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Paul Guinery presents
Radio 3's Sunday morning sequence, in which a popular Romantic symphony is framed by a French fairy tale and a cantata.
7.10 Ravel Suite: Ma mère
Voye Leslie and Nadine Wright (piano duet)
7.30 Dvorak Symphony No 9 in E minor (From the New World)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Andrew Davis
8.25 Bach Cantata No
198: Lass Furstin, lass noch einen Strahl
Judith Nelson (soprano)
Judith Malafronte (mezzo) Jeffrey Thomas (tenor) William Sharp (bass)
American Bach Soloists and Chorus, director
Jeffrey Thomas
Producer Piers Burton-Page

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Guinery
Unknown:
Voye Leslie
Piano:
Nadine Wright
Conductor:
Andrew Davis
Soprano:
Judith Nelson
Soprano:
Judith Malafronte
Tenor:
Jeffrey Thomas
Bass:
William Sharp
Director:
Jeffrey Thomas
Producer:
Piers Burton-Page

Tchaikovsky Festival
Overture on the Danish
National Anthem
LSO/Geoffrey Simon
9.20 Artist of the Week: Lily Laskine (harp)
Handel Harp Concerto in B fzat, Op 4 No
Jean-Francois Paillard
CO/Jean-Francois Paillard
9.33 Mateo Flecha
Ensalada: La Bomba
Hesperion XX, director Jordi Savall
9.36 Sibelius
Finlandia
Halle Orchestra, conductor
John Barbirolli
9.44 Dag Wiren Serenade for Strings
Stockholm Philharmonic, conductor Stig Westerberg
9.58 John Stanley Voluntary in D
Margaret Phillips (organ)
10.05
Wagner Schmerzen ; Trdume (Wesendonk Lieder)
Jessye Norman (soprano) LSO/Colin Davis
10.13 Ravel String Quartet in F
Quartetto Italiano
10.43 Saint-Saens
Caprice- Valse (Wedding Cake)
Jean-Philippe Collard (piano)
RPO/Andre Previn
10.50 Respighi Brazilian Impressions
Dallas SO/Eduardo Mata
11.10 Horovitz Music Hall
Suite
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
11.19 Composer of the Week: Josquin Pater Noster;'Ave Maria
The King's Singers
11.27 Dvorak Symphony No 8 in G
London Philharmonic/ Charles Mackerras
Producer Edward Blakeman, Discs

Contributors

Unknown:
Jean-Francois Paillard
Director:
Jordi Savall
Conductor:
John Barbirolli
Conductor:
Stig Westerberg
Conductor:
John Stanley
Unknown:
Margaret Phillips
Unknown:
Wagner Schmerzen
Soprano:
Jessye Norman

Ivan Hewett talks to David Fallows
about the importance of the 15th-century composer Josquin Desprez and takes a look at John Tavener , whose 50th birthday is celebrated in the current BBC festival lkons.

Contributors

Talks:
Ivan Hewett
Unknown:
David Fallows
Unknown:
Josquin Desprez
Unknown:
John Tavener

Jean-Philippe Collard (piano) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor
Jerzy Maksymiuk
Mendelssohn Overture:
Ruy Bias
Sibelius Symphony No 6 in D minor
Rachmaninov Piano
Concerto No 1 in F sharp minor
Kodaly Suite: Hary Janos

Contributors

Piano:
Jean-Philippe Collard
Conductor:
Jerzy Maksymiuk
Unknown:
Hary Janos

Christopher Cook presents the best of the week's arts, an interview with the curator of the National
Gallery's Claude exhibition, plus a radio diary from poets and translators Carol Rumens and Uri Drobyshez. Producer Julian May

Contributors

Unknown:
Christopher Cook
Unknown:
Carol Rumens
Unknown:
Uri Drobyshez.

from the Barbican
- Hall, London. This concert in the BBC festival of music by John Tavener features some of his most recent chamber music.
Chilingirian Quartet
Patricia Rozario (soprano) Steven Isserlis (cello) lain Simcock (handbells) John Tavener
The Hidden Treasure
Akhmatova Songs
5.25 During the interval, a portrait of John Tavener compiled from the BBC archives.
5.40 To introduce the second half of this afternoon's concert, the composer talks to Radio 3 Controller Nicholas Kenyon about the range of music heard in the festival.
John Tavener
The Last Sleep of the Virgin

Contributors

Music By:
John Tavener
Soprano:
Patricia Rozario
Cello:
Steven Isserlis
Unknown:
John Tavener
Unknown:
John Tavener
Unknown:
Nicholas Kenyon
Unknown:
John Tavener

John Osborne co-wrote this play with Anthony Creighton before Look Back in Anger, but it was only produced after the latter's success.
It explores the effect a young would-be writer has on the very suburban Elliot family - and the effect they have on him. It is spring, 1958.

Contributors

Author:
John Osborne
Author:
Anthony Creighton
Director:
Glyn Dearman
George Dillon:
Michael Maloney
Ruth Gray:
Frances de la Tour
Mrs Elliot:
Sarah Badel
Mr Elliot:
Timothy Bateson
Josie Elliot:
Amanda Root
Norah Elliot:
Path Holloway
Geoffrey:
Gareth Armstrong
Mr Webb:
Michael Onslow
Barney Evans:
John Baddeley

The BBC's festival of music by John Tavener continues with two pieces which were premiered by the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
Penelope Walmsley-Clark (soprano)
Stephen Richardson (baritone)
Steven Isserlis (cello)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
John Tavener The
Protecting Veil;
Akhmatova Requiem

Contributors

Music By:
John Tavener
Soprano:
Penelope Walmsley-Clark
Baritone:
Stephen Richardson
Cello:
Steven Isserlis
Conductor:
Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
Conductor:
John Tavener

Presented by Brian Wright. Honegger King David (version for small orchestra)
Sung in English.
Margaret Feaviour (soprano)
Sidonie Winter (mezzo)
Andrew Murgatroyd (tenor) Clare Welch and Gabriel Woolf (speakers) BBC Singers
New London Orchestra, conductor Ronald Corp

Contributors

Presented By:
Brian Wright.
Soprano:
Margaret Feaviour
Tenor:
Andrew Murgatroyd
Tenor:
Clare Welch
Tenor:
Gabriel Woolf

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This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More