07:00
Breakfast
2 September 2008
With Rob Cowan.
Rob serves up Walton conducted by Barenboim, and Stokowski and the Berlin Philharmonic in Stravinsky. With Free Thought after 8.30am.
From 7.00am
Walton: Henry V (excerpts)
English Chamber Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim (conductor)
Handel: Trio Sonata in F for violin, oboe and continuo, HWV 383
La Ricordanza
Purcell: Chaconne in G minor, Z730
Musica Antiqua Koln
Reinhard Goebel (conductor)
From 8.30am
Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Davis (conductor)
Bartok: Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm (Mikrokosmos - Book 6)
Zoltan Kocsis (piano)
Stravinksy: Petrushka Suite
Berlin Philharmonic
Leopold Stokowski (conductor)
10:00
Classical Collection
2 September 2008
With Sarah Walker.
Including:
10.00am
Walton: Scapino
London Symphony Orchestra
Andre Previn (conductor)
EMI CDC 747624-2
10.09am
Mozart: Madamina, il catalogo e questo (Don Giovanni, Act 1)
Bryn Terfel (baritone)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Georg Solti (conductor)
DECCA 455 500-2 (3-CD set)
10.14am
Drofnatski: The Aquiline Snub, Op 375
Bryn Terfel (baritone)
Malcolm Martineau (piano)
DG 445 946-2
10.16am
Rodgers: So Far
Bryn Terfel (baritone)
English Northern Philharmonia
Paul Daniel (conductor)
DG 449 163-2
10.20am
Ravel: Miroirs
Imogen Cooper (piano)
WIGMORE HALL LIVE WHLive0018
10.50am
Lully: Suite (Le bourgeois gentilhomme)
Le Concert des Nations
Jordi Savall (director)
ALIA VOX AV9807
11.09am
Shostakovich: String Quartet No 4 in D, Op 83
Taneyev String Quartet
PRAGA PRODUCTIONS PR 254 054
11.32am
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (conclusion of Act 2)
Count ...... Alfred Poeli (baritone)
Countess ...... Lisa della Casa (soprano)
Susanna ...... Hilde Gueden (soprano)
Figaro ...... Cesare Siepi (bass)
Antonio ...... Harald Proglhof (bass)
Marcellina ...... Hilde Rossel-Majdan (soprano)
Bartolo ...... Frenando Corena (bass)
Don Basilio ...... Murray Dickie (tenor)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Erich Kleiber (conductor)
DECCA 417 315-2 (3-CD set)
12:00
Composer of the Week
Gabriel Faure (1845-1924)
Part Two
Donald Macleod explores Faure's songs and chamber music, discovering some forgotten gems along the way.
2/5. Faure meets Liszt, inspires Proust and chooses a wife by a rather unconventional method.
Nell, Op 18, No 1
Jean-Paul Fouchecourt (tenor)
Graham Johnson (piano)
Ballade pour piano seul, Op 19
Kathryn Stott (piano)
Papillon for cello and piano, Op 77
Steven Isserlis (cello)
Pascal Devoyon (piano)
Quartet No 2 for piano, violin, viola and cello, Op 45
Susan Tomes (piano)
Krysia Osostowicz (violin)
Robin Ireland (viola)
Timothy Hugh (cello)
13:00
Lunchtime Concert
Edinburgh International Festival 2008
2 September 2008
Presented by Penny Gore.
The first of a pair of concerts recorded in August at the Queen's Hall by the Belcea Quartet featuring a cycle of the Bartok string quartets. Now regarded as milestones of 20th century chamber music repertoire, these quartets, like those by Beethoven and Haydn, provide an overview of their composer's output at every main juncture of his career.
Bartok: String Quartets Nos 1, 3, 5
Belcea Quartet
14:30
Afternoon on 3
2 September 2008
Presented by Penny Gore.
2.30pm BBC Proms 2008
Another chance to hear the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra returning for its second Prom of the season, this time under conductor Daniele Gatti, in an all-Russian programme showing his flair for colour and emotional intensity. Prokofiev's ballet score Romeo and Juliet tells the story of Shakespeare's star-crossed lovers with some of his most popular music, while Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony moves from darkness to light, ending with a triumphal march. Introduced by Martin Handley.
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet (excerpts)
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 5
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Daniele Gatti (conductor)
4.20pm Chamber Music
Elgar: String Quartet in E minor, Op 83
Brodsky Quartet
17:00
In Tune
2 September 2008
Nigel Kennedy, Simon Keenlyside and Kyle Ketelsen chat to Sean Rafferty, and there's a performance in the studio from viola player Maxim Rysanov, with pianist Ashley Wass.
19:30
BBC Proms 2008
2 September 2008
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Martin Handley.
The celebrated Berlin Philharmonic, in the first of two Proms with principal conductor Simon Rattle, perform a programme of works based on the tragic story of the forbidden love between the Cornish knight Tristan and the Irish princess Isolde. The concert begins with Wagner's own concert version of the overture to his great opera of love and death combined with the final aria of his heroine.
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde - Prelude and Liebestod
Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano)
Tristan Murail (ondes martenot)
Berlin Philharmonic
Simon Rattle (conductor)
19:50
Twenty Minutes
The Power of the Ondes
Thomas Bloch explores the little-known ondes martenot, an instrument that features in Messiaen's Turangalila Symphony in the second part of this evening's Prom. A keyboard-like instrument with a distinctive sound, it was first built in the 1920s in France and was used by classical composers such as Messiaen and Boulez. Since its creation, other composers from the worlds of film music and pop have also written for it.
