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Four programmes. 3: Fire
Sibelius The Origin of Fire, Op 32:
Jorma Hynninen (bar); Helsinki
University Male Voice
Choir; Helsinki PO/ Paavo Berglund
Scriabin Poeme , Op 72 (Vers la flamme)
Vladimir Horowitz (piano) Liszt Tone poem: Prometheus
; Budapest SO/Arpad Joo
Debussy Feu d'artifice
(Preludes: Book 2)
Cecile Ousset (piano)
Haydn Symphony No 59 (Fire): English Concert/ Trevor Pinnock. Records

Contributors

Unknown:
Jorma Hynninen
Unknown:
Paavo Berglund
Unknown:
Scriabin Poeme
Piano:
Vladimir Horowitz
Piano:
Cecile Ousset
Unknown:
Trevor Pinnock.

Handel Overture: Alcina ECO/Raymond Leppard
8.43 M Haydn Quartet in C (P 115): Heinz Holliger (cor anglais)
Antonio Salvatore (violin) Vito Paternoster (cello) Lucio Buccarella
(double-bass)
8.57 Part Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten : Stuttgart Staatsorchester/
Dennis Russell Davies
9.02 Holst The Planets
Richard Markham
David Nettle (pianos)
9.47 Bach Partita in E
(BWV 1006)
! Gidon Kremer (violin)
10.04 Hindemith
Symphonic
Metamorphosis on Themes of Weber
Bamberg SO/Karl
Anton Rickenbacher. Records

Contributors

Unknown:
Heinz Holliger
Violin:
Antonio Salvatore
Cello:
Vito Paternoster
Double-Bass:
Lucio Buccarella
Unknown:
Benjamin Britten
Unknown:
Dennis Russell Davies
Unknown:
Richard Markham
Pianos:
David Nettle
Violin:
Gidon Kremer
Unknown:
Anton Rickenbacher.

Sarah Walker (mezzo) Roger Vignoles (piano) Ives Two Little Flowers
The Children's Hour
The Side Show
The Circus Band
Bernstein, arr Vignoles Who Am I? (Peter Pan) Copland Simple Gifts The Little Horses
Lee Hoi by Jean qui rit A Christmas Song Jabberwocky
Andrew Downes Songs for Spoon River, Op 39 (first performance)

Contributors

Unknown:
Sarah Walker
Piano:
Roger Vignoles
Unknown:
Lee Hoi
Unknown:
Andrew Downes

A re-examination of the life and work of potter Bernard Leach , a man with strong views on the role of the artistcraftsman in society.
With readings by Julian Curry from Leach's poetry and prose. Devised and compiled by Karin Fernald
Producer Piers Plowright (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Bernard Leach
Unknown:
Julian Curry
Unknown:
Karin Fernald
Producer:
Piers Plowright

Handel's three-act oratorio, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.
Choir of the English Concert; English Concert, leader Simon Standage, director Trevor Pinnock

Act 1

8.20 Donald Burrows talks about the circumstances of Belshazzar's composition and its potential political overtones. He also presents two concertos by Handel, the interval music of the period.

8.50 Acts 2 and 3

Contributors

Singers:
Choir of the English Concert
Musicians:
English Concert
Orchestra leader:
Simon Standage
Musical Director:
Trevor Pinnock
Presenter (Interval):
Donald Burrows
Belshazzar:
Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor)
Nitocris:
Arleen Auger (soprano)
Daniel:
James Bowman (counter-tenor)
Cyrus:
Catherine Robbin (mezzo)
Gobrias:
David Wilson-Johnson (baritone)

Richard Nelson 's short story. Nightfall at the station. No train. So
Helen tells the story of 'that woman'who also had to wait at the station.
Reader Shelley Thompson (R) (Nelson's play 'Eating Words' tomorrow at 7. 45pm on Radio 4)

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Nelson
Reader:
Shelley Thompson

Cantata No 119: Preise, Jerusalem, den
Herrn Gillian Fisher (soprano) Margaret Cable (mezzo) Rogers Covey-Crump (ten) Michael George (bass)
Raglan Baroque Singers Raglan Baroque Players director Nicholas Kraemer Series producer Nicholas Anderson

Contributors

Soprano:
Herrn Gillian Fisher
Bass:
Michael George
Director:
Nicholas Kraemer
Producer:
Nicholas Anderson

BBC Radio 3

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