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Radio 3's new regular Sunday sequence, presented by Penny Gore .
Including today at 7.05 and
8.50 motets by Giovanni Gabrieli sung by the Choir of King's College, Cambridge
7.10 Wagner Prelude to Lohengrin, Act 1
8.15 Sibelius Symphony No 4 in A minor
BBC Philharmonic, conductor Stephen Bishop and more from
Peter Hurford 's complete BBC Bach organ survey, including at 8.00 Trio
Sonata No 4 in E minor
(BWV528)

Contributors

Presented By:
Penny Gore
Unknown:
Giovanni Gabrieli
Conductor:
Stephen Bishop
Unknown:
Peter Hurford

Handel Concerto Grosso in B flat, Op 3 No 2 Academy of St Martin, conductor Neville Marriner
9.16 Dvorak Slavonic
Dances: in G minor,
Op 46 No 8; in C, Op 72 Nos 1 and 7 Chamber Orchestra of Europe Wind Soloists
9.29 Rubbra
Improvisation on Virginal Pieces by Giles Farnaby
Bournemouth Sinfonietta/ Hans-Hubert Schonzeler
9.46 Artist of the Week:
Martha Argerich (piano) Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No 5
9.53 Moscheles
Concertante in F
Heinz Holliger (oboe) Aurele Nicolet (flute)
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra/Eliahu Inbal
10.08 Alessandro Scarlatti
Gid il sole dal Gange; Son tutta duolo; Se Florindo e fedele
Cecilia Bartoli (soprano) Gyorgy Fischer (piano)
10.16 Gershwin An
American in Paris
New York Philharmonic/ Michael Tilson Thomas
10.35 Coleridge-Taylor Deep River
Anthony Goldstone (piano)
10.41 D'lndy The Enchanted Forest
Loire PO/Pierre Dervaux
10.56 Massenet
Manon (Act 3, excerpts) Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)
ROH Orchestra/Jeffrey Tate

Contributors

Conductor:
Neville Marriner
Artist:
Hans-Hubert Schonzeler
Piano:
Martha Argerich
Unknown:
Alessandro Scarlatti
Soprano:
Cecilia Bartoli
Piano:
Gyorgy Fischer
Unknown:
Michael Tilson Thomas
Piano:
Anthony Goldstone
Soprano:
Kiri Te Kanawa

No 1 in E flat (KI6) Academy of St Martin/Marriner
11.15 Alwyn Pastoral Fantasia
Stephen Tees (viola)
City of London Sinfonia, conductor Richard Hickox
11.29 Composer of the Week: Francois Couperin La Visionaire; Les
Baricades Misterieuses
John Henry (harpsichord)
11.33 Glazunov Raymonde (Act 1, excerpt) Scottish National
Orchestra/Neeme Jarvi. Discs

Contributors

Viola:
Stephen Tees
Conductor:
Richard Hickox
Harpsichord:
John Henry
Harpsichord:
Glazunov Raymonde

Ivan Hewett presents the first edition of Radio 3's weekly live music magazine, exploring and debating ideas and issues in and around the world of music. Including this week, a look at the complementary worlds of Strauss and Stravinsky (whose music features in a new BBC concert series in London), and the newly-published correspondence between two giants of post-war music, Pierre Boulez and John Cage.
Producer Fiona Shelmerdine

Contributors

Unknown:
Ivan Hewett
Music:
Pierre Boulez
Music:
John Cage.
Producer:
Fiona Shelmerdine

The last play in the Christopher Marlowe Season stars Ian McDiarmid as Barabas the Jew, whose assets are stripped by Christians and who wreaks a terrible revenge. A savage "comic" tragedy of intrigue, murder and love.

Contributors

Author:
Christopher Marlowe
Director:
Michael Fox
Barabas:
Ian McDiarmid
Machevil/Ferneze:
Ken Bones
Abigail:
Kathryn Hunt
Ithamore/2nd merchant:
Kieran Cunningham
Don Lodowick:
Michael Grandage
Don Mathias:
Neal Swettenham
Friar Jacomo/1st Jew:
David Fleeshman
Calymath/Friar Bernadine/ 2nd Jew:
Rod Arthur
Bellamira/Abbess:
Sue Jenkins
Rika Barza/3rd Jew:
Cliff Howells
Katherine:
Delia Corrie
1st Officer:
Robert Whelan
Martin del Bosco/ 1st Merchant/ Messenger:
Oliver Beamish
1st Knight/2nd Knight/Slave Carpenter:
Dave Bond

conductor Israel Yinon
Hans Krasa Tanz
Gideon Klein Trio
Group for New Music Pavel Haas Study for Strings
Viktor Ullman Symphony No 2 (UK premiere) BBC Philharmonic
SIMULTANEOUS BROADCAST with BBC 2 television

Contributors

Conductor:
Israel Yinon
Conductor:
Hans Krasa Tanz
Conductor:
Gideon Klein

Paul Driver introduces the second of two programmes recorded at this South Bank festival.
London Sinfonietta, conductor H K Gruber
Ernst Kovacic (violin)
Kurt Schwertsik: Music from Mutterland
H.K. Gruber: Violin Concerto No 1
Lukas Ligeti: Groove Music (UK premiere)
Kurt Schwertsik: Transformation Scenes (Fanferlieschen Schonefusschen)

Contributors

Presenter:
Paul Driver
Musicians:
London Sinfonietta
Conductor:
H.K. Gruber
Violin:
Ernst Kovacic

by Giacomo Carissimi
Stephen Varcoe (bass-bar) Stephen Chariesworth (bar) His Majesties Sagbutts and Cornetts
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists, conductor John Eliot
Gardiner
Discs

Contributors

Unknown:
Giacomo Carissimi
Bass-Bar:
Stephen Varcoe
Bass-Bar:
Stephen Chariesworth
Conductor:
John Eliot

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