This week Penny Gore presents chamber music for horn, Mozart opera arias featuring obbligato instruments, and Russian concertos from the first half of the 20th century. Music includes:
7.00-8.30: Schumann Adagio and Allegro in A flat, Op 70 Michael Thompson (horn),
Philip Fowke (piano) Boccherini Nocturne Tafelmusik , director Jeanne Lamon Handel Occasional Suite in D The English Concert, director Trevor Pinnock
8.30-10.00: Prokofiev Piano Concerto No 1
Vladimir Ashkenazy , LSO, conductor Andre Previn Mozart Lungi Da Te, Mio Bene (Mitridate, Re di
Ponto) Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo), les Talens Lyriques, director Christophe Rousset Debussy Suite Bergamasque Alain Planes (piano)
This week Rob Cowan features Schubert string quartets and recordings of composers as conductors.
Edward Elgar March: Pomp and Circumstance No 4 in G LSO conducted by the composer
10.06 Schubert String Quartet in E flat, D87 Smetana Quartet
10.28 Ernest Bloch Sacred Service, Part 1 Aron Marko Rothmuller (bass-baritone),
London Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra conducted by the composer
10.39 Smetana Czech Dances (excerpts) Jan Novotny (piano)
10.59 Bach O Grief! That Bows ...I Would beside My Lord (St Matthew Passion, BWV244) Wilfred Brown (tenor), Leith Hill Musical Festival Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Ralph Vaughan Williams
11.10 Brahms Violin Concerto in D Nathan Milstein, Pittsburgh SO, conductor William Steinberg
11.47 Edward Elgar Overture: Cockaigne (In London Town) (conclusion; "in accidental stereo") BBC SO conducted by the composer
1/5. During the second half of the 16th century Andrea Gabrieli (c 1532/3-1585) and his nephew Giovanni (c 1555-1612) presided over public music-making in Venice, then one of the musical capitals of Europe. Today Donald Macleod focuses on the madrigals written by the older Gabrieli for the countless feast days held in the city every year. Andrea Gabrieli Ricercar del Duodecimo Tono Wallace Collection Asia Felice; Amami, Vita Mia ; Felice d'Adria; Sassi, Palae; Chi'lnde Dara la Bose I Fagiolini La Battaglia
The King's Consort, director Robert King
HorCh'a Noi Torna; Voi Non Volete, Donna; Mirami, Vita Mia , Miram'un Poco I Fagiolini
Canzon Arioso; Fantasia Allegra ; Canzon Francese detta Petit Jacquet Liuwe Tamminga (organ)
Producer Deborah Preston
Repeated on Sunday at 12 midnight RT DIRECT: The Glory of Venice, a CD featuring music by Andrea and Giovanni Gabrieli , is available on CD for £6.99 including p&p. To order please send a cheque, payable to Selections, to: Selections, [address removed], or phone: [number removed] (national rate), or visit www.selections.com/rtdirect. Quote ref: [text removed]
Live from Wigmore Hall in London. Presented by Stephanie Hughes. Tokyo Quartet
Mozart String Quartet in E flat, K428 Debussy String Quartet, Op 10
BBC Philharmonic
Clarinet Concertos. Presented by Louise Fryer. Faure Cantique de Jean Racine
The Sixteen, conductor Harry Christophers Edward Gregson Blazon
Conductor Martyn Brabbins
Traditional, arr Canteloube Songs of the Auvergne (excerpts) Susan Bullock (soprano), conductor Harry Christophers
Edward Gregson Clarinet Concerto
Michael Collins , conductor Martyn Brabbins Faure Requiem Libby Crabtree (soprano), Jonathan Arnold (baritone), the Sixteen, conductor Harry Christophers
Edward Seckerson presents a centenary tribute to the composer of Half Sixpence and Charlie Girl, in conversation with Heneker expert Stewart Nicholls. Including music from Irma la Douce, Expresso Bongo and Heneker's little-known hunting musical, Jorrocks.
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Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music, with guests and news of the arts world.
John Toal presents the first of three concerts from Belfast marking the 150th anniversary of the death of Schumann and featuring all four of his symphonies.
Steven Isserlis (cello),
Ulster Orchestra, conductor Thierry Fischer Schumann Symphony No 1 in B flat (Spring); Cello Concerto in A minor;
Symphony No 4 in D minor (original version) Continues tomorrow and on Wednesday at 7.30pm
Mozart Piano Sonata in F K332 Teres Lof
Playwright Peter Shaffer talks to Paul Allen about his 1964 play The Royal Hunt of the Sun, which is being revived at the National Theatre, directed by Trevor Nunn. Producer Mohit Bakaya
Mark Russell presents Austrian brass band Die Knbdel, sounds from the archives of French electroacoustic music organisation GRM, and instrumental music from medieval England.
2/5. With Donald Macleod.
Four-Piece Suite David Nettle and Richard Markham (pianos) Five Impromptus Craig Ogden (guitar) Ballet: Isadora BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Barry Wordsworth Repeated from Tuesday at 12 noon
Presented by Louise Fryer.
Brahms String Quintet in F, Op 88; Clarinet Quintet in 8 minor, Op 115 2.04 Faure Suite: Dolly, Op 56
2.18Sallinen The Age of Iron, Op 55
2.47 Musorqsky Pictures at an Exhibition
3.21 Rautavaara Magnificat
3.38 Albright 1732 - In Memoriam Johannes Albrecht
3.57 Schmetzer Lamento sopra la Morte Ferdinandi
4.05 Corelli Sonata a Quattro in G minor
4.11 Bach Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV1041
4.26 Beethoven Overture: Leonora No 3
4.40 Granados Valse Poetico
4.51 Rimsky-Korsakov Overture: May Night
5.00 Telemann Concerto in D for flute, two violins, viola and continuo 5.12 Gould Windjammer 5.20 Morawetz Clarinet Sonata 5.30 Randall Thompson The American Mercury (excerpts) 5.37 Dittersdori Symphony No 3 in G (Verwandlung Actaeons in einen Hirsch) 5.55 Wagner Overture; Venusberg music (Tannhauser) 6.17 Bruch
Violin Concerto No I in G minor 6.43 Debussy Printemps
