07:00
17 December 2006
Presented by Martin Handley.
7.00am
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No 3
Musica Antiqua Köln
Reinhard Goebel (director)
Schubert: Impromptu in B flat, D935
Daniel Barenboim (piano)
8.00am
John Foster: While shepherds watched their flocks
Psalmody
Parley of Insturments
Peter Holman (director)
Verdi: Macbeth - ballet music
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Riccardo Muti (conductor)
09:00
17 December 2006
Louise Fryer sits in for Rob Cowan to introduce some favourite recordings.
Regular features include The Innocent Ear (music played with minimal introduction to encourage listening without preconceptions) and a recommendation for a bargain CD.
The programme includes:
Foulds: Le Cabaret - overture
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Barry Wordsworth (conductor)
Weber: Clarinet Concertino in E flat, Op 26
Martin Frost
Tapiola Sinfionetta
Jean-Jacques Kantorow (conductor)
Kosma: Les Feuilles mortes
Françoise Masset (soprano)
Christine Icart (harp)
Brahms: Nanie
New Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra
Wilhelm Pitz (conductor)
Stanford: Irish Rhapsody No 4
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Adrian Boult (conductor)
Handel: Concerto in F, HWV 292 (Allegro)
Virgil Fox (organ)
Haydn: Symphony No 82 (The Bear)
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Kurt Sanderling (conductor)
Foret: Patres
Rimsky-Korsakov: Chanson hindoue (Sadko)
Marcel Mule (alto saxophone)
Marcel Gaveau (piano)
Franz Joseph Strauss: Horn Concerto
Zdenek Tylsar
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Vaclav Neumann (conductor)
Schubert, arr. Godowsky: Moment musical in Fm, D780 No 3
Shura Cherkassky (piano)
Telemann: Overture in D, TWV55.D4
Collegium Instrumentale Brugense
Brahms: Heimweh II, Op 63 No 8; Wir wandelten, Op 96 No 2
Janet Baker (mezzo)
Ernest Lush (piano)
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No 3
NBC Symphony Orchestra
Leopold Stokowski (conductor)
12:00
EBU Day of Christmas Music
Andrew McGregor presents a day of live Christmas concerts from radio stations in Europe and Canada.
The first performance comes from Moscow with music by Tchaikovsky and Glinka. Music from the Byzantine tradition comes frm Bucharest, after which Polish Radio offers a Mass for Christmas by Jozef Zeidler (1744-1806).
From Laval in Southern Quebec, Les Choeurs du Nouveau Monde perform choral music. This is followed by a concert from Chrudim in the Czech Republic featuring a Christmas Mass by Jaroslav Krcek, who also conducts the Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra and the ensemble Musica Bohemia.
St Stephen's Church in Karlsruhe is the venue for an organ recital by Carsten Wiebusch. Finally, Bob Chilcott conducts the BBC Singers in a concert from St Giles Church, Cripplegate.
Food writer Elisabeth Luard talks about the ingredients and traditions of the seasonal tables of each of the regions visited.
19:00
Cymbeline
Shakespeare's play, set during the Roman invasion of Britain, centres around the banishment of the man who has incurred the wrath of the king by secretly marrying his daughter. Confusion follows in an intricate plot in which nobody is quite who they seem to be.
Cymbeline ...... Bill Wallis
Imogen ...... Nia Roberts
Posthumus ...... William Houston
Queen ...... Sian Phillips
Iachimo ...... Andrew Wincott
Cloten ...... Russell Gomer
Pisanio ...... Joseph Kloska
Belarius ...... Gareth Armstrong
Guiderius ...... Christian Shaw
Arviragus ...... Meilyr Sion
Caius Lucius ...... John Labanowski
Cornelius ...... Richard Elfyn
Philario ...... Dorien Thomas
Lady ...... Manon Edwards
Original music by John Hardy.
Directed by Alison Hindell.
21:30
The Reconciler
Mike Ford examines the life and legacy of one of the 20th century's most influential and radical spiritual leaders, Brother Roger of Taize. By bringing together divided Christians and pioneering a new style of church music, Brother Roger led a quiet revolution in postwar Europe. His murder in 2005 was mourned by millions.
22:15
17 December 2006
Andy's unusual mix of music from the UK and around the world.
Featuring Waterson Carthy, Britain's first family of folk, joined by singing group The Devil's Interval, brass players and a dancer in a concert recorded at the Farnham Maltings, part of their Holy Heathens and the Old Green Man tour.
