07:00
Rob Cowan
Including from 7.00am
Purcell: Come ye sons of art away; Birthday Ode for Queen Mary (Sound the Trumpet)
Early Music Consort of London
David Munrow (director)
Mozart: Adagio in E for violin and orchestra, K261
Philharmonia Orchestra
Thomas Zehetmair (conductor/violin)
Debussy: Scottish March
Concertgebouw Orchestra
Bernard Haitink (conductor)
From 8.30am
Bach: Sinfonia No 4 in D minor, BWV 790; Sinfonia No 9 in F minor, BWV 795; Sinfonia No 3 in D, BWV 789
Jascha Heifetz (violin)
William Primrose (viola)
Gregor Piatigorsky (cello)
Haydn: Dearest wife! By thy side (The Creation)
Gundula Janowitz (soprano)
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone)
Arnold: Concerto for two pianos (3 hands)
David Nettle, Richard Markham (pianos)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Vernon Handley (conductor)
10:00
25 February 2008
With Sarah Walker.
10.00am
Bartok: Romanian Folk Dances, Sz 68
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
DG 445 541 2
10.08am
Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music
Soloists including Amanda Roocroft (soprano)
Catherine Wyn-Rogers (alto)
John Mark Ainsley (tenor)
Thomas Allen (baritone)
English Chamber Orchestra
Matthew Best (conductor)
HYPERION CDA 66420
10.23am
Rachmaninov: Preludes: in C sharp minor, Op 3 No 2; in D minor, Op 23 No 3; in E flat minor, Op 23 No 9
Moura Lympany (piano)
ERATO 4509917142 (2 CDs)
10.34am
Martin: Ballade for alto saxophone, piano and orchestra
John Harle (saxophone)
Ronald Brautigam (piano)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly (conductor)
DECCA 444 455 2
10.50am
Walton: Facade Suites Nos 1 and 2 (excerpts)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Louis Fremaux (conductor)
EMI CDM 764 201 2
11.12
Mendelssohn: Konzertstuck in F minor, Op 113
Hans Rudolf Stalder (clarinet)
Hansjurg Leuthold (basset horn)
Jurg von Vintschger (piano)
JECKLIN JD 5602
11.23am
Bartok: Concerto No 2 for violin and orchestra
The Building a Library recommendation
12:00
William Alwyn (1905-1985)
Part One
Donald Macleod explores the range of music Alwyn created during his long and prolific career. While the composer was well-known for film scores including for Odd Man Out, Fallen Idol and The History of Mr Polly, he also wrote many works for the concert hall, which are rarely heard today.
Rhapsody for piano quartet
David Willison (piano)
Members of Quartet of London
Divertimento
Kate Hill (flute)
Overture to a Masque
London Symphony Orchestra
Richard Hickox (conductor)
Concerto grosso No 1
City of London Sinfonia
Richard Hickox (conductor)
13:00
25 February 2008
Presented by Penny Gore.
1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Direct from Wigmore Hall in London, Verity Sharp introduces a recital of songs and duets by the husband-and-wife team of mezzo-soprano Ann Murray and tenor Philip Langridge, who are joined by pianist Malcolm Martineau in a programme taking in works by Barber, Bridge, Moeran and Britten.
2.00pm British Symphony Series: Peter Maxwell Davies Symphony Cycle
Concluding a survey of the symphonies of Master of the Queen's Music Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. Plus major choral works by more peers of the musical world, Sir Granville Bantock, Sir George Dyson and Sir John Tavener, and music from this year's Royal Northern College of Music festival of Brass.
Bantock: Omar Khayyam Part 1
Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo-soprano)
Toby Spence (tenor)
Roderick Williams (baritone)
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Vernon Handley (conductor)
Maxwell Davies: Symphony No 6
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Peter Maxwell Davies (conductor)
17:00
25 February 2008
Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music, plus news from the arts world.
19:00
25 February 2008
BBC Concert Orchestra
Petroc Trelawny introduces a concert given by the BBC Concert Orchestra to celebrate the 60th birthday of Barry Wordsworth, their principal conductor for 17 years, and now conductor laureate.
In Job, called a masque for dancing, Vaughan Williams draws together Elizabethan courtly dances and traditional country music in a powerfully dramatic score still rarely heard in concert; and in Astor Piazzolla's The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires, the rhythms of the nuevo tango meet the Italian Baroque of Vivaldi.
Chris Garrick (violin)
BBC Concert Orchestra
Barry Wordsworth (conductor)
Vaughan Williams: Job
Piazzolla: The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires
Ravel: La valse
20:45
William Alwyn (1905-1985)
Part One
Donald Macleod explores the range of music Alwyn created during his long and prolific career. While the composer was well-known for film scores including for Odd Man Out, Fallen Idol and The History of Mr Polly, he also wrote many works for the concert hall, which are rarely heard today.
Rhapsody for piano quartet
David Willison (piano)
Members of Quartet of London
Divertimento
Kate Hill (flute)
Overture to a Masque
London Symphony Orchestra
Richard Hickox (conductor)
Concerto grosso No 1
City of London Sinfonia
Richard Hickox (conductor)
21:45
David Edgar
Matthew Sweet talks to political playwright David Edgar about Testing the Echo, his new play about a group of immigrants preparing to take the new British citizenship exam. Does he believe that immigration and citizenship should be top of the country's agenda?
