Presented by Penny Gore . Music includes:
7.00-8.30: Froberqer Partita in F sharp minor Siegbert Rampe (harpsichord) Grieg Suite: From Holberg's Time Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, director Iona Brown Parry Blest Pair of Sirens
Winchester Cathedral Choir, Waynf lete Singers, Bournemouth SO, conductor David Hill
8.30-10.00: Glazunov Orientale (Five Novellettes, Op 15) Vertavo Quartet
Schnittke Suite in the Olden Style
Leonid Gorokhov (cello), Nikolai Demidenko (piano) Beethoven Symphony No 7 in A Berlin PO, conductor Claudio Abbado
With Rob Cowan.
Glazunov Concert Waltz No 1 in D, Op 47 Bamberg SO, conductor Neeme Jarvi
Piano Concerto No 17 in G, K453
Ralph Kirkpatrick (period piano),
Dumbarton Oaks Chamber Orchestra, conductor Alexander Schneider
(Largo Non Tanto) Julian Bream (guitar)
Suite: Scenes de Ballet, Op 52
USSR RSO, conductor Gennady Rozhdestvensky
Cantata No 20: 0 Ewigkeit, du
Donnerwort Wilke te Bummelstroete
(countertenor), Paul Agnew (tenor), Dietrich Henschel (bass), Monteverdi Choir, English
Baroque Soloists, conductor John Eliot Gardiner
Concert Waltz No 2 in F Op 51
Suisse Romande Orchestra, conductor Ernest Ansermet
2/5. Boccherini is best-known today for just one work, the Minuet from the E major String
Quintet. But his contribution to the development of chamber music was innovative and extensive, as Donald Macleod shows.
String Quintet in E, Op 11 No 5 Isaac Stern and Cho-Liang Lin (violins), Jaime Laredo (viola), Yo-Yo Ma and Sharon Robinson (cellos)
String Quintet in D, Op 29 No 2 (1st mvt) Sigiswald Kuijken and Aida Stuurop (violins), Lucy van Dael (viola), Anner Bylsma and Wieland Kuijken (cellos) Cello Concerto No 9 in B flat (arr Crutzmacher) Yo-Yo Ma , Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, director Pinchas Zukerman
Repeated on Monday at 12 midnight
Grieg and the Scandinavians
1/4. This week's concerts come from the Cowdray Hall, Aberdeen, and celebrate Edvard Grieg 's connections with north-east Scotland and 100 years of Norway's independence. Christopher Cook presents artists from Scandinavia playing music by Greig and his Scandinavian contemporaries. Henning Kraggerud (violin), Helge Kjekshus (piano)
Grieg Violin Sonata No 2 in G, Op 13 Svendsen Romance in G
Sibelius Romance, Op 78 No 2 Sinding Romance, Op 30
Aulin Humoresque (Four Watercolours)
BBC Singers and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Presented by Louise Fryer.
Rimsky-Korsakov May Night, Act 3 (opening) BBC NOW, conductor David Porcelijn
Sibelius Valse Triste and Cranes (Kuolema) BBC NOW, conductor Richard Hickox Kuula Caravan Chorus, Op 21 No 1
Jennifer Adams-Barbaro (soprano),
Robert Johnston (tenor), BBC Singers, conductor Gregory Rose
Sallinen The Beaufort Scale
BBC Singers, conductor Stephen Cleobury Prokofiev Violin Concerto No 2
Cecilia Zilliacus , conductor Richard Hickox Rautavaara Symphony No 8 (The Journey) BBC NOW, conductor Petri Sakari
Including music about a train ride in Lancashire and an interview with an elephant.
Presented by Angellica Bell and Adrian Dickson.
A specially recorded recital of German Romantic orchestral songs by Richard Strauss , Mahler, Korngold, Reger and Liszt, performed by Elizabeth Atherton (soprano), Karen Cargill (mezzo), Andrew Kennedy (tenor), Matthew Rose (bass) and the BBCSO, conducted by Jiri Belohlavek. Introduced by Iain Burnside .
Sean Rafferty with a selection of music and a round-up of news from the arts world.
Manchester International Violin Competition: Final
The finalists in this new violin competition compete for first prize. With the BBC
Philharmonic conducted by Vassily Sinaisky.
Recorded last Saturday at the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester. Presented by Tommy Pearson.
Architect Charles Jencks talks to Matthew Sweet about his new book Iconic Building, which explores the extent to which architecture must inspire loathing and dread to be regarded as truly iconic. Plus a review of the big-screen version of Douglas Adams ' classic The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Producer Zahid Warley
Electroacoustic music from Canadian harpsichordist Yves Beaupre , extracts from
Miles Davis 's tribute to boxer Jack Johnson , and Corsican polyphonic singing from Trio Soledonna. Presented by Verity Sharp.
3/5. Switzerland. After the October Revolution, Stravinsky led a nomadic existence in Europe. In 1915 he decided to settle in Morges, a small town on the shores of Lake Geneva, and establish a more permanent base for his family. In addition to the Ballets Russes, he forged a new circle of friends in Switzerland with whom he could collaborate. With Donald Macleod.
Repeated from Wednesday at 12 noon
With Jonathan Swain.
Meister Seconda in D minor: Ouarta in E Minor (La Musica) Buxtehude Prelude in G minor Meister Quinta in C, Sesta in A minor, Decima in C minor (La Musica) Reinken
Toccata in G minor Meister Undecima in D (La Musica)
2.20 Liehmann Mass No 1 in D minor
3.00 Mozart Grande Sestetto Concertante in E flat (arr of Sinfonia Concertante, K364) 3.35 Weber Symphony No I in C 4.00 Chopin Waltz in E flat. Op 18 (Grand Valse Brillante) 4.05 Sarasate Zigeunerweisen , Op 20
4.15 Villa-Lobos Etudes (Nos 4 and 6) 4.20 Dvorak Slavonic Dance in A, Op 46 No 5 4.25 Hoof Overture:
Willem de Zwijger 4.30 Lipinski Variations on a Theme from Rossini's La Cenerentola 4.45 Puccini Un Bel di Vedremo (Madama Butterfly) 4.50 Auber Bolero (La
Muette de Portici) 5.00 Faure Nocturne No 12 in E minor. Op 107 5.05 Massenet Meditation (Thais) 5.10 Gibbons What Is Our Life? 5.15 Catalan! Ebben?... Ne Andro
Lontana (La Wally) 5.20 Sibelius Sonatina, Op 67 No 1
5.25 Clemens non Papa 0 Maria Vernans Rosa
5.30 Brahms Warum ist das Licht gegeben dem Muhseligen, Op 74 No 15.35 Kodaly Adagio (arr for clarinet and piano)
5.45 Schubert Fantasie in F minor, D940
6.05 Haydn Symphony No 49 in F minor, H 49 (La Passion 6.20 Grieg Lyric Pieces, Book 3, Op 43
6.35 7.00 Elqar Sea Pictures