07:00
24 September 2005
Presented by Martin Handley.
From 7.00am
Respighi: Prelude & fugue in D (after Bach, BWV 532)
BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)
Faure: Dolly - Suite for Piano Duet, Op 56
Kathryn Stott, Martin Roscoe (piano)
From 8.00am
Bach: Aria - Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen from Cantata, BWV 56
Matthias Goerne (baritone)
Camerata Academica Salzburg
Sir Roger Norrington
Schumann: Cello Concerto
Heinrich Schiff (cello)
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Bernard Haitink (conductor)
09:00
24 September 2005
Andrew McGregor plays some of the newest releases, while Simon Heighes surveys available recordings of music by CPE Bach in Building a Library at 9.30am. Followed by:
10.15am
A round-up of some recently reissued recordings.
10.45am
Jeremy Summerly reviews new choral discs, including Rene Jacobs conducting Handel's Saul, Schoenberg from Accentus and Polyphony singing James MacMillan's Seven Last Words.
11.15am
Andrew McGregor meets pianist Malcolm Martineau, to find out why he's dedicated himself to accompanying singers, and what happens behind the scenes of his recordings with the likes of Bryn Terfel and Ann Murray, or relative newcomers Robert Murray and Jonathan Lemalu.
11.45am
The Listening Booth: Your chance to request some of the latest CD releases from the list on the programme website.
12.35pm
Disc of the Week: Henze: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No 3 - Three Portraits from the novel Doktor Faustus, by Thomas Mann.
Torsten Janicke (violin)
Magdeburg Philharmonic Orchestra
Christian Ehwald (conductor)
13:00
24 September 2005
Lucie Skeaping presents a concert of cello duos by Friedrich Kummer, performed by the American cellists Phoebe Carrai and Tanya Tomkins, recorded at Crear in Argyll and Bute.
14:00
Arvo Pärt - Programme One
Charles Hazlewood joins the BBC National Orchestra of Wales for a workshop exploring the music of Estonian composer Arvo Pärt, whose music has a profoundly spiritual quality. Much of his work is also underpinned by rigorous mathematical principles and Charles and the orchestra explore these and other techniques in three works: Collage on Bach, Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten and Silouan's Song.
15:00
24 September 2005
Lucy Duran is joined by John L Walters for a review of new world music releases. Joe Boyd reports from the Koprivshtitsa festival in Bulgaria, and there's live music in the studio from the South Indian Veena virtuoso Manjari Chandran.
16:00
Scarborough Jazz Festival
Live from the Scarborough Jazz Festival, Helen Mayhew presents a Round Table edition of the programme with special guest singer Jacqui Dankworth, festival host Alan Barnes, and live music from pianist Gareth Williams.
17:00
24 September 2005
Request your favourite jazz cut. With Geoffrey Smith.
18:00
Arrangers Anonymous
Programme Three
For decades now, arrangers in music have traditionally been undervalued - the unsung heroes of the music world, all members of Arrangers Anonymous.
Russell Davies is joined by arranger/composer/conductors Barry Forgie and Steve Gray, to analyse a collection of jazz scores, discovering how each arrangement actually works and what was in the mind of the arranger when the piece was conceived. They feature My Ship - a Kurt Weill melody from the Broadway musical Lady In The Dark - arranged in 1956 by Gil Evans for the Miles Davis album, Miles Ahead.
18:30
Pucinni's La Fanciulla del West
Act One
Presented by Stephanie Hughes.
La Fanciulla del West
Set against a backdrop of the California gold rush, Puccini's La Fanciulla del West returns to the Royal Opera House in a celebrated production by Piero Faggioni, with Andrea Gruber as the heroine and José Cura as the dashing villain.
Minnie falls in love with a visitor to her saloon, Dick Johnson, not realising that he's actually the notorious bandit Ramerrez. But Rance the Sheriff is determined to win Minnie's love, and to bring the villain to justice.
Minnie ...... Andrea Gruber (soprano)
Dick Johnson ...... José Cura (tenor)
Jack Rance ...... Mark Delavan (baritone)
Nick ...... Francis Egerton (tenor)
Ashby ...... Robert Lloyd (bass)
Jack Wallace ...... Jonathan Lemalu (baritone)
Sonora ...... Mark Stone (baritone)
Bello ...... Grant Doyle (baritone)
Happy ...... Jared Holt (baritone)
Joe ...... Harry Nicoll (tenor)
Larkens ...... Graeme Broadbent (bass)
Trin ...... Hubert Francis (tenor)
Harry ...... Robert Murray (tenor)
Sid ...... Adrian Clarke (baritone)
José Castro ...... Jeremy White (bass)
Wowkle ...... Clare Shearer (mezzo-soprano)
Billy Jackrabbit ...... Graeme Danby (bass)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Royal Opera Chorus
Antonio Pappano (conductor)
19:30
24 September 2005
Stephanie Hughes is joined at the Royal Opera House by Puccini expert Alexandra Wilson, and Christopher Cook talks to Monica Mason to help mark the 75th anniversary season of the Royal Ballet.
20:00
Pucinni's La Fanciulla del West
Act Two
The second act of Puccini's La Fanciulla del West live from the Royal Opera House.
20:45
The Errand
Errand: Julian Evans introduces Raymond Carver's powerful short story, which evokes the death of Anton Chekhov during a heat wave in 1904.
21:10
Pucinni's La Fanciulla del West
Act Three
The third and final act of Puccini's La Fanciulla del West, live from the Royal Opera House.
22:00
24 September 2005
Ian McMillan looks back at four decades of the Poetry Olympics with its founder Michael Horovitz. Plus the latest from one of Latin America's biggest poetry festivals taking place in Argentina.
