07:00
Sara Mohr-Pietsch
Including from 7.00am
Gabrieli: Lieto godea
Consort of Musicke
Anthony Rooley (director)
Offenbach, arr. Rosenthal: Les belles américaines
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel (conductor)
The 48 at 8:
Bach: Prelude and Fugue No 18 in G sharp minor (The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1)
Samuel Feinberg (piano)
From 8.30am
Mozart: Serenade in G for strings, K525 (Eine kleine Nachtmusik)
Vienna Volksoper Orchestra
Hans Swarowsky (conductor)
Mahler: Songs of a Wayfarer
Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano)
NDR Symphony Orchestra
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
CPE Bach: Fantasia in F sharp minor
Alexei Lubimov (piano)
10:00
18 December 2007
With Sarah Walker.
10.00am
German: Nell Gwyn Dances
Halle Orchestra
John Barbirolli (conductor)
DUTTON CDSJB 1006
10.11am
Jenkins: Fantasy 10 in C minor; Pavan 3 in F
Phantasm
AVIE AV 2120
10.21am
Bowen: Sonata No 5 in F minor, Op 72
Stephen Hough (piano)
HYPERION CDA 66838
10.45am
Hume: The New Cut; A Souldiers Resolution; Good Againe
Jordi Savall (viola da gamba)
ALIAVOX AV 9837
10.58am
Foulds: Keltic Lament
Michal Kaznowski (cello)
New London Orchestra
Ronald Corp (conductor)
HYPERION CDA 67400
11.02am
Fraser-Simpson: Love will find a way (The Maid of the Mountains, Act 2)
Janis Kelly (soprano)
New London Orchestra
Ronald Corp (conductor)
HYPERION CDA 67190
11.06am
Balfour Gardiner: Shepherd Fennel's Dance
New London Orchestra
Ronald Corp (conductor)
HYPERION CDA 67400
11.13am
Dave Smith: Biguine; Bossa Nova
Dave Smith (piano)
UH RECORDINGS 020011001
11.21am
Sterndale Bennett: Piano Concerto No 2 in E flat, Op 4
Malcolm Binns (piano)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Nicholas Braithwaite (conductor)
LYRITA SRCD 205
11.48am
Herschel: Symphony No 8 in C minor
London Mozart Players
Matthias Bamert (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN 9823
12:00
Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Part Two
Donald Macleod takes a series of snapshots of a period that lay at the centre of Tchaikovsky's creative life, from 1876 to 1890.
2/5. In 1877, Tchaikovsky took a sudden decision to get married. He wasn't the first or last homosexual man to do so, but the repercussions were calamitous, and the event triggered a crisis from which some believe Tchaikovsky never fully recovered. However, this was also the year of two superlative pieces of music, both awash with references that listeners have since interpreted as autobiographical.
Eugene Onegin (excerpt from the Introduction)
Orchestre de Paris
Semyon Bichkov (conductor)
Eugene Onegin (excerpt from the Letter Scene, Act 1)
Tatyana ...... Nuccia Focile (soprano)
Orchestre de Paris
Semyon Bichkov (conductor)
Eugene Onegin (excerpt from Act 1 conclusion)
Tatyana ...... Nuccia Focile (soprano)
Eugene Onegin ...... Dmitri Hvorostovsky (baritone)
St Petersburg Chamber Choir
Orchestre de Paris
Semyon Bichkov (conductor)
Symphony No 4 in F minor (excerpt from 1st mvt)
Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra
Evgeny Mravinsky (conductor)
Eugene Onegin (excerpt from Act 3 conclusion)
Tatyana ...... Nuccia Focile (soprano)
Eugene Onegin ...... Dmitri Hvorostovsky (baritone)
St Petersburg Chamber Choir
Orchestre de Paris
Semyon Bichkov (conductor)
13:00
18 December 2007
Presented by Fiona Talkington.
1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Beethoven Plus
A run of concerts recorded at LSO, St Luke's, featuring a complete series of Beethoven's string quartets coupled with masterpieces of the genre by Haydn and Bartok.
