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7.10 Sibelius The Oceanides - City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, conductor Simon Rattle

7.40 Falla Harpsichord Concerto - Raphael Puyana (harpsichord) and Ensemble

8.00 Josef Strauss Spharenklange - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Herbert von Karajan

8.40 Liszt Les Preludes - London Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Bernard Haitink

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presented by Jeremy Hayes.
Les Sauvages
Le rappel des oiseaux La villageoise Les tourbillons
Trevor Pinnock
(harpsichord)
Acte de ballet: Pygmalion
Chorus and Orchestra of Les Arts Rorissants, director William Christie
Discs

conductor Jerzy Maksymiuk Kurt Nikkanen (violin) Mendelssohn
Overture: Ruy Bias Tchaikovsky
Violin Concerto in D
Dvorak Symphony No 9 in E minor (From the New World)

Peter Donohoe (piano) Britten Diversions for piano (left hand) and orchestra
City of Birmingham
Symphony Orchestra, conductor Simon Rattle
Disc

The fourth of six programmes. Presented by Antony Pay .
Spohr Double Quartet in D minor, Op 65
Mendelssohn Octet in E flat, Op 20

The first of five programmes comprising a selection of Corelli's sonatas and the complete Concerti da chiesa performed by the Ensemble 415's sumptuous re-creation of the composer's own orchestra.
Producer Peter Thresh Discs

If play Is Interrupted,
Radio 3 will revert to a music schedule.
England i Australia
Ball-by-ball commentary on the first day's play after lunch in the Fourth Comhill Test at Headingley by Brian Johnston ,
Christopher Martin-Jenkins and Neville Oliver. With expert comment from
Fred Trueman and Vic Marks. Scorer Bill Frindall.
Clement Freud entertains
Fred Trueman
SEE FEATURE page 26
(Morning coverage on Radio 5)
3.454.00 County Talk
Simon Hughes discusses the issues of the cricket season with Nick Cook ,
Graeme Fowler and Mark Nicholas
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A selection of music on disc.

Dmitri Alexeev (piano) Amanda Roocroft (soprano) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, conductor Mark Elder from the Royal Albert Hall, London.

Weber Overture: Euryanthe

Beethoven Piano Concerto No 2 in B flat

8.15 My Persecuted Step-Child
Richard Osborne reflects on the originality of Mahler's Fourth Symphony and asks why this most amiable of symphonies was so reviled by its earliest listeners.

8.35 Mahler Symphony No 4 in G

4: The Handsomest Drowned
Man in the World
Translated by Gregory Rabassa.
'The children who saw the dark and slinky bulge approaching let themselves think it was an enemy ship." Read by David Horovich. Producer Duncan Minshull

played by Astor Piazzolla (bandoneon) and the New Tango Quintet. Discs

Ron Geesin presents the fourth of six programmes on the work of saxophonist Coleman Hawkins.
Jumping Bean.
Hawkins's need for acceptance and applause, together with his passion for life, prohibited a purely contemplative attitude to his own musical progress. After over-zealous hot stomping in the early years, his energy by 1960 was greatly diminished and he tended to fall dangerously behind the beat.

Andalusia is the largest and poorest region in Spain.
Rich in history and tradition, it is also the cradle of the romantic image of Spain - land of flamenco dancing, Don Juan , Holy Week processions, the bullfight and, last year, in a bid for modernity and prosperity, Expo 92. In this documentary analysis,
Frank Smith examines the political and economic future of the area, with contributions from Deputy Prime Minister
Narcis Serra ; historians Professors Juan Pablo Fusi and Rodrigo de Zayas ; the Commissioner General for
Expo 92, Emilio Casinello ;
Alfonso Pajuelo , Director for Economic Planning for
Andalusia; and economist Professor Pedro Schwartz. Producer Judith Bumpus

Fan battaglia
Infelice pensier
Corrente Disperate speranze
Sarabanda Balletto
Noi siam tre donzellette semplicette
Tragicomedia, director Stephen Stubbs. Discs

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