Presented by Martin Handley. Music includes:
7.00-8.00: Vivaldi Concerto in G minor, RV531 Yo-Yo Ma and Jonathan Manson (cellos), Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, director Ton Koopman
Beethoven Sextet in E flat, Op 81b Nash Ensemble
8.00 John Adams Lollapalooza
Halle Orchestra , conductor Kent Nagano Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio Espagnol New York PO, conductor Kurt Masur
Including a chance to hear some of the best recordings of Finzi's music as recommended in yesterday's CD Review.
Aram Khachaturian Russian Dance (Gayaneh) USSR RSO conducted by the composer
Bach Preludes and Fugues: in D, BWVB50; in D minor, BWV851 (Well-Tempered Clavier, Bk I) Evgeni Koroliov (piano)
Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet before Parting (Romeo and Juliet: Suite No 2) Leipzig
Gewandhaus Orchestra, conductor Kurt Masur Schumann Der Himmel hat eine Trane geweint; Ich hab'in mich gesogen (Liebesfruhling, Op 37) Peter Schreier (tenor), Norman Shetler (piano) L Mozart Divertimento No 3 in D (Peasant Wedding) Berlin Concert Orchestra, conductor Helmut Koch
Handel Torments, Alas, Are Not Confined (Samson) Jan Peerce (tenor), Utah Symphony Orchestra, conductor Maurice Abravanel
Janacek Capriccio for piano left hand and winds Rudolf Firkusny (piano), Bavarian RSO
(wind players), conductor Rafael Kubelik Mozart Divertimento in B flat, K270 Vienna Philharmonic Wind Ensemble
Verdi La Vita e Inferno (La Forza del Destino)
Beniamino Gigli (tenor), Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, conductor Umberto Berrettoni
WF Bach Overture in G minor for strings and continuo (also catalogued as JS Bach: Suite No 5 in G minor, BWV1070) Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Chamber Orchestra, conductor Peter Schreier
I Actress Felicity Kendal , currently appearing in David Hare 's play Amy's View in London's West End, talks to Michael Berkeley and selects some of her favourite music: tabla music from India, Maria Callas and Placido Domingo , and a range of concertos from Vivaldi to Elgar
Lucie Skeaping presents a live and interactive edition of the programme featuring Your Favourite Baroque Arias, and invites listeners to send in their requests.
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Stephanie Hughes introduces a recital given at London's Wigmore Hall earlier this month. Véronique Gens (soprano),
Jean-Philippe Collard (piano)
Faure Le Papillon et la Fleur, Op I No 1; Au Bord de /'Eau, Op 8 No 1: Après un Reve, Op 7 No 1; Lydia, Op 4 No 2; Les Berceaux, Op 23 No I: Mandoline No I (Cinq Mélodies de Venise)
Debussy Fêtes Galantes Book I; Nuit d'Etoiles; Chansons de Bilitis; Fleur des Blés
Hahn OuandJe Fus Pris au Pavilion; Trois Jours de Vendange; Lyde; Tyndaris; Pholo4 (Etudes Latines): A Chloris
Offenbach La Cigale et la Fourmi; Le Rat de Ville et le Rat des Champs; Le Corbeau et /e Renard (Six fables de Lafontaine)
Poulenc Banalités; Montparnasse; Hyde Park ; Les Chemins de I'Amour
Listeners' requests this week include Ravel's Bolero, Malcolm Arnold 's Concerto for two violins and the overture to Nicolai's comic opera The Merry Wives of Windsor.
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As the UK album charts are increasingly populated by classical crossover artists in the run-up to Christmas, Tom Service explores the genre, which includes such names as Mario Lanza , Emerson Lake and Palmer, the Three Tenors and now Angelis, asking if there's more to crossover than marketing and easy money. Director
Francesca Zambello also takes listeners behind the scenes of her new production of Carmen at Covent Garden.
Sophocles's three great tragedies are brought together across one evening in the first radio production of Timberlake Wertenbaker's acclaimed translation.
The cycle follows the fortunes of Oedipus, the mythical king of Thebes, and his daughter Antigone, in three powerful dramas of bloody acts, family feuds, justice, power and fate.
6.30 Oedipus Tyrannos
7.55 Oedipus at Kolonos
9.05 Antigone
1/5. With Donald Macleod. A Hymn to the Virgin; Concert Suite: The Sword in the Stone; Bunyan's Farewell: Litany (Paul Bunyan ) Repeated from Monday
With John Shea.
Brahms Ein deutsches Requiem, Op 45 - Soloists, RTE Philharmonic Choir, RTE National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Gerhard Markson
2.09 Debussy Piano Trio in G (Premier Trio)
2.33 Tchaikovsky Francesca da Rimini
2.56 Prokofiev Violin Concerto No 1
3.18 Bach Sarabande (Cello Suite in C minor, BWV1011)
3.23 Haydn String Quartet in B, Op 64 No 3
3.44 Mozart Symphony No 35 in D, K385 (Haffner)
4.04 Schubert Standchen, D920 (Notturno)
4.10 Handel Ballet music: Terpsichore (excerpts)
4.25 Schutz Selve Beate, Se Sospirando, SWV3
4.28 Bach Prelude and Fugue in C, BWV870 (Well-Tempered Clavier, Bk 2)
4.32 Telemann Concerto in D for flute, two violins, viola and continuo
4.45 Mozart Dove Sono (Le Nozze di Figaro)
4.51 Rossini Overture: il Barbiere di Siviglia
5.00 Dvorak Slavonic Dance in C, Op 46 No 1
5.04 Bach Der Geist hilft unsrer Schwachheit auf, BWV226
5.12 Doppler L'Oiseau des Bois, Op 21
5.18Ã Soler Fandango in D minor
5.30 Rachmaninov Vocalise, Op 34 No 14
5.37 Brahms Warum ist das Licht gegeben dem Muhseligen, Op 74 No 1
5.43 Avison Concerto Grosso No 4 in A minor
5.56 Elgar Serenade in E minor for string orchestra, Op 20
6.08 Beethoven Piano Concerto No 4 in G
6.43 Ovalle Blue Bird Guastavino The Rose and the Willow
6.49 Brahms Academic Festival Overture
