This week Penny Gore presents music from
Liszt's first two books of Annees de Pèlerinage, and recordings by conductor Claudio Abbado.
7.00-8.30: Beethoven Overture: Egmont Vienna PO, conductor Claudio Abbado
Geminiani Concerto No 7 in D minor Ensemble 415, director Chiara Banchini Liszt Chapelle de
Guillaume Tell;AuLacde Wallenstadt(Anneesde Pèlerinage, Book 1. Suisse) Alfred Brendel (piano) Bizet Habanera (Carmen, Act 1) Teresa Berganza (mezzo), Ambrosian Singers, London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Claudio Abbado
8.30-10.00: Liszt Pastorale; Au Bord d'une Source; Orage (Annees de Pèlerinage, Book 1: Suisse) Jorge Bolet (piano) Bizet L'Arlésienne: Suite No 2 LSO, conductor Claudio Abbado

This week featuring choral works by Schumann and recordings by American pianist Byron Janis. Presented by Jonathan Swain.
Chopin Etude in F, Op 25 No 3; Etude in E, Op 10
No 3; Waltz in Eminor. Op Posth Byron Janis (piano)
10.10 Schumann Das Paradies und die Peri, Op 50 (excerpt) Barbara Bonney and Alexandra Coku (sopranos), Bernarda Fink (mezzo), Christoph Pregardien and Neill Archer (tenors),
Gerald Finley (baritone), Cornelius Hauptmann (bass), Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, conductor John Eliot Gardiner
10.30 Listener request: Raff Symphony No 4 in G minor Bamberg SO, conductor Hans Stadlmair
11.00 Beethoven Piano Sonata in D minor, Op 31 No 2 (Tempest) Byron Janis
11.25 Schumann Die rote Hanne, Op 31 No 3 Jonathan Lemalu (baritone), Ex Cathedra Consort, Graham Johnson (piano)
Gute Nacht , Op 59 No 4 London Schubert Chorale, conductor Stephen Layton
C Schumann Gondoliera (Drei gemischte Chore) Karlsruhe Studio Vocale, conductor Werner Pfaff
11.40 J Strauss (son) An der schönen, blauen Donau Vienna State Opera Choir, Vienna
Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Willi Boskowski Schulz-Evler Arabesques on An derschonen, blauen Donau Byron Janis (piano)

1/5. St Petersburg. Stravinsky referred to the loss of his homeland, Russia, and its language as the greatest crisis in his life as a composer.
Donald Macleod examines the impact of his exile and the music his birthland inspired.
Scherzo a la Russe Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor David Atherton Petrushka: 1st tableau (1911 version)
City of Birmingham SO, conductor Simon Rattle Three Little Songs (Recollections of My Childhood) Phyllis Bryn Julson (soprano), Ensemble
Intercontemporain, conductor Pierre Boulez Piano Sonata (2nd mvt) Martin Jones
Suite: The Firebird (1911 version) Boston SO, conductor Erich Leinsdorf
Producer Johannah Smith Repeated on Sunday at 12 midnight

A song recital, introduced by Verity Sharp, live from London's Wigmore Hall.
Sally Matthews (soprano),
Simon Lepper (piano)
Dvorak Eight Love Songs, Op 83 Barber Hermit Songs, Op 29
Strauss Morgen, Op 27 No 4; Ruhe, meine See/e, Op 27 No 1; Das Rosenband, Op 36 No 1; Zueignung, Op 10 No

BBC National Orchestra of Wales
This week's programmes all feature Strauss tone poems, starting with Also sprach Zarathustra, described by the composer as "by far the most important of all my pieces". With Martin Handley. Mahler Blumine Conductor Richard Hickox
Schoenberq Begleitungsmusik zu einer
Lichtspielszene Conductor Jac van Steen Brahms Violin Concerto in D
Janine Jansen , conductor Richard Hickox Strauss Also sprach Zarathustra Conductor Christian Gansch

Music for shepherds, music from the animation Lilo and Stitch, and Mozart's famous Eine kleine Nachtmusik (Serenade in G, K525), presented by Angellica Bell and Adrian Dickson.

Lesser-known scores by Rodgers and Hart explored, including "Higher and Higher" and "By Jupiter", plus Rodgers and Hammerstein's only original film musical, "State Fair", and Rodgers's solo effort after Hammerstein's untimely death: "No Strings". With Edward Seckerson.

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Music and arts news, with Sean Rafferty.

A recital given last month by Japanese-born pianist Mitsuko Uchida at the Royal Festival Hall, London. Introduced by Warwick Thompson. Boulez 12 Notations
Schubert Piano Sonata in C, D840 (Reliquie) Beethoven Piano Sonata in B flat, Op 106 (Hammerklavier)

Director Gottfried von der Goltz (violin) Telemann Concerto Grosso in D
Recorded at the Edinburgh Festival in 2001.

Isabel Hilton and guests discuss The Lizard - the film comedy that played to packed houses in Iran before the Islamic clergy forced the government to suppress it. Producer Aasiya Lodhi

Featuring music by American saxophonist Tim Berne from his album The Sevens, Norwegian folk group Blamann Blamann, Cuban singer
Ibrahim Ferrer , and Erik Satie 's Le Fils des Etoiles. Presented by Fiona Talkington.

2/5. Did Albeniz have piano lessons from Liszt? Donald Macleod investigates. Rptd from Tue 12 noon

With John Shea.
Loeffler Cornemus
Faure Piano Quartet No 2 in G minor, Op 45
1.45 Bernstein Chichester Psalms 2.10 Dvorak
Symphony No 5 in F 2.45 Schumann Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op 26 3.10 Brahms Clarinet Sonata in F minor. Op 120 No 13.30 Papandopulo By the Grave of the Beauty, Op 39 3.40 Mozart Violin Concerto No 5 in A, K219 (Turkish)
4.10 JCF Bach Sinfonia in D minor 4.15 Debussy Images Oubliées 4.30 Piazzolla, arr Djordjevic Milonga del Angel
4.35 Bodinus Trio in G for oboe and two bassoons
4.45 Strauss Love Scene (Ein Heldenleben)
4.50 Alpaerts The Dance of the Seven Veils (Salome)
5.00 Bach Cantata No 54: Widerstehe doch der Sunde
5.10 Tournier Vers la Source dans le Bois 5.15 J Strauss
(son), arr Schoenberg Emperor Waltz, Op 437
5.25 Nielsen Violin Sonata No 2, Op 35 (2nd mvt)
5.35 Fux Missa Pro Gratiarum Actione , K27
6.05 Haydn Piano Sonata in D, H XVI 37 6.10 Bartok Six Rumanian Dances 6.20 Stenhammar fthaka, Op 21
6.30 Gorczycki Litaniae de Providential Divine