07:00
6 January 2007
Presented by Martin Handley.
From 7.00am
Telemann: Overture in G, TWV 55.G2 (La Bizarre)
Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin
Falla: 7 Canciones populares espanolas
Alison Balsom (trumpet)
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Edward Gardner (conductor)
From 8.00am
Satie: Parade
Pascal Roge, Jean-Philippe Collard (piano duet)
Bach, arr. Elgar: Fantasy and Fugue in Cm, BWV 537
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor)
09:00
6 January 2007
Andrew McGregor presents the weekly survey of new releases and recommended recordings, beginning with some CDs hot off the press.
9.30am
Building a Library: Roderick Swanston surveys the available recordings of Schumann's Piano Quartet.
10.15am
A round-up of recently re-issued recordings.
10.45am
Simon Heighes reviews recent discs of Monteverdi, including a new recording of the Vespers from Paul McCreesh and the Gabrieli Consort, and Madrigals of War and Love from Rinaldo Alessandrini's Concerto Italian.
11.15am
Andrew talks to Andrew Rose, from Pristine Audio, about remastering early recordings of Bach and a new opera by British composer James Stevens.
11.45am
The Listening Booth: Listeners request the latest CD releases from the programme website.
12.15pm
Disc of the Week: Beethoven: Sonata in B flat, Op 22
Andras Schiff (piano)
13:00
Music from Queen Anne's London
Lucie Skeaping reflects on the thriving musical culture of London at the start of the 18th Century, when the city attracted players and composers from all over Europe. Music includes works by Henry Purcell's younger brother Daniel, Gottfried Finger and John Eccles.
14:00
Schoenberg's 2nd Quartet
Recorded in front of an audience at West Road Concert Hall in Cambridge with the Quatuor Parisii and soprano Rachel Nichols, Stephen Johnson explores the ideas behind one of Arnold Schoenberg's most extraordinary pieces, the Second String Quartet. It takes the listener on a journey from the music of late romanticism to the expressionism of the early 20th Century.
15:00
6 January 2007
Northumbrian pipes player Kathryn Tickell and her band perform a studio session, and Lucy Duran reviews new CDs of world music with John L Walters and Laudan Nooshin.
16:00
New Year Round Table Edition
Claire Martin presents the New Year Round Table edition of the show from BBC Maida Vale Studios, with comment and reviews from John Newey, Editor of Jazzwise Magazine, and journalist Jack Massarik.
Live music is provided by guitarist Martin Taylor, pianist Gwilym Simcock and saxophonist Stan Sulzmann.
17:00
6 January 2007
Geoffrey Smith presents a selection of listeners' jazz requests. Email jazz.record.requests@bbc.co.uk.
18:00
Swing City
From Kansas City. Part 1
Miles Kington presents a series from Kansas City, the centre of a unique jazz style for nearly 30 years. Great artists such as Count Basie and Jay McShann were instrumental in creating a driving, riffing style of music that has continued to influence musicians all over the world.
Miles visits the Jazz Archive at the University of Missouri to talk to its director Chuck Haddix.
18:30
Bellini's I Puritani
Act One
Live from the New York Metropolitan Opera, Margaret Juntwait presents a performance of Bellini's I Puritani.
Set during the English civil war, the plot centres around Lord Arthur Talbot's love for Elvira, daughter of the Puritan governor of the fortress in which Queen Henrietta Maria is confined. Passion and politics intermingle, but there is a happy ending.
Elvira ...... Anna Netrebko (soprano)
Arturo ...... Eric Cutler (tenor)
Gualtiero ...... Valerian Ruminski (bass)
Riccardo ...... Franco Vassallo (baritone)
Georgio ...... John Relyea (bass)
Bruno ...... Eduardo Valdes (tenor)
Henrietta Maria ...... Maria Zifchak (mezzo)
Patrick Summers conducts the Orchestra and Chorus of the New York Metropolitan Opera; Act 1.
19:50
Rescuing a Threatened Species
Irving Finkel, whose day job is to look after the numerous Mesopotamian clay tablets at the British Museum, talks about his hobby of collecting old diaries that would otherwise have been thrown away.
20:10
Bellini's I Puritani
Act Two
Live from the New York Metropolitan Opera, Margaret Juntwait presents a performance of Bellini's I Puritani.
Set during the English civil war, the plot centres around Lord Arthur Talbot's love for Elvira, daughter of the Puritan governor of the fortress in which Queen Henrietta Maria is confined. Passion and politics intermingle, but there is a happy ending.
Elvira ...... Anna Netrebko (soprano)
Arturo ...... Eric Cutler (tenor)
Gualtiero ...... Valerian Ruminski (bass)
Riccardo ...... Franco Vassallo (baritone)
Georgio ...... John Relyea (bass)
Bruno ...... Eduardo Valdes (tenor)
Henrietta Maria ...... Maria Zifchak (mezzo)
Patrick Summers conducts the Orchestra and Chorus of the New York Metropolitan Opera: Act 2
21:00
6 January 2007
Opera buffs pit their wits against teasers sent in by listeners.
