Listings
: On Air
Stephanie Hughes introduces arts news and music, including works by Schubert and Bartok, plus before7.00 Bach's Orchestral Suite No 2 in B minor. BWV1067.
Contributors
Introduces:
Stephanie
Hughes
: Masterworks
With Peter Hobday , featuring Chopin piano music and vintage performances by the English oboist Leon Goossens.Berlioz Waverley Overture
Scottish National Orchestra. conductor Alexander Gibson
9.12 Chopin Twelve Studies, Op 10 Maurizio Pollini (piano)
9.40 Strauss Oboe Concerto
Leon Goossens , Philharmonia, conductor Alceo Galliera
10.04 Janacek Sinfonietta
LSO. conductor Claudio Abbado
Contributors
Unknown:
Peter
Hobday
Unknown:
Leon
Goossens.
Conductor:
Alexander
Gibson
Piano:
Maurizio
Pollini
Unknown:
Leon
Goossens
Conductor:
Alceo
Galliera
Conductor:
Claudio
Abbado
: Artist of the Week
A Christmas Selection: King's SingersOver the last 30 years, the King's Singers have performed four centuries of music to wide and enthusiastic acclaim. This year, they celebrated a major anniversary. Joan Bakewell discusses the King's Singers past and present with Brian Kay, Stephen Connolly and Paul Phoenix. Repeat
Contributors
Unknown:
Joan
Bakewell
Unknown:
Brian
Kay
Unknown:
Stephen
Connolly
Unknown:
Paul
Phoenix.
: Sound Stories
BalletsPeggy Reynolds looks at four favourite ballets.
1: Sleeping Beauty. At the christening of the Princess Aurora. everyone celebrates and all the fairies bestow gifts on her. But then Carabosse, Aurora's godmother, arrives - she was not invited and takes her revenge by cursing the Princess: she will grow up, but then she will prick her finger and die. The Lilac Fairy, who has not yet given her present, cannot revoke the curse, but mitigates it: Aurora will not die, but will fall asleep for one hundred years. Aurora does indeed grow up into a beautiful woman, and at her birthday celebrations accepts a spindle from an old woman. She pricks her finger and falls into a deep sleep. Music in this programme is taken from the recording of Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty by the Kirov
Orchestra, conductor Valery Gergiev.
Contributors
Unknown:
Peggy
Reynolds
Conductor:
Valery
Gergiev.
: Composer of the Week: Camille Saint-Saens
(1835-1921)With David Byers. Tarantella, Op 6
Clara Novakova (flute), Richard Vieille (clarinet), Paris Orchestral Ensemble. conductor Jean-Jacques Kantorow Phaeton Philharmonia , conductor Charles Dutoit
Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso Kyung-Wha Chung (violin), RPO, conductor Charles Dutoit
Odelette Gary Arbuthnot (flute), Ulster Orchestra, conductor Kenneth Montgomery
Africa Gwendolyn Mok (piano), LPO, conductor Geoffrey Simon Producer David Byers
Repeated next Monday 12 midnight
Contributors
Unknown:
David
Byers.
Flute:
Clara
Novakova
Flute:
Richard
Vieille
Conductor:
Jean-Jacques
Kantorow
Conductor:
Phaeton
Philharmonia
Conductor:
Charles
Dutoit
Conductor:
Rondo
Capriccioso
Violin:
Kyung-Wha
Chung
Conductor:
Charles
Dutoit
Flute:
Odelette Gary
Arbuthnot
Conductor:
Kenneth
Montgomery
Piano:
Africa Gwendolyn
Mok
Conductor:
Geoffrey
Simon
Producer:
David
Byers
: The Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Lucie Skeaping introduces a week of BBC invitation concerts from historic venues in Kent and Sussex.1: 1 Fagiolini, director Robert Hollingworth , and Fretwork perform seasonal music associated with Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn from Hever Castle in Kent, home to the Boleyn family in the 16th century. The programme includes songs by Henry VIII and William Comysh , and viol consorts by John Taverner and Christopher Tye.
Contributors
Introduces:
Lucie
Skeaping
Director:
Robert
Hollingworth
Unknown:
Henry
Viii
Unknown:
Anne
Boleyn
Songs By:
Henry
Viii
Songs By:
William
Comysh
Unknown:
John
Taverner
Unknown:
Christopher
Tye.
: The BBC Orchestras
BBC PhilharmonicConductors Vassily Sinaisky and George Hurst , Aleksandar Madzar (piano)
Johann Strauss (son) Overture: Die Fledermaus; Annen-Polka;
Tritsch-Tratsch Polka; Waltz: An Artist's
Life; Egyptian March; Champagne
Polka; Thunder and Lightning Polka Mozart Piano Concerto No 21 in C.
