07:00
11 December 2005
With Martin Handley.
From 7.00am
Hovhaness: Symphony No 2, Op 132, Mysterious Mountain
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Litton (conductor)
Vaughan Williams: Lord, Thou Hast Been Our Refuge
Finzi Singers
Harry Bicket (organ)
Paul Spicer (conductor)
From 8.00am
Handel: Organ Concerto No 9 in B flat, Op 7, No 3
Peter Hurford (organ)
Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra
Joshua Rifkin (conductor)
Beethoven Grosse Fuge, Op 133
Takács Quartet
09:00
11 December 2005
Rob Cowan introduces some of his favourite recordings. Regular features include The Innocent Ear, and Rob's recommendation for a Bargain Hunter CD.
Piazzolla: Fuga Y Misterio (from Maria de Buenos Aires)
Astor Piazzolla (bandoneon) with orchestra
Auber: Ho revisito gli amici (from Fra Diavolo)
Giuseppe Campora (tenor)
Philharmonic Orchestra of Giuseppe Verdi Theatre Community of Trieste
Arturo Basile (conductor)
Torke: Ash
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
David Zinman (conductor)
Ravel: Ronsard a son ame
Martial Singher (baritone)
Unnamed Orchestra
Piero Coppola (conductor)
Haydn: Violin Concerto in C
Szymon Goldberg (violin)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Walter Susskind (conductor)
Anon: Istampita Principio di virtu
Ken Zuckerman (lute)
Swapan Chaudhuri (tabla)
Dvorák: Legends Nos 5 & 6
Prague Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra
Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)
Liszt: Pastorale and Annunciation (from Christus)
Benita Valente (mezzo-soprano)
Peter Lindroos (tenor)
Slovak Philharmonic Choir
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
James Conlon (conductor)
Walton: Sonata for Strings
Amsterdam Sinfonietta
Candida Thompson (conductor)
Lehar: Wolgalied (from The Tsarevich)
Werner Krenn (tenor)
Vienna Opera Orchestra
Anton Paulik (conductor)
Telemann: Concerto for oboe, strings and bc in Dm,
Albrecht Mayer (oboe)
Berliner Barock Solisten
Rainer Kussmaul (conductor)
Chopin: Mazurkas 40, 41 & 21
Vladimir Horowitz (piano)
Chausson: Le temps des lilas (from Počme de l'amour et de la mer, Op 19)
Charles Panzera (baritone)
Unnamed orchestra
Piero Coppola (conductor)
Bruckner: finale from Symphony No 9 (reconstructed by Nicola Samale, John A Phillips and Giuseppe Mazzuca)
Bruckner-Orchestra Linz
Kurt Eichhorn (conductor)
12:00
Raymond Baxter
Michael Berkeley's guest is the broadcaster and Second World War fighter pilot Raymond Baxter, for many years the presenter of Tomorrow's World, which was first broadcast 40 years ago. He also commentated for the BBC on state occasions, as well as 14 consecutive Monte Carlo rallies, and has recently published his memoirs.
His musical choices range from a Bach cantata to Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli.
13:00
11 December 2005
Handel's Messiah is one of the most celebrated of all choral works - but it took several years to take up its rightful place in this country. Lucie Skeaping looks back at the history of the Messiah during Handel's lifetime and finds out why London's Foundling Hospital played such a significant part in establishing the Messiah's popularity.
14:00
Lang Lang
A recital by leading Chinese pianist Lang Lang, recorded at the National Concert Hall in Dublin. Featuring classics of the piano repertoire by Mozart, Chopin, Rachmaninov and Liszt. Introduced by Stephanie Hughes.
Mozart: Piano Sonata in C, K330
Chopin: Piano Sonata No 3 in Bm, Op 58
Rachmaninov: Prelude, Op 23, No 5, in Gm
Liszt, arr Horovitz: Hungarian Rhapsody No 2
15:30
A Musical Feast
Italian chef Antonio Carluccio invites listeners into his kitchen and prepares a musical feast, revealing composers' favourite recipes and the connections between music and food.
Featuring arias from Rossini, Bellini, Verdi and Puccini and folksongs celebrating the regional cuisine of Italy.
16:00
11 December 2005
Brian Kay's listeners' requests include highlights from Berlioz's magnificent L'enfance du Christ; the piano duo Clare and Antoinette Cann in Debussy's Petite Suite and Glazunov's The Seasons.
17:45
11 December 2005
Presented by Tom Service.
Writer Roger Nichols looks over the vast personal correspondence of Claude Debussy, published in France for the first time.
American music historian Vivian Perlis talks about her new publication, An Oral History of American Music, documenting the history of 20th Century music directly through the voices of composers.
Plus a look at the simple dance in triple time that became the most popular ballroom dance of the 19th Century, inspiring composers well into the 20th Century - the Waltz.
18:30
British Music Focus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Nicholas Maw, who celebrates his 70th birthday this year, wrote his orchestral work Odyssey between 1973 and 1987. It is a single, unbroken 96-minute span of symphonic music which has been unanimously praised since its initial performance by the BBC Symphony Orchestra in 1987 at a BBC Prom. This concert at the BBC's Maida Vale Studios is presented by Andrew McGregor.
Nicholas Maw: Odyssey
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Litton (conductor)
20:15
Andalus
By Jason Webster, dramatised by Tina Pepler.
A young English writer sets out to discover Spain's hidden Moorish past. He visits an enormous, plastic-sheeted farm and witnesses farmers terrorising the largely North African workforce. His life is threatened as he covertly tours this agricultural gulag, but is saved by an illegal immigrant. The unlikely pair of writer and desperado take off on a rollercoaster ride through Andalucía.
