07:00
Martin Handley
Including at 7.00am:
Bach/Reger: Brandenburg Concerto No 2 in F
Wyneke Jordans, Leo van Doeselaar (piano)
Halvorsen: Norway's Greeting to Theodore Roosevelt, Op 31
Latvian National Symphony Orchestra
Terje Mikkelsen (conductor)
8.00am
Wagner: Overture (The Flying Dutchman)
New York Philharmonic
Giuseppe Sinopoli (conductor)
Wolf: Italian Serenade
Nomos Quartet
09:00
12 May 2007
Andrew McGregor presents the weekly survey of new releases and recommended recordings, plus some of the latest releases requested by listeners.
Including:
9.30am
Building a Library: Expert guidance on which recording of a famous work to choose. Peter Quantrill explores the available recordings of Mahler's Symphony No 9.
10.45am
Stephen Plaistow casts a critical ear over the first releases in APR's new series The Russian Piano Tradition, including the first recordings of Rachmaninov's concertos to have come from the USSR and a two-piano programme from Emil Gilels and Yakov Zak.
11.45am
Disc of the Week: Amor Sacro: Solo motets by Vivaldi
Simone Kermes (soprano)
Venice Baroque Orchestra
Andrea Marcon (conductor)
12:15
12 May 2007
Tom Service talks to author Tim Carter about his new book, which offers the first fully documented history of the making of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma!
He also catches up with one of the world's most sought-after musicians, Portuguese pianist Maria Joao Pires.
13:00
The Cornett
Catherine Bott talks to cornett player and founder of His Majesty's Sagbutts and Cornetts, Jeremy West, to discover more about the history behind this expressive and demanding instrument. Music includes works by Scheidt, Ximenez, Giovanni Gabrieli and Merula.
14:00
From Wigmore Hall
Andreas Haefliger
Stephanie Hughes presents another chance to hear last Monday's lunchtime concert given at the Wigmore Hall, London. Swiss pianist Andreas Haefliger performs two contrasting works from Schubert's final years.
Schubert: Impromptu in C minor, D899; Piano Sonata in B flat, D960
15:00
Ivo Papasov
Lucy Duran introduces a live studio session by virtuosic clarinettist and the king of Bulgarian wedding music Ivo Papasov. A cultural icon for Bulgarian intellectuals during the Cold War, Papsov suffered years of persecution and a period of imprisonment, but is now again able to live in his homeland.
Plus a review of new world music releases by Joe Boyd and Nigel Williamson.
16:00
12 May 2007
Julian Joseph presents a selection of new jazz releases and is joined in the studio by vocalist Tina May.
17:00
12 May 2007
Geoffrey Smith presents a selection of listeners' jazz requests. Email jazz.record.requests@bbc.co.uk.
18:00
Concerts That Changed Jazz
Miles at the Isle of Wight
John Fordham presents a guide to four jazz performances that had a significance outside jazz, and signalled a change, a beginning or an end of a movement or era.
3/4. Miles at the Isle of Wight
Miles Davis was already making the transition to jazz rock, but the 1970 Isle of Wight Rock Festival was the first time he appeared alongside the big names of rock, such as Jimi Hendrix, The Doors and Joan Baez. He delivered an electrifying set that firmly established him and his new image as a major attraction on the international rock circuit.
18:30
Handel's Agrippina
Chorus and Orchestra of English National Ope
Sarah Connolly takes the title role in Handel's ancient Roman soap opera in which power-hungry, power-dressing Agrippina will stop at nothing to get her son Nero on the throne. Nero is more interested in the Roman beauty Poppea but, unfortunately, so are two other men, including his stepfather, the current Emperor Claudio. Stephanie Hughes presents the opera, with contributions from some of the stars of the show.
Agrippina ...... Sarah Connolly (soprano)
Poppea ...... Lucy Crowe (soprano)
Nero ...... Christine Rice (mezzo-soprano)
Narciso ...... Stephen Wallace (countertenor)
Ottone ...... Reno Troilus (countertenor)
Claudio ...... Brindley Sherratt (bass)
Pallante ...... Henry Waddington (bass)
Lesbo ...... Richard Suart (baritone)
Chorus and Orchestra of English National Opera
Daniel Reuss (conductor)
22:30
BBC NOW
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents a concert by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales alongside the London premiere of a Simon Bainbridge work inspired by the architecture of Daniel Libeskind.
