Programme Index

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Music, news and weather with Andrew McGregor , including at approximately
7.05 Dellus
Dance Prelude No 1
Welsh National Opera Orchestra/Mackerras
7.25 Mendelssohn Song without Words in F sharp minor (Book 6 No 32)
Richard Burnett (fortepiano)
7.32 Handel La speranza egiunta in porto (Ottone) Jennifer Smith (soprano)
King's Consort/Robert King
8.05 Torelll
Sinfonia con trombe in D
St James 's Baroque Players, director Ivor Bolton
8.24 Schubert Impromptu in A flat (D899 No 4)
Nikolai Demidenko (piano)
8.45 Sibelius Suite:
Belshazzar's Feast
Gothenburg Symphony
Orchestra/Neeme Jarvi. Discs

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew McGregor
Unknown:
Richard Burnett
Soprano:
Jennifer Smith
Unknown:
St James
Director:
Ivor Bolton
Piano:
Nikolai Demidenko

"Haydn and Pleyel are to be pitted against each other this season; and the supporters of each are violent partizans. As both these Composers are men of first-rate talents, it may be hoped that they will not participate in the little feelings of their respective admirers."
(Public Advertiser, 5 Jan 1792) Presented by Susan Sharpe , with Denys Hawthorne as Haydn.
Sinfonia Concertante in B flat
Douglas Boyd (oboe)
Matthew Wilkie (bassoon) Marieke Blankenstijn (violin) William Conway (cello) Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Claudio Abbado Madrigal: The Storm Budapest Madrigal Choir Hungarian State Orchestra, conductor Ferenc Szekeres Symphony No 94 in G (Surprise)
Concertgebouw Orchestra, conductor Colin Davis. rases

Contributors

Presented By:
Susan Sharpe
Unknown:
Denys Hawthorne
Oboe:
Douglas Boyd
Bassoon:
Matthew Wilkie
Violin:
Marieke Blankenstijn
Cello:
William Conway
Conductor:
Ferenc Szekeres
Conductor:
Colin Davis.

from Glasgow with Mary Miller , Including
Shostakovich Festival Overture, Op 96
National Youth Orchestra of Scotland, conductor Christopher Seaman
10.28 Mozart String
Quintet in G minor (K516) Endellion Quartet Atar Arad (viola)
11.35 Artist of the Week:
Evelyn Glennie (percussion) James MacMillan
Veni, Veni Emmanuel
Scottish Chamber Orchestra

Contributors

Unknown:
Mary Miller
Conductor:
Christopher Seaman
Viola:
Atar Arad
Unknown:
Evelyn Glennie
Unknown:
James MacMillan

1 The first of six
I programmes in which Peter Paul Nash pursues an elusive American art form.
Paine Overture: As You
Like It (1876)
New York Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor
Zubin Mehta
Ives Symphony No 2 (1902) Copland Inscape (1967) New York Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor
Leonard Bernstein
Harris Symphony No 3 (1939)
Boston Symphony Orchestra, conductor
Serge Koussevitsky Producer Ray Abbott

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Paul Nash
Conductor:
Zubin Mehta
Conductor:
Leonard Bernstein
Conductor:
Serge Koussevitsky
Producer:
Ray Abbott

Byte the Music
In the second programme, Mike Edwards hears computer musicians demonstrate inventive ways of creating music with sampled sounds. The Orb, Phil Collins 's drums and Anne Dudley from the Art of Noise are featured.
FACTSHEET/COMPETITION: see Friday for details

Contributors

Unknown:
Mike Edwards
Unknown:
Phil Collins
Unknown:
Anne Dudley

Music and arts news from Manchester with Mairi Nicolson , including at approximately
5.20 Schubert Gretchen am Spinnrad
6.32 Schumann Cello Concerto in A minor
7.03 Gllere Suite: The Red Poppy (excerpts) Producer Paul Hindmarsh

Contributors

Unknown:
Mairi Nicolson
Unknown:
Schubert Gretchen
Producer:
Paul Hindmarsh

from Studio 1, Birmingham.
Cherubini String Quartet: Christoph Poppen and Harald Schoneweg (violins) Hariolf Schlichtig (viola)
Manuel Fischer-Dieskau (cello) Beethoven String Quartet in A minor, Op 132
8.15 "Once I was the son of my father, now I am the father of my son." Michael Oliver delves into the character of Mendelssohn's father, a successful man in his own right, but sandwiched between his powerful father Moses and his brilliant son Felix.
8.35 Webem String Quartet, Op 28
Mendelssohn String
Quartet in A minor, Op 13

Contributors

Unknown:
Christoph Poppen
Violins:
Harald Schoneweg
Viola:
Hariolf Schlichtig
Cello:
Manuel Fischer-Dieskau
Unknown:
Michael Oliver

Roy Porter reviews
Jim Sheridan 's film about the Guildford Four, In the Name of the Father, and discusses the issues raised by making historical drama from recent history. Producer Julian May

Contributors

Unknown:
Roy Porter
Unknown:
Jim Sheridan

BBC Radio 3

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