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Musical Encounters

on BBC Radio 3

With Mairi Nicolson , including a chance to hear the finalists from the last
Leeds International Piano Competition. Mendelssohn Overture for Wind
Instruments
LSO, conductor Claudio Abbado
10.10 Liszt Spanish Rhapsody Sa Chen (piano)
10.24 Artist of the Week:
Victoria de los Angeles (soprano) Puccini Si, Mi Chiamano Mimi (La Boheme)
Jussi Bjorling (tenor), RCA Victor Orchestra, conductor Thomas Beecham
10.30 Britten String Quartet (1928) Sorrel Quartet
10.51 Bach Trio Sonata in E minor, BWV528 the King's Consort
11.02 Tippett Piano Sonata No 2 Armen Babakhanian
11.15 Falla La Vida Breve (excerpts) Victoria de los Angeles (soprano), Philharmonia, conductor Stanford Robinson
11.24 Sibelius Symphony No 7
RPO, conductor Thomas Beecham
11.45 Paganini, arr Demenga Variations on a Theme from
Rossini's "Moses"
Patrick and Thomas Demenga (cellos) Producer Paul Hindmarsh

Contributors

Unknown:
Mairi Nicolson
Conductor:
Claudio Abbado
Unknown:
Mi Chiamano Mimi
Conductor:
Thomas Beecham
Unknown:
Armen Babakhanian
Conductor:
Thomas Beecham
Conductor:
Thomas Demenga
Producer:
Paul Hindmarsh

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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