07:00
5 December 2006
With Penny Gore.
Including at 7.00am
Beethoven: The Creatures of Prometheus - overture
Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich
David Zinman (conductor)
Locatelli: Concerto grosso in Cm, Op 1 No 11
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
Gottfried von der Goltz (conductor)
Mozart: Te Deum, K141
Tölzer Knabenchor
Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden (director)
8.30am
Monteverdi: Beatus vir I
King's Consort and Choir
Robert King (conductor)
Tchaikovsky, transcr. Feinberg: Scherzo (Symphony No 6)
Arcadi Volodos (piano)
Liszt: Les Preludes
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Kurt Masur (conductor)
10:00
5 December 2006
With Jonathan Swain.
10.00am
Berlioz: Le Corsaire
BBC Symphony Orchestra
John Barbirolli (conductor)
BBC Legends BBC4014-2
10.11am
Nielsen: Wind Quintet, Op 43
Melos Ensemble
EMI CDM 565304-2
10.36am
Szymanowski: Concert Overture
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
Witold Rowicki (conductor)
LYS 554-556 (3-CD set)
10.49am
Schubert: Piano Sonata in B flat, D960
Clifford Curzon
DECCA 417 642-2
11.25am
Delius: Songs of Sunset
Maureen Forrester (contralto)
John Forrester (baritone)
Beecham Choral Society
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Thomas Beecham (conductor)
EMI CDS 747509 8 (2-CD set)
12:00
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Part Two
John Bridcut, author of the acclaimed recent book Britten's Children, joins Donald Macleod to discuss the composer's relationships with adolescent boys and how those influenced the music he wrote.
Hymn to St Cecilia
Finzi Singers
Paul Spicer (director)
Four Sea Interludes (Peter Grimes)
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Richard Hickox (conductor)
A Ceremony of Carols
Winchester College Quiristers
Sioned Williams (harp)
Christopher Tolley (conductor)
13:00
Haydn
Royal String Quartet
Sara Mohr-Pietsch introduces a series of recitals from Glasgow University Concert Hall.
Royal String Quartet: Izabella Szalaj-Zimak, Elwira Przybylowska (violins), Marek Czech (viola), Michal Pepol (cello)
Quartet in D minor, Op 76 No 2 (Fifths)
Quartet in G, Op 77 No 1
14:00
British Symphony Series: Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Martin Handley introduces the BBC Philharmonic.
Mozart: Voi avete un cor fedele
Sally Matthews (soprano)
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)
Mozart: Serenade in B flat, K361
Douglas Boyd (conductor)
Britten: Cello Symphony
Alban Gerhardt
Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor)
Messiaen: Les Offrandes oubliées
Alexander Shelley (conductor)
Mozart: Ah se in ciel, benigne stelle
Sally Matthews (soprano)
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)
16:00
Britten's Canticles
Iain Burnside introduces performances of Benjamin Britten's five Canticles recorded at London's Wigmore Hall.
Iestyn Davies (countertenor)
John Mark Ainsley (tenor)
Leigh Melrose (baritone)
Richard Watkins (horn)
Lucy Wakeford (harp)
Roger Vignoles (piano)
Canticle I: My beloved is mine, Op 40 (tenor and piano)
Canticle II: Abraham and Isaac, Op 51 (countertenor, tenor and piano)
Canticle III: Still Falls the Rain, Op 55 (horn, tenor and piano)
Canticle IV: Journey of the Magi, Op 86 (countertenor, tenor, baritone and piano)
Canticle V: The Death of Saint Narcissus, Op 89 (tenor and harp)
17:00
5 December 2006
Sean Rafferty's guests include Gothic Voices singing pieces from their forthcoming programme at the York Early Music Christmas Festival, and Finnish violinist Pekka Kuusisto.
18:30
BBC Philharmonic
Mozart's Last Year
Mozart's Last Year.
Petroc Trelawny presents the first part of tonight's concert, live from Manchester's Bridgewater Hall. The programme consists of music composed in the final year of Mozart's life.
Sabine Meyer (clarinet)
Ronald Brautigam (piano)
Michael Escreet (double bass)
Sally Matthews (soprano)
Alexandra Sherman (mezzo)
Daniel Norman (tenor)
James Rutherford (bass)
BBC Singers
BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)
La Clemenza di Tito - overture
Clarinet Concerto
Three German Dances, K605
Per questa bello mano
Piano Concerto No 27
20:00
In Search of Mozart's Grave
Many mysteries surround Mozart's death on 5 December 1791. Nobody attended his funeral and he was buried in a pauper's grave somewhere in Vienna's St Mark's Cemetery. Or was he? Dermot Clinch visits Vienna to investigate with the help of Jane Glover and Cliff Eisen.
20:20
BBC Philharmonic
Mozart's Last Year
Mozart's Last Year.
Petroc Trelawny presents the second part of tonight's concert, live from Manchester's Bridgewater Hall. The programme consists of music composed in the final year of Mozart's life.
