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The Afternoon on Three

on BBC Radio 3

With Susan Sharpe.

1.00 Bristol Lunchtime Concert
The first in a new season of lunchtime concerts from St George's, Brandon Hill,
Bristol, featuring the chamber music of Bela Bartok and other Hungarian composers.
Artur Pizarro (piano)
Bartok Sonata
Kodaly Dances of the Marosszek
Liszt Sonata in B minor
(A Classic Arts production)

Fairest Isle
2.00 Medieval Music Festival in Bristol
Joy d'Amor
In the last of three concerts recorded at St George's, Brandon Hill, earlier this year, Catherine Bott gives a solo recital devoted to love, including songs of the troubadors and trouveres.
(A Magenta Music International production)

3.00 Mining the Archive Alexander Gibson (1926-95)
In the third of four programmes surveying the life and work of conductor
Alexander Gibson, Malcolm Hayes documents his activities in the period
1969-75, with contributions from Janet Baker, John Drummond, Peter Hemmings and Conrad Wilson. Including:
MacCunn The Land of the Mountain and the Flood
Thea Musgrave Concerto for Orchestra
Scottish National Orchestra
Strauss Der Rosenkavalier (excerpts)
Soloists, Scottish National Orchestra

Fairest Isle
4.20 Turns of the Century
An audio lexicon of the great English comedy performers. Russell Davies celebrates Ted Ray.

Fairest Isle
4.30 Lost Voices: 3: Up to Date
The last of three programmes celebrating English folk song, introduced by Georgina Boyes.
Recent recordings prove that the traditions are alive and flourishing, in villages, school playgrounds and among young musicians.

Contributors

Presenter:
Susan Sharpe
Pianist:
Artur Pizarro
Singer:
Catherine Bott
Subject/Conductor:
Alexander Gibson
Presenter (Mining the Archive):
Malcolm Hayes
Interviewee:
Janet Baker
Interviewee:
John Drummond
Interviewee:
Peter Hemmings
Interviewee:
Conrad Wilson
Presenter (Turns of the Century):
Russell Davies
Producer (Turns of the Century):
Jonathan James-Moore
Presenter (Lost Voices):
Georgina Boyes
Producer (Lost Voices):
John Thornley

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