07:00
Breakfast
5 September 2008
With Rob Cowan.
Rob presents Glenn Gould performing Bach and Stravinsky from King's College Chapel, Cambridge. With Free Thought after 8.30am.
From 7.00am
JC Bach: Sinfonia No 3 in E flat
Netherlands Chamber Orchestra
David Zinman (conductor)
Stravinsky: Credo
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
Stephen Cleobury (conductor)
Bach: Concerto in G minor for piano and orchestra, BWV 1058
Glenn Gould (piano)
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Vladimir Golschmann (conductor)
From 8.30am
Copland: Saga of the Prairies
The Pacific Symphony Orchestra
Keith Clark (conductor)
Schumann: Papillons, Op 2
Murray Perahia (piano)
Rachmaninov: Three Russian Songs, Op 41
Concertgebouw Orchestra and Chorus
Vladimir Ashkenazy (conductor)
10:00
Classical Collection
5 September 2008
With Sarah Walker.
Including:
10.00am
Walton: Portsmouth Point
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Adrian Boult (conductor)
DECCA 425 661-2
10.06am
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress (Act 1, Sc 3)
Anne ...... Deborah York (soprano)
Trulove ...... Martin Robson (bass)
London Symphony Orchestra
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
DG 459 648-2 (2-CD set)
10.16am
Schumann: Carnaval, Op 9
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano)
DG 469 820-2 (8-CD set)
10.48am
Takemitsu: Fantasma/Cantos
Sabine Meyer (clarinet)
Berlin Philharmonic
Simon Rattle (conductor)
EMI CDC 556832-2
11.05am
Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No 2 in C minor, Op 66
Beaux Arts Trio
PHILIPS 432 125-2
11.34am
Leoncavallo: I Pagliacci (Act 2)
Canio ...... Franco Corelli (tenor)
Nedda ...... Lucine Amara (soprano)
Tonio ...... Tito Gobbi (baritone)
Beppe ...... Mario Spina (tenor)
Silvio ...... Mario Zanasi (baritone)
Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala, Milan
Lovro von Matacic (conductor)
EMI CMS 763967-2 (2-CD set)
12:00
Composer of the Week
Gabriel Faure (1845-1924)
Part Five
Donald Macleod concludes his exploration of Faure through his songs and chamber music.
5/5. There's bad news as Faure's hearing problems finally force him to quit his post at the Paris Conservatoire, but good news when he's feted at a national celebration of his music. He writes the last in a long-running series of Barcarolles for piano as well as two works in previously untried genres, the Piano Trio and his final work, the String Quartet.
C'est la paix, Op 114
Jennifer Smith (soprano)
Graham Johnson (piano)
Barcarolle No 13 for piano, Op 116
Kathryn Stott (piano)
Trio for piano, violin and cello, Op 120
Anthony Marwood (violin)
Richard Lester (cello)
Susan Tomes (piano)
String Quartet, Op 121
Adrian Berescu, Serban Mereuta (violin)
Bogdan Bisoc (viola)
Filip Papa (cello)
13:00
Lunchtime Concert
Edinburgh International Festival 2008
5 September 2008
Presented by Penny Gore.
In a recital given in August at the Edinburgh International Festival 2008, Russian cellist Mischa Maisky, who studied with Rostropovich at the Moscow Conservatoire, is joined by his daughter Lily on the piano. The programme includes Maisky's own transcriptions of romantic Russian songs plus Shostakovich's virtuosic Cello Sonata.
Glinka: Memories of a wonderful moment
Tchaikovsky: Cradle Song; Frenzied Nights; Night
Rubinstein: Night
Rimsky-Korsakov: The Nymph; The Nightingale and the Rose
Cui: The Burnt Letter
Glazunov: Desire
Rachmaninov: Do not sing to me; How fair this spot; Vocalise
Shostakovich: Cello Sonata in D minor, Op 40
Mischa Maisky (cello)
Lily Maisky (piano)
14:30
Afternoon on 3
5 September 2008
Presented by Penny Gore.
BBC Proms 2008
Another chance to hear Saturday's Prom, featuring an orchestra from Norway, a pianist from Russia playing Rachmaninov's grandest piano concerto and a Finnish conductor bringing two pieces from his homeland. Introduced by Fiona Talkington.
Magnus Lindberg: Seht die Sonne (UK premiere)
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No 3
Sibelius: Symphony No 1
Nikolai Lugansky (piano)
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor)
17:00
In Tune
5 September 2008
Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world.
19:30
BBC Proms 2008
5 September 2008
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Tom Service.
The London Philharmonic Orchestra and its chief conductor, Vladimir Jurowski, mark the centenary of Rimsky-Korsakov's death with his rarely-heard opera Kashchey the Immortal.
Rimsky-Korsakov: Kashchey the Immortal
Kashchey ...... Vyacheslav Voynarovsky
Princess ...... Tatiana Monogarova
Ivan Korolevich ...... Pavel Baransky
Kashcheyevna ...... Elena Manistina
Storm Knight ...... Mikhail Petrenko
BBC Singers
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Vladimir Jurowski (conductor)
20:35
Twenty Minutes
Proms Literary Festival
Robert Chandler, who has edited a new fairytale anthology, and Russian-born writer Zinovy Zinik discuss the tradition of Russian fairytales and their influence on music and literature. They take a glimpse at some of the extraordinary characters - from Baba Yaga, the old witch who lives in a house on chicken legs and eats children, to Koschey the Deathless, who rides naked through mountains on his magic steed in search of prey.
20:55
BBC Proms 2008
5 September 2008
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.
The Prom concludes with the London Philharmonic Orchestra under chief conductor Vladimir Jurowski in Stravinsky's exotic, early ballet The Firebird.