1/8. Celebrated Czech ensemble the Skampa Quartet launches the series with the first Opus by the 'father of the string quartet', Joseph Haydn, followed by Beethoven's Opus 132.
Haydn: Quartet in B flat, Op 1 No 1 (The Hunt)
Beethoven: Quartet in A minor, Op 132
2.00pm British Symphony Series
Featuring Viennese music from the 19th and 20th centuries that had an impact on British composer David Matthews. Plus the first recording of a new Christmas choral work by John Joubert, who celebrated his eightieth birthday this year.
Berg: Lulu Suite
Laura Aikin (soprano)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Richard Armstrong (conductor)
David Matthews: In the Dark Time
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jac van Steen (conductor)
Beethoven: Symphony No 8
BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)
Webern: 5 Pieces
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov (conductor)
John Joubert: Five Songs of Incarnation, Op 163
Robert Johnston (tenor)
BBC Singers
Stephen Cleobury (conductor)
Schoenberg: Chamber Symphony No 1
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov (conductor)
David Matthews: Symphony No 2
BBC Symphony Orchestra
David Porcelijn (conductor)
17:00
18 December 2007
Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music, plus news from the arts world.
19:00
18 December 2007
Ivan Zenaty and BBC Symphony Orchestra
Petroc Trelawny introduces a concert given at the Barbican, London, with Ivan Zenaty (violin) and the BBC Symphony Orchestra under its chief conductor Jiri Belohlavek performing music from his native Czechoslovakia.
Smetana's popular opera The Bartered Bride is represented by the Overture and three folk dances. Dvorak played the viola in the first performance of the opera, and 20 years later composed his Eighth Symphony, brimful of Bohemian flavour. There's the UK premiere of a concerto from a generation later - Foerster's Violin Concerto No 1 - which is performed by Czech violinist Ivan Zenaty.
Smetana: Overture; Three Dances (The Bartered Bride)
Foerster: Violin Concerto No 1 (UK premiere)
Dvorak: Symphony No 8 in G
20:45
Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Part Two
Donald Macleod takes a series of snapshots of a period that lay at the centre of Tchaikovsky's creative life, from 1876 to 1890.
2/5. In 1877, Tchaikovsky took a sudden decision to get married. He wasn't the first or last homosexual man to do so, but the repercussions were calamitous, and the event triggered a crisis from which some believe Tchaikovsky never fully recovered. However, this was also the year of two superlative pieces of music, both awash with references that listeners have since interpreted as autobiographical.
Eugene Onegin (excerpt from the Introduction)
Orchestre de Paris
Semyon Bichkov (conductor)
Eugene Onegin (excerpt from the Letter Scene, Act 1)
Tatyana ...... Nuccia Focile (soprano)
Orchestre de Paris
Semyon Bichkov (conductor)
Eugene Onegin (excerpt from Act 1 conclusion)
Tatyana ...... Nuccia Focile (soprano)
Eugene Onegin ...... Dmitri Hvorostovsky (baritone)
St Petersburg Chamber Choir
Orchestre de Paris
Semyon Bichkov (conductor)
Symphony No 4 in F minor (excerpt from 1st mvt)
Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra
Evgeny Mravinsky (conductor)
Eugene Onegin (excerpt from Act 3 conclusion)
Tatyana ...... Nuccia Focile (soprano)
Eugene Onegin ...... Dmitri Hvorostovsky (baritone)
St Petersburg Chamber Choir
Orchestre de Paris
Semyon Bichkov (conductor)
21:45
The Prince
Rana Mitter explores a new translation of Niccolo Machiavelli's The Prince, the famous treatise on the exercise of state power still resonant 500 years after it was published. And the week-long series on the intellectual afterlife of the cultural heavyweights who have died this year discusses the legacy of French philosopher Jean Baudrillard.
22:30
Marin Alsop
With Petroc Trelawny. Featuring conductor Marin Alsop, who is known for her interpretations of American music. Including Gershwin's Blue Monday.
23:00
Greek and Latin Voices
Series exploring the work of Horace.
