Presented by Penny Gore . Music includes:
7.00-8.30: Mozart Serenade in D, K239 (Serenata Notturna) Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, conductor Ton Koopman Rozsa
Spellbound Concerto Richard Rodney Bennett
(piano), Royal Opera House Orchestra, conductor Marcus Dods Howells Rhapsodic Quintet Mobius
8.30-10.00: Tchaikovsky, transcr Pletnev Concert Suite: The Nutcracker Simon Trpceski (piano) Respighi The Pines of Rome Santa
Cecilia Academy Orchestra, conductor Daniele Gatti Beethoven Violin Sonata inA, Op 12 No 2 Yehudi Menuhin , Wilhelm Kempff (piano)
With Rob Cowan.
Featuring Sibelius symphonies and tone poems, and recordings by soprano Conchita Supervia.
Listener request: Valverde Clavelitos Conchita Supervia (mezzo) with chamber orchestra
10.05 Sibelius En Saga Cleveland Orchestra, conductor George Szell
10.25 Bach Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied,
BWV225 Augsburger Domsingknaben Chamber Choir, director Reinhard Kammier
10.39 Listener request: Rossini Una Voce Poco Fa; Lesson Scene (II Barbiere di Siviglia, Act 2) Conchita Supervia (mezzo) and orchestra conducted by Angelo Albergoni
10.53 Schubert Impromptu in G flat, D899 No 3 Dinu Lipatti (piano)
10.59 Sibelius Symphony No 3 Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Sixten Erling
11.29 Falla Seven Popular Spanish Songs Conchita Supervia (mezzo), Frank Marshall (piano)
11.42 Shostakovich Piano Trio No 1, Op 8 Beaux Arts Trio
1/5. Early Career. Rachmaninov was born into a musical family at Oneg, near Novgorod. By the 1880s they had to move to St Petersburg where, aged ten, the young pianist won a scholarship to the Conservatory. With Donald Macleod. Prelude in C sharp minor, Op 3 No 2 Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
Piano Concerto No 1 in Fsharp minor (1st mvt) Vladimir Ashkenazy, Royal Concergebouw Orchestra, conductor Bernard Haitink
Aleko (excerpt) Maria Guleghina (soprano), Sergei Leiferkus (baritone), Gothenburg
Symphony Orchestra, conductor Neeme Jarvi Piano Trio No 2 in D minor (Trio Elégiaque)
(1st mvt) Borodin Trio Producer Johannah Smith
Repeated on Sunday at 12 midnight
RT DIRECT: A recording (2 CDs) of Rachmaninov's four piano concertos by Vladimir Ashkenazy with the LSO conducted by Andre Previn , is available on CD for E12.99 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]
Schumann Chamber Music
1/4. This week John Toal presents a series of recitals from Belfast marking the 150th anniversary Robert Schumann 's death. Hugh Tinney (piano), Vanbrugh Quartet
Schumann Piano Quartet in E flat, Op 47; Piano Quintet in E flat, Op 44
BBC Symphony Orchestra and BBC Singers Shostakovich's Film Music
Presented by John Shea.
Haydn Symphony No 26 in D minor
(Lamentatione) Conductor Sylvian Camberling Shostakovich Suite: The Gadfly Conductor Maxim Shostakovich
Schubert/Webern Deutsche Tanze, D820 Conductor Sylvian Camberling
Shostakovich Cello Concerto No 2
Raphael Wallf isch, conductor Martyn Brabbins Gretchaninoff Liturgy of St John Chrysostom (excerpts) Lynette Alcantara (mezzo),
BBC Singers, conductor Dominic Wheeler
Schoenberg Waltzes for strings (first recording) Conductor Sylvian Camberling
lain Burnside presents a specially recorded recital by baritone Florian Boesch and pianist Malcolm Martineau. The programme includes songs by Schubert. Schumann, Wolf and Finzi.
Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music with guests and news of the arts world.
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Recorded at the Lighthouse, Poole, presented by Verity Sharp.
Natasha Paremski (piano), Bournemouth
Symphony Orchestra, conductor Kees Bakels Musorgsky, arr Rimsky-Korsakov A Night on the Bare Mountain
Rubinstein Piano Concerto No 4 in D minor
Prokofiev Symphony No 5
Mozart Fantasia in C minor, K475 Juho Pohjonen (piano)
"The greatest show on earth", is how the Royal Shakespeare Company's artistic director, Michael Boyd , describes his hopes for the Complete Works Festival in Stratford-upon-
Avon. As the festival gets underway, Paul Allen and guests explores the RSC's function in the 21st century. Producer Anthony Denselow
Sounds from Vietnam, along with some of Miles Davis 's Sketches of Spain, and pianist Piers Lane plays transcriptions of Bach. Presented by Fiona Talkington.
3/5. With Donald Macleod. Overture: Jessonda;
Als in mitternichtger Stunde; Der Kriegeslust ergeben (Jessonda);
Violin Concerto No 8 in A minor (in Modo di Scena Cantate); Ich hatt'entsagt der Erde Freuden ;
Finale (Jessonda, Act 3) Repeated from Wednesday
With Susan Sharpe.
Locatelll Violin Sonata in D, Op 8 No 2 Tartinl Violin
Sonata in F, Op 2 No 5 Veracini Violin Sonata in F, Op I No 12 Handel Alcina (excerpts) Vivaldi Sinfonia in F (II Tamerlano); Orlando Furioso (excerpts) 2.09 Glanert Orlandos
Schmerz; Lied von den Himmelskoerpern 2.20 Handel Trionfa Oggi7 Mio Cor (Orlando) 2.23 Pizzetti Requiem
Mass 2.48 Janacek String Quartet No 2 (Intimate Letters)
3.14 Tchaikovsky Symphony No 5 in E minor 4.00 Haydn Piano Sonata in D, H XVI 37 4.10 CPE Bach Sinfonia in D for two violins and continuo, H585 4.20 Llthander Rondo for flute and keyboard, Op 8 4.27 Mozart Non Piu , Tutto Ascoltai. ... Non Temer , Amato Bene, K490 4.37 Stravinsky Dumbarton Oaks 4.52 Arban, arr Stanhope Fantasy and Variations on a Cavatina from Bellini's Beatrice di Tenda
5.00 Palestrina Agnus Dei super Ut-Re-Mi-Fa-Sol-La
5.07 Paderewski, arr Maksymiuk Nocturne, Op 16 No 4
5.12 Spohr Fantasia in C minor, Op 53 5.21 Chopin
Impromptu in G flat, Op 515.26 Cipriano de Rore 0 Socii Neque Enim/Durate 5.31 Gesualdo, arr Maxwell Davies Two Motets 5.40 Waqner, arr Humperdinck Good Friday Music (Parsifal) 5.50 D'lndla Che Non rAmi, Cor Mio
5.53 Bacewicz Folk Sketches 5.58 Sibelius Piano Sonatina, Op 67 No 16.06 Respiqhl II Tramonto 6.21 Debussy Petite Suite 634 Zarebski, orch Maklakiewicz Dances Polonaises
