07:00
Martin Handley
From 7.00am
Holst: Nunc dimittis
Gabrilei Consort
Paul McCreesh (director)
Mozart: Adagio in B flat for 2 clarinets and 3 basset horns, K411
Netherlands Wind Ensemble
From 8.00am
The 48 at 8:
Bach: Prelude and Fugue No 2 in C minor (The Well-tempered Clavier, Bk 1)
Ralph Kirkpatrick (clavichord)
Liadov: Kikimora, Op 63
Russian National Orchestra
Mikhail Pletnev (conductor)
From 9.00am
Tormis: Bridge of Song
Estonian Radio Choir
Toomas Kapten (conductor)
Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Bernard Haitink (conductor)
10:00
2 December 2007
Iain wraps up warm with works on a theme of 'Winter'.
Liszt: Chasse-neige
Evgeny Kissin (piano)
RCA 09026682622
Vivaldi: Winter (Four Seasons)
Christian Lindberg (trombone)
New Stockholm Chamber Orchestra
Okkko Kamu (conductor)
BIS CD348BIS
Judith Bingham: The Snows Descend
Fine Arts Brass
NAXOS 8.570346
Robert Frost: 'Stopping by Woods on a snowy Evening' Poem
British Library NSACD13
Debussy: Des pas sur la neige
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano)
BBC BBCL40432
Purcell: Frost Scene (King Arthur)
ERATO 2292459192
Glazunov: Winter (Seasons)
Minnesota Orchestra
Edo de Waart (conductor)
Telarc CD80347
Britten: Winter Words (At Day Close in November)
Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor)
Graham Johnson (piano)
Trad: Ding dong merrily on high
EMI CDP7954632
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 1 in G minor (Winter daydreams)
Russian National Orchestra
Michael Pletnev (conductor)
DG 4534452
Henze: Sir Andrew Aguecheek; Royal Winter Music
Franz Halasz (guitar)
Naxos 8557344
Poulenc: Un soir de neige
Joyful Company of Singers
Peter Broadbent (director)
ASV CD CDDCA1067
Brett Dean: If in beginning; Winter Songs
Daniel Norman (tenor)
Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet
Hermann Baumer (director)
BIS-CD-1332
Ysa˙e: Chant d'hiver, Op 15
Albrecht Breuninger (violin)
North West German Philharmonic Orchestra
Welisar Gentscheff (conductor)
CPO 7770512
12:00
John Nickson
Michael Berkeley talks to John Nickson, Director of the Tate Foundation, and previously Director of Development at ENO, who has spent much of his career dealing with the sensitive issue of arts sponsorship.
Opera is clearly a passion of his, and his musical choices include excerpts from Wagner's Die Walkure and Berg's Wozzeck, as well as symphonies by Sibelius, Bruckner and Elgar, a Bach cantata, and a piano piece by Janacek.
13:00
1685
The year 1685 is considered an annus mirabilis as it was the birth year of three great composers, Handel, JS Bach and Domenico Scarlatti.
Catherine Bott presents a programme that puts this year into the context of the musical world these three were born into. Music includes works by Purcell, Corelli, Bononcini and Lully.
14:00
2 December 2007
Chi-chi Nwanoku presents a selection of listeners' requests, and puts down her double-bass to sort through requests for harpsichord, piano, organ and classical accordion. Her guide throughout the programme is the versatile keyboard player Wayne Marshall.
Plus pianist Stephen Hough is the guest requester, paying tribute to the celebrated Polish pianist Ignaz Friedman.
16:00
2 December 2007
Live from the Chapel of St John's College, Cambridge.
Advent Prose (Plainsong)
Processional Hymn: O come, O come, Emmanuel (Veni Emmanuel)
Bidding Prayer
Carol: Adam lay ybounden (Warlock)
I The Message of Advent
Sentence and Collect
Antiphons: O Sapientia and O Adonai
First lesson: Isaiah 11 vv 1-5
Anthem: A Hymn of St Columba (Britten)
Second lesson: 1 Thessalonians 5 vv 1-11
Anthem: Vigilate (Byrd)
II The Word of God
Sentence and Collect
Antiphons: O Radix Jesse and O Clavis David
Carol: Out of your sleep (Anthony Milner)
Third lesson: Micah 4 vv 1-4
Carol: The Truth from above (Vaughan Williams)
Fourth lesson: Luke 4 vv 14-21
Hymn: Come, thou long-expected Jesus (Cross of Jesus)
III The Prophetic Call
Sentence and Collect
Antiphons: O Oriens and O Rex Gentium
Carol: Laetentur coeli (Mathias)
Fifth lesson: Malachi 3 vv 1-7
Carol: E'en so, Lord Jesus, quickly come (Paul Manz)
Sixth lesson: Matthew 3 vv 1-11
Hymn: On Jordan's bank the Baptist's cry (Winchester New)
IV The Christ Bearer
Sentence and Collect
Antiphon: O Emmanuel
Motet: Ave Maria (Victoria)
Seventh lesson: Luke 1 vv 39-49
Carol: There is no rose (Joubert)
Magnificat: Chichester Service (Walton)
Eighth lesson: John 3 vv 1-8
Sentence and Christmas Collect
Carol: Benedicamus Domino (Warlock)
Hymn: Lo! He comes with clouds descending (Helmsley)
College Prayer and Blessing
Organ Voluntary: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645 (Bach)
Director of Music: Andrew Nethsingha
Senior Organ Student: Léon Charles
17:30
Elgar Cello Concerto
Stephen Johnson joins the BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Alexander Briger, and cellist Christian Poltera for a look behind the notes of one of the best loved cello concertos in the repertory.
