07:00
Martin Handley
Including from 7.00am
Brahms: Intermezzo in E minor, Op 119 No 2
Stephen Kovacevich (piano)
The 48 at 8:
Bach: Prelude and Fugue No 16 in G minor (The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1)
Pierre Hantaï (harpsichord)
From 8.00am
Poulenc: Les deux coqs; Le repas de midi (Les animaux modeles)
Filarmonica '900
Jan Latham Koenig (conductor)
Haydn: Sinfonia concertante in B flat for oboe, bassoon, violin, cello and orchestra
Ryo Terakado (violin)
Hidemi Suzuki (cello)
Patrick Beaugirand (oboe)
Marc Vallon (bassoon)
La Petite Bande
Sigiswald Kuijken (conductor)
From 9.00am
Rawsthorne: Concertante pastorale for flute, horn and strings
Northern Chamber Orchestra
David Lloyd Jones (conductor)
Debussy: Pour le piano
Alain Planes (piano)
10:00
Animals in music
Iain introduces music on the theme of animals, including Britten's Our Hunting Fathers and Koechlin's Jungle Book as well as works by Bizet and Saint-Saens.
12:00
Christmas concerts from around Europe - part 1
Andrew McGregor presents live Christmas concerts from radio stations in Europe.
The afternoon starts off in Romania, with music from the Orthodox-Byzantine tradition, followed by a visit to Kallio Church in Helsinki for music by Schutz and Buxtehude, after which Estonian Radio offers some traditional and 20th century works performed by folk group Johanson and Brothers. Then, from Ghent, a performance of choral works by Messaus and Bach.
The music is interspersed with festive readings by actors Susan Twist and Neil Ashton.
12.00pm Romania
Including:
Valentin Timaru: Troparion for the Birth of the Lord
Paul Constantinescu: Podoby (Christmas Oratorio)
Ion Vidu: Salvation
Ion Vidu Chorus (Lugoj)
Remus Tascau (director)
1.00pm Finland
Including:
Schutz: Eile mich Gott zu erretten
Buxtehude: Benedicam Dominum, BuxWV 113
Ensemble Battalia-yhtye
Andrew Lawrence King (director)
2.00pm Estonia
Including:
Mart Johanson: Kulm (Cold)
Jaak Johanson: Suure naoga (Big face)
Johanson and Brothers
3.00pm Belgium
Including:
Messaus: Laat ons met herten reyne
Bach: Singet dem Herrn, BWV 225
Flemish Chorus
Bo Holten (director)
16:00
16 December 2007
Live from Leeds Cathedral.
Organ Prelude: Prière (Langlais)
Introit: Qui sedes, Domine, super Cherubim (Rheinberger)
Office Hymn: Conditor alme siderum (Plainsong)
Psalms: 110, vv1-5, 7; 111 (Saunders, Bevenot)
New Testament Canticle: Revelation 19, vv1-2, 5-7 (Duffy)
Reading: Philippians 4, vv4-7
Motet: Rorate caeli desuper (Byrd)
Homily: The Right Rev Arthur Roche
Magnificat primi toni (Colin Mawby)
Marian Antiphon: Alma redemptoris (Pedro de Cristo)
Organ Voluntary: Rorate caeli desuper (Naji Hakim)
Director of music: Benjamin Saunders
Assistant director of music: Christopher McElroy
17:00
Christmas concerts from around Europe - part 2
Andrew McGregor presents more live Christmas concerts from radio stations in Europe and Canada.
The evening begins with an organ recital from Germany of works by Bach, Buxtehude and Guilmant, followed by a visit to Lisbon for a performance of Baroque vocal works, and ends in Toronto for some jazz arrangements by Mike Downes.
The music is interspersed with more festive readings by actors Neil Ashton and Susan Twist.
5.00pm Germany
Including:
Bach: Prelude and Fugue in E flat, BWV 552
Balbastre: Quand Jésus naquit à Noël
Matthias Süss (organ)
6.00pm Portugal
Including:
Charpentier: Pastorale sur las naissance de notre Seigneur Jésus Christ, H483
Buxtehude: In dulci jubilo
Banchetto: Musicale Lusitania
7.00pm Canada
Jazz arrangements of Christmas favourites
Molly Johnson, Benn Heppner (vocals)
Colleen Allen (winds/accordion)
Lisa MacDougal (piano)
Rob Piltch (guitar)
Mike Downes (bass)
Mark Mclean (drums)
20:00
The Rivals By Richard Brinsley Sheridan
It's 1775 and the fashionable world descends on Bath, to take the waters and embroil themselves in a little romantic intrigue as three suitors fight for the hand of Miss Lydia Languish.
Mrs Malaprop ...... Patricia Routledge
Sir Anthony Absolute ...... Geoffrey Palmer
Jack Absolute ...... Michael Maloney
Lydia Languish ...... Sarah Crowe
Faulkland ...... David Bamber
Bob Acres ...... Peter Gunn
Julia ...... Lucy Whybrow
Sir Lucius O'Trigger ...... Sean Barrett
Lucy ...... Clare Corbett
Fag ...... Nick Fletcher
David ...... Stephen Critchlow
Thomas, the Coachman ...... Barrie Jaimeson
Adapted and directed by David Timson.
Music by Malcolm McKee.
22:00
RAND - All Your Tomorrows Today
Ken Hollings unravels the origins and achievements of the world's ultimate think tank. For over 60 years, the RAND (Research and Development) Corporation has been thinking the unthinkable and dreaming of multiple futures for America and the world.
It makes ideas, not machines, but its contribution to the entire information age of satellites, systems analysis, computing and the internet has been crucial. Once labelled a 'malevolent university', it has been credited by some with near limitless influence since its beginnings in 1945.
