Listings
: On Air
Petroc Trelawny with music and arts news, including a review of the new RSC production of Richard III starring Robert Lindsay , which opened last night in Stratford. Music includes at6.50 Smetana's Overture: The
Bartered Bride played by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, conductor Fritz Reiner ; at 7.10 Mendelssohn's
Overture for Wind Instruments performed by Consortium Classicum; and after the 8.00 news Walton's
Portsmouth Point played by the London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Andre Previn.
Contributors
Unknown:
Richard
Iii
Unknown:
Robert
Lindsay
Conductor:
Fritz
Reiner
Conductor:
Andre
Previn.
: Masterworks
With Peter Hobday.Beethoven Overture: Fidelio
Berlin Philharmonic, conductor Herbert von Karajan
9.08 Delius Paris - the Song of a Great City BBC SO/Andrew Davis
9.31 Haydn String Quartet in G, Op 64 No 4 Pro Arte Quartet
9.48 Liszt Hungarian Fantasy
Geza Anda (piano), Philharmonia, conductor Otto Ackermann
10.06 Roussel Bacchus and Ariadne: Suite No 2 Lamoureux
Orchestra, conductor Igor Markevitch
Contributors
Unknown:
Peter
Hobday.
Conductor:
Herbert
von Karajan
: Artist of the Week
Graham JohnsonGraham Johnson talks to Joan Bakewell about British song and its place in the recital programme. Music includes:
Purcell, real Britten A Morning Hymn Howells Gavotte
Vaughan Williams Antiphon (Mystical Songs)
Britten Batter My Heart
Contributors
Unknown:
Graham
Johnson
Talks:
Graham
Johnson
Unknown:
Joan
Bakewell
: Sound Stories
Italian WritersWith Peggy Reynolds.
4: Michelangelo. Besides creating the frescos in the Sistine Chapel, the statue of David and St Peter 's
Basilica, Michelangelo was one of Italy's greatest poets. Some 300 of his poems survive and have inspired some of this century's finest music. Including:
Wolf Fuhlt Meine Seele
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Gerald Moore (piano)
Pfitzner Das Dunkle Reich (excerpt) Sigurd Bruns (organ), Berlin RSO, conductor Rolf Reuter
Britten Michelangelo Sonnets
(excerpts) Philip Langridge (tenor), Steuart Bedford (piano)
Strauss Madrigal , Op 15 No 1 Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), Georg Solti (piano)
Shostakovich Suite on Poems of Michelangelo Dietrich
Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Berlin
RSO, conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy
Contributors
Unknown:
Peggy
Reynolds.
Unknown:
St
Peter
Baritone:
Dietrich
Fischer-Dieskau
Piano:
Gerald
Moore
Unknown:
Sigurd
Bruns
Conductor:
Rolf
Reuter
Conductor:
Britten
Michelangelo
Tenor:
Philip
Langridge
Piano:
Strauss
Madrigal
Piano:
Georg
Solti
Piano:
Shostakovich
Suite
Unknown:
Michelangelo
Dietrich
Conductor:
Vladimir
Ashkenazy
: Composer of the Week: Schumann
With Penny Gore.4: 1842 - the Year of Chamber Music
Schumann composed his Piano Quintet with the pianism of Clara in mind. Andante and Variations in B flat
Natalia Gutman and Mischa Maisky (cellos), Marie-Luise Neunecker (horn), Martha Argerich and Alexandre Rabinovitch (pianos)
String Quartet in A minor, Op 41 No 1 (Finale) Vogler Quartet
Piano Quintet in E flat, Op 44 Emerson Quartet, Menahem Pressler (piano) Repeated next Thursday 12 midnight
SOUNDING THE CENTURY
Contributors
Unknown:
Natalia
Gutman
Cellos:
Mischa
Maisky
Cellos:
Marie-Luise
Neunecker
Horn:
Martha
Argerich
Horn:
Alexandre
Rabinovitch
: The Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
The second of five concerts given this year by the Lindsays of string quartets by Shostakovich and Tippett. The LindsaysTippett String Quartet No 2
Shostakovich String Quartet No 8, Op 110 Repeat
: The BBC Orchestras
BBC PhilharmonicConductors Matthias Bamert and Yan Pascal Tortelier
Dohnanyi Suite in F sharp minor, Op 19 Kodaiy Concerto for Orchestra Dohnanyi Symphony No 2 in E (revised version)
Contributors
Unknown:
Yan Pascal
Tortelier
Unknown:
Dohnanyi
Suite
: Ensemble
Folk song has inspired many composers, and the cello can convey its soulful heart to perfection. Penny Gore talks to Alexander Baillie about his folk-inspired programme, which crosses most of Europe. Alexander Baillie (cello),Dominic Harlan (piano)
Suk Serenade in A, Op 3 No 2
Busoni Variations on a Finnish Folk Song Ferguson Five Irish Folk Songs
Falla, arr Maréchal Suite Populaire Espagnole
Producer Nigel Wilkinson
Contributors
Talks:
. Penny
Gore
Unknown:
Alexander
Baillie
Piano:
Dominic
Harlan
Producer:
Nigel
Wilkinson
: Music Machine
Music and the MassA requiem is a mass for the dead, and many composers have been inspired by this text. Tommy Pearson finds out why setting a requiem is different from setting a regular mass.