18:30
2 December 2007
As part of The Choir's choral tour of the British Isles, Aled Jones explores the scene in Ireland.
He is joined by conductors Donal Doherty, Head of Music Services for the Western Education and Library Board, and arts consultant Liz Powell, for a taste of the foremost choirs, composers and competitions in Northern Ireland and The Republic of Ireland.
20:00
Soldiers in the Sun
By Michael Symmons Roberts.
A drama documentary looking at the psychological consequences of war.
Captain Rob Shepperton, serving in Afghanistan in the medical corps, is out on a routine patrol when he comes across a sight that will change his life.
Captain Rob Shepperton ...... Adrian Bower
Doctor ...... Deborah McAndrew
Matt ...... Thomas Morrison
Sol ...... Tom Attwood
Samsour ...... Nikhil Parmar
Girl ...... Emily Armitage
With music played and composed by John Harle.
21:30
Liquid Living
Paul Bennun goes on a seven day digital diet. News, food, entertainment and social life are all accessed solely through the portal of his computer screen. From his desktop he uses Skype to conduct interviews to assess the social implications and cultural ramifications of a life lived online.
We hear the arguments for and against the effects of virtual interaction, from the psychological repercussions of being able to contrive multiple web personas, to the social impact of flexible working conditions facilitated by wireless gadgetry, to the different ways of thinking required for Instant Messaging.
Featuring interviews with Howard Reingold (inventor of the term 'virtual community'), sociologist Zygmunt Bauman, 'cybershrink' Sherry Turkle and science-fiction writer William Gibson.
22:15
From London to Paris
With the opening of London's new international terminal to Paris, Sophie Okonedo and Kenneth Cranham read a selection of poetry and prose around the theme of these two great cities.
Readings include words by Samuel Johnson, Wordsworth, Verlaine, George Orwell and Fleur Adcock, and a range of music from Gibbons, Noel Coward, Elgar, Boulez and Yves Montand.
00:00
The Art of Fugue
Lucie Skeaping delves into the riddles which lie behind Bach's late great masterpiece, the Art of Fugue. Considered to be the definitive exploration of musical counterpoint, there are still many mysteries about the work which remain unsettled to this day.
01:00
2 December 2007
2 December 2007
With Jonathan Swain.
1.00am
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897): Ein Deutsches Requiem
Valeri Popova (soprano)
Nikola Vasilev (baritone)
Svetoslav Obretonov National Philharmonic Choir
Georgi Robev (chorus master)
Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra
Konstantin Iliev (conductor)
2.21am
Chopin, Frédéric (1810-1849): Mazurka No 25 in B minor, Op 33, No 4
Roland Pöntinen (piano)
2.27am
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel (1714-1788): 6 Sonatas for 2 flutes, 2 clarinets, 2 french horns and bassoon
Bratislava Chamber Harmony
2.47am
Scriabin, Alexander (1872-1915): Piano Concerto in F sharp minor, Op 20
Anatol Ugorski (piano)
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Gunther Schuller (conductor)
3.18am
Dvorák, Antonín (1841-1904): Song to the Moon (Rusalka)
Yvonne Kenny (soprano)
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Vladimir Kamiriski (conductor)
3.25am
Raitio, Väinö (1891-1945): Moonlight on Jupiter
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo (conductor)
3.38am
Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957): En Saga
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor)
4.00am
Weber, Carl Maria von (1786-1826): Rondo brillante in E flat
Niklas Sivelöv (piano)
4.06am
Milhaud, Darius (1892-1974): La création du monde
Canadian Chamber Ensemble
Raffi Armenian (conductor)
4.25am
Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista (1710-1736): Violin Sonata in G
Peter Michalica (violin)
Elena Michalicova (piano)
4.33am
Gabrieli, Giovanni (c.1553-1612): Deus in nomine tuo
Hungarian Radio Choir
Ferenc Sapszon (conductor)
4.38am
Dvorák, Antonín (1841-1904): V prirode (In Nature's Realm)
Radio Bratislava Symphony Orchestra
Ondrej Lenard (conductor)
4.54am
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828), arr. Schonherr: Marche militaire No 1 in D
Edmonton Symphony Orchestra
Uri Mayer (conductor)
5.00am
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897), arr. Squarcia: 3 Hungarian Dances (Nos 1, 3 and 5)
I Cameristi Italiani
5.08am
Bartók, Béla (1881-1945): Three Hungarian Folk Songs
Béla Bartók (piano)
5.13am
Matusic, Frano (b.1961): Two Croatian Folksongs
Dubrovnik Guitar Trio
5.19am
Strauss, Richard (1864-1949): Horn Concerto No 1 in E flat, Op 11
Bostjan Lipovsek (horn)
Slovenian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra
David De Villiers (conductor)
5.36am
Poulenc, Francis (1899-1963): Mass in G
Elmer Iseler Singers
Elmer Iseler (conductor)
5.52am
Kreisler, Fritz (1875-1962): Praeludium and Allegro
Moshe Hammer (violin)
Valerie Tryon (piano)
5.57am
Paganini, Nicolň (1782-1840): Moses-Fantasie
Monika Leskovar (cello)
Ivana Schwartz (piano)
6.06am
Krek, Uros (b.1922): String Sextet on a theme by Frank Martin
Tartini String Quartet
6.24am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Divertimento in B flat, K439b No 2
Bratislava Wind Trio
6.40am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Orchestral Suite No 4 in D, BWV 1069
La Petite Bande
Sigiswald Kuijken (conductor)
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