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Radio 3's regular Sunday sequence, with Penny Gore.
7.02, 7.20 and 8.40 Choral works by Tallis, White, Gibbons and Sheppard Clerkes of Oxenford, conductor David Wulstan
7.45 Elgar Violin
Concerto in B minor Kurt Nikkanen (violin)
BBC Scottish Symphony
Orchestra/Jerzy Maksymiuk Producer Piers Burton-Page

Contributors

Conductor:
David Wulstan
Violin:
Kurt Nikkanen
Producer:
Piers Burton-Page

Nielsen Overture:
Maskarade
Swedish RSO/Esa-Pekka Salonen
9.06 Faure Impromptu Ursula Holliger (harp)
9.14 Mozart Theme,
Variations and Finale
(Serenade in B flat, K361) Budapest Wind Ensemble
9.26 Composer of the Week: Tchaikovsky October;
November (The Seasons) Lydia Artymiw (piano)
9.34 Berlioz Waltz- At the Ball (Symphonie Fantastique)
London Symphony
Orchestra/Colin Davis
9.41 Artist of the Week: James Dower (flute)
Bach Italian Concerto
(BWV971)
London Bach Orchestra, conductor Malcolm Layfield
9.54 Vaughan Williams The Wasps (excerpt) London Philharmonic
Orchestra/Adrian Boult
10.11 Massenet Rêvons, c'est I'heure; Joie! Felicity Lott (soprano) Ann Murray (mezzo)
Graham Johnson (piano)
10.19 Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor
Alfred Brendel (piano) London Symphony
Orchestra/Claudio Abbado
10.52 Britten Missa
Brevis in D
The Sixteen, conductor Harry Christophers
11.03 Scarlatti Sonatas in D (Kk141, 118)
Andreas Staier (harpsichord)
11.12 Janacek Lachian
Dances
Brno State Philharmonic
Orchestra/Frantisek Jilek
11.33 Tartlnl Violin
Sonata in G minor (Devil's Trill)
Itzhak Perlman (violin) Janet Goodman
Guggenheim (piano)
11.48 Berlioz March to the Scaffold; Dream of a Witches'Sabbath
(Symphonie Fantastique) London Symphony
Orchestra/Colin Davis
Producer Edward Blakeman. Discs

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra conductor Martyn Brabbins
Alexander Baillie (cello)

Britten Pas de Six (Prince of the Pagodas)
Prokofiev Sinfonia Concertante
Tchaikovsky Symphony No 2 in C minor (Little Russian)

Contributors

Musicians:
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Conductor:
Martyn Brabbins
Cellist:
Alexander Baillie

Timothy Roberts
(harpsichord) introduces and plays music by two of the most influential north
German composers of the late 17th century.
Weckmann Toccata in E minor; Canzona in C
Buxtehude Suite in E minor
(Aufmein lieben Gott)

Contributors

Harpsichord:
Timothy Roberts

Radio 3's new fortnightly recital series featuring young soloists and ensembles chosen to perform in concerts at the National
Portrait Gallery this autumn. Granados La maja dolorosa Sibelius Five Songs, Op 37 Katerina Karneus (mezzo) Kok-Ting Chong (piano)
Rota Sarabanda e toccata Yukl Morlmoto Once in Arcadia HI (first performance)
Stephen Fitzpatrick (harp) Brahms Piano Trio in C minor, Op Gould Trio
Introduced by Andrew Bennett , who also investigates some of the concerns and enthusiasms of young musicians as they enter the professional world. tin association with The Sunday Times)

Contributors

Unknown:
Katerina Karneus
Piano:
Rota Sarabanda
Harp:
Stephen Fitzpatrick
Introduced By:
Andrew Bennett

Das Klagende Lied Tina Kiberg (soprano)
Iris Vermillion (contralto)
Stefan Zwanziger (boy alto) Reiner Goldberg (tenor) Jacob Will (bass) Ernst Senff Choir Berlin RSO/Ashkenazy

Contributors

Soprano:
Tina Kiberg
Contralto:
Stefan Zwanziger
Tenor:
Reiner Goldberg

This listing contains language that some may find offensive.

by Joy Hendry.
William Soutar died 50 years ago this month.
Despite illness he had been writing for most of his life.
He was a prolific diarist and prose writer as well as a poet of stature. By 1943 he had been bed-ridden for 13 years. In July he was told by his doctor that he had not long to live. His last diary, The Diary of a Dying Man, was started on the morning of that visit....
Music David Dorward
Director Hamish Wilson

Contributors

Unknown:
Joy Hendry.
Unknown:
William Soutar
Music:
David Dorward
Director:
Hamish Wilson
Soutar:
Allan Sharpe
Voice:
John Buick
Margaret:
Eileen McCallum
John Soutar:
Gerard Slevin
Poetry VoicelGrierson/Morton:
Iain Agnew
Jenny/Daisy/Dream Woman:
Maureen Carr
Petty OfficerlMacdiarmid:
Alexander Morton
Taylor/Tom Scott:
John Yule
EviejMad woman:
Monica Gibb
Girl/Dolly:
Donalda Samuel

Handel Esther
Before tonight's concert,
George Guest talks with the Handei scholar Donald
Burrows about the musical strengths and dramatic shortcomings of Esther, heard here in its original 1718 version.
Stephen Alder (bass)
London Handel Choir and Orchestra/Denys Darlow (Concert recorded last April at the London Handel Festival)

Contributors

Unknown:
Handel Esther
Talks:
George Guest
Bass:
Stephen Alder
Esther:
Nancy Argenta (sop)
Israelite woman:
Mona Julsrud (sop)
Priest of the Israelites:
Michael Chance (counter-Tenor)
Ahasuerus:
Paul Agnew (tenor)
Mordecai:
Ian Partridge (tenor)
Haman:
Stephen Varcoe (bass)

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