Presented by Penny Gore .
7.00-8.30: Bach Der Geist hilft unsrer
Schwachheitauf, BWV226 Choir of King's College, Cambridge, director Stephen Cleobury (organ) Hoist Japanese Suite LSO, conductor
Adrian Boult Schubert Impromptu in B flat, D935 No 3 Alfred Brendel (piano)
8.30-10.00: Korngold Baby Serenade, Op 24 North West German Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Werner Andreas Albert
Brahms Academic Festival Overture Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Leonard Bernstein
Grieg Peer Cynt: Suite No 2 Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Paavo Jarvi
This week Jonathan Swain features the orchestral music of Weber and recordings by Andre Navarra.
10.00 Weber
Overture: Abu Hassan Suisse Romande Orchestra, conductor Ernest Ansermet
10.05 Mozart Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail (Act 1, excerpt) Lynne Dawson (soprano),
Uwe Heilmann (tenor), Gunther von Kannen (baritone), Academy of Ancient Music Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Christopher Hogwood
10.21 Lalo Cello Concerto in D minor
Andre Navarra , Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Constantin Silvestri
10.48 Debussy Images, Set 2
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano)
11.03 Weber Clarinet Concerto No 2 in E flat
Gervase de Peyer, LSO, conductor Colin Davis
11.27 Faure Piano Trio in D minor. Op 120 Jean Hubeau (piano), Raymond Gallois -Montbrun (violin), Andre Navarra (cello)
11.49 Berlioz Le Chant des Chemins de Fer
Rolando Villazon (tenor), Les Elements, Toulose Capitole Orchestra, conductor Michel Plasson
1/5. On 21 March 1740 Bach was 55 years old. This week, Donald Macleod explores the great sequence of masterpieces from the last years of Bach's life. The Goldberg Variations, written for an insomniac aristocrat, are heard in interpretations for harpsichord and piano. Goldberg Variations, BWV988 (excerpts)
Glenn Gould (piano), Virginia Black (harpsichord) Producer Piers Burton-Page Repeated on Sunday at 12 midnight RT DIRECT: A recording of Bach's Mass in B Minor (2 CDs) with Helen Donath (soprano), Brigite Fassbaender (mezzo), Claes-Hakan Ahnsjo (tenor), Roland Hermann (baritone) and Robert Holl (bass), with the Bavarian Radio Chorus and SO.conductor Eugen Jochum , is available for £11.99 including p&p. To order please send a cheque, payable to Selections, to: [address removed] or phone: [number removed] (national rate), or visit www.selections.com/rtdirect. Quote ref: [number removed]
Stephanie Hughes introduces a recital of Schubert's posthumously published collection of songs live from the Wigmore Hall in London.
Mark Padmore (tenor), Roger Vignoles (piano) Schubert Schwanengesang, D957
British Symphonies: BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Sandy Burnett presents this week's programmes featuring the four symphonies of Lennox Berkeley. He was a contemporary of Britten and Tippett and a friend of Pouienc and Ravel, whom he met while studying in France.
Lennox Berkeley Serenade for string orchestra Conductor Richard Hickox
Poulenc Sinfonietta
Conductor Richard Hickox
Ravel Concerto for piano (left hand)
Louis Lortie (piano), conductor Thierry Fischer Lennox Berkeley Symphony No I Conductor Richard Hickox
Music for younger listeners presented by Angelica Bell and Adrian Dickson , featuring
Puccini's Nessun Dorma and a march by Elgar.
Edward Seckerson dips into the current crop of Broadway shows, including The Pajama Game starring Harry Connick Jr, musical versions of The House of Bernada Alba and The Color Purple, and John Doyle's Sweeney Todd with the cast playing all the instruments.
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Sean Rafferty presents music and arts news.
Bath International Music Festival
Sarah Walker presents the second of three concerts recorded last week. The Australian
Chamber Orchestra, currently touring Europe, make a welcome appearance under their director Richard Tognetti. With soprano Dawn Upshaw.
Arvo Part Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten Britten, arr Toqnetti Corpus Christi Carol
Bartok, arr Toqnetti Five Hungarian Folk Songs Takemitsu Death and Resurrection
Bach Cantata No 84: Ich bin vergnugt; Cantata
No 199: Ich lege mich ... Wie freudig is mein Herz Schubert , arr Toqnetti String Quartet in D minor, D810, (Death and the Maiden) Producer Johannah Smith
Cicely Berry , the venerable voice director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, talks to
Philip Dodd about training some of our finest actors and also discusses working with a group of deprived children outside Rio. Producer Ella Mai Robey
Verity Sharp introduces the voices of African diva Miriam Makeba , who is currently on her farewell tour, young Kurdish singer Aynur, and Indian classical singer Ashwini Bhide.
2/5. With Donald Macleod.
Ruhe, meine Seele!; Heimliche Aufforderung; Morgen! (Vier Lieder, Op 27); Don Quixote Repeated from Tuesday
With Jonathan Swain.
Larsson Pastoral Suite, Op 19 Christian Lindberg The World of Montuagretta David/Lindberg Trombone Concertino in E flat, Op 4 lbert Divertissement
2.09 Roman Drottningholmsmusiquen (excerpts)
2.31 Geljer Seven Songs 2.45 Berwald Septet in B flat
3.07 Klint Piano Sonata in D minor 3.26 Back The Boy with a Cart 3.30 Lindberq Piano Quartet 3.55 Werle Sonetto 292 4.01 Wiren Violin Sonatina 4.12 Stenhammar
Four Stockholm Poems, Op 38 4.24 Grieg Butterfly. Op 43 No 14.26 Alfven Suite: Gustav Adolf II, Op 49 4.42 Norman Rosa Rorans Bonitatem, Op 45 4.51 Sjoqren Prelude and Fugue No 3 in C, Op Posth 5.00 Crusell Introduction and Variations on a Swedish Drinking Song, Op 12
5.10 Bellini Vanne 0 Rosa Fortunata; Bella Nice, Che d'Amore 5.17 Bach Cantata. BWV170: Vergnijgte Run; beliebte Seelenlust 5.39 Roman Suite No II in F minor
5.47 Kraus Symphony in C 6.01 Berwald Fantasia on Two Swedish Folk Songs 6.10 Traditional, arr Wikander The Fine Crystal: I Wish You Well 6.13 Ranqstom Partita
6.27 Sandstrom April and Silence 6.35 Peterson-Berger Flowers from Froson Island, Bk 2
