Presented by Sandy Burnett. Music includes:
7.00-8.30 Khachaturian Waltz (Masquerade) Chopin Introduction and Polonaise Brillante , Op 3
8.30-10.00 Guillaume de Machaut Dame, Je Sui Cilz/Fins Cuers Doulz
Prokofiev Troika (Suite: Lieutenant Kije) Schubert Violin Sonatina in D, D384
Presented by Jonathan Swain.
10.00 York Bowen Preludes , Op 102 (excerpts) Performed by the composer (piano)
10.10 Haydn Symphony No 44 in E minor (Trauer) Vienna State Opera Orchestra, conductor Hermann Scherchen
10.35 Beethoven String Quartet in A minor, Op 132 Budapest Quartet
11.20 Granados Canciones Amatorias
Montserrat Caballe (soprano) with orchestra conducted by Rafael Ferrer
11.42 Liszt Hunnenschlacht Vienna State Opera Orchestra, conductor Hermann Scherchen
Handel In London: Five Musical Walks
3/5. Donald Macleod and Lewis Foreman explore sites along the Strand where, in the shadow of the opera house at Covent Garden, Handel undertook his musical business, from visits to publishers to private performances in an enthusiast's attic and a local tavern. The final stop is the museum of the Foundling Hospital, London's first home for abandoned children and Handel's favourite charity. Chorus: Virtue, Truth and Innocence (Esther) The Sixteen, conductor Harry Christophers Concerto Grosso in G minor, Op 6 No 6 Vienna Concentus Musicus, conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Sonata in A Op 1 No 3
Elizabeth Wallf isch (violin), Richard Tunnicliffe (cello), Paul Nicholson (harpsichord)
Anthem for the Foundling Hospital (excerpt) Judith Nelson and Emma Kirkby (sopranos), Shirley Minto (contralto), James Bowman (countertenor), Martyn Hill (tenor), David Thomas (bass), Choir of Christ Church
Cathedral, Oxford, Academy of Ancient Music, conductor Simon Preston Rptd Tuesday 12 midnight
BBC New Generation Artists In Manchester 2/4. Verity Sharp presents a recital given at the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, by Russian violinist Alina Ibragimova and pianist Huw Watkins. Mozart Violin Sonata in F, K376
Beethoven Violin Sonata No 8 in G, Op 30 No 3 Prokofiev Violin Sonata No 2, Op 94b
Bridge Cycle - Part 2
BBC National Chorus and Orchestra of Wales
Another concert featuring works by Frank Bridge conducted by Richard Hickox. Presented by Petroc Trelawny . Bridge Blow Out, You Bugles With Philip Langridge (tenor) Oration (Concerto Elegiaco) With Alban Gerhardt (cello)
Vaughan Williams Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus Director Lesley Hatfield Bridge Rebus; Todessehnsucht.
Vaughan Williams A Pastoral Symphony
(Symphony No 3) With Camilla Roberts (soprano), conductor James Judd
Bridge Lament
Live from Southwell Minster. Introit: Kindle a Light (Michael Fleming ). Responses:
Clucas. Office Hymn: Hark! a Herald Voice
Is Calling (Merton). Psalm: 104 (Hale, Turle, Boyce). First Lesson: Isaiah 39. Antiphon: 0
Clavis David (Chilcott). Canticles in F minor for double choir (Alan Gray). Second Lesson:
Matthew 17, vv14-21. Anthem: Vox Dicentis:
Clama (Naylor). Final Hymn: Wake, 0 Wake with Tidings Thrilling (Wachet auf). Organ Voluntary: Overture to St Paul (Mendelssohn). Rector chori Paul Hale. Assistant organist Simon Bell.
Music and arts news with Sean Rafferty.
Christmas Choral Classics
Aled Jones introduces a selection of Christmas music contrasting ancient and modern, with 20th-century masterpieces heard alongside much earlier celebrations of Christmas.
Palestrina Hodie Christus Est Schola Cantorum of Oxford, conductor Jeremy Summerly Britten A Ceremony of Carols
Rachel Masters (harp), Choir of King's College, Cambridge, conductor Stephen Cleobury
Praetorius In DulciJubilo Gabrieli Consort and Players, conductor Paul McCreesh
Honegger Cantata de Noël Susana Oliveira
Teixeira (soprano), Gilles Cachemaille (baritone), Gulbenkian Choir and Orchestra/Michel Corboz G Gabrieli Quem Vidistis Pastores Charles Brett (countertenor), William Kendall and Peter Hall (tenors), Ian Caddy (bass), Richard Fames and Stephen Layton (organs), Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, conductor Stephen Cleobury
Finzi In Terra Pax Libby Crabtree (soprano),
Donald Sweeney (bass), Winchester Cathedral Choir, Bournemouth SO, conductor David Hill Byrd 0 Magnum Mysterium (Gradualia, Bk 2)
Monteverdi Choir, conductor John Eliot Gardiner Lauridsen 0 Magnum Mysterium
Polyphony, conductor Stephen Layton
Philip Dodd and guests explore the dramatic new architecture that is changing the Chinese landscape, and the social and cultural price that is being paid. Producer Anthony Denselow
Verity Sharp recalls some of her favourite releases of 2006.
4/5. Presented by Donald Macleod.
Kindertotenlieder; Symphony No 8 (excerpt) Repeated from Thursday
Presented by John Shea. Bach Prelude and Fugue in E flat, BWV552 (St Anne) Albinonl Adagio in G minor
Wldor Symphony No 5, Op 42 No 1 Irina Kalinovska (organ)
2.02 Schubert Symphony No 5 in B flat
2.29 Szymanowski String Quartet No 2, Op 56
2.46 Bruckner Mass No 3 in F minor (Great)
3.48 Novak Piano Trio in D minor, Op 27 (Quasi una Ballata)
4.05 Dvorak Silent Woods 4.11 Handel Oboe Sonata, Op 1 No 5 in F, HWV363a 4.19 Hasse Son Qual Misera
Colomba (Cleofide) 4.25 Striggio Ecce Beatam Lucem
4.34 Chopin Scherzo No 4 in E, Op 54 4.45 Parac Andante Amoroso 4.52 Musorqsky, orch Rlmsky-
Korsakov Dance of the Persian Slaves (Khovanshchina)
5.00 Rosenmiiller Beatus Vir Qui Timet Dominum
5.13 Bach Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV582
5.29 Beethoven Presto (Piano Trio in E flat, Op 1 No I)
5.35 Puccini Intermezzo (Manon Lescaut)
5.42 Norman Zwei Charakterstucke, Op 1
5.52 J Strauss (son) Waltz: Rosen aus dem Suden, Op 388
6.01 Mozart Rondo in D, K485 6.08 Bach Sinfonia:
Christmas Oratorio, Part 2, BWV248 6.14 Nielsen, arr
Dyrst Christmas at Home 6.18 Massenet Devant la Madone
6.23 Schumann, arr Duczmal Cello Concerto in A minor
6.47 Mozart Horn Concerto in E flat, K370b (fragment)
