07:00
16 April 2005
Presented by Martin Handley.
From 7.00am
Weber, arr Berlioz: Aufforderung zum Tanz, Op 65
London Symphony Orchestra,
Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor)
Glinka: Ruslan and Ludmilla, Overture
Russian National Orchestra
Mikhail Pletnev (conductor)
From 8.00am
Brahms: Clarinet Sonata in Fm, Op 120, No 1
Michel Portal (clarinet)
Mikhail Rudy (piano)
Ibert: Divertissement
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Eduardo Mata (conductor)
09:00
16 April 2005
Andrew McGregor plays some of this month's newest releases and talks to Canadian violinist James Ehnes about solo Bach and rare Bruch, his job as a Strad-tester, and his recordings on other instruments - Hummel on the viola, and John Adams on the piano.
Simon Heighes recommends a version of Pergolesi's Stabat Mater from the currently available recordings.
David Nice reviews new orchestral releases, including rival Mahler 8s from Kent Nagano and Sir Simon Rattle, Tchaikovsky's Fourth and Sixth symphonies from Valery Gergiev, and Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto from pianist Lang Lang.
Disc of the Week:
Canteloube: Songs of the Auvergne, excerpts
Veronique Gens (soprano)
Orchestre National de Lille
Jean-Claude Casadesus (conductor)
13:00
Through the Seasons
When you consider the entire catalogue of the Early Music repertoire, surely no work is as pervasive in modern day life as Vivaldi's Quattro Stagioni, with the archetypal music of the seasons seeming to have crept into every facet of modern life.
Since their discovery, the history of these concerti have been as much about the performance as the music. Lucie Skeaping looks at some of the many recordings of the work, and examines through them how performances of the pieces have changed over the decades.
14:00
16 April 2005
Michael Tippett's Concerto for Double String Orchestra: Tadaaki Otaka and the BBC Symphony Orchestra join Stephen Johnson to examine one of Tippett's most exuberant works.
15:00
16 April 2005
Lucy Duran introduces a concert by Congolese singer Koffi Olomide. He is one of Africa's best-selling artists, but his music is largely unknown beyond African audiences. After completing a maths degree in Paris, he moved back home to become one of the continent's most controversial musical figures, clashing with the ruling regime in Zaire and finding his music banned for obscenity in Mali.
16:00
16 April 2005
Helen Mayhew presents a selection of new releases and previews what's on in the UK jazz scene.
17:00
16 April 2005
Geoffrey Smith presents a selection of listeners' jazz requests. Request your favourite jazz cut by email: jazz.record.requests@bbc.co.uk.
18:00
Significant Others: Booker Little
16 April 2005
Jez Nelson looks at the life and work of trumpeter Booker Little. Although he was a connoisseur's favourite, his promising career was cut short by a early death.
18:30
The Magic Flute
Act One
Tamino is rescued from a huge serpent by the three attendants of the Queen of the Night. They persuade him to rescue the Queen's beautiful daughter, Pamina, who is held prisoner by Sarastro. Tamino sets off on his adventure, protected by a magic flute and glockenspiel, and with Papageno the birdcatcher for company.
Mozart's allegorical singspiel is open to many interpretations, but there's no doubting the quality of the music. It's performed tonight by a top cast, including Lisa Milne as Pamina and Matthew Polenzani as Tamino, conducted by James Levine.
Presented from New York by Margaret Juntwait.
Pamina ...... Lisa Milne (soprano)
Queen of the Night ...... Erika Miklosa (soprano)
Tamino ...... Matthew Polenzani (tenor)
Papageno ...... Matthias Goerne (baritone)
Sprecher ...... Rene Pape (bass)
Sarastro ...... Kurt Moll (bass)
Papagena ...... Anna Christy (soprano)
1st Lady ...... Emily Pulley (soprano)
2nd Lady ...... Jossie Perez (soprano)
3rd Lady ...... Wendy White (mezzo-soprano)
Monostatos ...... Volker Vogel (tenor)
1st Priest ...... James Courtney (bass)
2nd Priest ...... Bernard Fitch (tenor)
1st Armed Man ...... Garrett Sorenson (tenor)
2nd Armed Man ...... Morris Robinson (bass)
Chorus and Orchestra of the New York Metropolitan Opera
James Levine (conductor)
[Continues at 8.15pm, after A Map of Manhattan]
19:40
A Map of Manhattan
Last in an occasional series exploring places in Manhattan that carry special significance for writers. Karen Moline pays tribute to the old East Village.
