07:00
Martin Handley
Continuing the season celebrating the work of Bach.
From 7.00am
Sanctus, BWV 238
Chorus and Orchestra of Collegium Vocale, Ghent
Philippe Herreweghe (conductor)
Flute Sonata in A, BWV 1032
Frans Bruggen (transverse flute)
Gustav Leonhardt (harpsichord)
Cantata No 133, Ich freue mich in dir
Sebastian Hennig (boy soprano)
Rene Jacobs (alto)
Marius van Altena (tenor)
Max van Egmond (bass)
Hannover Boys' Choir
Collegium Vocale, Gent
Leonhardt Consort
Gustav Leonhardt (director)
Canzona in Dm, BWV 588
Ton Koopman (organ of Grote Kerk, Maassluis)
From 8.00am
Prelude and Fugue No 18 in G sharp m, BWV 887
(Well-tempered Clavier, Bk 2)
Rosalyn Tureck (piano)
Cantata No 200: Bekennen will ich seinen Namen
Robin Tyson (counter tenor)
The English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
Violin Concerto in E, BWV 1042
Yehudi Menuhin (violin)
Paris Conservatoire Orchestra
Pierre Monteux (conductor)
Cantata No 154, Mein liebster Jesus ist verloren
Bernhard Landauer (alto)
Christoph Prégardien (tenor)
Klaus Mertens (bass)
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir
Ton Koopman (director)
09:00
Rob Cowan
Continuing the season celebrating the work of Bach.
Concerto in Dm for two violins, BWV 1043
Arthur Grumiaux, Herman Krebbers (violin)
Les Solistes Romands
Arpad Gérecz (conductor)
Concerto No 5 in Fm, BWV 1056 - Largo (arr Cortot)
Alfred Cortot (piano)
Cantata No 131: Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir
The Bach Ensemble
Joshua Rifkin (director)
Prelude & Fugue in Em, BWV 548
Albert Schweitzer (organ)
Peasant Cantata, BWV 212
Elly Ameling (soprano)
Sigmund Nimsgern (bass)
Gerald English (tenor)
Collegium Aureum
Reinhardt Peters (conductor)
Cello Suite No 2 in Dm, BWV 1008
Pablo Casals (cello)
Sonata in G - Adagio, BWV 968
Gustav Leonhardt (harpsichord)
Magnificat in D, BWV 243
Barbara Bonney (soprano)
Birgit Remmert (contralto)
Rainer Trost (tenor)
Olaf Bär (baritone)
RIAS Chamber Choir
C Ph E Bach Chamber Orchestra
Peter Schreier (conductor)
Italian Concerto in F, BWV 971
Stanislav Bunin (piano)
Fantasia & Fugue in Gm, BWV 542 (orch. Mitropoulos)
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
Dimitri Mitropoulos (conductor)
12:00
Donald Macleod and John Eliot Gardiner
Donald and John conclude their survey of Bach's sacred cantatas, with a celebration of Christmas through works written for the season and originally performed as part of Bach's Leipzig cantata cycles.
Cantata No 91: Gelobet seist du, Jesus Christ
Katharine Fuge (soprano)
Robin Tyson (alto)
James Gilchrist (tenor)
Peter Harvey (bass)
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner (director)
Cantata No 121: Christum wir sollen loben schon
Markus Huber (treble)
Paul Esswood (counter-tenor)
Kurt Equiluz (tenor)
Philippe Huttenlocher (bass)
Tölz Boys Choir
Concentus Musicus Wien
Nikolaus Harnoncourt (director)
Cantata No 191: Gloria in Excelsis Deo
Ileana Cotrubas (soprano)
Kurt Equiluz (tenor)
Kantorei Barmen-Gemarke
German Bach Soloists
Helmut Winschermann (conductor)
Cantata No 63: Christen, ätzet diesen Tag
Ann Monoyios (soprano)
Sara Mingardo (contralto)
Rufus Müller (tenor)
Stephan Loges (bass)
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner (director)
13:30
Lucie Skeaping
Concluding the Bach season, featuring cantatas and the Christmas Oratorio, preceded by comments from Dr Rowan Williams, The Archbishop of Canterbury.