Sabine Meyer (clarinet)
Ronald Brautigam (piano)
Michael Escreet (double bass)
Sally Matthews (soprano)
Alexandra Sherman (mezzo)
Daniel Norman (tenor)
James Rutherford (bass)
BBC Singers
BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)
The Magic Flute - overture
Laut verkunde unsre Freude
Ave verum corpus
(ed. Beyer) Mass in D minor, K626 (Requiem)
22:00
5 December 2006
Philip Dodd talks to director Catherine Hardwicke about The Nativity Story, her big-budget retelling of the story of the birth of Jesus.
22:30
5 December 2006
With Fiona Talkington. This programme has an Eastern European flavour, with a selection of Bohemian Christmas music, Bulgarian wedding songs and music by Vladimir Godar sung by Czech singer Iva Bittova with the Bratislava Conservatory Choir.
00:00
Henry Purcell (1659- 1695)
The King's Musick
Henry Purcell (1659-95).
3/5. The King's Musick
Donald Macleod discovers how Purcell's life and music was shaped by each of the three monarchs he served.
From those serene and rapturous joys
Andrew Tusa (tenor)
King's consort
Robert King (director)
The Staircase - overture
Chacony in G minor
Parley of Instruments
Peter Holman (director)
If Prayers and Tears
Susan Gritton (soprano)
Members of The King's Consort
Sound the trumpet, beat the drum
James Bowman (countertenor)
Rogers Covey-Crump (high tenor)
Rufus Muller (tenor)
Michael George (bass)
King's Consort
Robert King (director)
Timon of Athens - overture
Parley of Instruments
Peter Holman (director)
01:00
5 December 2006
5 December 2006
With Susan Sharpe.
1.00am
Ensemble Européen William Byrd perform Charpentier and Allegri
Charpentier, Marc-Antoine (1634-1704): O clementissime Domine Jesu, H256; 3 Méditations pour le Carême, H380-382; Le Reniement de St Pierre, H424
1.28am
Allegri, Gregorio (1582-1652): Miserere mei Deus
1.45am
Charpentier, Marc-Antoine (1634-1704): Messe des morts
Ensemble Européen William Byrd
Graham O'Reilly (director)
2.25am
Rameau, Jean-Philippe (1683-1764): Le Temple de la Gloire
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
Jeanne Lamon (conductor)
2.56am
Pejacevic, Dora (1885-1923): Piano Quintet in Bm, Op 40
Ida Gamulin (piano)
Zagreb Quartet
3.23am
Khachaturian, Aram (1903-1978): Piano Concerto
Patrik Jablonski
Polish Radio Orchestra of Warsaw
Wojciech Rajski (conductor)
4.00am
Kutev, Filip (1903-1982): Symphonic Dances
Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra
Sash Popov (conductor)
4.10am
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893): Marche Slave
BBC Philharmonic
Rumon Gamba (conductor)
4.21am
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856): Drei Fantaisiestucke, Op 73
Algirdas Budrys (clarinet)
Sergejus Okrusko (piano)
4.32am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Menuetto and Trio in Dm, K421
Young Danish String Quartet
4.36am
Schütz, Heinrich (1585-1672): Ich bin eine rufende Stimme, SWV383; O lieber Herre Gott, wecke uns auf, SWV381
Danish National Radio Chorus
Stefan Parkman (conductor)
4.45am
Boismortier, Joseph Bodin de (1689-1755): La puce; Le colin-maillard
Colin Tilney (harpsichord)
4.53am
Cazzati, Maurizio (c.1620-1677): Alemana detta la Ghisilardi; Giga detta la Bargelina
Ensemble Daedalus
Roberto Festa (conductor)
5.00am
Abel, Carl Friedrich (1723-1787): Trio in F
Karl Kaiser and Michael Schneider (flutes)
Rainer Zipperling (cello)
Harald Hoeren (harpsichord)
5.09am
Pandolfi Mealli, Giovanni Antonio (fl.1660-1669): Sonata in C, Op 3 No 6 (La Sabbatina)
Andrew Manze (violin)
Richard Egarr (harpsichord)
5.18am
Tartini, Giuseppe (1692-1770): Trumpet Concerto
Stanko Arnold
Slovenian Soloists
Marko Munih (conductor)
5.29am
Alfven, Hugo (1872-1960): A Boat with Flowers
Peter Mattei (baritone)
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Manfred Honeck (conductor)
5.40am
Fauré, Gabriel (1845-1924): Preludium, Op 103 No 5; Nocturne in Em, Op 107
Stefan Lindgren (piano)
5.54am
Kuula, Toivo (1883-1918): Sinfonia, Op 36 (Jupiter)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jorma Panula (conductor)
6.01am
Lindberg, Oscar (1887-1955): Sonata in Gm, Op 23
Hans Fagius (organ)
6.18am
Lundvik, Hildor (1885-1951): In the mood of Verlaine; Quiet Rain
Peterson-Berger, Wilhelm (1867-1942): Singing Games
Hakanson, Knut (1887-1929): Starboys
Berg, Gottfrid (1889-1970): Thus I paint, Donna Bianca
Swedish Radio Choir
Eric Ericson (conductor)
6.27am
Respighi, Ottorino (1879-1936): Trittico Botticelliano
Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
Kazuhiro Koizumi (conductor)
6.48am
Kyurkchiyski, Krassimir (b.1936): Bulgarian Madonna; Prayer
Orchestra of Bulgarian National Radio
Kamen Goleminov (conductor)
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