Listings
: On Air
With Andrew McGregor.Mozart Symphony No 36 in C, K425 (Linz) Vienna Philharmonic, conductor Riccardo Muti
6.43 Bax Oboe Quintet Nash Ensemble
7.05 Shostakovich Prelude and Fugue, Op 87 No 13
Tatiana Nikolaeva (piano)
7.32 Berlioz Overture: Beatrice and Benedict
London Philharmonic, conductor Hamilton Harty
8.05 Bernstein Prelude, Fugue and Riffs Columbia Jazz Combo, conducted by the Composer
8.18 Building a Library - Best of the Bunch:
Sibelius En Saga
Recording chosen by Peter Paul Nash
Contributors
Unknown:
Andrew
McGregor.
Conductor:
Riccardo
Muti
Piano:
Tatiana
Nikolaeva
Conductor:
Hamilton
Harty
Unknown:
Peter Paul
Nash
: Morning Collection
With Penny Gore.Stravinsky Eight Instrumental Miniatures
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
9.09 Liszt Piano Concerto No 1 in E flat
Martha Argerich , London Symphony
Orchestra, conductor Claudio Abbado
9.27 Grainger English Dance BBC Philharmonic, conductor Richard Hickox
9.35 Dvorak The Hero's Song Scottish National Orchestra, conductor Neeme Jarvi Discs
Contributors
Unknown:
Martha
Argerich
Conductor:
Claudio
Abbado
Conductor:
Richard
Hickox
: Musical Encounters
With Chris Wines, includingBrahms Eight Piano Pieces, Op 76' Paul Berkowitz
10.10 Haydn Symphony No 65 in A Tafelmusik, conductor Bruno Weil
10.28 Lalo Cello Sonata
Lowri Blake , John Lenehan (piano)
10.51 Artist of the Week:
Consort of Musicke
Ravenscroft There Were Three
Ravens
11.14 Saint-Saens Cello Sonata
No 2 in F, Op 123
Lowri Blake , John Lenehan (piano)
11.47 John Ward My Breast I'll Set Consort of Musicke
Contributors
Unknown:
Paul
Berkowitz
Conductor:
Bruno
Weil
Unknown:
Lowri
Blake
Piano:
John
Lenehan
Unknown:
Lowri
Blake
Piano:
John
Lenehan
Piano:
John
Ward
: Composer of the Week: Rachmaninov
After the Russian Revolution,Rachmaninov emigrated to America, where he forged a brilliant career as one of the outstanding pianists of his time. But it was at the expense of his own work as a composer. His last two piano works, both sets of variations, have enjoyed very differing fortunes. With Peter Donohoe and Stephen Hough.
The composer's letters are read by David de Keyser.
Mendelssohn, transcr Rachmaninov Scherzo (A Midsummer Night's Dream) Sergei Rachmaninov (piano)
Rachmaninov Variations on a Theme of Corelli
Shura Cherkassky (1986)
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Earl Wild (piano), Royal Philharmonic, conductor Jascha Horenstein
Discs Repeated next Friday 11.30pm
Contributors
Unknown:
Peter
Donohoe
Unknown:
Stephen
Hough.
Read By:
David
de Keyser.
Piano:
Sergei
Rachmaninov
Unknown:
Shura
Cherkassky
Piano:
Earl
Wild
Conductor:
Jascha
Horenstein
: Bristol Lunchtime Concert
French ConnectionChris de Souza introduces a concert given at St George's, Brandon Hill , Bristol, by Hiro Kurosaki (violin) and Linda Nicholson (piano). Mozart in Paris
Schubert Violin Sonata in D minor,
Op 14 No 4
Mozart Violin Sonata in E minor, K304
Balbastre Marseillaise
Mozart Violin Sonata in D, K306
Contributors
Introduces:
Chris
de Souza
Unknown:
Brandon
Hill
Violin:
Hiro
Kurosaki
Piano:
Linda
Nicholson
: Private Passions
Repeated from Saturday 12 noon: Mining the Archive
Zoltan KodalySandy Burnett presents a tribute to the Hungarian composer who did so much to inspire musicians. Including recordings from the BBC archive of the composer conducting his own music, a piano recital by fellow Hungarian Tamas Vasary , and interviews with the composer and Sir Michael Tippett.
Kodaly Ballet Music; Two Songs, Op 5; Mother Listens ; Variations on a Hungarian Folk Song (The Peacock) Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by the Composer
Dances of Marosszek; Nine Pieces,
Op 3; Meditation on a Motif by Debussy Tamas Vasary (piano) Producer Tim Thorne
Contributors
Unknown:
Zoltan
Kodaly
Unknown:
Sandy
Burnett
Unknown:
Tamas
Vasary
Unknown:
Sir Michael
Tippett.
Unknown:
Mother
Listens
Baritone:
Dietrich
Fischer-Dieskau
Producer:
Tim
Thorne
: Music Machine
The Freelance MusicianThe Wild West End. Tommy Pearson meets musicians who play in shows and musicals, sometimes for long and arduous seasons. The players who work down in the pit survive some of the toughest conditions. Last in the series.
