With Martin Handley. Music includes:
7.00-8.30: Bach Brandenburg Concerto No 2 in F, BWV104 7 English Concert, directorTrevor Pinnock Schumann Marchenerzahlungen , Op 132 Sabine Meyer (clarinet),
Tabea Zimmermann (viola), Hartmut H611 (piano) Arensky Suite No 1, Op 15
John Ogdon and Brenda Lucas (pianos)
8.30-10.00: Poulenc Violin Sonata Frank
Peter Zimmermann , Alexander Lonquich (piano) Schubert Variations in A flat, D813 Sviatoslav Richter and Benjamin Britten (piano duet) Suk Suite: A Fairy Tale (Raduza Mahulena) Royal Liverpool PO, conductor LiborPesek
With Jonathan Swain.
Arnold Sea Shanties, Op 4 Bergen Wind Quintet
10.08 Weckman Wie liegt die Stadt so wuste Maria Zedelius (soprano), Michael Schopper (bass), MusicaAntiqua, Koln, director Reinhard Goebel
10.25 Benjamin Britten Billy Budd, Act 1
(excerpt) Soloists, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, LSO conducted by the composer
10.49 WF Bach Concerto in E flat
Andreas Staier and Robert Hill (harpsichords), Musica Antiqua , Koln, director Reinhard Goebel
11.11 Britten Gloriana (conclusion)
Josephine Barstow and Yvonne Kenny (sopranos), Della Jones (mezzo),
Philip Langridge (tenor), Alan Opie and Jonathan Summers (baritones), Richard van Allan (bass), Welsh National Opera Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Charles Mackerras
11.37 McPhee Tabuh-Tabuhan
Peter Basquin and Christopher Oldfather
(pianos), American Composers' Orchestra, conductor Dennis Russell Davies
3/5. A Spiritual Homeland. With
Donald Macleod. Although Rachmaninov doesn't seem to have practised religion in the conventional sense, he made some major contributions to the sacred repertoire, drawing on the music of the Russian Orthodox Church as well as on Russia's diverse range of folk music.
Praise God in the Heavens (Liturgy of St John Chrysostom) Sofia Orthodox Choir, conductor Miroslav Popsavov
All-Night Vigil (excerpt) St Petersburg Chamber Choir, conductor Nikolai Korniev Russian Easter (Suite No 1, Op 5)
Andre Previn and Vladimir Ashkenazy (pianos) The Bells, Op 35 Alexandrina Pendachanska (soprano), Kaludi Kaludov (tenor),
Sergei Leiferkus (baritone), Philadelphia Choral Arts Society, Philadelphia Orchestra, conductor Charles DutOit Repeated on Tuesday at 12 midnight
Leamington Festival
2/4. Chris de Souza introduces a recital given by the Czech pianist Marian Lapsansky.
Dvorak Suite in A, Op 98; Furiant (Poetic Tone Pictures, Op 85)
Janacek Piano Sonata: 1 X 1905 (From the Street) Fibich Moods , Impressions and Reminiscences (excerpts)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Presented by Sarah Walker.
Dvorak Serenade in D minor for winds, Op 44 Bartok Piano Concerto No 3
Jonathan Biss , conductor Andre de Ridder Copland Symphony No 3
Conductor Joseph Swensen
Music for younger listeners.
I From Wells Cathedral.
Introit: A Hymn for St Cecilia (Howells).
I Responses: Smith. Psalms: 82, 83, 84, 85
(Lloyd, Cooper, Ley, Hopkins). First Reading: Deuteronomy 5, w22-33. Office Hymn: Holy Spirit, Ever Dwelling (Salisbury). Canticles: New College Service (Howells). Second
Reading: John 5, wl9-29. Anthem: I Love All Beauteous Things (Howells). Final Hymn: All
My Hope on God Is Founded (Michael). Organ Voluntary: Rhapsody No 3 (Howells). Organist and master of the choristers Malcolm Archer. Assistant organist Rupert Gough.
With Sean Rafferty.
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
From Symphony Hall, Birmingham, Tommy Pearson presents an all-Bartok programme, with the young Georgian violinist Elizabeth Batiashvili performing one of the most demanding of all violin concertos.
Elizabeth Batiashviii (violin), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, conductor Sakari Oramo Bartok Romanian Folk Dances; Violin Concerto No 2
8.20 Twenty Minutes: Ulysses
James Joyce's Ulysses is set on Bloomsday - 16 June 1904. Another Joyce enthusiast celebrates the day's centenary by revisiting the book and its author.
2/3. Modern in Spite of Itself. Joyce's Ireland seems to be a backward British colony on the far western fringe of Europe. Today it's a bastion of modernity - and Professor Declan Kiberd suggests that it has always been so. This series concludes on Friday at 8.15pm See also BBC4 from 8.30pm
8.40 Bartok Concerto for Orchestra
Philip Dodd chairs a debate in which the real issues behind the headlines are examined in the lights of politics, history, ideas and culture. Producer Anthony Denselow
Verity Sharp 's choices tonight include Fervent, written and played by pianist Graham Fitkin , the oud-playing brothers Samir and Wissam Joubranfrom Palestine, Lou Harrison 's Threnody for Carlos Chavez for viola and Javanese gamelan, and a new CD by Indian violinist Kala Ramnath.
4/5. Donald Macleod looks at the period when Brahms was at the zenith of his career, in his mid-40s. Repeated from Thursday
With Louise Fryer. Hadjiev String Quartet No 2
Iliev String Quartet No 1 Stoyanov String Quartet No 2
2.10 Prokofiev Symphony No 7 2.40 Rachmaninov All-Night Vigil, Op 37 3.40 Badarzewska-Baranowska The Maiden's s Prayer. Op 4 3.40 Krenz Piano Concertino
4.05 Vasquez Vos Me Matastes: De los Alamos Vengo Madre;OyComamosyBebamos 4.10 Cassado Sonata in the Old Spanish Style 4.20 Montsalvatge Cancion de Cuna para Dormira un Negrito 4.25 Ovallea, arr
Tiefenbach Azulao 4.30 Castelnuovo-Tedesco Tarantella, Op 87 4.35 Rossini La Danza (Soirees Musicales) 4.35 Squire Tarantella 4.40 Liszt Tarantella (Venezia e Napoli)
4.50 Saint-Saens Tarantelle in A minor. Op 6 5.00 Glinka Overture: Ruslan and Lyudmila 5.05 Balakirev Islamey
5.10 Rimsky-Korsakov, transcr Rachmaninov Flight of the Bumblebee 5.15 Tsvetanov Theme and Variations
5.20 A Gabrieli Ricercar Arioso ; Sonno Diletto e Caro; Clori a Damon Dicea 5.30 Moeran Phyllida and Corydon
6.00 Saint-Saens Scherzo in B. Op S 7 6.10 Savioli Cor Mio Deh Non Languire 6.15 Poulenc Cello Sonata
6.35 Noskowski: The Steppes. Op 66
