Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Bath International Music Festival 2007
Joanna MacGregor , artistic director of the Bath
Festival, performs Messiaen's Vingt Regards, one of the most epic and outstanding piano cycles ever composed. The second part of this concert can be heard tomorrow. Joanna MacGregor (piano)
Messiaen Vingt Regards surl'Enfant Jesus, 1-10
2.30 British Symphony Series Presented by Fiona Talkington.
Beethoven Piano Concerto No in G Andrea Lucchesini , BBC Philharmonic, conductor Edward Downes John Adams The Wound Dresser
Christopher Maltman (baritone), BBC Scottish
Symphony Orchestra, conducted by the composer Tippett Symphony No 3 Faye Robinson (soprano),
BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Andrew Davis
4.00 The Making of Music
19/30. Music and Society in Late 18th-century England Performances of the music James Naughtie mentions in his Radio 4 series. In the late 1700s music was becoming part of the social fabric all over the country. Bath and Oxford were hosting concerts and dances, and playing the piano was the accomplishment of every young lady. Including music by Linley and Arne.