This week Penny Gore marks the 80th anniversary of Puccini's death with some of his instrumental music. Plus some finger-flexing keyboard works. Music includes:
7.00-8.30: Clementi Adagio Sostenuto in F (Gradus ad Parnassum) Vladimir Horowitz (piano)
Mozart Quintet Movement in F, K580b Gaudier Ensemble
Puccini Crisantemi London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Antonio Pappano
8.30-10.00: Schubert Offertorium in B flat, D963 Alejandro Ramirez (tenor), Lausanne Vocal Ensemble, Lausanne Chamber Orchestra, conductor Michel Corboz
Strauss Symphonic Fantasy: Die Frau ohne Schatten Chicago SO/Daniel Barenboim
This week featuring Rameau's operas and recordings conducted by Eugen Jochum. Presented by Jonathan Swain.
Sibelius Night Ride and Sunrise, Op 55 Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Eugen Jochum
10.17 Rameau Hippolyte et Aricie,
Act 2 Scene 3 Jean-Louis Georgel and Russell Smythe (baritones),
Laurent Naouri (bass-baritone),
Les Musiciens du Louvre Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Marc Minkowski
10.38 Berkeley Sonatina, Op 52 No 1 Julian Bream (guitar)
10.51 Mozart Piano Concerto No 9 in E flat,
K271 Clara Haskil , Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Eugen Jochum
11.27 Rameau Hippolyte et Aricie, Act 4 (excerpts) Genevieve Moizan , Claudine Verneuil and Flore Wend (sopranos), Raymond Amade (tenor), chorus and orchestra conducted by Roger Desormiere
11.48 Wagner Good Friday Music (Parsifal) Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Eugen Jochum
1/5. The Journey to the First Symphony Danish composer Carl Nielsen started sketching his first symphony during his travels in Europe in 1890, completing it at the age of 27. Donald Macleod looks at five of Nielsen's six symphonies this week, each of which marks a stage in the composer's life. Springtime on Funen, Op 42 (excerpt) Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen
Summer Song, Op 10 No 3 Elisabeth Rehling (soprano), Dorte Kirkeskov (piano)
Song behind the Plough, Op 10 No 4
Jorgen Klint (bass), Rosalind Bevan (piano)
String Quartet No 1 (excerpt) Zapolski Quartet Symphony No 1 London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Andre Previn
Producer Megan Jones Repeated on Sunday at 12 midnight
Live from Wigmore Hall, London, presented by Fiona Talkington. Schubert Ensemble
Mahler Piano Quartet Movement
Brahms Piano Quartet in G minor, Op 25
Far from Home: BBC Symphony Orchestra A concert given last month in the Teatro Municipal in Rio de Janeiro.
Introduced by Edward Seckerson. Leonidas Kavakos (violin), conductor Jukka-Pekka Saraste
Sibelius Pohjola 's Daughter; Violin Concerto
Dvorak Symphony No 7 in D minor
Musical discovery for younger listeners, including Bach's music for violin, music for harp by Pat Metheney , and the dark soundtrack from the Batman movies.
With Angellica Bell and Adrian Dickson.
Angela Gheorghiu
Edward Seckerson 's guest is the dazzling, Romanian-born soprano. Music includes
Verdi's La Traviata, Puccini's La Rondine and Gounod's Romeo et Juliette.
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Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Philippe Quint (violin), conductor Marin Alsop Marin Alsop conducts two works by her former teacher Leonard Bernstein and talks to Verity Sharp about his music and the man behind it. Recorded at The Lighthouse, Poole.
Bernstein Divertimento for Orchestra; Serenade
Tchaikovsky Symphony No 5 in E minor
Al Pacino talks to Philip Dodd about playing
Shylock in the first ever screen adaptation of The Merchant of Venice. Producer Ariane Koek
Verity Sharp 's late-night mix includes
American gospel with the Dixie Hummingbirds, mbira spirit music by Zimbabwean singer Stella Chiweshe , and 13th-century French sacred polyphony by Perotin.
2/5. William Byrd was Gentleman and Organist of the Chapel Royal in London. Donald Macleod introduces works from this period of Byrd's life in London, and compositions for his numerous benefactors, including Queen Elizabeth.
Emendemus in Melius; Domine, Secundum Actum Meum ; Rejoice unto the Lord; The
Queen's Alman; Browning My Dear, Passing Measures Pavan and Galliard; Walsingham;
Crowned with Flow'rs and Lilies Rptd from Tuesday
Presented by Louise Fryer. Alkan Le Festin d'Esope, Op 39 No 12; Grand Duo Concertant in F sharp minor, Op 21; Piano Concerto. Op 39 Nos 8-102.25 Walton
Death ofFalstaff; Touch Her Soft Lips and Part (Henry V)
2.30 Britten String Quartet No 2. Op 36 3.00 Handel
Return, 0 God of Hosts (Samson) 3.05 Strauss Macbeth
3.25 Berg Piano Sonata, Op 13.40 Wolf Morike Lieder
3.55 Tchaikovsky Fantasy Overture: Romeo and Juliet
4.15 Khrennikov Three Pieces. Op 46 4.25 Streuiens Gloria Laus 4.30 Sweelinck Mein Junges Leben hat ein End 4.40 Massenet EtJe Sais Votre Nom; Nous Vivrons a Paris .. Tous les Deux (Manon) 4.45 Chopin
Impromptu in A flat, Op 29 4.50 Satie, arr Milhaud Jack-in-the-Box Pantomime 5.00 Anon Tentalora 5.05 JB Forqueray Chaconne: La Morangis ou la Plissay 5.10 Handel Concerto Grosso in B flat Op 6 No 7
5.25 Haydn Piano Sonata in E flat, H XVI 38
5.35Elgar Salut d'Amour, Op 125.40 Ravel Tzigane
5.50 Debussy Prélude a I'Apres-Midi d'un Faune
6.05 Saint-Saens Etude en Forme de Valse, Op 52 No 6
6.10 Nielsen Overture: Helios 6.20 Berwald Septet in B flat 6.45 Buffardin Flute Concerto in E minor
