Listings
: On Air
With Petroc Trelawny. Music today includes at 6.30 Poulenc's Aubade, after the 7.00 news Copland'sSextet, at about 7.40 Schumann's
Kinderszenen played by Martha Argerich (piano), and at about 8.50 Walton's Spitfire Prelude and Fugue.
Contributors
Played By:
Martha
Argerich
: Masterworks
With Peter Hobday.Schubert Symphony No 5 in B flat Columbia Symphony Orchestra, conductor Bruno Walter
9.29 Debussy Chansons de Bilitis Maggie Teyte (soprano), Alfred Cortot (piano)
9.38 Rodrigo Concierto Pastoral
Patrick Gallois (flute), Philharmonia, conductor Ion Marin
10.02 Debussy Fetes Galantes (Set 2) Bernard Kruysen (baritone), Noel Lee (piano)
10.10 Debussy Estampes Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
Contributors
Unknown:
Peter
Hobday.
Conductor:
Bruno
Walter
Piano:
Alfred
Cortot
Piano:
Rodrigo
Concierto
Flute:
Patrick
Gallois
Conductor:
Ion
Marin
Baritone:
Bernard
Kruysen
Piano:
Noel
Lee
Piano:
Debussy
Estampes
Piano:
Sviatoslav
Richter
: Artist of the Week Gillian Weir
Messiaen is the subject of today's conversation between Joan Bakewell and Gillian Weir , perhaps the pre-eminent interpreter of his organ music. Discussion of his employment of birdsong and the difficulties his written music presents to performers are illustrated by excerpts from her recording of his complete organ works.Contributors
Unknown:
Joan
Bakewell
Unknown:
Gillian
Weir
: Sound Stories
Medical MattersBeethoven died from cirrhosis of the liver, made worse by excessive drinking. This may have been prompted by his other sufferings: his frustrations in love, and the hearing difficulties and ultimate deafness which affected the last 30 of his 57 years.
Septet in E flat, Op 20 (5th mvt) Vienna Octet
Symphony No 3 in E flat (Eroica) (3rd mvt)
London Classical Players, conductor Roger Norrington Missa Solemnis (excerpt) Monteverdi Choir,
English Baroque Soloists, conductor John Eliot Gardiner
String Quartet in A minor, Op 132 (3rd mvt)
Alban Berg Quartet
Contributors
Conductor:
Roger
Norrington
Conductor:
John Eliot
Gardiner
Unknown:
Alban
Berg
: Composer of the Week Strauss
4: 1923-37. Anthony Burton introduces music from the years in which Strauss became increasingly isolated from the modernist mainstream but continued to develop his own idiom in some unexpected directions. The programme includes the rare Parergon (or supplement) to the Sinfonia Domestica specially recorded for the programme by pianist Kevin Kenner with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductorAndrew Davis. The programme also includes the choral scherzo Die
Gotten im Putzzimmer and music from three contrasting operas -
Intermezzo, Die Schweigsame Frau and Daphne.
Repeated next Thursday 12 midnight
Contributors
Introduces:
Anthony
Burton
Pianist:
Kevin
Kenner
Conductor:
Andrew
Davis.
Unknown:
Schweigsame
Frau
: The Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Chamber Music from ManchesterThe Munich-based Rosamunde
Quartet make their British concert debut in this recital recorded last month at the Bridgewater Hall.
Formed in 1993. the Rosamunde Quartet is well established in Germany and today's performance reflects the impressive range they have perfected over the last six years. Introduced by Paul Allen. Webern Langsamer Satz
Mozart String Quartet in F, K168 Shostakovich String Quartet No 8, Op 110
Contributors
Unknown:
Rosamunde
Quartet
Introduced By:
Paul
Allen.
Introduced By:
Webern Langsamer
Satz
: The BBC Orchestras
BBC National Orchestra of WalesConductors Ion Marin and Mark
Wigglesworth, Barry Douglas (piano) Tippett The Rose Lake
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 3 in D minor
Brahms Symphony No 4 in E minor
Contributors
Piano:
Barry
Douglas
: Ensemble
Repeated from yesterday 10pm: Music Machine Chamber Music
Tommy Pearson continues his exploration of chamber music with a look at music for wind. He talks to oboist Nicholas Daniel and hom player Michael Thompson.Contributors
Unknown:
Tommy
Pearson
Unknown:
Nicholas
Daniel
Unknown:
Michael
Thompson.
: In Tune
With Sean Rafferty. who explores the new production of Boito'sMephistopheles as it opens at
English National Opera. Other music includes Ravel's Rapsodie Espagnole and Hoist's A Somerset Rhapsody.
Contributors
Unknown:
Sean
Rafferty.
