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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
"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
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
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor Tadaaki Otaka
Tchaikovsky Fantasy Overture: Romeo and Juliet
Mahler Symphony No 5 in C sharp minor
(Given in association with Severn Trent plc)
A personal view of musicals presented in six programmes by Robert Cushman , with songs from original cast recordings, some familiar, some less well known.
3: Two Shows and a Fibn A BML production
BBC Philharmonic conductor Yan Pascal Tortelier
Dmitri Alexeev (piano)
Beethoven Overture: The
Creatures of Prometheus
Chopin Piano Concerto No 2 in F minor
Tchaikovsky Symphony No 6 in B minor
(Pathetique)
Tommy Pearson investigates some of the fascinating music of the Arab world, including music of the Sufi orders and the Mevlevi or "whirling dervishes".
Producer Chris Wines
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
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?
Sir Arthur Streeb-Greebling discusses his recent discovery of the fossilised remains of Jesus Christ.
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)
Tony Palmer exposes the life and literary output of Rudyard Kipling and asks whether he was jingoist or genius.
Producer Abigail Appleton
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
Except in Scotland.
As broadcast 9.00 10.25am on R5
English Resources: The Poetry of Passion - In Love with Love