Harrison Birtwistle: Endless Parade
Philippe Schartz (trumpet)
Michael Berkeley: Gethsemane Fragment
Simon Holt: Icarus Lamentations
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Thierry Fischer (conductor)
Simon Bainbridge: Music, Space, Reflection
Sound Intermedia
London Sinfonietta
Diego Masson (conductor)
00:00
The Mandolin
The instrument has a history stretching back over 400 years and has always been popular for informal music-making. Lucie Skeaping talks to mandolin player Alison Stephens, who traces the instrument's journey from its Medieval and Renaissance ancestors. Music includes works by Vivaldi, Domenico Scarlatti and Leone.
01:00
12 May 2007
12 May 2007
Jonathan Swain introduces music, beginning with a concert given at London's Royal Albert Hall as part of last year's BBC Proms.
1.00am
Dove, Jonathan (b.1959): Figures in the Garden
1.20am
Matthews, Colin (b.1946): To Compose without the Least Knowledge of Music
1.25am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Serenade in B flat
London Winds
Michael Collins (clarinet/director)
2.14am
Fodor, Carolus Antonius (1768-1846): Sonata in F sharp
Arthur Schoonderwoerd (fortepiano)
2.32am
Kyurkchiyski, Krassimir (b.1936): Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
Milena Mollova (piano)
Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Alexander Vladigerov (conductor)
3.08am
Scriabin, Alexander (1872-1915): Symphony No 2
Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra
Emil Tabakov (conductor)
4.00am
Padre Davide da Bergamo (1791-1863): La vera piva montanara
Andrea Marcon (organ)
4.10am
Regnart, Jacob (c.1540-1599): Litania Deiparae Virginis Mariae
Currende
Erik van Nevel (conductor)
4.22am
Cavalli, Francesco (1602-1676): Sonata a 8
Concerto Palatino
4.27am
Goldmark, Karoly (1830-1915): Scherzo in E minor for orchestra
Hungarian Radio Orchestra
Adam Medveczky (conductor)
4.34am
Janacek, Leos (1854-1928): Piano Sonata in E flat minor
Pedja Muzijevic (piano)
4.46am
Dedekind, Constantin Christian (1628-1715): Wie wird ein Jüngling seinen Weg
Veronika Winter (soprano)
Lisinka Schuring (alto)
Peter Zimpel (bass)
Musica Alta Ripa
Hermann Max (director)
4.51am
Biber, Carl Heinrich (1681-1749): Sonata a 3 ex E terz minore
Salzburger Hofmusik
Wolfgang Brunner (director)
4.53am
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759): Süsser Blumen Ambraflocken
Hélčne Plouffe (violin)
Louise Pellerin (oboe)
Dom André Laberge (organ)
5.00am
Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai (1844-1908): Tsar Saltan Suite
Queensland Symphony Orchestra
Vladimir Verbitsky (conductor)
5.22am
Schoeck, Othmar (1886-1957): Sommernacht, Op 58
Camerata Bern
5.34am
Poulenc, Francis (1899-1963): Petites voix
Maîtrise de Radio France
Denis Dupays (director)
5.40am
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918): Mazurka
Anita Szabó (flute)
Béla Horváth (oboe)
Zsolt Szatmári (clarinet)
György Salamon (bass clarinet)
Pál Bokor (bassoon)
Tamás Zempléni (horn)
5.43am
Noskowski, Zygmunt (1846-1909): Mazurka in F minor, Op 23 No 2
Elzbieta Karas-Krasztel (piano)
5.46am
Chopin, Frédéric (1810-1849): Mazurka No 2 in A minor
Eliso Virsaladze (piano)
5.49am
Kajanus, Robert (1856-1933): Finnish Rhapsody No 1
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Leif Segerstam (conductor)
6.00am
Peerson, Martin (c.1572-1651): The Fall of the Leaf
Colin Tilney (harpsichord)
6.02am
Rosenmüller, Johann (c.1619-1684): Beatus vir qui timet Dominum
Johanna Koslowsky (soprano)
David Cordier (countertenor)
Wilfried Jochens (tenor)
Stephan Schreckenberger (bass)
Carsten Lohff (organ)
Cantus Köln
Konrad Junghänel (lute/conductor)
6.16am
Geminiani, Francesco (1687-1762): Concerto grosso No 3 in B minor
Concertino
Tasmanian Symphony Chamber Players
6.23am
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel (1714-1788): Magnificat in D
Linda Ovrebo (soprano)
Anna Einarsson (alto)
Anders J Dahlin (tenor)
Johannes Mannov (bass)
Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Oslo Chamber Choir
Alessandro de Marchi (conductor)
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