07:00
28 November 2005
Penny Gore features performances by the cellist Yo-Yo Ma, and plays a selection of music from Scotland across the centuries.
From 7.00am
Liszt: Valse oubliée No 1
Vladimir Horowitz (piano)
Carver: O bone Jesu
Taverner Choir
Andrew Parrott (conductor)
Weber, orch. Berlioz: Invitation to the Dance, Op 65
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
From 8.30am
Fauré: Elegie, Op 24
Maurice Gendron (cello)
National Orchestra of Monte-Carlo Opera
Roberto Benzi (conductor)
Brahms: Cello sonata in F, Op 99
Yo-Yo Ma (cello)
Emanuel Ax (piano)
Mackenzie: Pibroch Suite, Op 42
Malcolm Stewart (violin)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
David Davies (conductor)
10:00
28 November 2005
Rob Cowan features Fauré's orchestral works and recordings by Sviatoslav Richter.
Fauré: Pavane, Op 50
Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy (conductor)
Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No 6 in A, Op 82
Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
Scarlatti, arr Bryan: Concerto No 1 in G
Leon Goossens (oboe)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Walter Susskind (conductor)
Beethoven: Gloria (Missa Solemnis, Op 123)
Ursula Fiedler (soprano)
Barbara Hölzl (alto)
Werner Hollweb (tenor)
Jakob Stämpfli (bass)
Moscow Radio Children's Choir
Sveshnikov Male Voice Choir
Russian National Orchestra
Rudolf Barshai (conductor)
Myaskovsky: Piano Sonata No 3 in Cm, Op 19
Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
Fauré: Incidental music to Caligula, Op 52
Ensemble Vocal Alix Bourbon
Toulouse Capitole Orchestra
Michel Plasson (conductor)
Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel's lustige Streiche, Op 28
French National Radio Orchestra
Igor Markevitch (conductor)
12:00
Mozart the Keyboard Player
Part One
Donald Macleod goes in search of Mozart the keyboard player, a young man who arrived in Vienna in 1781 and whose brilliance as performer, composer and impresario turned a city upside down in what was to become one of the most remarkable decades in musical history.
12 Variations on Ah, vous dirai-je, Maman, K265 (excerpt)
András Schiff (piano)
Concerto for Two Pianos No 10 in E flat, K365 (finale)
Alfred Brendel, Imogen Cooper (piano)
ASMF
Neville Marriner (conductor)
Sonata for Two Pianos K448 (2nd movement)
Ingrid Haebler, Ludwig Hoffman (piano)
Fantasia in Dm, K397
Emil Gilels (piano)
Piano Concerto No 12 in A, K414
Howard Shelley (piano)
London Mozart Players
13:00
Ailish Tynan and Julius Drake
28 November 2005
Live from Wigmore Hall in London, presented by Stephanie Hughes.
The young Irish soprano Ailish Tynan, a recent Radio 3 New Generation Artist, has enjoyed great success on both the operatic and recital stage since she won the BBC Rosenblatt Recital Prize at the 2003 Cardiff Singer of the World. She is joined by pianist Julius Drake.
Richard Strauss: Stanchen, Op17/2; Ich trage meine mine, Op 32/1; Die Nacht, Op 10; Schlechtes wetter, Op 69/5; Mit deinen blauen augen, Op 56/4; Allerseelen, Op 10; Hat gesagt, Op 36/3
Duparc: Chanson Triste; Extase; La Vie Anterieure; L'Invitation au voyage
Copland: 6 songs from Old American Songs sets 1 & 2 - The Boatman's Dance; Long Time Ago; I Bought Me a Cat; The Little Horses; At the River; Ching-a-ring Chaw
14:00
28 November 2005
BBC Singers perform seasonal music for the first week of Advent. Featuring the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and presented by Martin Handley.
EW Naylor: Vox dicentis clama
BBC Singers
Andrew Carwood (conductor)
Walton: Violin concerto
Matthew Trusler (violin)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Paul Watkins (conductor)
Purcell: I Was Glad
Britten: Rejoice In the Lamb
Elizabeth Poole (soprano)
Penny Vickers (alto)
Andrew Murgatroyd (tenor)
Stuart Macintyre (baritone)
BBC Singers
Iain Farrington (organ)
M Berkeley: Concerto for organ and orchestra
Thomas Trotter (organ)
15:40
28 November 2005
Music for younger listeners presented by CBBC's Angellica Bell and Adrian Dickson. Includes music from Spain and a song from Disney's Aladdin.