21:20
Bellini's I Puritani
Act Three
Live from the New York Metropolitan Opera, Margaret Juntwait presents a performance of Bellini's I Puritani.
Set during the English civil war, the plot centres around Lord Arthur Talbot's love for Elvira, daughter of the Puritan governor of the fortress in which Queen Henrietta Maria is confined. Passion and politics intermingle, but there is a happy end.
Elvira ...... Anna Netrebko (soprano)
Arturo ...... Eric Cutler (tenor)
Gualtiero ...... Valerian Ruminski (bass),
Riccardo ...... Franco Vassallo (baritone)
Georgio ...... John Relyea (bass)
Bruno ...... Eduardo Valdes (tenor)
Henrietta Maria ...... Maria Zifchak (mezzo)
Patrick Summers conducts the Orchestra and Chorus of the New York Metropolitan Opera; Act 3.
22:15
The Pick of 2006
Ian McMillan presents the weekly magazine about language. He looks back on the best moments from the programme during 2006.
23:00
Lachenmann & Rihm
Tom Service introduces recent music by two of Germany's leading composers, recorded in concert last Autumn, and talks to Helmut Lachenmann about the developments in his music between the 1980s and today.
Lachenmann: Mouvement (vor der Erstarrung); Concertini
London Sinfonietta
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)
Rihm: Two Other Movements
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Reinbert de Leeuw (conductor)
01:00
6 January 2007
6 January 2007
With Louise Fryer.
1.00am
Chamber music from Lofoten
Nielsen, Carl (1865-1931): Serenata in vano, FS68
Kari Krikku (clarinet)
Jonathan Williams (horn)
Per Hannisdahl (bassoon)
Oystein Sonstad (cello)
Katrine Oigaard (double bass)
1.09am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Quintet in E flat, K452
Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
Kari Krikku (clarinet)
Albrecht Meyer (oboe)
Jonathan Williams (horn)
Per Hannisdal (bassoon)
1.32am
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856): Piano Quartet in E flat, Op 47
Alexander Melnikov
Leopold String Trio
2.00am
Bruckner, Anton (1824-1896): Symphony No 3
Netherlands RPO/Kurt Masur (conductor)
2.56am
Kodaly, Zoltan (1882-1967): Missa Brevis
Chamber Choir of Pecs
Istvan Ella (organ)
Aural Tillai (conductor)
3.31am
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809): Sonata in E flat
Rudolf Firkusny (piano)
3.48am
Wiren, Dag (1905-1986): Serenade for Strings
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra/Niklas Willen (conductor)
4.03am
Puccini, Giacomo (1858-1924): O mio babbino caro (Gianni Schicci)
Jouko Harjanne (trumpet)
Norwegian Radio Orchestra/Ari Rasilainen (conductor)
4.06am
Chopin, Frédéric (1810-1849): Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise Brillante
Ludmil Angelov (piano)
Bulgarian NRSO/Milen Nachev (conductor)
4.20am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden
Tafelmusik Chamber Choir
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra/Ivars Taurins (conductor)
4.26am
Jarzebski, Adam (1590-1649): Corona Aurea
Simon Standage (violin)
Il Tempo
4.33am
Farkas, Ferenc (1905-2000): 5 Ancient Hungarian Dances
Galliard Ensemble
4.43am
Scarlatti, Domenico (1685-1757): Sonata in C, Kk 420
Ilze Graubina (piano)
4.49am
Stainov, Petko (1896-1977)
Symphonic Scherzo
Bulgarian NRSO/Vassil Stefanov (conductor)
5.00am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Toccata in D, BWV 912
Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
5.11am
Schoenberg, Arnold (1874-1951): Erwartung; Schenk mir deinen Goldenen Kamm
Arleen Auger (soprano)
Irwin Gage (piano)
5.20am
Schoenberg, Arnold (1874-1951): Verklärte Nacht
Borromeo String Quartet
5.48am
Fauré, Gabriel (1845-1924): Fantasy for flute and piano
Lorant Kovacs
Erika Lux
5.53am
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918): Premiere Rapsodie
Kari Kriikku (clarinet)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor)
6.02am
Stenhammar, Wilhelm (1871-1927): September; The Garden of Seraglio; If I had
Swedish Radio Choir
Gustaf Sjokvist (conductor)
6.09am
Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957): Pohjola's daughter
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Paavo Berglund (conductor)
6.23am
Maldere, Pieter van (1729-1768): Sinfonia in Gm, Op 4, No 1
Academy of Ancient Music
Filip Bral (conductor)
6.30am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Ave Verum Corpus
Netherlands Chamber Choir
La Petite Bande
Sigiswald Kuijken (conductor)
6.44am
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759): Sonata in Cm, HWV 366
Louise Pellerin (oboe)
Dom André Laberge (organ)
6.51am
Durante, Francesco (1684-1755): Concerto No 5 in A
Concerto Köln
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