00:00
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)
Part One
Gustav Mahler began early in life to carve out a career as a successful if controversial conductor. Donald Macleod begins his exploration of Mahler's life with his only surviving piece of chamber music and two works inspired by a love affair.
Piano Quartet movement
Christoph Eschenbach (piano)
David Kim (violin)
Choong-Jin Chang (viola)
Efe Baltacigil (cello)
Lieder eines Fahrenden Gesellen
Thomas Hampson (baritone)
David Lutz (piano)
Symphony No 1 (final movement)
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Rafael Kubelik (conductor)
01:00
17 December 2006
17 December 2006
With John Shea.
1.00am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Litaniae Lauretanae
1.14am
Symphony No 36 (Linz)
1.44am
Ave verum corpus
1.48am
Vesperae solennes de confessore
Latvia State Choir
Members of SWR Symphony Orchestra Baden-Baden
Jörg Pitschman (conductor)
2.14am
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): Diabelli Variations
Einar Henning Smebye (piano)
3.12am
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856): Konzertstück in F, Op 86
Kurt Kellan, John Ramsey, William Robson and Lauri Metiation (horns)
Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra
Mario Bernardi (conductor)
3.31am
Goldmark, Karoly (1830-1915): String Quartet in B flat, Op 8
Kodaly Quartet
4.00am
Cernohorsky, Bohuslav Matej (1684-1742): Fuga in Dm
Marcel Verheggen (organ)
4.08am
Gluck, Christoph Willibald (1714-1787): Non piu! L'eroe trojano, illustri atleti (Paride ed Elena)
Claron McFadden (soprano)
La Stagione and Vocal Ensemble
Michael Schneider (conductor)
4.13am
Myslivecek, Josef (1737-1781): String Quintet No 2
Netherlands Chamber Orchestra
Rudolf Werthen (conductor)
4.24am
Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901): Giovanna D'Arco - sinfonia
Canadian Opera Company Orchestra
Richard Bradshaw (conductor)
4.31am
Holten, Bo (b. 1948): Nowell Sing We Now
BBC Singers
Stephen Cleobury (conductor)
4.36am
Hannikainen, Ilmari (1892-1955): Rural Dances, Op 39a
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Petri Sakari (conductor)
4.51am
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897): Geistliches Wiegenlied
Judita Leitaite (mezzo)
Arunas Statkus (viola)
Andrius Vasiliauskas (piano)
4.57am
Reger, Max (1873-1916): Maria Wiegenlied
Toronto Children's Chorus
Judy Loman (harp)
Jean Ashworth Bartle (conductor)
5.00am
Moniuszko, Stanislaw (1819-1872): Polonaise de concert in A
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Zygmunt Rychert (conductor)
5.07am
Samuel-Rousseau, Marcel (1882-1955): Variations pastorales sur un vieux Noel
Erica Goodman (harp)
Moshe Hammer and Barry Schifman (violins)
Douglas Perry (viola)
Jack Mendelsson (cello)
5.22am
Frescobaldi, Girolami (1583-1643): Canzona prima; Canzona seconda
Stefan Schlegel (trombone)
Paolo D'Angelo (accordion)
Heinz della Torre (trumpet)
5.26am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Siciliano
Valerie Tryon (piano)
5.30am
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759): For unto us a child is born (Messiah)
Tafelmusik Chamber Choir
Tafelmusik Orchestra
Ivars Taurins (conductor)
5.34am
Sjogren, Emil (1853-1918): Two Lyrical Pieces
Per Enoksson (violin)
Peter Nagy (piano)
5.46am
Mortelmans, Lodewijk (1868-1952): Solemn Procession to Gethsemani
Flemish Radio Orchestra
Jan Latham-Koenig (conductor)
5.50am
Delius, Frederick (1862-1934) arr. Beecham: The Walk to the Paradise Garden
BBC Concert Orchestra
Barry Wordsworth (conductor)
6.00am
Bach, Johann Michael (1648-1694): Halt, was du hast
Cantus Cölln
Konrad Junghänel (director)
6.06am
Anonymous: Court Masques under Charles I and II
Pedro Memelsdorff (recorder)
Andreas Staier (harpsichord)
6.17am
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809): Sonata in E flat, H XVI 38
Andreas Staier (fortepiano)
6.28am
Ruppe, Christian Friedrich (1753-1826): Christmas Cantata
Francine van der Heyden (soprano)
Karin van der Poel (mezzo)
Otto Bouwknegt (tenor)
Mitchell Sandler (bass)
Ensemble Bouzignac
Musica ad Rhenum
Jed Wentz (conductor)
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