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7.35 Debussy, orch Biisser Petite suite
French National
Radio Orchestra/
Jean Martinon
7.48 Bach French Suite in G (BWV816)
Glenn Gould (piano)
7.58 Chopin, arr
Douglas Les Sylphides Berlin PO/
Herbert von Karajan Records

Contributors

Unknown:
Jean Martinon
Piano:
Glenn Gould
Unknown:
Herbert von Karajan

A Vision of Medieval English Music
David Fallows introduces music that shows the close connection between English and French culture during the Middle Ages. Sequentia:
Barbara Thornton
(voice/organetto) Laura Jeppesen (fiddle/vielle)
Edmund Brownless (voice) Benjamin Bagby
(voice/harp/symphony) (R)

Contributors

Introduces:
David Fallows
Unknown:
Barbara Thornton
Unknown:
Laura Jeppesen
Unknown:
Edmund Brownless
Unknown:
Benjamin Bagby

Moray Welsh (cello) BBC Welsh SO leader Cynthia Fleming conductor Grant Llewellyn Vaughan Williams Overture: The Wasps
Delius The Walk to the Paradise Garden
Britten Symphony for cello and orchestra, Op 68
12.10 Interval Reading
12.15 Sibelius Symphony No 1 in E minor
(In association with Morgan Motor Co Ltd)

Contributors

Leader:
Cynthia Fleming
Conductor:
Grant Llewellyn
Conductor:
Vaughan Williams

The second of six weekly programmes looking at the development of the art of conducting over the years. Today's programme includes:
Weber Overture: Oberon conductor Arthur Nikisch
Mendelssohn
Midsummer Night's Dream (excerpts) conductor
Charles Mackerras
Beethoven Symphony No 4 in B flat conductor
Roger Norrington

Contributors

Conductor:
Arthur Nikisch
Conductor:
Charles MacKerras
Conductor:
Roger Norrington

from the University of Wales, Bangor. Capricorn:
Ileana Ruhemann (flute) Christopher O'Neal (oboe) Anthony Lamb (clarinet) Stephen Stirling (horn)
Catherine Edwards (piano) Norbert Blume (viola) Timothy Mason (cello)
Enno Senft (double-bass) Mozart Trio in E flat for clarinet, viola and piano (K 498) (Kegelstatt)
Elliott Carter Sonata for flute, oboe, cello and harpsichord
4.35 Interval Reading
4.40 Anders Nordentoft
The Nervous Saurian
(first UK performance) Hummel Septet in D minor, Op 74

Contributors

Flute:
Ileana Ruhemann
Oboe:
Christopher O'Neal
Clarinet:
Anthony Lamb
Horn:
Stephen Stirling
Piano:
Catherine Edwards
Viola:
Norbert Blume
Cello:
Timothy Mason
Double-Bass:
Enno Senft
Unknown:
Elliott Carter Sonata

1: Rain
The early summer rain - water laps and frogs are swimming at our very doors.
Thoughts on Japanese rainfall, devised and compiled from eastern and western sources by Stephen Henry Gill with his own translation of haiku poetry.
Readers Togo Igawa,
John Moffatt , Jim Norton and Megumi Shimanuki. Producer Piers Plowright (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Stephen Henry Gill
Unknown:
John Moffatt
Unknown:
Jim Norton
Unknown:
Megumi Shimanuki.
Producer:
Piers Plowright

Dmitry Sitkovetsky (violin)
BBC Symphony Orchestra leader Bela Dekany conductor Andrew Davis live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.
Beethoven Symphony No 2 in D
Anthony Payne 77me's Arrow (BBC commission: first performance)
8.30 Anthony Payne gives his own immediate reactions on hearing his Time's Arrow in performance for the first time. And Michael Hall chairs a discussion with Diana Burrell ,
Calum MacDonald and Gerard McBurney about their impressions of the work.
8.50 Elgar Violin
Concerto in B minor

Contributors

Violin:
Dmitry Sitkovetsky
Leader:
Bela Dekany
Conductor:
Andrew Davis
Unknown:
Royal Albert
Unknown:
Anthony Payne
Unknown:
Anthony Payne
Unknown:
Michael Hall
Unknown:
Diana Burrell
Unknown:
Calum MacDonald
Unknown:
Gerard McBurney

The Stalin Sonata
David Zane Mairowitz 's play, winner of a Giles Cooper Award.
'Secretary Stalin' gives the Moscow radio station
24 hours to make a recording of his favourite pianist playing Mozart. But she is in prison with her fingers smashed.
With Mary Nash (piano) Director Richard Wortley (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
David Zane Mairowitz
Unknown:
Giles Cooper
Piano:
Mary Nash
Director:
Richard Wortley
Maria Lvovna Dzerinsky:
Barbara Jefford
Semyon Pavlovitch:
Clive Merrison
Mikhail Karlovitch:
Philip Voss
Pavel llytch:
Ian Targett
Doctor:
Jane Leonard
Jailer:
Brian Miller
State Prosecutor:
Donald Gee

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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