07:00
Rob Cowan
Including from 7.00am
Pachelbel: Chaconne in F minor
Helmut Walcha (organ)
Schubert: Magnificat, D 486
Arnold Schoenberg Choir
Vienna Concentus Musicus
Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor)
Wagner: Christoph Columbus
Malaga Philharmonic Orchestra
Alexander Rahbari (conductor)
From 8.30am
Enescu: Romanian Rhapsody No 2 in D
Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra
Lawrence Foster (conductor)
Haydn: Divertimento No 1 in D
Lajos Lencses (oboe)
Auer Quartet
Franck: Symphonic Variations
Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano)
Suisse Romande Orchestra
Charles Dutoit (conductor)
10:00
31 January 2008
With Sarah Walker.
10.00am
Liszt: Etude No 2 in E flat, after Paganini
Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano)
HYPERION CDA 67370
10.07am
Tartini: La Sonata del Diavolo
Andrew Manze (violin)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 907213
10.28am
Mozart: Der Holle Rache (Die Zauberflote, Act 2)
Wilma Lipp (soprano)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Wilhelm Furtwangler (conductor)
EMI 5667702 (3 CDs)
10.31am
Schoenberg: Herzgewachse, Op 20
Christine Schafer (soprano)
Ensemble Intercontemperain
Pierre Boulez (conductor)
DG 457 630-2
10.34am
Strauss: Grossmachtige Prinzessin (Ariadne auf Naxos, original version)
Sumi Jo (Zerbinetta)
Lyon National Opera Orchestra
Kent Nagano (conductor)
VIRGIN 5451112 (2 CDs)
10.48am
Montague: Tigida Pipa
Singcircle
Gregory Rose (conductor)
CONTINUUM CCD 1061
10.59am
Grainger: The Warriors
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Simon Rattle (conductor)
EMI 5564122
11.19am
Rzewski: Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues
Frederick Rzewski (piano)
NONESUCH 7559796232 (7 CDs)
11.32am
Ives: Symphony No 3
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner (conductor)
ARGO 417 818-2
11.55am
Gal: Prelude in G minor, Op 83 No 6
Leon McCawley (piano)
AVIE AV 2064
12:00
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Part Four
With Donald Macleod. Including movements from the Missa Solemnis and the Ninth Symphony, the two grand public utterances of Beethoven's last decade. The Ninth achieved iconic status almost immediately; the Mass, regarded by the composer as his greatest work, is considered to have been neglected.
Also in the programme is Beethoven's last set of piano bagatelles, played on his own fortepiano - a gift from Thomas Broadwood of London.
Falstafferel, WoO 184
Members of the Kammerchor der Berliner Singakademie and the Berliner Solisten
Allegro vivace (Missa Solemnis in D)
Eva Mei (soprano)
Marjana Lipovsek (contralto)
Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor)
Robert Holl (bass)
Arnold Schoenberg Choir
Erwin Ortner (chorus master)
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor)
Six Bagatelles, Op 126
Melvyn Tan (fortepiano)
Symphony No 9 in D minor, Op 125 (1st mvt)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Charles Mackerras (conductor)
13:00
31 January 2008
Presented by Louise Fryer.
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert
Mahler and Vienna in Song
4/5. Italian contralto Sara Mingardo and pianist Malcolm Martineau continue a series of recitals given at LSO St Luke's, London.
Mahler: Kindertotenlieder
Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder
2.00pm Max and Mozart
Continuing a survey of the symphonies of Peter Maxwell Davies, plus chamber music, concertos and symphonies by Mozart and other composers.
Mozart: Symphony No 35 in D, K385 (Haffner)
Ulster Orchestra
Kenneth Montgomery (conductor)
Schubert: Trio in B flat for piano and strings, D898
Ondine Trio
Maxwell Davies: Symphony No 4
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Luke Dollman (conductor)
Mozart: Piano Sonata in C, K330
Llyr Williams (piano)
Mozart: Requiem
Sally Matthews (soprano)
Alexandra Sherman (mezzo-soprano)
Daniel Norman (tenor)
James Rutherford (bass)
BBC Singers
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)
17:00
31 January 2008
Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music, plus news from the arts world.
19:00
31 January 2008
London Symphony Orchestra
Petroc Trelawny introduces the last of four Mahler concerts featuring Valery Gergiev conducting the LSO.
In this performance, Gergiev reaches the sixth symphony, a work that Alban Berg described as 'the only sixth, despite the Pastoral'. The programme's other work is a version of Tishchenko's First Cello Concerto re-orchestrated by his teacher Dmitri Shostakovich, a work originally written for soloist and wind band.
Tim Hugh (cello)
London Symphony Orchestra
Valery Gergiev (conductor)
Tishchenko orch. Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No 1, Op 23
Mahler: Symphony No 6 in A minor
20:45
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Part Four
With Donald Macleod. Including movements from the Missa Solemnis and the Ninth Symphony, the two grand public utterances of Beethoven's last decade. The Ninth achieved iconic status almost immediately; the Mass, regarded by the composer as his greatest work, is considered to have been neglected.
Also in the programme is Beethoven's last set of piano bagatelles, played on his own fortepiano - a gift from Thomas Broadwood of London.
