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Quartet, "Late Swallows" Brodsky Quartet
11.20 Anthony Burton is joined by Rob Cowan , who has been listening to some legendary performers in new reissues on the VoxBox label, including Jascha Horenstein ,
Lili Kraus , Louis Kentner and Ivry Gitlis.
(Revised 2.00pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Anthony Burton
Unknown:
Rob Cowan
Unknown:
Jascha Horenstein
Unknown:
Lili Kraus
Unknown:
Louis Kentner
Unknown:
Ivry Gitlis.

Philip French quarries gems from the BBC Sound Archives. This week,
Sir Alfred Munnings speaks at the 1949 Royal Academy
Dinner. It was a speech which made front page news the following morning. Producer Louise Purslow

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Alfred Munnings
Producer:
Louise Purslow

Reiner in Chicago
The Hungarian-born conductor Fritz Reiner was Music Director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 1953 to 1962.
Jonathan Swain , with the help of those who knew and worked with Reiner, presents a selection of recordings made during the 1950s and 1960s, and finds out more about this controversial figure.
Rossini Overture: Il Signor Bruschino
Mozart Symphony No 41 in C (Jupiter) (K551)
Brahms Symphony No 3 inF
Strauss Ein Heldenleben
Discs

Contributors

Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Unknown:
Jonathan Swain

The Finals.
In the second of two concerts from Leeds
Town Hall, the three remaining finalists play their choice of concerto with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, conductor Simon Rattle , to decide the winner of the coveted Edward Boyle Prize and the Princess Mary Gold Medal. Introduced by Michael Berkeley , with expert comment from Paul Crossley. Following the jury's deliberations, the result will be announced on BBC2 at 11.00pm and on Radio 3 at 12.30am (after the Gil Evans concert).
SIMULTANEOUS BROADCAST with BBC 2 television

Contributors

Conductor:
Simon Rattle
Unknown:
Edward Boyle Prize
Introduced By:
Michael Berkeley
Unknown:
Paul Crossley.
Unknown:
Gil Evans

Nineteenth-century Vienna demanded new tunes weekly, and a young man fresh from Eastern Europe was ready to oblige. His name, Francesco Ezechiele Ermenegildo Cavallier , read like a guest list, so he naturally changed it to
Franz Suppe. Graeme Fife presents a profile of this little-known composer. Producer Piers Plowright

Contributors

Unknown:
Francesco Ezechiele
Unknown:
Ermenegildo Cavallier
Unknown:
Franz Suppe.
Unknown:
Graeme Fife
Producer:
Piers Plowright

This Canadian composer and arranger celebrated his 75th birthday on 13 May
1987 by giving a concert at the Hammersmith Odeon with his New York Orchestra. Max Harrison introduces the recording of that concert, which also featured other musicians who had worked with Evans, including Palle Mikkelborg and Lew Soloff (trumpets), Steve Lacy and John Surman (saxophones), Dave Bargeron (trombone) and Airto Moreira (percussion).

Mingus Boogie stop shuffle; Orange was the colour of her dress
Parker Bird feathers
Hendrix Up from the skies Mingus Goodbye pork pie hat
Evans/Davis Eleven

During the interval, part of conversations Gil Evans had with Charles Fox in 1978 and 1983.

Hendrix Stone free
D Brown Sometimes
Sting Murder by numbers; Synchronicity

Contributors

Introduces:
Max Harrison
Unknown:
Palle Mikkelborg
Unknown:
Lew Soloff
Unknown:
Steve Lacy
Unknown:
John Surman
Unknown:
Dave Bargeron
Unknown:
Airto Moreira
Unknown:
Mingus Boogie
Unknown:
Gii Evans
Unknown:
Charles Fox
Unknown:
Hendrix Stone

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Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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