07:00
15 May 2005
Presented by Martin Handley.
From 7.00am
Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op 33
Mstislav Rostropovich (cello)
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra,
Herbert von Karajan
Handel: Dopo notte (Ariodante, Act III)
Lorraine Hunt (soprano)
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
Nicholas McGegan
From 8.00am
Delius: Summer Night on the River
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Vernon Handley
Monteverdi: Beatus Vir Primo (Selva morale e spirituale)
Cantus Colln, Concerto Palatino
Konrad Junghanel (director)
09:00
15 May 2005
Rob Cowan introduces some surprises and treasures from his record collection. Regular features include The Innocent Ear, and Rob's recommendation for a Bargain Hunter CD. There's also a chance to hear part of the Domenico Scarlatti Sonata survey.
Vivaldi: Lauda Jerusalem, RV 609
Margaret Marshall (soprano)
Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano)
John Alldis Choir/English Chamber Orchestra,
Vittorio Negri (conductor)
Strauss: Egyptian March, RV 335
Anima Eterna Orchestra
Jos van Eterna (conductor)
Telemann: Flute Quartet in Am, TWV 43 a3
Music Antiqua Koln
Reinhard Goebel (conductor)
Harsanyi: Le Tourbillon Mecanique
Ebony Band
Bruckner: Symphony No 8 - scherzo
Bruckner Orchestra Linz
Dennis Russell Davies (conductor)
Tchaikovsky: Amid the Din of the Ball
Glinka: Will I Forget?
Karia Urb (soprano)
Heiki Matlik (guitar)
Dvorak: Otello, Op 93
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Claudio Abbado (conductor)
Verdi: Luisa Miller - A brani, a brani, o perfido
Elina Souliotis (soprano)
Romeo Opera Orchestra
Oliviero de Fabritis (conductor)
Chausson: Poeme
Yehudi Menuhin, Paris Symphony Orchestra
Georges Enescu (conductor)
Skalkottas: Four Images
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Nikos Christodoulou (conductor)
Haydn: Kleine Orgelmesse Hob XXII 7
Barbara Hendricks (soprano)
Hansjurgen Scholze (organ)
Leipzig Radio Choir/Staatskapelle Dresden
Sir Neville Marriner (conductor)
Rachmaninov: Preludes in G, Op 32, No 5; Gm, Op 23, No 55
Geza Anda (piano)
MacHugh/Graettinger
I'm in the Mood for Love
Ebony Band
12:00
Ashley Page
Michael Berkeley's guest is the dancer and choreographer Ashley Page, currently Artistic Director of Scottish Ballet. His work is informed by the juxtaposition of classical and modern styles, and his musical choices range from Beethoven and Tchaikovsky to Weill, Schoenberg, Stravinsky, Brian Eno and King Crimson.
13:00
85th Gottingen Handel Festival
Lucie Skeaping visits Germany for a live programme from the 85th Gottingen Handel Festival, featuring its director Nicholas McGegan and live music from the cast of this year's opera, Atalanta.
14:00
Takacs Quartet
Stephanie Hughes presents a concert given by the Takacs Quartet at the Wigmore Hall earlier this month. The programme comprises one of Haydn's most famous quartets, The Emperor, and works by Bartok and Borodin.
Haydn: String Quartet in C, Op 76, No 3, The Emperor
Bartok: String Quartet No 2, Op 17
Borodin: Quartet No 2 in D
15:30
Part One
First of a two-part story recounting the evacuation of the BBC Symphony Orchestra as war broke out in 1939, narrated by Stephen Johnson.
The radio broadcast signalling the declaration of war also meant a signal for members of the orchestra to leave their homes immediately, and head for a rendezvous from which they would be evacuated to a secret location. Here, the orchestra would be able to continue with its duties in safety.
In the years that followed, the Orchestra, based first in Bristol and then Bedford, played an improbably important role in the British war effort, often performing under difficult circumstances.
The story of this remarkable chapter in the BBC Symphony Orchestra's history examines the logistical problems of transporting an entire artistic community to new homes, considers the remarkable artistic achievements of the orchestra during this time, and touches on some of the hilarious and absurd anecdotes of wartime orchestral life.
16:00
15 May 2005
More listener's requests, including a vintage recording of Beethoven's Kreutzer Sonata played by violinist Arthur Grumiaux and pianist Clara Haskil.
Plus a tribute to the late Ifor James in a performance of Franz Strauss' first Horn Concerto, and part of Elgar's Symphony No 2 recorded by the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Adrian Boult at their temporary Bedford home during the Second World War.
17:45
Arvo Part
Estonian composer Arvo Part, in his 70th year, is profiled by Tom Service. The composer's works are seen by many as having an extra spiritual dimension. Plus, as a new collection of the letters of Philip Heseltine is published, Tom looks at the colourful and complicated life of the composer who wrote under the pseudonym of Peter Warlock.
18:30
BBC Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican
15 May 2005
Rumon Gamba conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in a programme of music by Weill, Dean and Rachmaninov, recorded at London's Barbican.
20:00
Portugal
By Zoltan Egressy, translated and adapted by Ryan Craig from a literal translation by Katalin Trencsenyi.
In a pub in a rural village in Hungary, the regulars are looking forward to the annual funfair and the prospect of a visit by a famous football team - real diversions from the only constant one of alcohol. Instead Nick, a stranger from Budapest on his way to Portugal, appears and triggers mayhem, capturing the heart of the landlord's daughter and provoking intense jealousy in Turnip, her 'fiance'. The little world of Ergacs is turned upside-down.