2/4. Horace wrote around the time of Jesus Christ, yet contemporary poets still find his poems fine models to emulate. Stephen Harrison and Maureen Almond talk about making Horace new.
23:15
18 December 2007
Presented by Fiona Talkington and featuring music for Christmas from the BBC Singers conducted by Bob Chilcott. Plus the Jan Garbarek group at this year's London Jazz Festival.
01:00
18 December 2007
18 December 2007
With John Shea.
1.00am
Couperin, Louis (c.1626-1661): Prélude - Fantaisie
1.08am
Couperin, François (1668-1773): Cromorne en taille
1.12am
Couperin, François (1668-1773): Sonata No 4 (La Steinkerque)
1.21am
Couperin, François (1668-1773): Usquequo Domine
1.27am
Couperin, François (1668-1773): Sonata No 2 (La visionnaire)
1.36am
Couperin, François (1668-1773): Salve regina
1.45am
Couperin, Armand-Louis (1727-1789): Dialogue (1775)
1.49am
Couperin, François (1668-1773): Sonata No 3 (L'Astrée)
1.59am
Couperin, François (1668-1773): Première leçon de ténèbres
2.15am
Couperin, François (1668-1773): Sonata No 1 (La Pucelle)
Marcel Beekman (tenor)
Ensemble Pierre Robert
Frédéric Desenclos (organ/director)
2.22am
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937): L'heure espagnole
Goran Eliasson (tenor)
Marianne Eklof (mezzo-soprano)
Trong Halstein Moe (baritone)
Carl Unander-Scharin (tenor)
Lars Avidson (bass)
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra
Alexander Dimitriev (conductor)
3.14am
Fauré, Gabriel (1845-1924): Impromptu No 2 in F minor, Op 31
Stefan Lindgren (piano)
3.19am
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): Piano Concerto No 3 in C minor, Op 37
Maria Joao Pires (piano)
Orchestre National de France
Emmanuel Krivine (conductor)
3.55am
Howells, Herbert (1892-1983): Here is the little door (Three Carol-Anthems)
Vancouver Bach Choir
Bruce Pullan (conductor)
3.59am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Pièce d'orgue in G, BWV 572
Theo Teunissen (organ)
4.08am
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809) or possibly Pleyel, Ignace (1757-1831), arr. Harold Perry: Divertimento in B flat, H II 46
Galliard Ensemble
4.17am
Mendelssohn, Fanny Hensel (1805-1847): Sonata in C minor
Sylviane Deferne (piano)
4.31am
Strauss, Richard (1864-1949): Ständchen, Op 17 No 2; Morgen, Op 27 No 4; Für fünfzehn Pfennige, Op 36 No 2
Jard van Nes (mezzo-soprano)
Gérard van Blerk (piano)
4.42am
Gilse, Jan van (1881-1944): Concert Overture in C minor
Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jac van Steen (conductor)
4.53am
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759): Spirit Music, Nos 1-4 (Alcina)
CBC Vancouver Orchestra
Monica Huggett (conductor)
5.00am
Strauss, Johann II (1825-1899): An der schönen Blauen Donau, Op 314
BBC Concert Orchestra
Barry Wordsworth (conductor)
5.09am
Chopin, Frédéric (1810-1849): Scherzo No 3 in C sharp, Op 39
Ronald Brautigam (piano)
5.17am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041
Midori Seiler (violin)
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
5.31am
Liszt, Franz (1811-1886): Gnomenreigen
Lana Genc (piano)
5.35am
Liszt, Franz (1811-1886), arr. unknown: Liebestraum No 3
Moshe Hammer (violin)
Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi (cello)
William Tritt (piano)
5.40am
Spohr, Louis (1784-1859): String Sextet in C, Op 140
Wiener Streichsextet
6.05am
Martland, Steve (b. 1959): Three Carols
BBC Singers
Stephen Cleobury (conductor)
6.16am
Westlake, Nigel (b. 1958): Winter in the Forgotten Valley
Guitar Trek
6.28am
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856): Piano Concerto in A minor
Olli Mustonen (piano)
Trondheim Symphony Orchestra
Evind Aadland (conductor)
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