22:45
To Music
Diana Rigg and Samuel West read a selection of poetry on the theme of music. Including Elizabeth Jennings's First Music, Andrew Marvell's The Empire of Music, DH Lawrence's Piano and TS Eliot's Four Quartets, and WB Yeats reading his poem The Fiddler of Donney.
Music includes Webern's arrangement of Bach's A Musical Offering, songs by Dowland and Schubert, and Seamus Heaney's reading of The Given Note accompanied by piper Liam O'Flynn.
00:00
Masaaki Suzuki
Catherine Bott is joined by harpsichordist, organist and conductor Masaaki Suzuki. Since 1990, Suzuki has been the musical director of Bach Collegium Japan, and his interpretations of Bach and, in particular, the cantatas have received great acclaim for their fresh, lyrical approach.
Catherine talks to him about his musical education, his approach to composers such as Bach and the impact of his Christian faith in his music-making. Music includes recordings of works by Bach, Monteverdi and Zelenka.
01:00
16 December 2007
16 December 2007
With John Shea.
1.00am
Scarlatti, Alessandro (1660-1725): La Santissima Annunziata (Parts I and II)
Mary ...... Roberta Invernizzi (soprano)
The Angel ...... Emanuela Galli (soprano)
Maidenhood ...... Marta Almajano (soprano)
Humility ...... Marina De Liso (mezzo-soprano)
Suspicion ...... Magnus Staveland (tenor)
Europa Galante
Fabio Biondi (director)
2.26am
Forqueray, Antoine (1672-1745), arr. JB Forqueray (1699-1782): Harpsichord suites from Pièces de clavecin
Kati Hamalainen (harpsichord)
2.43am
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856): Symphony No 2 in C, Op 61
Orchestre Nationale de France
Heinz Wallberg (conductor)
3.20am
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): String Trio in E flat, Op 3
Leopold String Trio
4.00am
Franck, César (1822-1890): Les Eolides
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Pierre Monteux (conductor)
4.13am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Rivolgete a lui lo sguardo (Così fan tutte, Act 1)
Allan Monk (baritone)
Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra
Mario Bernardi (conductor)
4.18am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Donne mie, la fate a tanti (Così fan tutte, Act 2)
Gaétan Laperrière (baritone)
Orchestre Symphonique de Trois Rivières
Gilles Bellemare (conductor)
4.22am
Contant, Alexis (1858-1918), arr. David Passmore: Meditation
4.25am
Contant, Alexis (1858-1918): La charmeuse
Moshe Hammer (violin)
Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi (cello)
William Tritt (piano)
4.29am
Chopin, Frédéric (1810-1849), arr. Liszt, Franz (1811-1886): Meine Freuden
Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
4.33am
Schröter, Corona (1751-1802): Overture (Die Fischerin)
Michael Freimuth (guitar)
Gerald Hambitzer (fortepiano)
4.37am
Rameau, Jean-Philippe (1683-1764): Symphonies and Dances
Bratislava Wind Quintet
4.54am
Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da (c.1525-1594): Laudate Dominum for 8 voices
Alberto Rasi (viola da gamba)
Lorenzo Ghielmi (organ)
Chorus of Swiss Radio Lugano
Diego Fasolis (conductor)
4.56am
Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da (c.1525-1594): Nos autem gloriari oportet
Theatrum Instrumentorum
Chorus of Swiss Radio, Lugano
Diego Fasolis (conductor)
5.00am
Kapp, Villem (1913-1964): Pohjarannik
Aleksander Sarapuu (bass)
Andres Paas (organ)
Estonian National Male Choir
Ants Soots (director)
5.05am
Turina, Joaquín (1882-1949): Rapsodia sinfonica for piano and string orchestra, Op 66
Angela Cheng (piano)
Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra
Hans Graf (conductor)
5.14am
Stravinsky, Igor (1882-1971): Feu d'artifice, Op 4
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Valery Gergiev (conductor)
5.18am
Paderewski, Ignacy Jan (1860-1941): Menuet célèbre in G, Op 14 No 1
Kyung-Sook Lee (piano)
5.23am
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918), arr. Olivér Nagy: Minstrels (Preludes, Book 1)
Pál Bokor (bassoon)
Zoltán Kocsis (piano)
5.26am
Thomas, John (1826-1914): The Minstrel's Adieu to His Native Land for harp
Rita Costanzi (harp)
5.33am
Domenico da Piacenza (fl.1439-c.1450): Giloxia
Ensemble Claude-Gervaise
Gilles Plante (director)
5.34am
Domenico da Piacenza (fl.1439-c.1450): Pizochara
Ensemble Claude-Gervaise
Gilles Plante (director)
5.38am
Radesca di Foggia, Enrico (d.1625): Cor mio, deh non languire
5.41am
Savioli, Alessandro (1544-post 1623): Cor mio, deh non languire
5.45am
Scarlatti, Alessandro (1660-1725): Cor mio, deh non languire
Consort of Musicke
Anthony Rooley (director)
5.50am
Frederick the Great (1712-1786): Sonata in C minor for flute and basso continuo
Konrad Hünteler (flute)
Wouter Möller (cello)
Ton Koopman (harpsichord)
5.59am
Röntgen, Julius (1855-1932): Symphony in C sharp minor
Roberta Alexander (soprano)
Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jac van Steen (conductor)
6.18am
Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon (1562-1621): Onder een Linde groen
Glen Wilson (harpsichord)
6.24am
Schmitt, Georges (fl.1850): Two movements from Magnficat sollonelle for organ
Nicholas Danby (organ)
6.29am
Prokofiev, Sergei (1891-1953): Piano Concerto No 3 in C
Martha Argerich (piano)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly (conductor)
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