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with Susan Sharpe.
Bach English Suite No 1 inA(BWV806)
Andras Schiff (piano)
10.22 Part De Profundis Hilliard Ensemble
10.30 Lemba Scherzo and Trio (Symphony in C sharp minor)
Scottish National
Orchestra/Neeme Jarvi
10.40
Schumann Noveletten , Op 21 Nos 1 and Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
10.50 Debussy
La Damoiselle élue
Maria Ewing (soprano) Brigitte Balleys (mezzo) London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus/Claudio Abbado
11.10 Francaix Cinq
Portraits de jeunes filles The Composer (piano) U.25 Humperdinck
Erlost, befreit, fur alle ZeW; Vater! Mutter! (Hansel und Gretel)
Anne-Sofie von Otter (mezzo) Barbara Bonney and Hanna Schwarz (sopranos) Andreas Schmidt (bar) Boys' Choir
Bavarian RSO/Jeffrey Tate
11.32 Bruckner Adagio (String Quartet in F) Alberni Quartet
11.45 Wagner Overture: Der Fliegende Hollander Chicago SO/Georg Soiti

Contributors

Unknown:
Susan Sharpe.
Piano:
Andras Schiff
Unknown:
Profundis Hilliard
Unknown:
Lemba Scherzo
Unknown:
Schumann Noveletten
Piano:
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Soprano:
Maria Ewing
Soprano:
Brigitte Balleys

with Anthony Burton.
Building a Library
Schubert's Symphony No 8 in B minor (Unfinished) with Jonathan Swain.
Julian Budden reviews new recordings of Cilea's L'Arlesiana, Rossini's Il Turco in Italia and Puccini's La Fanciulla del West.

Contributors

Presenter:
Anthony Burton
Reviewer:
Jonathan Swain
Reviewer:
Julian Budden

Peter Barker presents the first of three programmes looking back over 70 years of the BBC and the ensembles it founded.
Delibes Prelude and Mazurka (Coppelia) BBC Wireless SO/ Percy Pitt Gounod
In Vain do I Call (Faust) Heddle Nash (tenor)
BBC SO/Thomas Beecham Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No 4 BBC SO/The Composer
Wagner A Faust Overture BBC SO/Arturo Toscanini Producer Sile O'Modhrain

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Barker
Unknown:
Percy Pitt Gounod
Tenor:
Heddle Nash
Unknown:
Beecham Elgar Pomp

live from Chester Cathedral. Introit: Save us, 0 Lord (Bairstow): Responses:
Ayleward; Office Hymn: Father most holy
(Plainsong): Psalms: 82, 83, 84, 85 (MacFarren, Cross, Woods, Hopkins);
Readings: I Kings 8, vv 1-30 (RSV): Acts 9, vv 19b-31: Canticles: Andrews in G; Anthem: Seek him that maketh the seven stars
(Elgar); Hymn: Come ye faithful raise the anthem
(Neander); Organ Voluntary: Final
(Symphony No 6) (Vierne) Master of the Choristers and Organist
Roger Fisher. Assistant Organist Graham Eccles.

Contributors

Unknown:
Chester Cathedral.
Organist:
Roger Fisher.
Organist:
Graham Eccles.

A live relay of Puccini's opera in one of the performances marking
Luciano Pavarotti 's ' eagerly awaited return to : the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Sung in Italian.
Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra conductor Zubin Mehta Act I
8.15 In Restauro
The fight to save Italy's heritage. David Willey , BBC correspondent in Rome, visits some of the historic sites in Italy which are causing concern.
8.40 Act 2
9.25 A Night in Rome Is the vita still dolce in Rome? Brucejohnson and Gaia Servadio spend a night out in the city.
9.50 Act 3

Contributors

Unknown:
Luciano Pavarotti
Conductor:
Zubin Mehta
Unknown:
David Willey
Unknown:
Gaia Servadio
Fiona Tosca:
Elizabeth Holleque(sop)
Mario Cavamdossi:
Luciano Pavarotti(tenor)
Baron Scarpia:
Silvano Carroli (bar)
Cesare Angelotti:
Roderick Earle(bass)
A Sacristan:
Eric Garrett(bass)
Spolctta:
John Dobson(tenor)
Sdarrone:
John Hall(bass)
Gaoler:
Bryan Secombe(bass)

Tonight Radio 3's new late-night arts programme includes first-night reviews of Medea, starring Diana Rigg at the Almeida Theatre, and Nicholas Hytner 's new production of Verdi's The Force of Destiny at the English National Opera.
Lisa Jardine interviews the novelist
Jeanette Winterson , and tonight's studio discussion includes the writer Michele Roberts. Producer John Goudie

Contributors

Unknown:
Diana Rigg
Unknown:
Nicholas Hytner
Unknown:
Lisa Jardine
Unknown:
Jeanette Winterson
Unknown:
Michele Roberts.
Producer:
John Goudie

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