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Berlioz Overture:
Carnaval Romain
BBCPO/
Yan Pascal Tortelier
7.09 Chausson
Poème
Patricia Calnan (violin) BBC Concert
Orchestra/Charles Groves
7.27 Massenet
Balkt music: Le Cid
BBCPO/
Yan Pascal Tortelier
7.46 Weber
Overture: Der Freischutz
BBC Concert
Orchestra/David Coleman
7.56 Ravel Pavane pour une infante defunte BBC Concert
Orchestra/Elgar Howarth
8.03 Grieg
Holberg Suite BBC Concert
Orchestra/David Coleman
8.22 Faure Suite: Masques et Bergamasques BBC Concert
Orchestra/Charles Groves
8.37 Hindemith
Symphonic Metamorphosis on themes of Weber BBC Concert
Orchestra/David Coleman

Contributors

Unknown:
Carnaval Romain
Violin:
Patricia Calnan

A selection of music including Listeners'
Requests and works by Schubert, Poulenc, McLeod and Stravinsky. Featuring:
Hoist A Somerset Rhapsody
9.19 Sibelius Suite for violin and orchestra
9.32 Composer of the Week preview: Cherubini Hymne a la victoire
9.39 Artist of the Week:
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) Franck Panis Angelicus
9.43 Damase
17 Variations, Op 22
9.57 Balfour-Gardiner
Overture to a Comedy
10.06 Rutter Gloria
10.38 Donizetti Ah! mes amis (Lafille du Regiment) Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
10.46
Beethoven Sonata in C sharp minor, Op 27 No 2 (Moonlight)
11.01 Britten Courtly Dances (Gloriana)
11.12 Rachmaninov
0 come let us worship;
Bless the Lord, oh my soul (Vespers)
11.22 Symphony of the Week:
Saint-Saens Symphony No 3 in C minor (Organ) Producer Sarah Devonald 0 REQUESTS to:
BBC Broadcasting House, London, W1A 1AA

Contributors

Unknown:
Cherubini Hymne
Tenor:
Luciano Pavarotti
Tenor:
Franck Panis Angelicus
Unknown:
Rutter Gloria
Tenor:
Luciano Pavarotti
Tenor:
Beethoven Sonata
Producer:
Sarah Devonald

Hikkgard ofBingen -Behind the Veil
In the first programme of a series on Early and Baroque music, Christopher Page and John Milsom look beyond some of the myths that have grown up around this fascinating 12th-century figure.
Producer Kate Bolton

Contributors

Music:
Christopher Page
Music:
John Milsom
Producer:
Kate Bolton

From Rodolfo to the Moor
"I have been cautious about roles ... not from fear of hard work. I have never taken the easy way." The operatic career of the tenor Luciano Pavarotti extends back to 1961, to his debut in Puccini's La
Boheme, while his newest role on disc is Verdi's
Otello. In converstion with Rodney Milnes , he talks about some of these roles and about the influences on his singing.

Contributors

Unknown:
From Rodolfo
Tenor:
Luciano Pavarotti
Unknown:
Rodney Milnes

King Oedipus Sophocles ' tragic masterpiece in the version translated by W B Yeats , starring Robert Lindsay. The mighty and admired king of Thebes tries to track down the cause of the plague that is ravaging the city, but his relentless search reveals that he himself is to blame, in ignorance he has killed his father, married his mother and had children by her.
Music by Christos Pittas Adapted and directed by John Theocharis. DRAMA: page 5

Contributors

Unknown:
King Oedipus Sophocles
Unknown:
B Yeats
Unknown:
Robert Lindsay.
Music By:
Christos Pittas
Directed By:
John Theocharis.
Oedipus:
Robert Lindsay
Jocasta:
Dorothy Tutin
Oreon:
Paul Daneman
Tiresias:
Peter Vaughan
Corinthian:
David Ryall
Theban:
Cyril Shaps
Messenger:
Karl Johnson
Priest:
Peter Penry Jones
Chorus leader:
Jonathan Adams

John Cage in memoriam
(5.9.12-12.8.92)
Music in Our Time returns in a new regular Sunday night slot with the first of two programmes commemorating the work of John Cage , who died last month. David Revill introduces a recording of a Frankfurt concert scheduled to mark Cage's 80th birthday, including the world premieres of three new pieces -
Twenty-eight, Twenty-six and Twenty-nine - as well as the American bicentennial pieces Renga and Apartment House 1776. Saar RSO/Hans Zender with soloists Jeanne Lee, Helen Schmeyer, Nico Castel, Matoaka Little Eagle and Powhatan Swift Eagle. Producer Andrew Kurowski

Contributors

Unknown:
John Cage
Unknown:
John Cage
Introduces:
David Revill

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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