Piers Burton-Page presents a week of programmes celebrating the artistry of a New Zealand-born organist, and highlighting John Cage 's gentle percussion Constructions, Italian choral virtuosity with the BBC Singers, and music by Dvorak. Artist of the Week:
Gillian Weir (organ)
De Grigny Tierce en Taille
10.06 Geminiani Concerto Grosso in D, Op 7 No I
ASMF, conductor lona Brown
10.16 Pizzetti Tre Composizioni Corali (1942-3) BBC Singers, conductor Stefan Parkman
10.26 Dvorak Suite in A, Op 98b
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Vladimir Valek
10.47 Dandrieu En Cors de Chasse; Noël de Saintonge Gillian Weir (organ)
10.52 Alan Bush English Suite for Strings
Northern CO, conductor Nicholas Ward
11.17 Cage first Construction (in Metal) Les Percussions de Strasbourg
11.29 Poulenc Organ Concerto
Gillian Weir , City of London Sinfonia, conductor Richard Hickox
Producer Piers Burton-Page