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Musical Encounters

on BBC Radio 3

Geraint Lewis 's selection includes music by the late Japanese composer Toru Takemitsu , song-cycles by Britten and anthems by Purcell. Artist of the Week:
David Atherton (conductor)
Walton Overture: Portsmouth Point
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
10.05 Britten The Holy Sonnets of John Donne
Ian Bostridge (tenor),
Graham Johnson (piano)
10.30 Purcell I Was Glad, Z19
Choir of St John's College, Cambridge, conductor George Guest
10.40 Haydn String Quartet in C, Op 54 No 2
Lindsay Quartet
11.10 Stanford The Blue Bird
Cambridge Singers, conductor John Rutter
11.15 Takemitsu A Rock Descends into the Pentagonal Garden
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor Tadaaki Otaka
11.25 Parys Le Corbeau et le Renard Bonneau Le Grenouille Qui Voulait Se Faire un Boeuf
Trenet La Cigale et la Fourmi Francois le Roux (baritone), Roger Vignoles (piano)
11.35 Elgar Sea Pictures Delia Jones (mezzo),
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor David Atherton
Producers Gwawr Owen and James Webb

Contributors

Unknown:
Geraint Lewis
Unknown:
Toru Takemitsu
Conductor:
David Atherton
Unknown:
John Donne
Tenor:
Ian Bostridge
Piano:
Graham Johnson
Conductor:
John Rutter
Conductor:
Tadaaki Otaka
Piano:
Roger Vignoles
Unknown:
Delia Jones
Conductor:
David Atherton
Producers:
Gwawr Owen
Producers:
James Webb

BBC Radio 3

About BBC Radio 3

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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