Presented by Penny Gore . Music includes:
7.00-8.30: Chopin Ballade No 1 in G minor, Op 23 Nikolai Demidenko (piano)
Scheidt Pavan ; Galliard Battaglia (Ludi Musici ) Hesperion XXI, director Jordi Savall
Britten The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, conductor Simon Rattle
8.30-10.00: Brahms Scherzo in C minor (FAE Sonata) Leila Josefowicz (violin), John Novacek (piano)
Janacek In the Mists Andras Schiff (piano) Bernstein Overture: Candide London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Leonard Bernstein
Presented by Jonathan Swain. lbert Entr'acte
Jean-Pierre Rampal (flute), Lily Laskine (harp)
10.05 Rimsky-Korsakov Symphony No 2 (Antar) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Thomas Beecham
10.35 Debussy Trio Marcel Moyse (flute), Alice Merckel (viola), Lily Laskine (harp)
10.54 Mozart Wenn der Freude Tranen fliessen
(Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail)
Fritz Wunderlich (tenor), Bavarian State Opera Orchestra, conductor Eugen Jochum
11.00 Jolivet Harp Concerto Lily Laskine ,
Paris Opera Orchestra, conductor Andre Jolivet
11.19 Van Eyck Rosemont; Praise Song of Mary; Courante Mars
Marion Verbruggen (recorders)
11.26 Rimsky-Korsakov Suite: Christmas Eve Scottish National Orchestra, conductor Neeme Jarvi
5/5. Music for the Theatre. Alongside his official duties at court and for Westminster Abbey, Purcell enjoyed huge success as a freelance composer for the stage. Donald Macleod introduces some of his greatest hits. Ah! Ah! How Happy Are We
(The Indian Queen) Timothy Penrose (countertenor), James Griffett (tenor), Jaroslav Tuma (harpsichord), Petr Hejny (viola da gamba) Man Is for the Woman Made
Judith Nelson (soprano),
Christopher Hogwood (harpsichord) Suite: The History of Dioclesian Tafelmusik , conductor Jeanne Lamon The Fairy Queen, Act 2 (excerpt)
Lorna Anderson (soprano), the Sixteen Choir and Orchestra, conductor Harry Christophers
Masque of the Seasons (The Fairy Queen, Act 4) Lorna Anderson and Gillian Fisher (sopranos), Michael Chance (alto), Ian Partridge ,
Simon Berridge and Philip Daggett (tenors),
Michael George (bass), the Sixteen Choir and Orchestra, conductor Harry Christophers Fairest Isle (King Arthur)
Nancy Argenta (soprano), Nigel North (archlute) Repeated on Thursday at 12 midnight
John Toal introduces the last of this week's recitals recorded at the Guildhall in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, to mark the centenary of Shostakovich's birth. David Grimal (violin), Francois-Frederic Guy (piano) Schoenberg Phantasy, Op 47
Prokofiev Cinq Melodies, Op 35
Shostakovich Violin Sonata, Op 134
Shostakovich in Context
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch .
Rachmaninov Symphony No 1 in D minor Conductor Owain Arwel Hughes Stravinsky The Rite of Spring Conductor Jac van Steen
Shostakovich Symphony No 9 Conductor Grant Llewellyn
Alice Coltrane
Julian Joseph celebrates the life and music of Alice Coltrane , the Detroit-born pianist married to John Coltrane. Producer Keith Loxam
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With Petroc Trelawny.
A concert given in September at the City Halls, Glasgow, introduced by Sara Mohr-Pietsch .
Andrew Berridge , Scott Dickinson and Lawrence Power (violas), BBC Scottish
Symphony Orchestra, conductor Nan Volkov Oliver Knussen Flourish with Fireworks
George Benjamin Viola , Viola With Andrew Berridge and Scott Dickinson (violas) Dance Figures
Walton Viola Concerto With Lawrence Power
Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique
Gabriel Gbadamosi and guests discuss
Shortbus, John Cameron Mitchell 's new film, which takes place in a fantasy post-9/11 New York among a group of characters who seek catharsis through sexual experiences. Producer Martin Smith
Presented by Mark Russell and Robert Sandall , and featuring a specially commissioned piece by surrealist electronic composer Ergo Phizmiz.
Best CDs of 2006Jez Nelson is joined by writer and broadcaster John Fordham and critic Steve Shepherd to review some of the best releases of 2006.
With Susan Sharpe. Ravel Une Barque surl'Ocean (Miroirs)
Saint-Saens Piano Concerto No 5 in F (Egyptian)
Debussy, orch Biisser Printemps Debussy Iberia (Images)
2.22 Rameau Suite: Les Indes Galantes 2.55 Walpunjis Talestri Regina delle Amazoni (excerpts) 3.34 Smetana Piano Trio in G minor, Op 15 4.03 Surrani Partita
4.13 Byrd Walsingham Variations 4.22 Bodinus Trio in G
4.31 Ravel Oiseaux Tristes: Alborada del Gracioso (Miroirs)
4.42 Melartin Karelian Scenes, Op 146 4.54 Kreisler Praeludium and Allegro in the style of Gaetano Pugnani
5.00 Honiuszko Overture: Flis the Raftsman 5.08
SchotekZweiKlavierstucke, Op 29 5.17 Adam, arr Cable Cantique de Noel 5.21 Yon Gesu Bambino 5.25 Schreker Valse Lente 5.29 Sibelius Valse Triste 5.35 Satie, arr
GotoJe Te Veux (Valse Chantee) 5.39 Satie Gymnopedie No 15.44 Peggy Glanville-Hicks Three Gymnopedies
5.53 Franck E/évation in A 5.59 Handel Water Music:
Suite No 3 in G. HWV350 6.10 Bach Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor, BWV903 6.22 Britten On This Island. Op 116.37 Schlegel Violin Sonata, Op 34