Contributors
Unknown:
Tommy
Pearson
: In Tune
With Andrew Green , includingSchubert, transcr Liszt Das Wandern Leslie Howard (piano)
6.05 Chabrier Espana Vienna Philharmonic, conductor John Eliot Gardiner
6.40 Rachmaninov Vocalise
Sylvia McNair (soprano),
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, conductor David Zinman
Producer Andrew Lyle
SOUNDING THE CENTURY
Contributors
Unknown:
Andrew
Green
Unknown:
Liszt Das
Wandern
Piano:
Leslie
Howard
Conductor:
John Eliot
Gardiner
Soprano:
Sylvia
McNair
Conductor:
David
Zinman
Producer:
Andrew
Lyle
: From the Canyons to the Stars
From Glasgow's TramwayTheatre. Olivier Messiaen 's epic, kaleidoscopic vision of praise and contemplation resonates with sounds from desert to deep space. Rolf Hind (piano), David Flack (horn), Heather Corbett and David Lyons (percussion),
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor Martyn Brabbins
Messiaen Des Canyons aux Etoiles * See Music: page 40
Contributors
Unknown:
Olivier
Messiaen
Piano:
Rolf
Hind
Piano:
David
Flack
Horn:
Heather
Corbett
Horn:
David
Lyons
Conductor:
Martyn
Brabbins
Conductor:
Messiaen
Des
: Sicilian Voices
The last of five programmes exploring the life, history and literature of Sicily, presented by Joe Farrell . Sicily Written by SiciliansAfter centuries of being invaded and conquered, and seeing its organised crime travel the world, Sicily is telling its own version of its history through writers like Leonardo Sciascia.
Contributors
Presented By:
Joe
Farrell
Unknown:
Leonardo
Sciascia.
: Homage to a Parrot
Malipiero's three comic homages to a parrot, an elephant, and an idiot, written in 1920 and played by pianist Sandro Ivo Bartoli. Plus a selection of music from Malipiero's Italian contemporaries, includingRespighi's Prelude in B flat played by Massimo Palumbo.
Contributors
Pianist:
Sandro Ivo
Bartoli.
Played By:
Massimo
Palumbo.
: Hear and Now
Sarah Walker introduces a mixed programme of new music using extremes of texture (either dense with many notes or extremely spare) and she talks to clarinettist Andrew Sparling, who plays in both featured ensembles, about the work.James Clarke
Trio Laurence Crane
Trio Roger Redgate +R
Michael Finnissy WAM Chris Dench mem(e)
James Erber You Done Torn Your Playhouse Down
James Clarke Entfernung
Richard Barrett What Remains
Topologies ensemble
Howard Skempton Colomen Tapestry ensemble
Producer Philip Tagney
Contributors
Introduces:
Sarah
Walker
Clarinettist:
Andrew
Sparling
Unknown:
James
Clarke
Unknown:
Laurence
Crane
Unknown:
Roger
Redgate
Unknown:
Michael
Finnissy
Unknown:
Chris
Dench
Unknown:
James
Erber
Unknown:
James
Clarke
Unknown:
Richard
Barrett
Unknown:
Howard
Skempton
Producer:
Philip
Tagney
: Composers of the Week: Forgotten Giants of 18th-century Opera
The Horace of ComposersTo many 18th-century ears, Niccolo Jommelli was one of the greatest composers of his time. Paul Guinery introduces highlights from Jommelli's spectacular drama
Armida Abbandonata. Christophe Rousset conducts Les Talens Lyriques with soprano Ewa Malas-Godlewska in the role of the eponymous sorceress at the head of a cast which also includes Claire Brua , Veronique Gens and Gilles Ragon.
Repeated from last Friday
Contributors
Unknown:
Niccolo
Jommelli
Introduces:
Paul
Guinery
Unknown:
Armida
Abbandonata.
Unknown:
Christophe
Rousset
Soprano:
Ewa
Malas-Godlewska
Unknown:
Claire
Brua
Unknown:
Veronique
Gens
Unknown:
Gilles
Ragon.
: Everything but the Crazyhouse
Six programmes with Russell Davies. 3: Junk Bucket Blues. Sidney Bechet was jailed for his involvement in a shooting incident in Paris. After his release, and back in New York, he made his first attempts to start a traditional jazz revival with fellow New Orleans player Tommy Ladnier. Repeated from Monday 3.45pmContributors
Unknown:
Russell
Davies.
Unknown:
Sidney
Bechet
Unknown:
Tommy
Ladnier.
: Through the Night
With Donald Macleod.1.00 Haydn 11 Ritorno di Tobia
Budapest Madrigal Choir, Hungarian State Orchestra/Ferenc Szekeres
4.20 Chamber Concert. Janacek
Violin Sonata Ruggero Allifranchini , Anton Nel (piano) Debussy Violin Sonata Nicholas Kitchen , Stephen Prutsman (piano) Paganini Terzetto Concertante in D David Tanenbaum
(guitar), Carta-Maria Rodrigues (viola), Michael Kannen (cello) Milhaud Suite: La Création du Monde
Stephen Prutsman (piano), Scott St John and Martin Beaver
(violins), Maria Lambros Kannen
(viola), Christopher Costanza (cello) Franck Piano Quintet in F minor Anton Nel , Borromeo Quartet
6.00 Sequence
Contributors
Unknown:
Donald
MacLeod.
Unknown:
Ferenc
Szekeres
Unknown:
Ruggero
Allifranchini
Piano:
Anton
Nel
Unknown:
Nicholas
Kitchen
Piano:
Stephen
Prutsman
Guitar:
David
Tanenbaum
Guitar:
Carta-Maria
Rodrigues
Viola:
Michael
Kannen
Piano:
Stephen
Prutsman
Piano:
Scott St
John
Piano:
Martin
Beaver
Violins:
Maria Lambros
Kannen
Viola:
Christopher
Costanza
Unknown:
Anton
Nel
Tobit:
Zsolt
Bende (baritone)
Anna:
Klara
Takacs (contralto)
Tobias:
Attila
Fulop (tenor)
Sarah:
Veronika
Kincses (soprano)
Raphael:
Magda
Kalmar (soprano)
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