Offenbach, orch Manuel Rosenthal: Allegro (from Gaité Parisienne)
Boston pops Orchestra
Arthur Fiedler (conductor)
Rafael Riqueni: Mi Tiempo
Rafael Riqueni
Alexandre Rabinovitch: Incantations (Extract)
Hibiki String Orchestra and guests
Alexandre Rabinovitch (conductor)
Menken/Rice: A Whole New World (from Aladdin)
Lea Salonga, Brad Kane (singer)
Studio orchestra
LSO Feature: Project with pupils from Mossbourne Academy, Hackney
Brahms: Hungarian Dance No 1 in Gm
Berlin Philharmonic
Claudio Abbado (conductor)
16:00
Alan Menken
Edward Seckerson talks to the much admired New York-based composer Alan Menkin, whose prolific work in both musical theatre and film over the past 20 years has won him countless top awards.
1/2. Ed explores some of the early musicals - God Bless Mr Rosewater, Little Shop of Horrors and Weird Romance, as well as Menkin's film and stage show versions of The Little Mermaid.
17:00
28 November 2005
Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and keeps us up to date with what's happening in the arts world.
19:30
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Part One
Chris de Souza presents a concert from Birmingham's Symphony Hall, in which Sakari Oramo conducts the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. This concert contains just two works - opening with Ravel's stunningly colourful ballet Ma Mere l'Oye and ending, after the interval, in Mahler's dramatic Symphony No 1.
20:00
Amulet and Feathers
Amulet and Feathers, by Leila Aboulela, and read by Rakie Ayola. Maryam sets out to avenge the death of her father. However, mysterious encounters with the spirit world lead to an unexpected outcome.
20:20
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Part Two
The second half of the concert from Birmingham's Symphony Hall, with the focus on Mahler's Symphony No 1.
21:30
28 November 2005
Paul Allen discusses the legacy of one of the most influential singer-songwriters of the late 1950s, Sam Cooke - a gospel star long before he successfully crossed over into pop.
22:15
28 November 2005
Verity Sharp features an Albanian song about eight horses and music from Mauritania. Plus the start of a week of perennial Advent antiphons from late 14th century Cyprus.
00:00
Arthur Honegger (1892-1955)
1920s
Jazz trumpeter and composer Guy Barker shares one of his great passions, the music of Arthur Honegger, with Donald Macleod. They continue by discussing Honegger's activities during the 1920s.
Overture to La Roue
CSR Symphony Orchestra
Adriano (conductor)
Viola sonata (1st movement)
Pierre-Henri Xuereb (viola)
Pascal Devoyon (piano)
Cello Concerto
Mstislav Rostropovich (cello)
USSR Symphony Orchestra
Victor Dubrovsky (conductor)
Blues de Roses de Métal
Members of the RTL Symphony Orchestra
Leopold Hager (conductor)
Le roi David (excerpt)
Incantation of the witch of Endor
Simone Valere
Ensemble Instrumental
Charles Dutoit (conductor)
Judith (excerpt)
Brigitte Balleys, Liliana Bizineche (mezzo soprano)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Gulbenkian Foundation
Michel Corboz (conductor)
Rugby
Tonhalle Orchester Zurich
David Zinman (conductor)
01:00
28 November 2005
28 November 2005
With Susan Sharpe
1.00am
Chamber music from the New Stenhammar Quartet and the Swedish Serenade Ensemble
Stenhammar, Wilhelm (1871-1927): Quartet for strings No 4 in Am, Op 25
1.34am
Gothe, Mats Larsson (b.1965): String Quartet No 3 Visioni ed estasi
New Stenhammar Quartet
Peter Olofsson (violin)
Per Öman (violin)
Tony Bauer (viola)
Mats Olofsson (cello)