Plus a review of the latest film from Danish maverick director Lars Von Trier, famous for starting the Dogma movement, whose work now seems to have taken another new turn with The Boss of It All, a comedy about an IT firm.
22:30
Peter Donohoe
With Petroc Trelawny. The featured artist is the pianist Peter Donohoe and the programme includes music by Brahms.
23:00
To Russia with Love
In the week leading up to the Russian presidential election, four writers, each intimately connected with Russia, examine some of the passions that led them to embark upon a life-long relationship with the nation.
1/4. Lesley Chamberlain recalls the ice age of the Cold War and how she was able to find solace at the Moscow Hippodrome.
23:15
25 February 2008
Mary presents the programme from the Celtic Connections Festival in Glasgow, with studio performances from Daimh and singer Jenna Cumming, plus highlights from the Galician Night at Glasgow's Old Fruitmarket.
01:00
25 February 2008
25 February 2008
With Susan Sharpe.
1.00am
Bach, Johann Christian (1735-1782): Symphony in A
Sofia Soloists Chamber Ensemble
Plamen Djurov (conductor)
1.18am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Concerto in C for harp, flute and orchestra, K299
Suzana Klincharova (harp)
George Spasov (flute)
Sofia Soloists Chamber Ensemble
Plamen Djurov (conductor)
1.46am
Kandov, Alexander (b.1949): Trio-Concerto for harp, flute cello and string orchestra
Suzana Klincharova (harp)
George Spasov (flute)
Dimitar Tenchev (cello)
Sofia Soloists Chamber Ensemble
Plamen Djurov (conductor)
2.09am
Elgar, Edward (1857-1934): Serenade in E minor for strings, Op 20
Sofia Soloists Chamber Ensemble
Plamen Djurov (conductor)
2.20am
Benjamin, Arthur (1893-1960): North American Square Dance
Symphony Nova Scotia
Georg Tintner (conductor)
2.33am
Byrd, William (c.1543-1623): The Galliard Jig
Colin Tilney (harpsichord)
2.35am
Stravinsky, Igor (1882-1971): Petrushka: Burlesque in four scenes (1947)
Ruud van den Brink (piano)
Peter Masseurs (trumpet)
Jacques Zoon (flute)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly (conductor)
3.11am
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): Piano Sonata in E flat, Op 31 No 3
Annie Fischer (piano)
3.33am
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828): Symphony No 3 in D
Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra
Marcello Viotti (conductor)
3.59am
Bruhns, Nicolaus (1665-1697): Jauchzet dem Herren alle Welt
Guy de Mey (tenor)
Ricercar Consort
4.11am
Hummel, Johann Nepomuk (1778-1837): Trumpet Concerto in E flat
Odin Hagen (trumpet)
Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Per Kristian Skalstad (conductor)
4.30am
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937): Daphnis and Chloe Suite No 2
Symphony Orchestra of Bulgarian National Radio
Vassil Kazandjiev (conductor)
4.48am
Martin, Frank (1890-1974): Five Ariel Songs for mixed choir (1950)
Myra Kroese (contralto)
Netherlands Chamber Choir
Tonu Kaljuste (conductor)
5.00am
Elsner, Jozef Antoni Franciszek (1769-1854): Overture (Sultan Vampum)
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Andrzej Straszynski (conductor)
5.04am
Wikander, David (1884-1955): King Lily of the Valley
Swedish Radio Choir
Eric Ericson (conductor)
5.08am
Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907): In the Hall of the Mountain King (Peer Gynt Suite No 1, Op 46)
KBS Symphony Orchestra
Chi-Yong Chung (conductor)
5.11am
Morley, Thomas (c.1557-1602) and Dowland, John (1563-1626): Fantasie (Morley); Pavan; Earl of Derby, his Galliard (Dowland)
Nigel North (lute)
5.21am
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897): Intermezzo in A, Op 118 No 2
Jane Coop (piano)
5.28am
Manfredini, Francesco (1684-1762): Symphony No 10 in E minor
Slovak Chamber Orchestra
Bohdan Warchal (leader)
5.38am
Paganini, Niccolo (1782-1840): Polonaise
Viktor Pikajzen (violin)
Evgenia Sejdelj (piano)
5.44am
Lalo, Edouard (1823-1892): Two Aubades for orchestra (1872)
CBC Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Swift (conductor)
5.53am
Pisendel, Johann (1687-1755): Sonata in C minor for two oboes
Michael Niesemann, Alison Gangler (oboes)
Musica Antiqua Koln
Reinhard Goebel (conductor)
5.58am
Hue, Georges (1858-1948): Phantasy
Iveta Kundratova (flute)
Inna Aslamasova (piano)
6.06am
Prokofiev, Sergei (1891-1953): Lieutenant Kije Suite, Op 60
Queensland Symphony Orchestra
Vladimir Verbitsky (conductor)
6.28am
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel (1714-1788): Trio Sonata in B minor, Wq 143
Les Coucous Benevoles
6.38am
Karlowicz, Mieczyslaw (1876-1909): Serenade in G for strings, Op 2 (1897)
Polish Radio Chamber Orchestra (Amadeus)
Agnieszka Duczmal (conductor)
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