Cantata No 123: Liebster Immanuel, Herzog der Frommen
Franziska Gottwald (alto)
Paul Agnew (tenor)
Klaus Mertens (bass)
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir
Ton Koopman (director)
A selection from the '48' by keyboard players past and present
Cantata No 124: Meinen Jesum lass ich nicht
Arleen Augér (soprano)
Helen Watts (alto)
Aldo Baldin (tenor)
Wolfgang Schöne (bass)
Gächinger Kantorei
Bach-Collegium Stuttgart
Helmuth Rilling (conductor)
Partita No 6 in Em, BWV 830
Ralph Kirkpatrick (harpsichord)
Dr Rowan Williams, The Archbishop of Canterbury talks about
Christmas Oratorio BWV 248 (Parts 4-6)
Fallt mit Danken, fallt mit Loben; Ehre sei dir, Gott, gesungen; Herr, wenn die stolzen Feinde schnauben
Emma Kirkby (soprano)
James Bowman (counter-tenor)
Neil Mackie (tenor)
Simon Birchall (bass)
Westminster Abbey Choir
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Martin Neary (conductor)
17:00
A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols
From the Chapel of King's College in Cambridge, a service that for many people all over the world marks the beginning of Christmas.
Once In Royal David's City
The Bidding Prayer, read by the Dean
What Sweeter Music (John Rutter)
First lesson: Genesis 3, vv 8-15, 17-19, read by a Chorister
Remember, O Thou Man (Thomas Ravenscroft)
Adam Lay Ybounden (Boris Ord)
Second lesson: Genesis 22 vv 15-18, read by a Choral Scholar
God So Loved the World (John Stainer)
In dulci jubilo (Robert de Pearsall)
Third lesson: Isaiah 9 vv 2, 6-7, read by a representative of the Cambridge churches
On Christmas Night (arr. Philip Ledger)
Unto Us Is Born a Son (arr David Willcocks)
Fourth lesson: Isaiah 11 vv 1-3a, 4a, 6-9, read by a representative of the city of Cambridge
A Tender Shoot (Otto Goldschmidt)
A Spotless Rose (Herbert Howells)
Fifth lesson: Luke 1 vv 26-35, 38, read by a representative of Eton College
Edi beo thu (Anon. English, later 13th Century)
Benedicamus Domino (Peter Warlock)
Sixth lesson: Luke 2 vv 1, 3-7, read by the College Chaplain
Sweet Was the Song the Virgin Sung (Dick Blackford)
Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day (John Gardner)
Seventh lesson: Luke 2 vv 8-16, read by the Director of Music
Away In a Manger (John Tavener - commissioned by King's College)
While Shepherds Watched their Flocks
Eighth lesson: Matthew 2 vv 1-12, read by the Acting Vice-Provost
Riu, riu, chiu (attrib. Mateo Flecha the Elder)
Be Merry (Stephen Cleobury)
Ninth lesson: John 1 vv 1-14, read by the Provost
Vom Himmel hoch (from Magnificat, BWV 243a, JS Bach)
O come, All Ye Faithful
Collect and Blessing
Hark! the Herald Angels Sing
Organ voluntaries: In dulci ju, BWV 729
18:30
25 December 2005
The start of a special Christmas series of highlights from the summer Proms. The Vienna Philharmonic orchestra performs Bruckner's symphonic triumph of light over darkness, which according to one of his keenest supporters, composer Hugo Wolf, 'excels every other Symphony of the Master in its spiritual dimensions, richness and greatness'.
Presented by Andrew McGregor and recorded at the Royal Albert Hall.
Bruckner: Symphony No 8 in Cm (ed. Novak)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Christoph Eschenbach (conductor)
20:05
Mr Fielding's Scandal Shop
By Liz Kuti.
In 1737, Henry Fielding, author of Tom Jones and scourge of Walpole's corrupt parliament, astonished the world by rejoining the Establishment. London's most infamous libertine became a magistrate - outlawing plays and players. But at what cost, to himself and to those who had loved and admired him?
Henry Fielding ...... Richard McCabe
Charlotte Charke ...... Lizzie McInnerny
Robert Walpole ...... Ron Cook
Richard Yates ...... Nickolas Grace
Eliza Hayward ...... Frances Tomelty
Mary Fielding ...... Alison Pettitt
The Ale House maid ...... Amy Marston
Mr Ravenhill ...... Christopher Adlington
Colley Cibber ...... Robert Price
Directed by Eoin O'Callaghan.
21:30
Bulgaria's Voice
Singer Dessislava Stefanova travels back to her native country in search of the roots of women's choral singing in Bulgaria. She explores the development of the tradition during the Soviet era, and how by the 1980s it had become one of world music's most captivating and successful genres.
22:15
Christmas in Ashgabat
Turkmenistan is a curious, little-visited place where the months of the year are named after the President's family, beards are illegal, and there's a public holiday for the honeydew melon.
Andy substitutes his traditional seasonal fare for a glass of Presidential Vodka, a Christmas kebab, and a generous helping of Turkmen national folk music, in the first British documentary made inside one of the world's most autocratic states.