Landlord ...... Alun Armstrong
Ribbon ...... Sheridan Smith
Turnip ...... Darryl Clark
Peg ...... Pearce Quigley
Woman/Wife ...... Sally Rogers
Priest ...... Philip Fox
Nick ...... Bertie Carvel
Satan ...... Jon Glover
Director ...... Anastasia Tolstoy
21:30
The Astor Place Riots
The curse of Macbeth, one of the most ill starred plays in theatrical history, took its greatest toll in the Astor Place riots in New York, one of the bloodiest riots ever to take place in the history of the United States.
On May 10th,1849, US militia killed 23 and wounded over 100 people. Was this just the unhappy climax of a longstanding feud between two actors? Not quite. Tim Pigott Smith traces the events on the streets of New York looking at and beyond this pivotal moment, examining the tensions between nations and the antagonisms between classes in a city ripe for reform.
22:15
Carbon Silicon
Andy presents the radio debut of Carbon Silicon, featuring the combined talents of Mick Jones, formerly of the Clash, and Tony James, latterly of Generation X. An exclusive session with songs created from scratch in the studio.
00:00
George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759)
Part One
1/5. Handel enjoyed the support of several patrons during his career, particularly in the early years, and Donald Macleod looks at the music the composer wrote in connection with these supporters.
When Handel arrived in Rome in 1707, ecclesiastics and noble families controlled the machinery of patronage, and it was in these circles that Handel would find admirers, among them, the rich and influential Cardinal Pamphili.
Dixit Dominus (extract)
Choir and Orchestra of Westminster Abbey
Simon Preston (conductor)
Il trionfo del tempo e del disinganno (extract)
Deborah York (soprano)
Gemma Bertagnolli (soprano)
Sara Mingardo (alto)
Nicholas Sears (tenor)
Concerto Italiano
Rinaldo Alessandrini (director)
Delirio Amoroso, Aria, Per te lasciai la luce
Magdalena Kozena (soprano)
Les Musiciens du Louvre
Marc Minkowski (conductor)
[Rpt of Mon 12.00pm]
01:00
15 May 2005
Part One
With Louise Fryer.
1.00am
From the 2004 Proms, recorded at the Royal Albert Hall, on 31st August 2004
Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine
Carolyn Sampson and Rebecca Outram (soprano)
Charles Humphries (counter tenor)
Charles Daniels, James Gilchrist, Daniel Auchinloss, Nicholas Mulroy and Matthew Vine (tenor)
Robert Evans and Robert Macdonald (bass)
Choir of the King's Consort
The King's Consort
Robert King (conductor)
2.30am
Wojciech Kilar: Choral Prelude
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Wojciech Rajski (conductor)
2.45am
Dvorak: Trio in Em, Dumky Op 90
Trio Lorenz
3.20am
Chopin: Nocturne in G, Op 37, No 2
Ignacy Jan Paderewski (piano)
3.30am
Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante in Eb, KV 364
Gotz Rustig (violin)
Werner Ehrbrecht (viola)
Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra
Myung-Whun Chung (conductor)
4.00am
Marais: Plainte
Pierre Pitzl and Mary Jean Bolli (viola da gamba)
Luciano Contini (archiliuto)
Augusta Campagne (harpsichord)
4.05am
Palestrina: Missa sine nomine
Silvia Piccollo (soprano)
Annemieke Cantor (alto)
Marco Beasley (tenor)
Daniele Carnovich (bass)
Diego Fasolis (conductor)
4.20am
Wassenaer: Concerto armonico No 5 in B flat
Academy of Ancient Music
Andrew Manze (director/violin)
4.30am
Brahms: Geistliches Wiegenlied, Op 91, No 2
Judita Leitaite (mezzo-soprano)
Arunas Statkus (viola)
Andrius Vasiliauskas (piano)
4.40am
Vaino Haapalainen: Lemminkainen Overture
The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Atso Almila (conductor)
4.45am
Schubert: Gesang der Geistern uber den Wassern
Estonian National Male Choir
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Juri Alperten (director)
05:00
15 May 2005
Part Two
Louise Fryer concludes this morning's programme.
5.00am
Giuseppe Tartini: Violin Concerto in Dm, D 45
Federico Agostini (violin)
Slovenski Solisti
Marko Munih (conductor)
5.15am
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No 3
Jeno Jando (piano)
5.20am
Frescobaldi: Toccata Quarta
Stef Tuinstra (organ)
5.25am
Monteverdi: Madrigal, Altri canti d'Amor
Suzie Le Blanc and Kristina Nilsson (soprano)
Daniel Taylor (countertenor)
Rodrigo del Pozo (tenor)
Josep Cabre (baritone)
Bernard Deletre (bass)
Tragicomedia
Stephen Stubbs (conductor)
Concerto Palatino
Bruce Dickey (conductor)
5.35am
Bartok: From The Diary of a fly; Chromatic Invention (Mikrokosmos)
Jan Michiels (piano)
5.40am
Dvorak: Overture, King and the Charcoal Burner
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Stefan Robl (conductor)
5.45am
Puccini: Quando men vo (La Boheme)
Anna Netrebko (soprano)
BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)
5.50am
Marcel Grandjany: Rhapsodie pour la harpe
Rita Costanzi (harp)
6.00am
Gershwin: Lullaby
New Stenhammar String Quartet
6.10am
Aleksander Zarzycki: Polish Suite, Op 37
National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Andrzej Straszynski (conductor)
6.35am
Moniuszko: O Zosi sierotce (The Orphaned Zosia); Do Niemna (To the Niemen River); Dumka
Urszula Kryger (mezzo soprano)
Katarzyna Jankowska-Borzykowska (piano)
6.45am
Mieczyslaw Karlowicz: Chant de leternelle aspiration (Chants eternels), Op 10
Orchestre Francais des Jeunes
Marek Janowski (director)
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