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Andrew MacGregor presents the first music of the day, with news, arts news and weather.
Including at
7.00 Weber Overture:
Oberon
Montreal Symphony
Orchestra/Charles Dutoit
8.00 Arne Symphony No 1 in C
Cantilena director Adrian Shepherd
8.40 Delius Concerto for violin and cello
Tasmin Little (violin)
Raphael Wallfisch (cello) Royal Liverpool PO/ Charles Mackerras

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew MacGregor
Director:
Adrian Shepherd
Cello:
Raphael Wallfisch
Unknown:
Charles MacKerras

Bruckner Vexilla regis
Bavarian Radio
Chorus/Eugen Jochum Prelude and Fugue in C minor, Prelude in C (Perg) Erwin Horn (organ) Symphony No 3 in D minor (first version, 1873) Frankfurt Radio
SO/Eliahu Inbal Locus iste
Bavarian Radio
Chorus/Eugen Jochum Records

Contributors

Unknown:
Bruckner Vexilla
Unknown:
Erwin Horn

Dvorak Overture: The
Cunning Peasant Slovak PO/
Stephen Gunzenhauser
10.38 Schubert Impromptu in F minor (D935 No 4) Melvyn Tan (fortepiano)
10.44 Viliam Figus-Bystry Hojze, boze
Slovak Philharmonic
Choir/Pavol Prochazka
10.47 Martinu Variations on a Slovak Folksong Marek Jerie (cello)
Ivan Klansky (piano)
10.58 Janacek Andante
(Danube Symphony)
Slovak PO/Libor Pesek
11.02
Hummel Octet-Partita in Eflat Chamber Orchestra of Europe Wind Soloists
11.16 Bartok Slovak Folk
Song No 2 (44 Duets)
Sandor Vegh and Alberto Lysy (violins)
11.18
Suchon Katrena 's Aria (The Whirlpool)
Gabriela Benackova-
Capova (soprano) Bratislava Radio
SO/Ondrej Lenard
11.24 Suchon Metamorphoses Bratislava Radio
SO/Ondrej Lenard

Contributors

Unknown:
Stephen Gunzenhauser
Unknown:
Melvyn Tan
Unknown:
Viliam Figus-Bystry
Cello:
Marek Jerie
Piano:
Ivan Klansky
Unknown:
Hummel Octet-Partita
Unknown:
Sandor Vegh
Violins:
Alberto Lysy
Violins:
Suchon Katrena

Caroline Clemmow and Anthony Goldstone (pianos)
Franck Duo on 'God save the King'
Holst Two Dances (world premiere) Schubert
Duo in A minor (D947)
(Lebenssturme); Fantasy in F minor (D940)
Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio espagnol

Contributors

Unknown:
Caroline Clemmow
Pianos:
Anthony Goldstone
Pianos:
Franck Duo
Unknown:
Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio

The first of two programmes celebrating the music of William Mathias , who died in July. BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra conductor Grant Llewellyn David Cowley (oboe) Helios, Op 76 Oboe Concerto

Contributors

Unknown:
William Mathias
Conductor:
Grant Llewellyn
Oboe:
David Cowley

Pianist Ralph Sutton , now almost 70, continues to excel in the Harlem "stride" style set down by Fats Waller and Willie "The
Lion" Smith. In the first of three programmes, Ralph Sutton tells Alyn Shipton about his first encounters with Jack Teagarden and Wild Bill Davison , and about his appearances on the Rudi Blesh radio show
This Isfazz.
Producer Derek Drescher

Contributors

Pianist:
Ralph Sutton
Unknown:
Fats Waller
Unknown:
Ralph Sutton
Unknown:
Alyn Shipton
Unknown:
Jack Teagarden
Unknown:
Bill Davison
Unknown:
Rudi Blesh
Producer:
Derek Drescher

Verdi's opera in a Royal Gala performance in honour of Sir Georg Solti 's 80th birthday, live from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Sung in Italian. Introduced by James Naughtie.
Royal Opera Chorus Royal Opera House Orchestra conductor Georg Solti. Acts 1 and 2 8.40 Jeremy Isaacs talks to Sir Georg Solti about his long and distinguished career.
9.10 Acts 3 and 4 (In association with the Boeing Company)
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● MUSIC AND ARTS: page 5

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Georg Solti
Introduced By:
James Naughtie.
Conductor:
Georg Solti.
Talks:
Jeremy Isaacs
Unknown:
Sir Georg Solti
Otello:
Placido Domingo(tenor)
Desdemona:
Kiri Te Kanawa(soprano)
logo:
Sergei Leiferkus(bar)
Cassio:
Robin Leggate(tenor)
Emilia:
Claire Powell(mezzo)
Lodovico:
Mark Beesley(bass)
Montano:
Roderick Earle(bass)
Roderigo:
Ramon Remedios(tenor)
A Herald:
Christopher Lackner(bar)

Peggy Reynolds talks to Nicola Lefanu and Deborah Levy about the role of women in opera, and American author
Donna Tartt discusses her first novel, The Secret
History. Plus a first night review of Tara Arts production of Heer Ranjha. Producer Fiona McLean

Contributors

Talks:
Peggy Reynolds
Unknown:
Nicola Lefanu
Unknown:
Deborah Levy
Unknown:
Donna Tartt
Unknown:
Tara Arts
Unknown:
Heer Ranjha.
Producer:
Fiona McLean

The last of three programmes combining performances of Bach's six Brandenburg Concertos on authentic instruments with concertante pieces by 20th-century composers. Bach Brandenburg Concerto No 4 in G
Amsterdam Baroque
Orchestra/Ton Koopman Villa-Lobos Bachianas
Brasikiras No 1
Royal PO/Enrique Batiz Bach Brandenburg
Concerto No 6 in Bflat The English
Concert/Trevor Pinnock. Records

Contributors

Unknown:
Bach Brandenburg
Unknown:
Batiz Bach Brandenburg

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