1.51am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Serenade in B flat for 13 wind instruments, K361
Swedish Serenade Ensemble
2.38am
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847): Piano Concerto No 2 in Dm, Op 40
Lucille Chung (piano)
Orchestre Symphonique de Laval
Jean-Francois Rivest (conductor)
3.03am
Hindemith, Paul (1895-1963): Sonata for harp
Rita Costanzi (harp)
3.16am
Sasnauskas, Ceslovas (1867-1916): Requiem
Inesa Linaburgyte (mezzo-soprano)
Algirdas Janutas (tenor)
Vladimiras Prudnikovas (bass)
Kaunas State Choir
Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra
Petras Bingelis (conductor)
3.51am
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): Romance in F, Op 50
Taik-Ju Lee (violin)
Young-Lan Han (piano)
4.00am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Don Giovanni Overture, K527
Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra
Stephen Barlow (conductor)
4.06am
Liszt, Franz (1811-1886): Hungarian Rhapsody No 6
Jenö Jandó (piano)
4.14am
Doppler, Karl (1825-1900): Souvenir de Prague, Op 24
Matej Zupan, Karolina Santl-Zupan (flute)
Dijana Tanovic (piano)
4.26am
Kálmán, Emmerich Imre (1882-1953): Peter's Song (Grafin Mariza)
Denes Gulyas (tenor)
Hungarian Radio Orchestra
Hungarian Radio Choir
Tamas Breitner (conductor)
4.33am
Weber, Carl Maria von (1786-1826): Grand duo concertant, Op 48
Joaquín Valdepeñas (clarinet)
Patricia Parr (piano)
4.53am
d'India, Sigismondo (c.1582-c.1629), text: Giovanni Battista Guiarini: At the Departure of My Beloved; Shall I, Poor Wretch, Speak Out or Hold My Tongue?
The Consort of Musicke
Evelyn Tubb (soprano)
Mary Nichols (alto)
Andrew King, Paul Agnew (tenor)
Alan Ewing (bass)
5.00am
Huet, Gregorio (c.1550-c.1616): Fantasia
Toyohiko Satoh (lute)
5.05am
Massenet, Jules (1842-1912), arr Marsick: Méditation (Thais)
Reka Szilvay (violin)
Naoko Ichihashi (piano)
5.10am
Schreker, Franz (1878-1934): Valse Lente
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Vassily Sinaisky (conductor)
5.15am
Fauré, Gabriel (1845-1924): Le Papillon et la fleur, Op 1, No 1; En Sourdine, Op 58, No 2
Paula Hoffman (mezzo soprano)
Bengt-Åke Lundin (piano)
5.21am
Josquin des Pres (c.1440-1521): Motet Inviolata, integra et casta es
Studio de Musique Ancienne de Montréal
Christopher Jackson (director)
5.26am
Visée, Robert de (c.1655-c.1723/3): La Menetou de Mr F Couperin
Yasunori Imamura (theorbo)
5.29am
Glinka, Mikhail Ivanovich (1804-1857): Trio in Dm (Largo)
Moscow Trio
Vladimir Ivanov (violin)
Michail Utkin (cello)
Alexander Bonduriansky (piano)
5.35am
Puccini, Giacomo (1858-1924): Sola, perduta, abbandonata (Manon Lescaut)
Veronika Kincses (soprano)
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava
Ondrej Lenard (conductor)
5.40am
Courtois, Lambert (fl.1542-83): Piens d'amoroso
Choir of Croatian Radio & Television
Tonci Bilic (conductor)
5.45am
Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907): Evening in the Mountains, Op 68, No 4; At the cradle, Op 68, No 5
CBC Vancouver Orchestra
Mario Bernardi (conductor)
5.53am
Mokranjac, Stevan (1856-1914): Opelo (orthodox requiem)
Vlado Miko (bass)
Belgrade Radio and Television Choir
Mladen Jagust (director)
6.06am
Clerambault, Louis-Nicolas (1676-1749): Leandre et Hero
Isabelle Poulenard (soprano)
Ricercar Consort
Henri Ledroit (conductor)
6.24am
Siefert, Paul (1586-1666): Paduana
Ton Koopman (organ)
6.31am
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856): Symphony No 4 in Dm, Op 120
Saarbrücken Radio Symphony Orchestra
Marcello Viotti (conductor)