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7.05 Weber
Overture: Oberon
London Classical Players, director Roger Norrington
7.40 Schubert, arr Liszt Wanderer Fantasy Michel Beroff (piano) Leipzig Gewandhaus
Orchestra/Kurt Masur
8.05 Dvorak
Overture: Carnival
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Raphael Kubelik
8.40 Haydn Symphony
No 85 in B flat (La reine) New York Philharmonic
Orchestra/Bernstein Discs

Tomorrow is the 150th anniversary of Grieg's birth in Bergen. This week's programmes are introduced by Robert Layton. Two Songs, Op 5
Anne Sofie von Otter
(mezzo)
Bengt Forsberg (piano) Fugue in F minor Norwegian Quartet
Symphony in C minor Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, conductor
Okko Kamu
Agitato (1865)
Poetic Tone Pictures, Op 3 Nos 4, 5 and Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) Producer Andrew Musset Discs

Rossini
Overture: Tancredi
Budapest Wind Ensemble, director Kalman Berkes
10.06 Mozart Piano Concerto No 25 in C
(K503)
Brigitte Meyer (piano) Lausanne Chamber
Orchestra/Otmar Maga
10.37 Schubert Two
German Dances (DNos 6 and 7); Two
Waltzes (D146 Nos 12 and 20) Budapest Wind Ensemble, director Kalman Berkes
10.42 Artist of the Week:
Fritz Wunderlich (tenor)
Schumann Dichterliebe
Hubert Giesen (piano)
11.09
Mozart Divertimento in E flat
(K166)
Budapest Wind Ensemble, director Kalman Berkes
11.30 Debussy
La damoiselle élue
Maria Ewing and Gabriele Sima (sopranos)
Arnold Schoenberg Choir Berlin Philharmonic
Orchestra, conductor Claudio Abbado

Lyndon Jenkins introduces recordings of the London Baroque Ensemble, which was founded in 1941 by Karl Haas and boasted some of the best British players of the day. Producer Patrick Lambert

n Stephen Hough
(piano) from St John 's, Smith Square, London.
Grieg Six Lyric Pieces Schoenberg Six Little Pieces, Op 19
Beethoven Piano Sonata in C minor, Op
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conductor Tadaaki Otaka
Stravinsky Symphonies of wind instruments
Rossini, arr Britten
Matinées musicales
Stravinsky Jeu de cartes

Joachim Piano Trio
Suk Elegie
Mendelssohn Piano Trio in C minor, Op 66

The first of two programmes.
George McPhee plays the organ of St Salvator's Chapel,
University of St Andrew's. Rory Boyle Three Pieces John Black Ane Lessone upone the First Psalme Pierre du Mage Livre d'orgue
Durufle Fugue sur le carillon de Soissons
Cathédrale

Stephen Johnson with music, news, arts reports and interviews.
Producer Tim Thome

Opera in three acts by Gerald Barry to a libretto by Vincent Deane.
In 18th-century Dublin,
Paradies cannot finish his new opera. The arrival of the castrato Serafino inspires him to music, but disrupts his marriage plans. (baritone) (tenor) (soprano) (bass) (countertenor) (alto)
Almeida Ensemble, conductor Robert Houlihan
Actl
8.15 Gerald Barry talks to
Paul Griffiths about his opera.
8.25 Act 2
9.00 A reading from A True and Genuine Narrative of Mr and Mrs Tenducci , a source text for The
Intelligence Park.
9.10 Act 3

I In five programmes this week,
Jeremy J Beadle considers major artistic movements of the modern period. 1: Impressionism
Producer Anthony Sellors
(Symbolism tomorrow 9.30pm)

Mazurkas: in C, Op 68 No 1; in C sharp minor, Op 41 No 1;
Nocturne in C sharp minor, Op 27 No 1;
Berceuse in D flat, Op 57; Waltz in A flat, Op 42; Fantasy in F minor, Op
49; Ecossaises, Op 72 No 3 Norma Fisher (piano)

with Robert Sandall and Mark Russell. Including an interview with guitarist Caspar Brotzmann. Producer Sarah Devonald

Last of four programmes. Dowland visited Italy at a crucial point in his career. Some of his songs are contrasted with those of Marenzio, Caccini and Monteverdi. Following these, a cycle of songs composed on the death of Prince Henry in 1612 by John Coprario. Consort of Musicke, director Anthony Rooley. Series producer Graham Dixon

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