was not God-given but derived from a rather more sinister source. Over one hundred years later, similartales abounded about the Mississippi delta blues guitarist Robert Johnson , who died before his 21st birthday amid ominous circumstances.
Facets of Brahms Martin Handley introduces another concert recorded in 2001 at the Djanogly Recital Hall in Nottingham, exploring the facets of Brahms's musical personality. Ronald van Spaendonck (clarinet),
Paul Watkins (cello), Ian Brown (piano) Brahms Clarinet Trio in A minor, Op 114
Zemlinsky Clarinet Trio in D minor, Op 3
Ulster Orchestra
Cherubini Symphony in D
Saint-Saens Piano Concerto No I in D
Noriko Ogawa , conductor Vernon Handley Berlioz Les Nuits d'Ete, Op 7 Honegger Symphony No 2 Brigitte Balleys (contralto), Conductor Thierry Fischer
Live from Lincoln Cathedral.
Introit: We Wait for Thy Loving Kindness, O God (McKie).
Responses: Byrd.
Psalms: 98, 99, 100, 101 (Robinson, Attwood, Lloyd, Marshall).
First Reading: Proverbs 8, vv 1-11.
Canticles: Wood in F(Collegium Regale).
Second Reading: Colossians 1, vv 24-end, 2, vv 1-7.
Anthem: Lobe den Herren, Meine Seele (Schutz).
Hymn: Let All the World (Luckington).
Organ Voluntary: Choral-Improvisation sur l'Ave
Maris Stella (Tournemire, transcr Durufle).
Sean Rafferty with the arts magazine.
BBC Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican: Tristan und Isolde, Act 3
The story of Tristan and Isolde concludes in this live broadcast from the Barbican in London. Tristan, fatally wounded, utters Isolde's name just once before dying in her arms. Plus a new work by British composer William Mival.
William Mival Tristan - Still
7.50 Twenty Minutes: The Story of the Story Julian May traces the strange history of the romance that inspired Wagner.
8.10 Wagner Tristan und Isolde (Act 3)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Donald Runnicies
Philip Dodd presents the live topical discussion programme.
Fiona Talkington with Russian music from the Keller Quartet and Alexei Lubimov , and Schumann from the Zehetmair
Quartet. Plus part of James Tenney 's affectionate series of tributes to American composers: Forms 1-4.
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