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7.05 Handel Concerto
Grosso in F, Op 6 No 2
Handel and Haydn Society, conductor Christopher Hogwood
7.20 Waxman Carmen
Fantasy
Maxim Vengerov (violin) Israel Philharmonic, conductor Zubin Mehta
7.32 Praetorius Dances from Terpsichore
Parley of Instruments, conductor David Hill
8.05 Widor Salvum fac populum tuum, Op 84 Christopher Bowers -Broadbent (organ)
London Gabrieli Brass
Ensemble, conductor Christopher Larkin
8.20 Artist of the Week: Mieczyslaw Horszowski (piano)
Bach Preludes and Fugues: No 17 in A flat; No 18 in G sharp minor
8.44 Barber Knoxville:
Summer of Dawn Upshaw (soprano) Orchestra of St Luke's, conductor David Zinman
Discs
Today featuring music by Josef Strauss (1827-70), whom Johann (son) called "the most talented" of the three brothers. Peter Kemp also includes a selection from Johann (son)'s only full-length ballet score.
with Chris de Souza, including:
Beethoven Overture and Incidental Music (The Ruins of Athens) - RPO/Thomas Beecham
10.35 Artist of the Week: Mieczyslaw Horszowski (piano)
Bach Preludes and Fugues from the '48'
10.50 Liszt Die drei Zigeuner - Ameral Gunson (mezzo) BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Simon Joly
10.55 Beethoven String Quartet in F - Amadeus Quartet
11.10 Liszt Die drei Zigeuner - Mitsuko Shirai (mezzo) Harmut Holl (piano)
11.20 Mozart Adagio and Fugue in G minor (K404) - Grumiaux Trio
11.35 Liszt, orch Searle Grand Concert Solo - Howard Shelley (piano) BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Simon Joly
A comic opera, premiered in 1816, two months after Rossini's opera, by the Dresden court composer Francesco Morlacchi , the rival of Weber in the Saxon capital. Sung in Italian.
Presented by Ciive Bennett.
Paris Orchestral Ensemble, conductor Maurizio Barbacini
. Richard McMahon and Martin Jones (piano)
Stravinsky Easy Pieces
Satie Trois morceaux en forme de poire
Debussy Six epigraphes antiques
Ravel Ma mere
Voye Stravinsky The Rite of Spring
Distinguished artists of today talk about an eminent predecessor.
4: Isserlis on Casals
Steven Isserlis talks to
Andrew Keener about the Spanish cellist Pablo Casals and introduces some of his greatest recordings. Including: Bach Bourrée (Cello Suite No 4 in E flat)
Beethoven Cello Sonata
No 5 in D
Piano Trio in B flat, Op 97 (Archduke) (Ist mvt) Dvorak Cello Concerto in B minor
Series about the history of singing opera for a living, written and presented by John Rosselli.
4: The Money
Mega-bucks for mega-stars are not new - neither is the other end of the scale, where chorus members struggle to scrape together a basic wage.
conductor Nikolaus
Harnoncourt Andreas Schmidt (baritone) Haydn Symphony No in B flat
Schubert Overture: Die
Zauberharfe
Schubert, orch Brahms Gruppe aus dem
Tartarus; Memnon;
Geheimes; An schwager Kronos
Mendelssohn Symphony No 3 in A minor
(Scottish)
Five tales by the renowned American writer.
3: Reunion
He hadn't seen much of his father. Then there were four strange lunch dates - in one day.
Read by William Hootkins.
The last of three programmes.
Hindemith Piano Sonata
No 3 in B flat
Haydn Piano Sonata in C (HXVI50)
Richard McMahon (piano)
Concluding the series by Kevin Crossley-Holland . SirMordred
1469: Embroiled against his will in a plot to betray the king, Malory hears the story of the betrayal and death of Arthur - and of his sleep beneath the earth, waiting to rise again.
Series producer Nigel Bryant
Songs from the Broadway Shows lain Burnside recalls some of Broadway's great show-shopping hits and the voices that sang them, including music by Jerome Kern , Cole Porter , Richard Rodgers and George Gershwin.
Producer Adam Gatehouse Discs