Falstafferel, WoO 184
Members of the Kammerchor der Berliner Singakademie and the Berliner Solisten
Allegro vivace (Missa Solemnis in D)
Eva Mei (soprano)
Marjana Lipovsek (contralto)
Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor)
Robert Holl (bass)
Arnold Schoenberg Choir
Erwin Ortner (chorus master)
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor)
Six Bagatelles, Op 126
Melvyn Tan (fortepiano)
Symphony No 9 in D minor, Op 125 (1st mvt)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Charles Mackerras (conductor)
21:45
Battle for Haditha
Matthew Sweet talks to one of the UK's leading mathematicians Marcus du Sautoy about his new book in praise of symmetry. In 12 chapters, one for each month of his working year, he explores the nature of symmetry and how it captured his imagination.
Matthew also visits Liverpool to look at an exhibition that uses skin to explore a new relationship between science and art. He talks to an artist and a tissue engineer about their unique collaboration and what it offers to each discipline.
And documentary maker-turned feature director, Nick Broomfield, talks about his new film The Battle for Haditha, which explores the story of one of the most controversial incidents of the Iraq War when American marines allegedly killed 24 Iraqi citizens.
22:30
Stephen Hough
With Petroc Trelawny. Featuring pianist, composer and writer Stephen Hough playing Suk's Ballade and Serenade, Op 3, with cellist Steven Isserlis.
23:00
Conflict and Culture
The Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1 was a source of huge distress and hardship, but was also a powerful catalyst for artistic and cultural development.
4/4. From Regeneration to Revenge
Prof Julian Jackson of Queen Mary, University of London, concludes his exploration of the impact of the conflict and the Paris Commune on day-to-day French life and the long social, political and cultural shadow that it cast.
23:15
31 January 2008
Verity Sharp's selections include Jim O'Rourke's computer composition May '00, music for solo shakuhachi from Shozan Tanabe and a motet by John Taverner.
01:00
31 January 2008
31 January 2008
With John Shea.
1.00am
Walton, William (1902-1983): Johannesberg Festival Overture
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra
David Atherton (conductor)
1.09am
Elgar, Edward (1857-1934): Cello Concerto in E minor, Op 85
Natalie Clein (cello)
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra
David Atherton (conductor)
1.39am
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847): Symphony No 3 in A minor (Scottish)
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra
Vytautas Lukocius (conductor)
2.18am
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937): String Quartet in F
Biava Quartet
2.48am
Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767): Suite in G (Bourlesque de Quixotte)
La Stagione Frankfurt
Michael Schneider (conductor)
3.08am
Shostakovich, Dmitri (1906-1975): Cello Sonata in D minor, Op 40
Daniil Shafran (cello)
Anton Osetrov (piano)
3.32am
Prokofiev, Sergei (1891-1953): Cinderella Suite No 1, Op 107
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)
4.00am
Lipinski, Karol Jozef (1790-1861): Variations on a Theme of Rossini's La Cenerentola
Miroslaw Lawrynowicz (violin)
Krystyna Makowska-Lawrynowicz (piano)
4.15am
Lassus, Orlande de (1532-1594): Ad te levavi oculos meos
King's Singers
4.22am
Chopin, Frederic (1810-1849): Mazurka in A minor, Op 17 No 4
Jane Coop (piano)
4.27am
Moniuszko, Stanislaw (1819-1872): Overture (The Chief Commander's Mistress)
Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra in Katowice
Bogdan Oledzki (conductor)
4.34am
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759): Water Music (Suite in G)
Collegium Aureum
4.46am
Pachelbel, Johann (1653-1706): Der Herr ist Konig (darum toben die Volker)
Cantus Colln
Konrad Junghanel (director)
4.50am
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828): Fierrabras Overture, D796
Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra
Hans Zender (conductor)
5.00am
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847): The Hebrides, Op 26
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Arvid Engegard (conductor)
5.11am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Sarabande (Cello Suite No 5 in C minor, BWV 1011)
Mstislav Rostropovich (cello)
5.16am
Holst, Gustav (1874-1934): Ave Maria
Chamber Choir AVE
Andraz Hauptman (conductor)
5.22am
Purcell, Henry (1659-1695): Sonata No 7 in E minor for 2 violins and continuo
Simon Standage (violin)
Il Tempo
5.30am
Wagner, Richard (1813-1883): Prelude to Act 1 (Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg)
Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Tamas Vasary (conductor)
5.40am
Saint-Saens, Camille (1835-1921): Danse macabre, Op 40 (transcribed for 2 pianos)
Ouellet-Murray Duo
5.48am
Stainov, Petko (1896-1977): A bright sun has risen
Petko Stainov Mixed Choir Kazanlak
Petya Pavlovich (conductor)
5.53am
La Barre, Michel de (c.1675-1743/4): Suite No 1 in C minor
La Simphonie du Marais
Hugo Reyne (director)
6.03am
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856): Piano Trio No 1 in D minor, Op 63
Kungsbacka Trio
6.35am
Dohnanyi, Erno (1877-1960): Variations on a Nursery Song, Op 25
Arthur Ozolins (piano)
Toronto Symphony
Mario Bernardi (conductor)
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