Jason ...... Joe McFadden
Zine ...... Omar Berdouni
Lucia ...... Azucena Duran
Salud, Carmen ...... Nuria Benet
Mother, doctor ...... Montserrat Gili
Amadeo, priest ...... Javier Marzan
Pedro, Sergio ...... Luis Soto
Old man ...... Nayef Rashed
Produced by Steven Canny.
21:45
The Agony and The Ecstasy
Failure - what is it good for? American satirist Joe Queenan grapples with old Europe, and the idea of gallant defeat.
At a re-enactment of the Battle of Hastings, Joe noticed everyone wanted to be King Harold, and no one William the Conqueror, the guy who actually won. A transatlantic gulf slid into view.
With contributions from John Sergeant, Armando Iannucci, George Bush senior's speech writer, and a Frenchman who believes his country won at Waterloo.
22:30
11 December 2005
The small ranching community of Lubbock in Texas has produced some of the US' most acclaimed musicians, such as Buddy Holly, Nanci Griffith, Waylon Jennings and Terry Allen.
Another local great, Jimmie Dale Gilmour, brings his mystical country/honky-tonk fusion to the studio.
00:00
Orlande de Lassus (1532? - 1594)
Part One
Donald Macleod steps back in time to 16th-century mainland Europe, to explore the life and musical world of one of the most prolific and widely admired musicians of the age - Orlande de Lassus. His guide is the distinguished musicologist and conductor Jeremy Summerly.
Timor et tremor
Choir of New College Oxford/Edward Higginbottom
Magnificat Super Aurora Lucis Rutilat
Pro Cantione Antiqua
Bruna Turner (director)
Missa BellAmfitritaltera
Oxford Camerata
Jeremy Summerly (conductor)
Three songs:
Lucescit jam o socii
Un jeune moine est sorti du couvent
Chi chilichi
Ensemble Clément Janequin
Dominique Visse (director)
01:00
11 December 2005
11 December 2005
With Louise Fryer.
The Copenhagen Royal Chapel Chorus - directed by Ebbe Munk, recorded at the Church of our Lady, Copenhagen Cathedral on 13 April 2005
1.00am
Söderman, August (1832-1876): Andliga Sĺngar (Scared Songs)
1.16am
Hartmann, Johan Peter Emilius (1805-1900): Fantasy & Fugue in Fm
Ulrik Spang-Hanssen (organ)
1.25am
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847): 3 Psalms, Op 78
Johannes Weisser (baritone)
1.48am
Nielsen, Carl (1865-1931): Symphony No 4, Op 29, Inextinguishable
Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Michael Schřnwandt (conductor)
2.24am
Rachmaninov, Sergey (1873-1943): Suite No 2, Op 17
Ruta Ibelhauptiene, Zbignevas Ibelhauptas (piano)
2.49am
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937): Piano Concerto in G
Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano)
BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)
3.12am
Chausson, Ernest (1855-1899): Concerto for violin, piano & string quartet in D, Op 21
Josef Suk (violin)
Josef Hala (piano)
Orlando Quartet
3.51am
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847): Hebrides overture, Op 26
Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Per Kristian Skalstad (conductor)
4.01am
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809): Scottish and English Songs
Christina Högman (soprano)
Niklas Sivelöv (piano)
Bernt Lysell (violin)
Mikael Sjögren (cello)
4.13am
Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741): Recorder Concerto in F, RV 442
Michael Schneider (recorder)
Camerata Köln
4.21am
Wilms, Johann Wilhelm (1772-1847): Rondo from Sonata, Op 31
Leo van Doeselaar, Wyneke Jordans (fortepiano)
4.30am
Respighi, Ottorino (1879-1936): Ancient Airs and Dances - Suite No 2
CBC Vancouver Orchestra
Mario Bernardi (conductor)
4.49am
Rossini, Gioachino (1792-1868): Prelude, Toccata and Variations
Mindaugas Gecevicius (horn)
Ala Bendoraitiene (piano)
5.00am
Popper, David (1843-1913): Nocturne No 4 in Bm, Op 47
Janos Starker (cello)
Alain Planes (piano)
5.05am
Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767): Violin Sonata in A (Essercizii Musici)
Camerata Köln
5.15am
Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da (c.1525-1594): Gloriosi principes terrae (1581)
Maitrise de Garçons de Colmar
Ensemble Giles Binchois
Ensemble Cantus Figuratus der Schola Cantorum Basiliensis
Dominique Vellard (director)
5.18am
Alma Redemptoris mater - motet a8
BBC Singers
Stephen Cleobury (conductor)
5.21am
Puccini, Giacomo (1858-1924): String Quartet in D
Raphael Quartet
5.29am
Berwald, Franz (1796-1868): Fantasia on 2 Swedish Folksongs
Lucia Negro (piano)
5.38am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Sesto's aria - Parto, parto (La Clemenza di Tito)
Lois Marshall (soprano)
London Symphony Orchestra
Eduardo Pedrazzoli (conductor)
5.45am
Gesualdo, Carlo (c.1560-1613): Two madrigals - Mercč grido piangendo & Luci serene e chiare
The King's Singers
5.52am
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): 5 pieces for musical clock, WoO 33
Christopher Herrick (organ)
5.58am
Mini series
Honegger, Arthur (1892-1955): Pacific 321
Slovenian Radio & Television Symphony Orchestra
David Villiers (conductor)
6.05am
Schumann, Clara (1819-1896): 4 Pičces fugitives, Op 15
Angela Cheng (piano)
6.19am
Dvorák, Antonín (1841-1904): Suite in A, Op 98b
Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra in Katowice
Stanislaw Macura (conductor)
6.39am
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897): Piano Trio No 3 in Cm, Op 101
Christopher Krenyak (violin)
Jan Insinger (cello)
Dido Keuning (piano)
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