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7.05 Boccherini
Symphony in B flat, Op 35 No
European Community Chamber Orchestra, conductor Jorg Faerber
7.25 Bruckner
Locus Iste
Corydon Singers, conductor Matthew Best
7.30
Kodaly Dances of Galanta
Philharmonia Hungarica, conductor Antal Dorati
8.05 Debussy
Danse sacrée et danse profane
Skaila Kanga (harp)
Academy of St Martin Chamber Ensemble
8.15 Mendelssohn
Song without Words, Op 30 No
Livia Rev (piano)
8.30 Bach
Orchestral Suite No 2 in B minor (BWV 1067)
English Chamber Orchestra, director Raymond Leppard Discs

"I am sorry I cannot trace the 'whereabout' of my poor Confitebor, because it is (altogether) the least incorrect of my scrolls and might have had a chance of becoming profitable (if published) to some of my unfortunate progeny." David Byers introduces
Wesley's setting of Psalm 111. With Anthony Finigan as the composer.
Confitebor tibi,
Domine Alison Hargan (soprano) Anne Collins (contralto) Justin Lavender (tenor) Michael George (bass) BBC Singers
Orchestra of St John 's,
Smith Square, conductor John Lubbock

with Piers Burton-Page , who continues his exploration of the legacy of Artist of the Week Yehudi Menuhin , including a work by his teacher Enescu and a Beethoven Sonata in which he is partnered by Glenn Gould.
Beethoven
Violin Sonata in G, Op 96 Yehudi Menuhin (violin)
Glenn Gould (piano)
10.40 Elgar
String Quartet in E minor
Delme Quartet
11.05 Enescu
Violin Sonata No 3 in A minor, Op 25
Yehudi Menuhin (violin)
Hephzibah Menuhin (piano)
11.35 Dvorak Czech Suite
BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Lionel Friend

Guildhall String Ensemble Grieg Holberg Suite
Tchaikovsky Souvenir de Florence

Ambroise Thomas 's hugely successful opera to a text by Carre and Barbier gives operatic shape to
Shakespeare's play, including a mad scene for
Ophelia and versions of the great monologues, but gives it a comparatively happy ending.
Sung in French. Presented by Clive Bennett.
Ambrosian Opera Chorus London Philharmonic, conductor Antonio de
Almeida
Discs
Acts 1-3
3.15 Gertrude Talks Back by Margaret Atwood with Maggie Smith as Gertrude.
3.20 Acts 4-5

Last of the series in which
Graham Fawcett looks at aspects of Shakespeare through musical settings.
Come, Listen, Give (Invocation and Invitation)
Including music by Arne, Tippett, Chilcott and Mendelssohn

with Tommy Pearson. "It's the rhythm, the rhythm, the rhythm's where it's at.
The rhythm is the poetry, and that my friend's a rap!" Producer Chris Wines

Presented from Glasgow by Geoffrey Baskerville , with guest Giancarlo Menotti. Including
5.18 Janacek Balada
Blanicka
6.30 Barber String Quartet, Op 11
7.00 Rubinstein The Demon
Producer Svend Brown

conductor Kent Nagano Midori (violin)
Schubert Overture:
Fierrabras
Mendelssohn Violin
Concerto in E minor
Beethoven Symphony No 3 in E flat (Eroica)
(Given in association with Honeywell Control Systems Ltd)

Sir Arthur discusses his scandalous involvement in retrospective patenting.

Mozart's sideways look at the bad performers and worse composers of his day. Vienna Mozart Ensemble, conductor Willi Boskovsky Discs

Second of four programmes. David Russell (guitar)
Asencio Collectici intim
Barrios Mangore La catedral; Uma Limosno par el amor de dios; Waltz in G

Alex Pascall continues his look at the impact of black music and musicians on the British music scene.

Roy Porter takes a look at The Unknown Modigliani, and there's Latin jazz from Airto Moreira with his band, Fourth World.
Producer Trevor Showier

Schubert's Swansong
In the first of a continuing series of Schubert songs, lain Burnside presents a performance of his very last" song cycle, recorded at the Wigmore Hall in 1988. Schubert Schwanengesang Olaf Bar (baritone)
Geoffrey Parsons (piano)

Except in Scotland.
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English Resources: The Poetry of Passion - Kinds of Loving