Presented by Penny Gore . Music includes:
7.00-8.30: Biber Sonata Sancti Polycarpi New London Consort/Philip Pickett Mozart Va , dal
Furor Portata, K21 Christoph Pregardien (tenor), La Petite Bande/Sigiswald Kuijken Franceschini Sonata a 7 David Staff and Mark Bennett (trumpets), St James 's Baroque Players/Ivor Bolton
8.30-10.00: Mozart Vorrei Spiegarvi , Oh Dio! K418 Margaret Price (soprano), LPO/James Lockhart Beethoven Cello Sonata No 5 in D,
Op 102 No 2 Lynn Harrell , Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) Stenhammar Suite: Romeo och Julia Helsingborg SO/Arvo Volmer
With Jonathan Swain.
Bach Brandenburg Concerto No 4 in G, BWVI049 Soloists, ECO, conductor Benjamin Britten
10.19 Brahms Violin Sonata in G, Op 78 Oleg Kagan , Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
10.44 Listener request: Schubert Symphony No 8 in B minor, D759 (unfinished) English
Chamber Orchestra, conductor Benjamin Britten
11.11 Bridge The Dew Fairy Elgar In Smyrna
Bridge Heart's Ease Stephen Hough (piano)
11.22 Elgar The Dream of Gerontius, Op 38 Part 2 Yvonne Minton (soprano), Peter Pears (tenor), Choir of King's College, Cambridge, London Symphony Chorus, LSO, conductor Benjamin Britten
3/5. At the heart of musical life in St Petersburg were Belyayev's famous Friday-night gatherings, where many of Russia's greatest musicians met to play quartets, wine and dine, and discuss music into the early hours. Presented by Donald Macleod with Gerard McBurney. Sokolov Mazurka Dante Quartet
Vitols Dramatic Overture Latvian National SO, conductor Dmitri Yablonsky
Liadov Kikimora , Op 63 Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Enrique Batiz
Artybushev/Scriabin/Glazunov/Rimsky-
Korsakov/Liadov/Vitols/Blumenfeld/Evald/
Winkler/Sokolov Variations on a Russian Theme Shostakovich Quartet
Rachmaninov Suite No I, Op 5 (Fantaisie-Tableaux) (mvts 3 and 4) Andre Previn and Vladimir Ashkenazy (pianos) Repeated on Tuesday at 12 midnight
Celebrating Mozart
2/4. With Petroc Trelawny. Kungsbacka Piano Trio
Mozart Violin Sonata in C, K296;
Variations on an Allegretto in B flat, K500; Piano Trio in B flat, K502
Love and Marriage - BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Live From St David's Hall, Cardiff.
Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch . Brahms Alto Rhapsody, Op 53
Bartok, ed P Bartok Viola Concerto
Christianne Stotijn (mezzo), Antoine Tamestit (viola), BBC National Chorus of Wales, conductor Jac van Steen
Interval: Tchaikovsky Fantasy Overture: Romeo and Juliet Conductor Grant Llewellyn
Strauss Don Quixote Christian Poltera (cello), conductor Jac van Steen
Live from the Royal Military Chapel (Guards Chapel), Wellington Barracks, London. Introit: Almighty and Everlasting God
(Gibbons). Responses: Smith. Psalm 78 (Oakley, Walmisley, Talbot, Edwards). First Reading: 2 Chronicles 5. Canticles: Second Service
(Gibbons). Second Reading: John 17, vv20-26.
Anthem: Praise Our Lord, All Ye Gentiles (Byrd). Hymn: Forth in Thy Name, 0 Lord, I Go (Song 34). Organ Voluntary: A Fancy for a Double Organ
(Gibbons). Director of chapel music Tim Horton. Assistant organist Martin Hoqben.
With Sean Rafferty.
Le Nozze di Figaro
The Royal Opera celebrates the 250th anniversary of Mozart's birth with a new production of his sexually charged masterpiece. Presented by Stephanie Hughes.
Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Antonio Pappano Acts 1 and 2
Armando lannucci explores the notion of good taste in music - what effects it, which composers are "in" or "out", and how much pressure there is to go with the crowd. He also reveals his own, surprising musical tastes.
Armando lannucci in the RT interview: page 20
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Le Poeme Harmonique perform John Johnson 's variations on Wakefilde on a Green,
Hobart Smith plucks the old-time banjo, and Chinese musician Lin Youren plays a solo on the qin. Introduced by Verity Sharp.
4/5. Court Politics. With Donald Macleod. Symphony No 60 in C (II Distratto) (Finale): Horn Concerto No 1 in D, X Vlld 3;
Symphony No 45 in F sharp minor (The Farewell): Mass in G, H XII 6 (Missa Sancti Nicolai) (Gloria) Repeated from Thursday at 12 noon
With John Shea. Bach Organ Concerto in A minor, BWV593 (arr from Vivaldi's RV522) Mendelssohn Organ Sonata in D minor. Op 65 No 6 Liszt, arr Geffert St Francis of Assissi Preaching to the Birds (Legends) Saint-Saens Fantaisie in D flat. Op 101 Widor Allegro (Organ Symphony No 6 in G minor, Op 42 No 2) Johannes Geffert (organ)
1.58 Ton de Leeuw Cinq Hymnes 2.26 Elqar Variations on an Original Theme (Enigma) 2.58 Kodaly My Heart Is Breaking 3.04 Falla Nights in the Gardens of Spain 4.28 Stenhammar String Quartet in F, Op 18 5.01 J Strauss
(son) Annen-Polka, Op 117 5.06 Mozart Ch'lo Mi Scordidi Te?... Non Temer , Amato Bene, K505 5.17 Haydn Piano Sonata in D, H XVI 33 5.31 Salnt-Saens Saltarelle , Op 74 537 Brusselmans Scenes after Breughel 5.52
Tchaikovsky Valse-Caprice in D, Op 4 5.59 Telemann
Flute Duet in F minor, TWV 40:133 6.15 Pejacevlc Nocturne
6.20 Ravel Un Grand Sommeil Noir; Ronsard a Son Ame
6.26 Leschetizky Lucia di Lammermoor (excerpt) 6.31
Martinu Variations on a Slovak Theme 6.42 H Andriessen Qui Habitat 6.51 Bozza Jour d'Etea la Montagne