K467
Heuberger Overture: The Opera Ball Josef Strauss Anvil Polka
Johann Strauss (son) Hunt Polka; Pizzicato Polka; Perpetuum Mobile Eduard Strauss Polka: Train Galop Johann Strauss (son) Waltz: The Blue Danube
Johann Strauss (father) Radetzky March Josef Strauss Polka: Ohne Sorgen
Contributors
Conductors:
Vassily
Sinaisky
Conductors:
George
Hurst
Piano:
Aleksandar
Madzar
Piano:
Johann
Strauss
Unknown:
Josef
Strauss
Unknown:
Johann
Strauss
Unknown:
Eduard
Strauss
Unknown:
Johann
Strauss
Unknown:
Johann
Strauss
Unknown:
Radetzky
March
Unknown:
Josef
Strauss
: The Harmonic Series
3: Adrian Jack is torn between dominant and diminished sevenths. Next programme tomorrow 3.50pmContributors
Unknown:
Adrian
Jack
: Mozart Voices
No other composer makes such demands in terms of technique. style and interpretation on his performers as Mozart. In the first of four programmes, Michael Oliver talks to Margaret Price about the demands and challenges facing the singer of Mozart's operatic roles, illustrated with recordings ranging from the early part of this century to the present day. Producer Peter TannerContributors
Talks:
Michael
Oliver
Producer:
Peter
Tanner
: Music to Die For
5: Howard Jacobson responds to Monteverdi's Lasciatemi Morire.Contributors
Unknown:
Howard
Jacobson
: A Medieval Christmas
Music for Christmas past and present, including medieval carols, plainchant hymns and contemporary explorations of the season.: Music Rooms
In the sixth of ten programmes, a Londoner in Dorset welcomesNatalie Wheen into his home.
Contributors
Unknown:
Natalie
Wheen
: Discovering Musicwith Leonard Slatkin
6: How many tunes can you hear going on at once? Three? Six? Many musicians think that counterpoint and its ultimate form - fugue - is the most difficult kind of technique for an audience to follow, though composers from Byrd to Bernstein found it fascinating. Leonard Slatkin and the BBCPO investigate music written by great contrapuntalists, ending with a close look atBeethoven's Symphony No 3 in E flat (Eroica).
Contributors
Unknown:
Leonard
Slatkin
: Cabaret Cocktails
Four programmes in which Robert Cushman mixes classic cabaret recordings with a dash of comment. Producer Jonathan James-MooreNext programme tomorrow 7pm
Contributors
Unknown:
Robert
Cushman
Producer:
Jonathan
James-Moore
: Performance on 3
From the BBC Proms 1998Another chance to hear ten of the most memorable concerts of the 1998 BBC Proms season at the Royal Albert Hall , London.
6: Prom 72. given on 11 September, featured the acclaimed partnership of Nikolaus Harnoncourt and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Together, they electrified the Proms with Beethoven's heaven-storming mass - a grandly universal and intimately personal statement of his beliefs.
Ruth Ziesak (soprano), Bemarda Fink (contralto), Herbert Lippert (tenor), Neal Davies (bass).
Arnold Schoenberg Choir,
Chamber Orchestra of Europe, conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Beethoven Missa Solemnis Repeat
Contributors
Unknown:
Albert
Hall
Unknown:
Nikolaus
Harnoncourt
Soprano:
Ruth
Ziesak
Soprano:
Bemarda
Fink
Contralto:
Herbert
Lippert
Bass:
Neal
Davies
Conductor:
Nikolaus
Harnoncourt
Conductor:
Beethoven
Missa
: Postscript
The Shakespeare TradePeter Holland talks to ten Shakespeare experts about the Bard today.
1: Shakespeare's Life and Work With biographer Park Honan and Katherine Duncan-Jones , editor of the sonnets.
Producer Jane Greenwood
Contributors
Talks:
Peter
Holland
Unknown:
Park
Honan
Unknown:
Katherine
Duncan-Jones
Producer:
Jane
Greenwood
: Brodsky Quartet
introduced by Nicola Heywood Thomas. Shostakovich String Quartet No 11, Op 122Mozart String Quartet in B flat, K458 (Hunt)
Schubert String Quartet in A minor, D804
Contributors
Introduced By:
Nicola Heywood
Thomas.
: Mixing It
Mark Russell and Robert Sandall scan the passing year and play tracks from the Mixing It listeners' top ten albums of the year.Contributors
Unknown:
Mark
Russell
Unknown:
Robert
Sandall
: Jazz Notes
Alyn Shipton and Campbell Bumap review the best CDs of 1998.Contributors
Unknown:
Alyn
Shipton
: Composer of the Week: Georges Bizet
For details see Monday 21 December 12 noon: Through the Night
With Donald Macleod.1.00 Schumann Liederkreis , Op 39 Christian Eisner (tenor), Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
1.25 Mozart Piano Quartet in G minor, K4 78 James Ehnes (violin),
Lars Anders Tomter (viola), Maria Kliegel (cello), Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
1.50 Fux Missa Pro Gratiarum
Actione Capella Nova Graz/Otto Kargl
2.30 Brahms Symphony No 3 in F
Danish NRSO. conductor Albert Wolff
3.30 Beethoven String Quartet in F minor, Op 95 (Serioso) Helsinki Quartet
4.20 Dvorak Slavonic Dances, Op 46 James Anagnoson and Leslie Kinton (pianos)
5.05 Mozart Sinfonia Concertante in E flat for Wind, K297b Soloists. NieuW Sinfonietta Amsterdam/Lev Markiz
5.50 Fux Laudate Dominum
Capella Nova Graz/Otto Kargi
Contributors
Unknown:
Donald
MacLeod.
Unknown:
Schumann
Liederkreis
Tenor:
Christian
Eisner
Piano:
Leif Ove
Andsnes
Violin:
James
Ehnes
Violin:
Lars Anders
Tomter
Viola:
Maria
Kliegel
Cello:
Leif Ove
Andsnes
Conductor:
Albert
Wolff
Unknown:
James
Anagnoson
Pianos:
Leslie
Kinton
Unknown:
Fux Laudate
Dominum
Unknown:
Capella
Nova
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