22:45
24 September 2005
Modern takes on older pieces including three piano works based on the music of JS Bach, recorded at this year's Sligo Festival.
Tchaikovsky arr Richard Blackford Juillet: Chant de faucheur in E flat, from The Seasons, Op 37b
Cheltenham Festival Players/ Martyn Brabbins
Gabriel Jackson Carrillon: In dulci jubilo
Judith Weir: Roll off the ragged rocks of sin
Andrew Toovey: Cantus Firmus
Antony Gray (piano)
23:00
Portrait of John Woolrich
Presented by Sarah Walker.
The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Martyn Brabbins, gives a portrait concert of John Woolrich, including performances of:
Oboe Concerto
Nicholas Daniel (oboe)
Ulysses Awakes
Scott Dickinson (viola)
Double Mercury
Plus more music from the St Magnus Festival.
Henryk Górecki: Little Music No 4
Salvatore Sciarrino: Le Voci Sottovetro
Alexandra Gibson (alto)
Paragon Ensemble
Garry Walker (conductor)
01:00
24 September 2005
24 September 2005
With John Shea.
1.00am
A concert given by the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and conductor Mario Venzago.
Berg, Natanael (1879-1957): Traumgewalten (1911)
1.16am
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847): Piano Concerto No 1 in Gm, Op 25
Arnaldo Cohen (piano)
1.38am
Bruckner, Anton (1824-1896): Symphony No 4 in E flat - Romantic (original version, 1874, ed. Novak)
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Mario Venzago (conductor)
2.45am
Scott, Cyril (1879-1970): Lotus Land, Op 47, No 1
Cyril Scott (piano)
2.48am
Saint-Saëns, Camille (1835-1921): Saltarelle, Op 74, (Emile Deschamps)
Lamentabile Consort
Jan Stromberg, Gunnar Andersson (tenor)
Bertil Marcusson (baritone)
Olle Sköld (bass)
2.55am
Franck, Cesar (1822-1890): Symphony, M48, in Dm
BBC Philharmonic
Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor)
3.31am
Anglebert, Jean-Henri d' (1635-1691): Suite for keyboard in Gm (1689)
Christophe Rousset (harpsichord)
3.53am
Boulogne, Joseph - Chevalier de Saint-Georges (c.1739-1799)
Violin Concerto in D, Op 3, No 1 (1774)
Linda Melsted (violin)
Tafelmusik Orchestra
Jeanne Lamon (conductor)
4.15am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Overture - The Abduction from the Seraglio
Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Milan Horvat (conductor)
4.21am
Falla, Manuel de (1876-1946): Vivan los que rien' - Salud's aria from Act I, Scene 1 of La Vida Breve
Manon Feubel (soprano)
Orchestre Symphonique de Laval
Jacques Lacombe (conductor)
4.26am
Bartók, Béla (1881-1945): Petite Suite
Jan Michiels (piano)
4.34am
Koutev, Philip (1903-1982) (traditional folk lyrics): Dragana and the Nightingale
Sofia Chamber Choir
Vassil Arnaudov (conductor)
4.38am
Wilby, Philip (b. 1949): Flight (originally for brass band)
David Thornton (euphonium)
Joanne Seeley (piano)
4.47am
De Vocht, Lodewijk (1887-1977): In ballingschap (In Exile), Symphonic Poem (1914)
Vlaams Radio Orkest (Flemish Radio Orchestra)
Jan Latham-Koenig (conductor)
5.00am
Lipinski, Karol Józef (1790-1861): Overture in D (1814)
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra in Cracow
Szymon Kawalla (conductor)
5.09am
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847): Prelude and Fugue in Em, Op 35, No 1 (1832)
Sylviane Deferne (piano)
5.18am
Bacewicz, Grazyna (1909-1969): Krakowiak for orchestra (1949)
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jan Krenz (conductor)
5.23am
Rachmaninov, Sergey (1873-1943): Prelude No 5 in G from 13 Preludes for piano, Op 32
Alexander Slobodyanik (piano)
5.27am
Rangström, Ture (1884-1947): Violin Suite 2 (1921-2)
Tale Olsson (violin)
Mats Jansson (piano)
5.38am
Lotti, Antonio (1666-1740): Sonata in F Echo-Sonate for 2 oboes, bassoon and continuo
Ensemble Zefiro
Paolo Grazzi, Alfredo Bernardini (oboe)
Alberto Grazzi (bassoon)
Saskia Van der Wel (cello)
Rinaldo Alessandrini (harpsichord)
5.48am
Gorczycki, Grzegorz Gerwazy (c.1665-1734): Cum invocarem
Olga Pasiecznik (soprano)
Piotr Lykowski (countertenor)
Wojciech Parchem (tenor)
Miroslaw Borzynski (bass)
Sine Nomine Chamber Choir
Concerto Polacco
Marek Toporowski (chamber organ/director)
5.53am
Papandopulo, Boris (1906-1991): Rapsodia Concertante
Monika Leskovar (cello)
Ivana Svarc-Grenda (piano)
6.06am
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897): Variations on a theme by Haydn, Op 56a, (vers. for orchestra)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Simone Young (conductor)
6.26am
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): Sonata for piano in Fm, Op 2, No 1
Alexander Slobodyanik (piano)
6.41am
Scarlatti, Domenico (1685-1757): Sonata in E (Vivo), Kk 264
Andreas Staier (harpsichord)
6.47am
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel (1714-1788): Klopstocks Morgengesang am Schöpfungsfeste, Wq 239, (Leipzig 1784) for 2 sopranos, chorus and orchestra
Barbara Schlick, Johanna Koslowsky (soprano)
Rheinische Kantorei
Das Kleine Konzert
Herman Max (conductor)
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