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7.00 Warlock
Capriol Suite
Guildhall String Ensemble, conductor Robert Salter
7.30 Ravel
Rapsodie espagnole Berlin Philharmonic
Orchestra/von Karajan
8.20 Sibelius Suite for violin and string orchestra
Lahti Symphony Orchestra, conductor Osmo Vanska
8.30 Haydn
Symphony No 92 in G La Petite Bande, director
Sigiswald Kuijken Discs

presented by John Thornley. Princes, poets, peasants and professors
Cantata No 205: Der zufriedengestellte Aeolus (for the name-day of Prof A ugust Friedrich Muller ) (excerpts) Mieke van der Sluis
(soprano)
David Thomas (bass)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, director Gustav Leonhardt
Cantata No 207a: Auf, schmetternde ToMe (for the name-day of August III, Elector of Saxony) (excerpts)
Ruth Ziesak (soprano) Peter Kooy (bass)
Concerto Cologne, director Frieder Bernius
Cantata No 212: Mer hahn en neue Oberkeet
(Peasant Cantata)
Emma Kirkby (soprano) David Thomas (bass)
Academy of Ancient Music, conductor Christopher Hogwood. Discs

with Susan Sharpe.
Vivaldi Concerto in C (per la Solennita di San
Lorenzo) (RV556)
I Filarmonici del Teatro
Comunale di Bologna, conductor Riccardo Chailly
10.15 Mayr Piano Concerto No 1 in C
Maria Littauer (piano) Hamburg Symphony
Orchestra, conductor
Alois Springer
10.35
Donizetti Spirto di Dio
Ian Caddy (baritone)
Melvyn Tan (fortepiano)
10.40 Liszt Les Préludes
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Ferenc Fricsay
10.55 Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No 13 in A minor
Ferruccio Busoni (piano) (Mono)
11.00 Beethoven Octet in E flat
Wind Soloists of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe
11.25
Cherubini Offertoire ; Sanctus; 0 Salutaris Hostia
(Coronation Mass)
Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra/Muti
11.45 Tartini Sonata in G minor (Devil's Trill) Itzhak Perlman (violin) Janet Goodman
Guggenheim (piano)
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BBC Radio 3, Broadcasting House, London WlA 1AA or phone [number removed]

York Piano Trio:
Jeremy Williams
(violin), Louise Hopkins
(cello), John York (piano), from Broadcasting House, London.
Tchaikovsky Piano Trio in A minor, Op 50

Symphony No 5 in C minor (Reformation) Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, conductor Kurt
Masur. Disc

from Exeter
Cathedral. Introit:
Ave Maris Stella (Grieg);
Responses (William Smith ); Psalms 147-150 (Marsh, Stanford, Alcock,
Goodenough); First Lesson: Jeremiah 44, w 1-14 (RSV); Canticles: Nicholson in D flat; Second Lesson:
Romans 4, w 13-end;
Anthem: Insanae et vanae curae (Haydn); Hymn: And didst thou travel light dear Lord (Kingsfold); Organ voluntary: Toccata
(Plymouth Suite) (Percy Whitlock ).
Organist and Master of the Choristers Lucian
Nethsingha. Assistant Organist Paul Morgan.

with Richard Baker.
Producer Fiona Shelmerdine

conductor Pierre Boulez
Phyllis Bryn-Julson (mezzo) Schoenberg Chamber Symphony No 1, Op 9
Stravinsky Concertino for 12 instruments; Eight
Instrumental Miniatures; Four Cat's Cradle Songs; Pribaoutki
Boulez Le marteau sans maitre

In the second of three talks by poet James Kirkup about his adopted homeland,
Japan, he visits the famous Kyoto festival Gion Matsuri and hears that the country remains a place of bizarre events, where prayers are chanted for the souls of thousands of used bras in a memorial service intended to assure them a peaceful afterlife.
(Final programme tomorrow 8.40pm)

The first of four programmes marking the 150th anniversary of the composer's birth.
Margaret Fingerhut (piano) Grieg Four Lyric Pieces: At the Cradle, Op 68 No 5; To Spring, Op 43 No 6; Elegie, Op 38 No 6; Little Brook, Op 62 No 4
Ballade in G minor, Op 24 Three Lyric Pieces:
Homesickness, Op 57 No 6; Nocturne, Op 54 No 4; Wedding Day at
Troldhaugen, Op 65 No 6

conductor Markus Stenz
Henze La Selva
Incantata Cherubini Symphony in D

Robert Hewison discusses issues of political correctness raised by David Mamet 's new play Oleanna, directed by Harold Pinter , and the first of Edward Said 's
Reith Lectures on the place of intellectuals in society. Producer Nicki Paxman

play the first of six programmes of chamber music drawn mainly from the Biedermeier period and played on period instruments. Presented by Antony Pay .
Schubert Notturno in Eflat(D897)
Beethoven Septet in E flat, Op 20

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