Contributors
Unknown:
Tommy
Pearson
: In Tune
Humphrey Carpenter tunes in toDance Umbrella's 50th birthday tribute to Richard Alston. Music includes
Beethoven's Piano Sonata in E flat, Op 31 No 3, at 5.35; and Prokofiev's Suite: Lieutenant Kije at 6.40. Producer Alan Hall
Contributors
Unknown:
Humphrey
Carpenter
Unknown:
Richard
Alston.
Producer:
Alan
Hall
: Performance on 3
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Introduced by Kirsteen McCue. Conductor Martyn Brabbins , Lisa Milne (soprano)Dukas Fanfare (La Peri)
Debussy Marche Ecossaise sur un Theme Populaire
Charpentier Depuis le Jour (Louise) Massenet // Est Doux, 11 Est Bon
(Herodiade)
MacCunn Oh! Would That I Again
Could See; Sleep for the Day Is Done (Jeanie Deans )
Strauss Freundliche Vision, Op 48 No 1; Morgen, Op 27 No 4; Zueignung, Op 10 No 1 Walton Symphony No 1
Contributors
Introduced By:
Kirsteen
McCue.
Conductor:
Martyn
Brabbins
Soprano:
Lisa
Milne
Unknown:
Charpentier
Depuis
Unknown:
Jeanie
Deans
: Postscript
VeteransChristopher Hitchens talks to three people who have spent long lives in opposition and are distinguished veterans of military, political and intellectual struggles.
3: Basil Davidson , distinguished historian of Africa and an intelligence operative in the Balkans during the Second World War.
Contributors
Talks:
Christopher
Hitchens
Unknown:
Basil
Davidson
: Music for Organ
Daniel Roth , organist of St Sulpice in Paris, plays music by his most famous predecessor there.Widor Organ Symphony No 10, Op 73 (Roman)
Contributors
Organist:
Daniel
Roth
: Music Restored
Of Dances and Battles.Lucie Skeaping introduces excerpts from concerts given at this year's York Early Music Festival.
Gabrieli Canzona No 10 Gabrieli
Players, director Paul McCreesh Anon Italian Saltarello Sinfonye Robert Ballard Volta ; Coranto John Perrichon Coranto
Nigel North (lute)
Bach Gigue (Cello Suite No 6 in D, BWV811) Richard Tunnicliffe
Byrd Fantasia a 4; 0 Lord How Vain Emma Kirkby (soprano), Rose Consort of Viols
Alfonso Ferrabosco Pavan ; Fantasie
Nigel North (lute)
Anon Kalian Saltarello: Belicha Sinfonye Byrd In Fields Abroad Emma Kirkby (soprano), Rose Consort of Viols
Producer Mark Rowlinson. Rpd tomorrow 4pm
Contributors
Introduces:
Lucie
Skeaping
Unknown:
Gabrieli
Canzona
Director:
Paul
McCreesh
Unknown:
Robert Ballard
Volta
Unknown:
Nigel
North
Cello:
Bach
Gigue
Unknown:
Richard
Tunnicliffe
Unknown:
Byrd
Fantasia
Soprano:
Emma
Kirkby
Unknown:
Alfonso Ferrabosco
Pavan
Unknown:
Nigel
North
Unknown:
Belicha
Sinfonye
Soprano:
Emma
Kirkby
Producer:
Mark
Rowlinson.
: Night Waves
Paul Allen discusses childhood fears- from cannibals to cradle snatchers - with cultural historian Maria Warner , whose new book, No Go the Bogeyman, explores the monsters we conjure up and the strategies we invent to allay them. And as the film Primary Colours opens in Britain, can the fictional portrait of a president in trouble survive its real-life competition? Producer Doug Traill-Stephenson
Contributors
Unknown:
Paul
Allen
Unknown:
Maria
Warner
Producer:
Doug
Traill-Stephenson
: Jazz Notes
Alyn Shipton introduces jazz news from Dave Gelly and talks to Jack Parnell about his days leading a big band.SOUNDING THE CENTURY
Contributors
Introduces:
Alyn
Shipton
Unknown:
Dave
Gelly
Unknown:
Jack
Parnell
: Composer of the Week: Schnittke
Three MadrigalsSarah Leonard (soprano), Capricorn, director Timothy Mason
Minnesang Danish NRC/Stefan Parkman Music for an Imaginary Play
USSR Cinema Symphony Orchestra, conductor Emin Khachaturian
Faust Cantata (excerpts)
Soloists, Malmo Symphony Chorus and Orchestra/James DePreist Repeated from last Thursday
Contributors
Soprano:
Sarah
Leonard
Director:
Timothy
Mason
Director:
Minnesang
Danish
Conductor:
Emin
Khachaturian
: Through the Night
With Donald Macleod.1.00 Berlin Symphony Orchestra, conductor Maria Venzago de Falla
Dances from The Three Cornered Hat
Zimmermann Music pour les Soupers du Roi Ubu Strauss Suite from Der Rosenkavalier
2.55 Mozart Quintet in E flat for Piano, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn and Bassoon,
K458 Canberra Wind Soloists
3.20 Haydn Missa Brews Vancouver Chamber Choir and Orchestra
4.40 Rartlo Symphonic Ballade for Orchestra, Op 9 Finnish RSO/Almila
5.30 Brahms Variations on a Theme by Schumann, Op 9 Yuri Kot (piano)
Contributors
Unknown:
Donald
MacLeod.
Conductor:
Maria
Venzago
Unknown:
Zimmermann
Music
Piano:
Yuri
Kot
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