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Music, news and weather with Catriona Young , including at approximately
7.05 Tchaikovsky Capriccio Italien
St Louis SO/Leonard Slatkin
7.25 Mendelssohn Song without Words, Op30No2
Livia Rev (piano)
7.30 Handel Overture:
Alexander's Feast
Scottish Chamber
Orchestra, conductor Alexander Gibson
8.05 Strauss Serenade
London Winds, conductor Michael Collins
8.30 Bloch Schelomo
Mstislav Rostropovich (cello)
French National Orchestra, conductor Leonard
Bernstein. Discs

Contributors

Unknown:
Catriona Young
Piano:
Livia Rev
Conductor:
Alexander Gibson
Conductor:
Michael Collins
Conductor:
Bloch Schelomo
Cello:
Mstislav Rostropovich

"I set the whole of the Ode to music ... I consider it a favourable specimen of my style of vocal composition." David Byers introduces a rare opportunity to hear
Wesley's 1794 setting of words by his grandfather.
With Anthony Finigan as the composer.
Ode to St Cecilia
Julia Gooding (soprano)
Charles Brett (countertenor) David Mattinson (baritone) BBC Singers
Orchestra of St John 's,
Smith Square, conductor John Lubbock

Contributors

Introduces:
David Byers
Unknown:
Anthony Finigan
Soprano:
Charles Brett
Baritone:
David Mattinson
Unknown:
St John
Conductor:
John Lubbock

with Piers Burton-Page , who this morning includes a work commissioned by Artist of the Week
Yehudi Menuhin , and explores his collaboration with Indian musicians.
10.25 Bartok Solo Violin Sonata
Yehudi Menuhin (violin)
10.55 Raga Piloo Ravi Shankar (sitar)
Yehudi Menuhin (violin) Alia Rakha (tabla) Kamala Chakravati
(tanpura)
11.10 Brahms Waltzes , Op 39
Yaara Tal and Andreas Groethuysen (piano duet)
11.30 Mozart Violin Concerto No 3 in G
(K216)
Yehudi Menuhin (violin) Bath Festival Orchestra

Contributors

Unknown:
Piers Burton-Page
Unknown:
Yehudi Menuhin
Violin:
Yehudi Menuhin
Violin:
Raga Piloo
Violin:
Ravi Shankar
Violin:
Yehudi Menuhin
Unknown:
Kamala Chakravati
Unknown:
Brahms Waltzes
Unknown:
Yaara Tal
Piano:
Andreas Groethuysen
Violin:
Yehudi Menuhin

Presented by Rodney Slatford from Manchester, with studio guests
Van Pascal Tortelier and Peter Hill
. Including
Haydn Wood Overture: Apollo
6.10 Sibelius Suite:
Belshazzar's Feast, Op 51
6.32 Schumann Violin
Sonata in A minor, Op 105
7.10 Ravel Le tombeau de
Couperin
Producer Paul Hindmarsh

Contributors

Presented By:
Rodney Slatford
Unknown:
van Pascal Tortelier
Unknown:
Peter Hill
Producer:
Paul Hindmarsh

I from Studio 1.
! John Mark Ainsley (tenor)
Julius Drake (piano)
Purcell, arr Britten If music be the food of love (two versions); Sweeter than roses
Schubert Nahe des
Geliebten; An den Mond;
Auf dem See;
Erster Verlust ; Willkommen undAbschied
Quitter My life's delight; Go lovely rose; Weep you no more sad fountains; Fair house of joy
8.10 In a Change to
Tonight's Programme ... Singers recall the trials of keeping the voice in perfect working order.
8.30 Britten Seven
Sonnets of Michelangelo; Folk-song arrangements: The Sally Gardens; Little Sir William; The trees they grow so high; Come you not from Newcastle?

Contributors

Tenor:
John Mark Ainsley
Piano:
Julius Drake
Unknown:
Erster Verlust

A Musical Portrait of Peter Paul Nash
Introduced by the composer. Sarah Leonard (soprano) Rolf Hind (piano)
Brindisi String Quartet Ingrid Culliford (flute) David Rix (clarinet)
Martin Allen (percussion) conductor Stefan Asbury
Ravel Menuet sur le nom de Haydn
Nash Terrace
Sibelius Sonatina in F sharp minor
Nash In a Walled Garden
Bach Fugue in C sharp minor ('48' Bk 2)
Per Norgard Remembering (first UK performance)
Nash String Quartet No 2 (Festival commission - first performance)

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Paul Nash
Soprano:
Sarah Leonard
Piano:
Rolf Hind
Clarinet:
David Rix
Clarinet:
Martin Allen
Conductor:
Stefan Asbury
Conductor:
Ravel Menuet

BBC Concert Orchestra conductor Barry Wordsworth John Harle (saxophone) Bryan Kelly Overture: Latin Quarter
John Foulds Indian Suite
Stanley Myers Saxophone Concerto
Richard Rodney Bennett
Variations on a Nursery Tune

Contributors

Conductor:
Barry Wordsworth
Conductor:
John Harle
Unknown:
Bryan Kelly
Unknown:
John Foulds

BBC Radio 3

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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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