20:15
The Magic Flute
Act Two
The second and concluding act of Mozart's Die Zauberflote, performed live by the Chorus and Orchestra of the New York Met conducted by James Levine.
22:00
16 April 2005
Ian McMillan presents the weekly magazine about language.
22:45
Pre-Hear
As a prelude to the British works in Hear and Now, pianist Ian Pace plays Richard Barrett's Lost, and Alwynne Pritchard's miniature, Spring.
23:00
16 April 2005
Alwynne Pritchard presents the first of two programmes recorded at the recent Inventions Day at London's South Bank Centre. The London Sinfonietta conducted by David Porcelijn and the BBC Singers conducted by James Morgan perform works by young British composers mixed with three pieces by one of the UK's leading middle-generation figures, David Sawer; Cats Eye, Sounds, and the UK premiere of Rebus. Plus, Peter Maxwell Davies introduces and conducts the BBC Philharmonic in his Cross Lane Fair.
01:00
16 April 2005
Part One
1.00am
From the 2004 Proms
Mozart: Symphony No 41 in C, 'Jupiter', K 551
Dresden Staatskapelle
Bernard Haitink (conductor)
Bruckner: Symphony No 7 in E
(recorded at the Royal Albert Hall London on 3 September 2004)
2.45am
Handel: Cantata - Agrippina condotta a morire: Dunque sara pur vero, HWV 110
Johanna Koslowsky (soprano)
Musica Alta Ripa
3.10am
Antun Sorkocevic: Sonata in C
Ljubomir Gaparovic, Emin Armano (piano duet)
3.25am
Faure: Notre amour, Op 23, No 2
Paula Hoffman (mezzo soprano)
Bengt-?ke Lundin (piano)
3.30am
Poulenc: Sinfonietta for orchestra
CBC Vancouver Orchestra
Mario Bernardi (conductor)
4.00am
Ravel: Daphnis and Chloe Suite No.2
Choir Madrigal National Radio Choir
Philharmonic Choir
Romanian National Radio Orchestra
Iosif Conta (conductor)
4.15am
Davor Bobi: Preludio for harp
Branka Jananyn (harp)
4.20am
Kaspar Forster Jr: Sonata
Il Tempo Baroque Ensemble
4.30am
Georg Muffat: Toccata XI
Nikiforos Klironomos (organ )
4.35am
Holst: Wind Quintet in A flat, Op 14
Cinque Venti
4.50am
Delius: Spielmann (Minstrel)
Solveig Kringelborn (soprano)
Ivar Anton Waagaard (piano)
4.55am
Waldemar Thrane: Norsk Fjallvisa (Norwegian echo song) from Fjeldeventyret (The mountain adventure)
Solveig Kringelborn (soprano)
Ivar Anton Waagaard (piano)
05:00
16 April 2005
Part Two
John Shea concludes this morning's programme.
5.00am
Telemann: Domenica, TWV42 D7 from Pyrmonter Kurwoche
Albrecht Rau (violin)
Heinrich Rau (viola)
Clemens Malich (cello)
Wolfgang Hochstein (harpsichord)
5.10am
Sweelinck: Psalm 23; Psalm 137
Netherlands Chamber Choir
Philippe Herreweghe (conductor)
5.20am
Pierre-Gabriel Buffardin: Flute Concerto in Em
Ernst-Burghard Hilse (flute)
Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin
Stephan Mai (director)
5.35am
Carl Ludwig Lithander: Piano Sonata in C, Op 8, No 1 'Sonate facile'
Juhani Lagerspetz (piano)
5.45am
Christian Sinding (arr Nicolaj Hansen): Melodie Mignonne
Moshe Hammer (violin)
Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi (cello)
William Tritt (piano)
5.50am
Brahms: 'Meine Liebe ist grun', Op 63, No 5; 'Wie Melodien zieht es mir', Op 105, No 1; 'Feldeinsamkeit', Op 86, No 2
Urszula Kryger (mezzo-soprano)
Katarzyna Jankowska (piano)
6.00am
Faure: Pelleas et Melisande suite, Op 80
CBC Vancouver Orchestra
Mario Bernardi (conductor)
5.15am
Halfdan Kjerulf: Hirtenwiese; Lied ohne worte; Novelette; Fruhlingslied, Op 28
Melvyn Tan (fortepiano)
6.25am
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger: V?ren kom en valborgsnatt (The spring came on a Walpurgis night)
Swedish Radio Choir
Eric Ericson (conductor)
6.30am
Grieg: Piano Concerto in Am
Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)
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