00:00
Part One
Tchaikovsky once said that his whole life had been a chain of misfortunes because of his sexuality. Beginning a week-long exploration of the paradoxes and dichotomies behind the composer's life, Donald Macleod examines Tchaikovsky's attitude towards both sexes.
Amid the Din of the Ball, Op 38, No 3
Sergei Leiferkus (baritone)
Semion Skigin (piano)
Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Bernard Haitink (conductor)
Six French Songs, Op 65
Julia Varady (soprano)
Aribert Reimann (piano)
The Enchantress, Act 1 (Excerpt)
Marina Shaguch
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Neeme Järvi (conductor)
The Nutcracker, Scene 14 (Excerpts)
London Symphony Orchestra
Charles Mackerras (conductor)
01:00
Through the Night
25 December 2005
With John Shea.
1.00am
Arvo Pärt's 70th Birthday Concert
Pärt, Arvo (b. 1935): Orient and Occident; Berliner Messe; Trisagion; Te Deum
Swedish Radio Chorus
Talinn Chamber Orchestra
Tõnu Kaljuste (conductor)
2.17am
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828): Sonata in B flat , D960
Halina Radvilaite (piano)
2.55am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Oboe Quartet in F, K370
Peter Bree (oboe)
Amsterdam String Trio
Maurice Horsthuis (viola)
Ernst Reijsiger (cello)
Ernst Glerum (double bass)
3.08am
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809): Symphony No 102 in B flat
Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Michael Schønwandt (conductor)
3.33am
Chopin, Frédéric (1810-1849), transc. Liszt, Franz (1811-1886): 6 Polish songs, S480
Sylviane Deferne (piano)
3.50am
Dobrzynski, Ignacy Feliks (1807-1867): Monbar
Sinfonia Varsovia
Grzegorz Nowak (conductor)
4.03am
Couperin, François (1668-1733): L'Auguste (Pièces de clavecin)
Wladyslaw Klosiewicz (harpsichord)
4.08am
Geminiani, Francesco (1687-1762): Concerto Grosso in Dm, Op 2, No 5
La Petite Bande
Sigiswald Kuijken (violin/director)
François Fernandez (violin)
Staas Swierstra (viola)
Richta van der Meer (cello)
4.18am
Schütz, Heinrich (1585-1672) : Wohl denen, die ohne Wandel leben
Rheinische Kantorei
Musica Alta Ripa
Hermann Max (conductor)
4.22am
Naumann, Johann Gottlieb (1741-1801): Symphonie à grand orchestre de l'opera Cora
Concerto Köln
4.34am
Satie, Erik (1866-1925), arr Milhaud, Darius (1892-1974): Jack-in-the-box Pantomime
CBC Vancouver Orchestra
Mario Bernardi (conductor)
4.41am
Strauss, Josef (1827-1880): Dorfschwalben aus Österreich waltz, Op 164
Arthur Schnabel (piano)
4.49am
Kajanus, Robert (1856-1933): Finnish Rhapsody No 1
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Leif Segerstam (conductor)
5.00am
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897): Cello Sonata in Em, Op 38
Ellen Margrethe Flesjo (cello)
Havard Gimse (piano)
5.25am
Fasch, Johann Friedrich (1688-1758): Sonata in Dm
Amsterdam Bach Soloists
Wim ten Have (conductor)
5.35am
Scarlatti, Domenico (1685-1757): Sonata in B flat, Kk 202
Andreas Staier (harpsichord)
5.39am
Pärt, Arvo (b. 1935): Spiegel im Spiegel
Morten Carlsen (viola)
Sergej Osadchuk (piano)
5.47am
Bruckner, Anton (1824-1896): Ave Maria; Christus factus est; Locus iste
The Sokkelund Choir
Morten Schuldt Jensen (conductor)
6.00am
Borodin, Alexander (1833-1887): In the Steppes of Central Asia
Edmonton Symphony Orchestra
Uri Mayer (conductor)
6.08am
Kreisler, Fritz (1875-1962): Marche Miniature viennoise
Tobias Ringborg (violin)
John Ehde (cello)
Anders Kilström (piano)
6.12am
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897): Rhapsody in Gm, Op 79, No 2
Robert Silverman (piano)
6.19am
Pahor, Karol (1896-1974): The Bailiff Yerney's Prayer
Chamber Choir AVE
Andraz Hauptman (conductor)
6.25am
Thalberg, Sigismund (1812-1871): Home Sweet Home
Dennis Hennig (piano)
6.31am
Csemiczky, Miklós (b.1954): Ave Maria
Kodály Chorus of Debrecen
Lajos Antal Szúcs (conductor)
6.38am
Martinu, Bohuslav (1890-1959): Frescoes of Piero della Francesca
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra in Bratislava
Róbert Stankovsk? (conductor)
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