A distinguished player of the ondes himself, Thomas talks to multi-instrumentalist and ex-Pogues player David Coulter about its history, its range and power and why it has been an inspiration to composers from many different musical fields.
20:10
BBC Proms 2008
2 September 2008
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.
The Berlin Philharmonic under Simon Rattle perform Messiaen's Turangalila Symphony, based on the tragic story of the forbidden love between the Cornish knight Tristan and Isolde the Irish princess.
Messiaen: Turangalila Symphony
Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano)
Tristan Murail (ondes martenot)
Berliner Philharmoniker
Simon Rattle (conductor)
21:45
Sunday Feature
2 September 2008
A series offering fresh cultural perspectives on South America.
1/3. Colombia - An End to Solitude?
Forty years ago, the novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez wrote of the afflictions of Colombia, his country of birth. Now a new generation of Colombian writers are trying to find a way out of that 'solitude' in order to describe the complex, violent but exuberant reality they live in.
Novelist Juan Gabriel Vasquez takes us with him to the Colombian capital Bogota to share the elements of 21st century urban life in South America that have inspired his work.
22:30
2 September 2008
2 September 2008
Featuring the Berlin Philharmonic, who are heard in performances conducted by Simon Rattle.
23:00
The Essay
Under the Influence
Contemporary poets talk about writers whose work has influenced them.
1/2. Anne Stevenson is now in her 70s and for all her writing life, TS Eliot has been a constant presence. It is not his religious thinking, nor his striking imagery that influenced her, but rather the rhythms of Eliot's verse.
23:15
Late Junction
2 September 2008
Robert Sandall presents music by a selection of maverick songwriters, including Tom Waits, Laurie Anderson, Joan as Policewoman and new albums by Tricky and Randy Newman.
01:00
Through the Night
2 September 2008
2 September 2008
With Jonathan Swain.
1.00am
Nielsen, Carl (1865-1931): Wind Quintet, Op 43
1.28am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Wind Serenade in C minor, K388
Haffner Wind Ensemble:
Nicholas Daniel (oboe)
Michael Cox (flute)
Joy Farrell (clarinet)
Nicholas Korth (horn)
Sarah Burnett (bassoon)
1.53am
Scriabin, Alexander (1872-1915): Symphony No 2 in C minor, Op 29
Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra
Emil Tabakov (conductor)
2.46am
Bruhns, Nicolaus (1665-1697): Cantata: Paratum cor meum
Guy de Mey, Ian Honeyman (tenor)
Max van Egmond (bass)
Ricercar Consort
2.59am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Sonata in G minor, BWV 1001
Hopkinson Smith (baroque lute)
3.16am
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847): Symphony No 4 in A (Italian)
Hungarian Radio Orchestra
Tamas Vasary (conductor)
3.46am
Geijer, Erik Gustaf (1783-1847): Sonatina in A flat for violin and piano
Klara Hellgren (violin)
Anders Kilstrom (piano)
4.00am
Reinecke, Carl (1824-1910): Ballade for flute and orchestra
Matej Zupan (flute)
Slovenian National Radio Symphony Orchestra
David de Villiers (conductor)
4.08am
Strauss, Richard (1864-1949): Morgen, Op 27, No 4
Lazar Shuster (violin)
Yvonne Kenny (soprano)
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Vladimir Kamirski (conductor)
4.13am
Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741): Concerto in D for 2 violins, 2 cellos and continuo, RV 564
Europa Galante
Fabio Biondi (violin/director)
4.24am
Paganini, Niccolo (1782-1840): Introduction and Variations on a theme from Rossini's Mose in Egitto (Moses-Fantasie), MS 23
Monika Leskovar (cello)
Ivana Schwartz (piano)
4.32am
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770 -1827): Finale (Prometheus)
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra in Bratislava
Ludovit Rajter (conductor)
4.40am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Overture (Suite No 1 in C, BWV 1066)
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra
Philippe Herreweghe (conductor)
4.51am
Strauss, Johann II (1825-1899): Overture (Die Fledermaus)
BBC Philharmonic
Vassily Sinaisky (conductor)
5.00am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Overture (Don Giovanni)
Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Giordano Bellincampi (conductor)
5.06am
Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741): Violin Concerto in D, RV 234 (L'inquietudine)
Giuliano Carmignola (violin)
Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca
5.13am
Chopin, Fryderyk (1810-1849): Mazurka No 31 in A flat, Op 50
Roland Pontinen (piano)
5.16am
Kisielewski, Stefan (1911-1991): Suite (Fun Fair)
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice
Michal Nesterowicz (conductor)
5.29am
Kodaly, Zoltan (1882-1967): A song about King Stephen
Hungarian Radio Chorus
Peter Erdei (conductor)
5.34am
Gossec, Francois-Joseph (1734-1829): Symphony in D, Op 5, No 5 (Pastorella)
Tafelmusik
Jeanne Lamon (conductor)
5.50am
Weiner, Leo (1885-1960): Fox Dance (Divertimento No 1)
Concentus Hungaricus
Ildiko Hegyi (concert master)
5.53am
Nielsen, Carl (1865-1931): Masquerade overture
Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Ari Rasilainen (conductor)
5.59am
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847): Sextet in D for piano and strings, Op 110
Elise Batnes (violin)
Lars Anders Tomter, Johannes Gustavsson (viola)
Ernst Simon Glaser (cello)
Katrine Oigaard (bass)
Enrico Pace (piano)
6.26am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Suite No 1 in G for solo cello, BWV 1007
Claudio Bohorquez (cello)
6.42am
Kunzen, Friedrich (1761-1817): Symphony in G minor
Concerto Copenhagen
Lars Ulrik Mortensen (conductor)
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