This week Penny Gore features music inspired by revolution and war. and great pianist/composers.
7.00-8.30: Scarlatti Keyboard Sonatas: in F minor, Kk48l; in A, Kk39 Dvorak Romance in F minor, Op 11 Beethoven Wellingtons Sieg
8.30-10.00: Mozart Fantasia in C minor, K475 Vaughan Williams Cantata: The Sons of Light Tchaikovsky Overture: 1812
With Rob Cowan and Jonathan Swain.
Wagner Ride of the Valkyries (Die Walkure) Vienna PO/Hans Knappertsbusch
10.08 Haydn Piano Sonata in D, H XVI 37 Andreas Staier
10.21 Sibelius Tapiola , Op 112
Boston Symphony Orchestra/Colin Davis
10.41 Schelle Ach, mein herzliebes
Jesulein Kuhnau Gott , sei mir gnädig nach deiner Gute
Soloists, Cantus Colin , director Konrad Junghanel
10.58 Schubert Adagio in E flat, D897
(Notturno) Rudolf Kowckert (violin), Josef Merz (cello), Christoph Eschenbach (piano)
10.08 Kalinnikov Symphony No 1 in G minor Moscow PO, conductor Kirill Kondrashin
10.47 Chopin Scherzo No 4 in E, Op 54 Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
1/5. In the Company of Giants. Donald Macleod examines this composer's fluctuating reputation. Hallelujah Emmy Destinn (soprano) with orchestra Piano Quintet in E flat, Op 87 (Finale) Schubert Ensemble of London Piano Sonata in F sharp minor, Op 81 Stephen Hough Trumpet Concerto in E flat John Wallace , Philharmonia, director Christopher Warren-Green
Producer Chris Taylor Repeated on New Year's Day at 12 midnight RT DIRECT: Hummel's Missa Solemnis and Te Deum are available on CD for £5.99 including p&p. To order please send a cheque, payable to Selections, to: [address removed], or phone: [number removed] (national rate) quoting [number removed], or visit www.selections.com/rtdirect
A concert given earlier this month at Wigmore Hall in London. Presented by Fiona Talkington. Andreas Staier (fortepiano)
Mozart Piano Sonata E flat, K282; Variation in G on Gluck's Unser dummer Pobel meint, K455; Fantasia and Piano Sonata in C minor, K475
BBC Symphony Orchestra 75th Anniversary This week John Shea focuses on recordings made by the BBCSO since they were founded in 1930. Elgar Variations on an Original Theme (Enigma) Conductor Arturo Toscanini
Holst Suite: The Planets (excerpts) Conductor Malcolm Sargent
Mahler Symphony No 1 Conductor Rudolf Kempe
Judy Garland. Edward Seckerson presents songs from Judy Garland 's films, plus highlights from her sensational Carnegie Hall concert in 1961. ADDRESS: Stage and Screen, Room 220, Broadcasting House, Queen Margaret Drive , Glasgow G12 8DG email: stageandscreen@bbc.co.uk
New series 1/10. 1934-39: After the Death of Elgar Martin Handley looks at the various musical paths taken by British composers in the 20th century. Britten A Boy Was Born (excerpt)
Bliss March (Film music: Things to Come)
Lennox Berkeley Night Covers Up the Rigid Land, Op 14 No 2
Britten Scherzo (King Arthur) Bridge String Quartet No 4 Mayerl Sweet
William Howells King 's Herald (Pageantry)
Lambert Summer's Last Will and Testament
(excerpt)
Rawsthorne Piano Concerto No 1
Walton Set Me as a Seal
Presented by Verity Sharp.
Christian Poitera (cello), Royal Quartet Schubert String Quintet in C, D956
Julia McKenzie hosts a star-studded birthday celebration for one of Broadway's most successful composers, given last month at London's Hackney Empire. Beginning with a selection of his best-known show songs on the subject of relationships, including:
Stephen Sondheim Anyone Can Whistle; There Won't Be Trumpets; In Buddy's Eyes; Losing My Mind;I Know Things Now; Giants in the Sky; Not When I'm Around; Send in the Clowns
Plus a complete performance of "Company"
New series 1/5. Joan Bakewell talks to Tarig Ramadan about the nature of his beliefs.
Producer Norman Winter Continues tomorrow at 9.30pm
Louise Fryer presents a joint concert from the BBC Singers, conductor Stephen Cleobury and the Nash Ensemble, conductor Martyn Brabbins. Tippett Dance, Clarion Air
David Home Splintered Instruments
Tippett Four Songs from the British Isles; Over the Sea to Skye Elliott Carter Mosaic
Tippett, arr Bowen Suite: The Tempest With MarK Padmore (tenor), David Wilson-Johnson (baritone) (K
Presented by Verity Sharp.
Alina Ibragimova , Cedric Tiberghien (piano) Beethoven Violin Sonata in G, Op 30
2/5. Behind the Window, in the Shadow, Op 60 No 10; The Fearful Moment, Op 28 No 6; Meditation, Op 42 No 1; Theme and Variations, Op 19 No 6; Piano Trio in A minor, Op 50 (excerpt)
(Repeated from Tuesday 13 December at 12 noon)
With John Shea.
Les Musiciens de Monsieur Croche perform vocal and chamber music by Debussy, Roussel, Gaubert and Ravel.
2.24 Vaughan Williams A London Symphony (Symphony No 2)
3.10 Bernstein Chichester Psalms
3.31 Franck Organ works (selection)
3.50 Schubert String Quartet in C minor, D103
4.00 Beethoven Piano Sonata in F minor, Op 2 No 1
4.16 Cesti Intorno all'ldol Mio (Orontes)
4.23 Froberqer Suite No 12 in C
4.32 Alleqri Ballo detto le Ninfe di Senna
4.36 Mozart Symphony No 4 in D, K19
4.50 Telemann Concerto in E minor, TWV52 e:3
5.00 Handl Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (Solomon)
5.03 Traditional, arr Cable Pat-a-pan; Fum-fum-fum
5.06 Meulemans Evasions
5.19 Verhulst Little Stinging Nettle: Our Pussycat New Clogs
5.25 Eespere Festina Lente: Ritus
5.41 Bujarski Lumen
6.03 Canteloube Bailero
6.08 Verdi Sinfonia: Giovanni d'Arco
6.16 Van Bree Allegro in D minor for four string quartets
6.28 Chopin Piano Concerto No 2 in F minor
