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The BBC Concert Orchestra
Dukas
The Sorcerer's Apprentice conductor Elgar Howarth
7.12 Dohnanyi Variations on a Nursery Song with Philip Martin (piano) conductor Elgar Howarth
7.38 Honegger Pastorale d'été conductor Jiri Starek
7.47 Stanford
Symphony No 7 in D minor conductor Charles Groves
8.15 Humperdinck
Overture: Hansel and Gretel conductor Elgar Howarth
8.23 Bridge Summer conductor Charles Groves
8.35 Tchaikovsky
Suite: The Sleeping Beauty conductor Elgar Howarth

Contributors

Conductor:
Elgar Howarth
Piano:
Philip Martin
Conductor:
Elgar Howarth
Conductor:
Jiri Starek
Conductor:
Charles Groves
Conductor:
Elgar Howarth
Conductor:
Charles Groves
Conductor:
Elgar Howarth

with Listeners' Requests:
Grieg Norwegian Dance No 1
9.22 Ravel, orch Viacava Jeux d'eau
9.28 Handel
Water Music: Suite in G
9.41 Berwald
Grand Septet in Bflat
10.05
Lambert Aubade héroïque
10.14 Artist of the Week:
Clifford Curzon (piano)
Schubert Impromptu in A flat (D899 No 4)
10.22 Symphony of the Week: Howard Hanson
Symphony No 2 (Romantic)
10.53 Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
11.12 Composer of the Week preview: Britten An American Overture
11.23 Schubert Impromptu in G flat (D899 No 3)
Clifford Curzon (piano)
11.30 Orff Cour d'amours, Blanziflor et Helena,
Fortuna imperatrix mundi (Carmina Burana)
Producer Sarah Devonald

Contributors

Unknown:
Viacava Jeux
Unknown:
Lambert Aubade
Piano:
Clifford Curzon
Unknown:
Vaughan Williams
Unknown:
Thomas Tallis
Unknown:
Schubert Impromptu
Piano:
Clifford Curzon
Piano:
Orff Cour
Producer:
Sarah Devonald

Philip French quarries gems from the BBC Sound Archives. This week,
Rosamund Lehmann from a live Home Service series of 1953 about first novels. Producer Louise Purslow

Contributors

Unknown:
Rosamund Lehmann
Producer:
Louise Purslow

Berlin Philharmonic/ Nikolaus Hamoncourt
Serenade in D (K320) (Posthorn)
2.15 Two Dreams by Franz Kafka read by Paul Guinery.
2.20 Mozart Symphony No 38 in D (K504) (Prague)

Contributors

Unknown:
Nikolaus Hamoncourt
Unknown:
Franz Kafka
Read By:
Paul Guinery.

The second of three concerts of music for piano and wind. Andras Schiff and Bruno Canino (piano)
Heinz Holliger (oboe) Aurele Nicolet (flute)
Elmar Schmid (clarinet)
Klaus Thunemann (bassoon) Radovan Vlatkovic (horn) Beethoven Three
Marches for piano duet, Op 45
Sandor Veress Diptych for wind quintet (first performance)
Schmann Three Romances for oboe and piano, Op 94 Birtwistle Five Distances for five instruments (first performance)

Contributors

Unknown:
Andras Schiff
Piano:
Bruno Canino
Oboe:
Heinz Holliger
Clarinet:
Elmar Schmid
Bassoon:
Klaus Thunemann
Horn:
Radovan Vlatkovic

Biber Sonatas Nos 6, 8, 9 and 11 (Sonate, TamAris, quam Aulis Servientes)
William Young Sonata for four violins; Sonata for three violins and bass
Schmelzer Lamento sopra la morte Ferdinandi III (1657) Sonata No 11 in five parts (Sacro-Profanus Concentus Musicus, 1662)

Contributors

Unknown:
William Young Sonata
Bass:
Schmelzer Lamento

An act of worship on the life and sacred music of Sir Arthur Sullivan , led by the Rev Stephen Shipley. Music sung by Ely Cathedral Choir. 0 Love the Lord; Alleluia, Alleluia, Hearts to Heaven and Voices Raise (Lux
Eoi); 0 Israel; Vouchsafe, 0 Lord (Festival Te
Deum); Lead, kindly light (Lux in Tenebris); God sent his messenger the rain (The Golden Legend); Brother, thou art gone before us (The Martyr of Antioch); Onward, Christian Soldiers (St Gertrude); Thou, 0 Lord, Art Our Father (The Prodigal Son).
Music Director Paul Trepte.

Contributors

Unknown:
Arthur Sullivan
Unknown:
Stephen Shipley.
Director:
Paul Trepte.

Napoli Milionaria by Eduardo da Filippo.
From its successful run at the Royal National Theatre, Peter Tinniswood 's new version of this classic study of Neapolitan life in the Second World War.
Starring Ian McKellen and Frances Barber.
RNT production directed by Richard Eyre and for radio by Chris Barton Producer Jeremy Howe

Contributors

Unknown:
Napoli Milionaria
Unknown:
Eduardo Da Filippo.
Unknown:
Peter Tinniswood
Unknown:
Ian McKellen
Unknown:
Frances Barber.
Directed By:
Richard Eyre
Unknown:
Chris Barton
Producer:
Jeremy Howe
Getmaro Jovine:
Ian McKellen
Amalia jovine:
Frances Barber
Maria Rosaria:
Angela Clarke
Amedeo:
Phil McKee
Adelaide:
Antonia Pemberton
Federico:
Russell Boulter
Errico:
Mark McGann
Peppe:
Ian Burf1eld
Riccardo:
Richard Brenner
Sergeant Gappa:
Kenneth Cranham
Franco:
Derek Hutchinson
Assunta:
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Doctor:
Crispin Redman

John Cage in memoriam (1912-1992)
In this last programme, Howard Skempton and John Tilbury introduce music from 1934 to 1973.
Music Projects,
London/Richard Bemas Atlas Eclipticalis (1961)
Six Short Inventions (1934) In a Landscape (1948) Hugh Webb (harp) Etcetera 1 (1973)

Contributors

Unknown:
John Cage
Unknown:
Howard Skempton
Unknown:
John Tilbury
Harp:
Hugh Webb

BBC Radio 3

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