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Bach Prelude and Fugue in B (The Well Tempered Klavier: Book 1)
KEITH JARRETI (piano)
7.02 Walton
The First Shoot
LONDON COLLEGIA It BRASS
JAMES STOHART
7.11
Sibelius Belshazzar 's Feast
GOTHENBURG SO/JARVl

Contributors

Piano:
Keith Jarreti
Unknown:
Sibelius Belshazzar

7.35 Debussy, orch
Ansermet Six epigraphes antiques
BASLE SO ARMIN JORDAN
7.51 Schubert Impromptu in A flat (I) 899 No 4)
ARTUR RUBINSTEIN (piano)
7.58 Beethoven Symphony No 8 in F
LONDON CLASSICAL FLAYERS/
ROGER NORRINGTON Records

Contributors

Unknown:
Armin Jordan
Piano:
Artur Rubinstein
Unknown:
Roger Norrington

live from the Queen's Hall. SHOSTAKOVICH STRING
QUARTET
Schubert Quartet in A minor (n 804)
Quartet movement in c minor (D 703)
11.45 Third Ear in Edinburgh
Among the writers gathering at the Edinburgh Rook Festival is the American novelist Gore Vidal : he talks with Christopher Bigsby. Producer JULIAN MAY
12.05 Schubert
Quartet in D minor (D 810) (Death and the Maiden)

Contributors

Unknown:
Gore Vidal
Unknown:
Christopher Bigsby.

A summer season of works staged at the Paris Opera, 1828-65.
4: Benvenuto Cellini
A Renaissance sculptor was the subject of Berlioz's passionate comedy, whose failure at its premiere in 1838 effectively closed the doors on the composer's Parisian operatic career
(sung in French) (tenor) (sop) (bass) (baritone) (bar) (bass) (mezzo sop)
CHORUS OF THE ROYAL
OPERA HOUSE
BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAl COUN DA VIS
Prologue; Act 1
3.25 Paul Banks on the reasons for the opera's failure in Paris.
3.35 Act 2. Records

Contributors

Unknown:
Benvenuto Cellini
Unknown:
Paul Banks
Benvenuto Cellini:
Nicolai Gedda
Teresa, whom he loves:
Christiane Eda Pierre
Balducci. Papal Treasurer, her father:
Jules Bastin
Fieramosca. a sculptor, her intended husband:
Robert Massard
Pompeo. a professional swordsman, his friend:
Raymond Herincx
Pope Clement VII:
Roger Soyer
Ascanio, Cellini's apprentice:
Jane Berbie

The last in a series of historical travesties by CHRISTOPHER HOPE. 3: Thus Spake CosimaWith and 'Nietzsche is making notes for a book about "Superman". R. says it must be based on him When I ask him how he knows he replies gently. "What other superman could it be? Supermen don't grow on trees.'"
Directed by ROSEMARY HART (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Christopher Hope.
Directed By:
Rosemary Hart
Cosima Wagner:
Anna Massey
Nietzsche:
Nigel Hawthorne

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.

Hakan Hardenberger (trumpet)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, led by Bela Dekany, conducted by Elgar Howarth

Bartok Music for strings, percussion and celesta

Harrison Birtwistle Endless Parade

(See David Gillard, left)

8.20 No Rights Reserved
Stephen Walsh examines Stravinsky's troubles over the copyrighting of The Firebird and their effect on his attitude to money and music.

8.40 Stravinsky Ballet: The Firebird

Contributors

Trumpeter:
Hakan Hardenberger
Musicians:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra leader:
Bela Dekany
Conductor:
Elgar Howarth
Presenter (No Rights Reserved):
Stephen Walsh

TIMOTHY HUGH (cello)
KATHRON STURROCK (piano) Francois Schubert The Bee, Op 13 No 9 Ravel Piece en forme d'habanera
Popper Spinning Song Rachmaninov Sonata in G minor. Op 19 BBC Pebble Min (R)

Contributors

Cello:
Timothy Hugh
Piano:
Kathron Sturrock
Piano:
Francois Schubert

Nancy Ruffer (flute) Angela Malsbury (clarinet)
Sioned Williams (harp) Elizabeth Davies (percussion) conducted by GWYN PRITCHARD Pritchard
Objects in Space
Marta Ptaszynska
Cadenza Stravinsky Epitaphium Edison Denisov Canon Giacinto Scelsi Ko-lho BBC Bristol

Contributors

Flute:
Nancy Ruffer
Clarinet:
Angela Malsbury
Harp:
Elizabeth Davies
Conducted By:
Gwyn Pritchard
Unknown:
Marta Ptaszynska
Unknown:
Cadenza Stravinsky Epitaphium
Unknown:
Edison Denisov Canon
Unknown:
Giacinto Scelsi

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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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