Listings
: On Air
Penny Gore presents arts news and music, including before 7.00Mozart's String Quartet in F, K590; after 7.30 Krommer's Oboe Concerto
No 2; and following the 8.00 news Shostakovich's Festival Overture.
: Masterworks
With Peter Hobday.Glazunov Finnish Fantasy, Op 88 Russian TV and Radio Symphony
Orchestra, conductor Yevgeni Svetlanov
9.14 Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D David Oistrakh , Moscow Philharmonic, conductor Gennadi Rohzdestvensky
9.50 Chopin Polonaise in F sharp minor, Op 44 Evgeny Kissin (piano)
10.02 Schubert Ave Maria, D839 Barbara Bonney (soprano), Geoffrey Parsons (piano)
10.09 Beethoven Grosse Fuge in B flat, Op 133 Italian Quartet
Contributors
Unknown:
Peter
Hobday.
Conductor:
Yevgeni
Svetlanov
Unknown:
David
Oistrakh
Conductor:
Gennadi
Rohzdestvensky
Piano:
Evgeny
Kissin
Soprano:
Barbara
Bonney
Piano:
Geoffrey
Parsons
: Artist of the Week
Jessye NormanThe American soprano's recitals and concert performances are always eagerly awaited and quickly sell out. Joan Bakewell talks to
Jessye Norman about this aspect of her career and the wide range of music she performs. Music includes works by Brahms and Schoenberg.
Contributors
Unknown:
Jessye
Norman
Talks:
Joan
Bakewell
Unknown:
Jessye
Norman
: Sound Stories
Five Great CollectorsWith Donald Macleod.
2: Samuel Courtauld
Samuel Courtauld saw himself as the 20th-century equivalent of an 18th-century connoisseur. The Courtauld millions had been acquired through the family interest in the fabrics trade: crepe, viscose yarn and rayon. Courtauld saw it as his task to advance the spiritual welfare of the country by assembling a magnificent art collection, now on view in Somerset House, London; he also founded the world-famous establishment dedicated to art history: the Courtauld Institute. Music includes:
Corteccla Florentine Wedding Music Geneva Early Music Consort,
Studio di Palermo, Schola Jacopo da Bologna, conductor Gabriel Garrido Stravinsky Jeu de Cartes (3rd Deal) German Symphony Orchestra, conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy
Rands The Church at Auvers (Suite No 1: Le Tambourin) Philadelphia
Orchestra, conductor Riccardo Muti Humphries Trumpet Concerto in D, Op 2 No 12 Crispian Steele-Perkins, English Chamber Orchestra, conductor Anthony Halstead
Dallapicolla Il Coro delle Malmaritate New London Chamber Choir, conductor James Wood
Contributors
Unknown:
Donald
MacLeod.
Unknown:
Schola
Jacopo
Conductor:
Gabriel
Garrido
Conductor:
Stravinsky
Jeu
Conductor:
Vladimir
Ashkenazy
Conductor:
Riccardo
Muti
Conductor:
Anthony
Halstead
Conductor:
James
Wood
: Proms Composer of the Week Franck
Paul Guinery introduces a dramatic orchestral work, a masterpiece for organ and a specially recorded rarity. Le Chasseur MauditBBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor Paul Mann
Chorale No 3 Michael Murray (organ) Ballet Music (Hulde) BBC National Chorus and Orchestra of Wales, conductor Jean-Yves Ossonce
Contributors
Introduces:
Paul
Guinery
Conductor:
Paul
Mann
Unknown:
Michael
Murray
Conductor:
Jean-Yves
Ossonce
: The Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Haydn In the CityLucie Skeaping introduces the fifth of eight recitals of Haydn string quartets, running Tuesday-Friday, given in a variety of historic London venues as part of the 1999 City of London
Festival. Today's programme features the Bridgeand Brodsky Quartets. Quartet in C, Op 54 No 2
Sonata No 5 (The Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross) Quartet in G, Op 76 No 1
Contributors
Unknown:
Bridgeand
Brodsky
: BBC Proms 99
Another chance to hear last Friday's Prom. Beethoven's powerful piano concerto is the centrepiece of a Prom rich in musical emotions.Rachmaninov's rarely heard dramatic tale of Russian springtime infidelity contrasts with the fierce Soviet political realities of Shostakovich's symphony - thrilling music of the indomitable spirit of human struggle. Imogen Cooper (piano), Garry Magee (baritone), London Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra, conductor Mark Elder Rachmanlnov Cantata: Spring
Beethoven Piano Concerto No 3 in C minor, Op 37
Shostakovich Symphony No 10
Contributors
Piano:
Imogen
Cooper
Piano:
Garry
Magee
Conductor:
Mark
Elder
: Voices
Thomas Allen 's VoicesGuest presenter Thomas Allen introduces the first of two programmes in which he talks about singers past and present who have fired his imagination. In many cases they have been personal friends and colleagues, and he plays some of their greatest recordings. This week he focuses on classical singers, including Peter Pears , Charles Craig , Lisa Delia Casa , Martti Talvela and Victoria de los Angeles. Producer Adam Gatehouse
Contributors
Unknown:
Thomas
Allen
Introduces:
Thomas
Allen
Unknown:
Peter
Pears
Unknown:
Charles
Craig
Unknown:
Lisa Delia
Casa
Unknown:
Martti
Talvela
Unknown:
Victoria
de Los Angeles.