: Performance on 3
Edward Downes conducts Verdi's intensely dramatic and powerful setting of the Mass for the Dead in a concert given last July at Symphony Hall, Birmingham.Nina Rautio (soprano), Sally Burgess (mezzo), Dennis O'Neill (tenor). John Tomlinson (bass), Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh, BBC National Chorus and Orchestra of Wales, conductor Edward Downes
Verdi Requiem
Contributors
Unknown:
Edward
Downes
Soprano:
Nina
Rautio
Soprano:
Sally
Burgess
Tenor:
Dennis
O'Neill
Tenor:
John
Tomlinson
Conductor:
Edward
Downes
Conductor:
Verdi
Requiem
: Postscript The Pas de Deux
An idiosyncratic history of classical duets and an incidental history of loving, told by dancers and thinkers. 4: Sexy Realism. Romeo and Juliet, dirty dancing.: Haydn and Bartok
Boris Berman (piano)Bartok Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm (Mikrokosmos, Book 6) Haydn Sonata in E flat, H XVI 52 Repeat
Contributors
Piano:
Boris
Berman
: Music Restored
Lucie Skeaping introduces a selection of country delights, including a pastoral cantata by Hasse performed by Emma Kirkby (soprano) and London Baroque, and a sonata by the French Baroque composerMichel Blavet performed by Claire Guimond (flute), John Toll (harpsichord) and Charles Medlam (cello). Producer Lindsay Kemp
E-MAIL: [address removed] Revised repeat tomorrow 4pm
Contributors
Introduces:
Lucie
Skeaping
Soprano:
Emma
Kirkby
Unknown:
Michel
Blavet
Flute:
Claire
Guimond
Flute:
John
Toll
Cello:
Charles
Medlam
Producer:
Lindsay
Kemp
: Night Waves
Few have written of the experience and morality of reading as powerfully as Alberto Manguel. Born in Buenos Aires and now living in Canada,Manguel is internationally renowned as a translator, anthologist and essayist, with books including the acclaimed A History of Reading. With a new collection of essays published this week in Britain,
Alberto Manguel talks to Paul Allen about the nature of books and the place of literature in contemporary culture.
And angels, witches, warlocks and penitents take to the stage at English National Opera - Night
Waves reports on tonight's opening of Boito's Mephistopheles in a new production by Ian Judge. Producer Belinda Sample
Contributors
Unknown:
Alberto
Manguel.
Talks:
Alberto
Manguel
Unknown:
Paul
Allen
Production By:
Ian
Judge.
: Jazz Notes
Mosaic Records are a relatively recent company specialising in reissuing the complete works of jazz musicians in comprehensive boxed sets. Producer Michael Cuscunaguides Alyn Shipton through new collections of Charlie Ventura , Rip Phillips , Hank Mobley and Bud Shank.
SOUNDING THE CENTURY
Contributors
Producer:
Michael
Cuscuna
Unknown:
Alyn
Shipton
Unknown:
Charlie
Ventura
Unknown:
Rip
Phillips
Unknown:
Hank
Mobley
Unknown:
Bud
Shank.
: Composer of the Week: Delius
Paul Guinery introduces a vintage recording of one of Delius's finest pieces of chamber music. He also explores some of the composer's stage works.Violin Sonata No 3
Albert Sammons ,
Kathleen Long (piano)
Incidental music: Folkeraadet
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor Jerzy Maksymiuk
A Village Romeo and Juliet (excerpts) Lorely Dyer (soprano), Rene Soames (tenor), Royal Philharmonic, conductor Thomas Beecham
Repeated from last Thursday
Contributors
Introduces:
Paul
Guinery
Unknown:
Albert
Sammons
Piano:
Kathleen
Long
Conductor:
Jerzy
Maksymiuk
Soprano:
Lorely
Dyer
Tenor:
Rene
Soames
Conductor:
Thomas
Beecham
: Through the Night
With Donald Macleod.1.00 Sinfonia Varsovia, conductor Jan Krenz
Krenz Classical Serenade
Brahms Symphony No 4 in E minor
2.15 Constantin Regamey Quintet Miroslaw Pokrzywinski (clarinet), Grzegorz Golab (bassoon), New Warsaw Trio
3.00 Schools
3.00 Music Workshop
3.20 Let's Move!
3.40 Words Alive!
3.55 First Steps in Drama
4.10 Listen and Write
4.35 Radio Showcase
4.40 Check It Out
5.00 Wolf Italian Serenade
Ljubljanski Godalni Quartet
5.15 Chopin Scherzo No 2 in B flat minor, Op 31 Valerie Tryon (piano)
5.30 Schubert Symphony No 5 in B flat
Saarbriicken Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Marcello Viotti
Contributors
Unknown:
Donald
MacLeod.
Conductor:
Jan
Krenz
Unknown:
Constantin Regamey
Quintet
Clarinet:
Miroslaw
Pokrzywinski
Bassoon:
Grzegorz
Golab
Piano:
Valerie
Tryon
Conductor:
Marcello
Viotti
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