Stravinsky: The Firebird
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Vladimir Jurowski (conductor)
22:00
Between The Ears
Behind God's Back
Nagyrev was a sleepy village in a remote part of Hungary - until a spate of mysterious poisonings made it big news. Nearly 50 of the town's men lay prematurely dead in the cemetery. Their bodies were found to be full of arsenic - and the suspects were their wives.
What caused the women of Nagyrev to poison their husbands? Was it, as commentators at the time suggested, the impact of World War I or of social change? Was it revenge for their husbands' drinking and violence?
The programme reconstructs the facts of a baffling mass-murder with archives from the trial, press reports and the memories of one Nagyrev resident still living who remembers the case.
22:30
Jazz Library
Billy Strayhorn
Brian Priestley joins Alyn Shipton to look at Billy Strayhorn's small catalogue of records under his own name, and also separates out his great personal contribution to Duke Ellington's work for both large and small bands, as composer, arranger and instrumentalist.
23:30
Jazz on 3
Mike Walker's Ropes, at the Manchester Jazz Festival
Jez Nelson presents the world premiere of guitarist Mike Walker's Ropes project. Commissioned by the Manchester Jazz Festival and held at the Royal Northern College of Music, the sell-out event saw the local jazz hero accompanied by a full string orchestra and a specially assembled quartet - lifelong collaborator Iain Dixon on saxophones and clarinet, Steve Watts on bass, Les Chisnall on piano and US drummer Adam Nussbaum.
Walker has been at the core of the Manchester jazz scene for over two decades and has performed with many global names such as Anthony Braxton, Bill Frisell, Tim Berne and John Taylor. Widely regarded within musicians' circles as one of the best, yet least well-known guitarists, Walker has recently released his debut album entitled Mad House and The Whole Thing There, having worked on it for the last 10 years.
01:00
Through the Night
5 September 2008
5 September 2008
With Jonathan Swain.
1.00am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Symphony No 31 in D (Paris); Nehmt meinen Dank, ihr holden Gonner!, K383; Popoli di Tessaglia...Io non chiedo, K316; Symphony No 33 in B flat
Kristina Hansson (soprano)
Danish Radio Sinfonietta/DR
Adam Fischer (conductor)
1.55am
Dobrzynski, Ignacy Feliks (1807-1867): String Quartet No 1 in E minor, Op 7
Camerata Quartet
2.25am
Suk, Josef (1874-1935): Un poco triste, Op 17, No 3
Uros Prevorsek (violin)
Marjan Vodopivec (piano)
2.30am
Tchaikovsky, Piotr Il'yich (1840-1893): The Seasons, Op 7b
Juhani Lagerspetz (piano)
3.12am
Lhotka, Fran (1883-1962): Frescoes: 3 symphonic movements
Martina Gojceta Silic, Gordana Seb, Martina Matic Borse (voices)
Nikola Fabijanic (saxophone)
Croatian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Mladen Tarbuk (conductor)
4.00am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Christ lag in Todesbanden, BWV 695
Kamiel d'Hooghe (organ)
4.04am
Horst, Anthon van der (1899-1965): Variazioni sopra la Sinfonia della Cantata Christ lag in Totesbanden, Op 64
Hans van Nieuwkoop (organ)
4.15am
Durante, Francesco (1684-1755): Concerto No 2 in G minor
Concerto Koln
4.28am
Rennes, Catharina van (1858-1940): 3 Quartets, Op 24
Irene Maessen (soprano)
Rachel Ann Morgan, Christa Pfeiler (mezzo-soprano)
Corrie Pronk (alto)
Franz van Ruth (piano)
4.33am
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809): Symphony No 59 in A (Fire)
Budapest Strings
Botvay Karoly (conductor)
4.52am
Ortiz, Diego (1510-c.1570)/Torre, Francisco de la (fl.1483-1504): Il re di Spagna
Hesperion XX
Jordi Savall (director)
4.55am
Anon: The Spanish Gypsies
Concerto Copenhagen
Andrew Lawrence-King (director/harpsichord)
5.00am
Horneman, Christian Frederik Emil (1840-1906): Overture (A Hero's Life)
Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Michael Schonwandt (conductor)
5.14am
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918) arr. unknown: Minuet (Petite Suite)
Jan-Erik Gustafsson (cello)
Heini Karkkainen (piano)
5.16am
Massenet, Jules (1842-1912) arr. unknown: Melodie-elegie (Les erinnyes)
Jan-Erik Gustafsson (cello)
Heini Karkkainen (piano)
5.20am
Mozetich, Marjan (b.1948): Fantasia su un linguaggio perduto for string instruments
Amadeus Ensemble
5.35am
Vaughan Williams, Ralph (1872-1958): Rest - Partsong for 5 voices
BBC Singers
Bob Chilcott (conductor)
5.38am
Pilkington, Francis (c.1565-1638): Rest, Sweet Nymphs
Cantamus
Pamela Cooke (director)
5.42am
Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon (1562-1621): Fantasia in G minor - fuga contraria
Leo van Doeselaar (organ)
5.53am
Liszt, Franz (1811-1886): Gnomenreigen, S145
Lana Genc (piano)
5.57am
Czerny, Carl (1791-1857): Etude in G flat
Stefan Lindgren (piano)
6.00am
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): Symphony No 2 in D
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Manfred Honeck (conductor)
6.33am
Hoffmeister, Franz Anton (1754-1812): Duo Concertante No 3 in F
Joanna G'froerer (flute)
Pinchas Zukerman (viola)
6.47am
Goldmark, Karoly (1830-1915): Overture (In Italien, Op 49)
The Hungarian Radio Orchestra
Geza Oberfrank (conductor).
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