Producer:
Adam
Gatehouse
: In Tune
Sean Rafferty is joined by tenorToby Spence and bass Neal Davies who sing duets live in the studio. Music includes Sibellus's Karelia
Suite played by the Pittsburgh
Symphony Orchestra under
Lorin Maazel , and John Adam 's Short Ride in a Fast Machine.
Contributors
Unknown:
Sean
Rafferty
Tenor:
Toby
Spence
Bass:
Neal
Davies
Unknown:
Lorin
Maazel
Unknown:
John
Adam
: BBC Proms 99
As part of the Proms season I of French music, tonight's concert commemorates the anniversaries of Poulenc's birth and Chausson's death. Both composers were influenced by Saint-Saens, and his popular Organ Symphony is preceded tonight by solo organ music on the glorious Royal Albert Hall organ. Paul Crossley (piano),Amanda Roocroft (soprano), Simon Preston (organ), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor David Atherton Poulenc Aubade
Chausson Poeme de IAmour et de la
Mer, Op 19
8.25 1999 marks the centenary of the death of Aristide Cavaille-Coll, the most successful and influential organ maker of the 19th century. His instruments inspired composers such as Franck, Saint-Saens and Widor to a new symphonic style of composition, while his prowess as a performer scaled new heights.
Richard Langham Smith travels to France to discover something of the legacy of one of the greatest organ builders.
8.45 Widor Symphony No 5 for Organ (1st mvt)
Saint-Saens Symphony No 3 in C minor (Organ Symphony) Repeated Friday 2pm
Contributors
Piano:
Paul
Crossley
Piano:
Amanda
Roocroft
Soprano:
Simon
Preston
Conductor:
David
Atherton
Conductor:
Poulenc
Aubade
Conductor:
Chausson
Poeme
Unknown:
Richard Langham
Smith
: Postscript
Notes from IndiaTonight Mark Tully visits the Delhi home of Wasifuddin Dagar , a leading singer of drupad, the most ancient form of Indian music.
Contributors
Unknown:
Mark
Tully
Unknown:
Wasifuddin
Dagar
: Lorraine McAsian
Nigel Clayton (piano) joins the pianist for Salnt-Saen's Violin Sonata No 1 in D minor RepeatContributors
Piano:
Nigel
Clayton
: Everyone's Wicked Uncle
To mark the centenary of Alfred Hitchcock 's birth, Peter Conrad reassesses the impact of the director's 53 films. Interviews with Peter Bogdanovich , Psycho screenwriter Joseph Stefano and Hitchcock's daughter Patricia are blended with archive interviews with stars and colleagues. RepeatContributors
Unknown:
Alfred
Hitchcock
Unknown:
Peter
Conrad
Unknown:
Peter
Bogdanovich
Unknown:
Joseph
Stefano
: Jazz Notes
British singer Claire Martin talks to Alyn Shipton about the singers and songs that have influenced her, and about her recent album Take MyHeart, which experiments with large band settings and lyrics about the inner-city world of today's urban girl.
Contributors
Singer:
Claire
Martin
Unknown:
Alyn
Shipton
: Through the Night
12.05am Rlmsky-Korsakov Capriccio Espagnol12.25 Villa-Lobos Guitar Prelude No
1 in E minor
12.30 Tomasi Horn Concerto
12.45 Dowland Prelude: Mrs
Winter's Jump
12.50 Couperin Les Pastes de la
Grande et Ancienne Menestrandise
(Pieces de Clavecin: Ordre No 11)
1.00 A concert of secular and sacred music by Italian composers, including Caldara, Marenzio, Monteverdi,
Luzzaschi, Grandi, Donati, Cavalli and Zian!. Wren Baroque Soloists
2.05 Schubert Symphony No 4 in C minor (Tragic)
2.40 Schuncke Grand Sonata in G minor, Op 3
3.05 Schumann Konzertstuck in F, Op 86; Traumerei (Kinderszenen)
3.25 Strauss Traum durch die
Dammerung, Op 29 No 1
3.30 Prokofiev Cello Sonata, Op 119
3.50 Mendelssohn Overture: The
Hebrides (Fingal's Cave)
4.05 Mozart Piano Concerto No 21 in C, K467
4.35 Bach Cantata No 35: Geist und
Seele Wird Verwirret
5.00 Lassus Motets: Certa Fortiter;
Dulces Exuviae
5.05 CPE Bach Flute Concerto in A minor, Wql66
5.30 Handel, arr Ralf Gothon! for piano Ombra Mai Fu (Serse)
5.35 Handel Concerto Grosso in B flat, Op 3 No 1
5.45 Mendelssohn For He Shall Give
His Angels (Elijah)
5.50 Mozart, arr Grieg Sonata in C, K545 (Two-piano arrangement)
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