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Presented by Anthony Burton.
Purcell
Rejoice in the Lord Alway Winchester Cathedral Choir
Brandenburg Consort, conductor David Hill
7.11 Glinka
Septet in E flat
Russian National Symphony Orchestra Soloists Ensemble
7.33 Schickhardt
Concerto in G minor
Jed Wentz (flute)
Musica ad Rhenum
7.51 Rachmaninov
Suite No 2, Op 17
Dmitri Alexeev and Nikolai
Demidenko (pianos)
8.15 Pachelbel
Motet: Jauchzet dem
Herrn
Cantus Colin, director Konrad Junghanel
8.22 Shostakovich
Symphony No 1 in F minor
National Symphony
Orchestra, Washington, conductor Mstislav
Rostropovich
9.00 Building a Library
Mendelssohn's Symphony No 5 (Reformation) by Jan Smaczny.
Edward Greenfield reviews new releases of music by Elgar, Howells, Hoist and a complete version of Walton's Façade.
10.15 Record Release
Howells Peacock Pie , Op 33
Benjamin Luxon (baritone) Julius Drake (piano)
10.26 Elgar
How Calmly the Evening; Weary Wind of the West; Evening Scene;
The Prince of Sleep; Go, Song of Mine Finzi Singers conductor Paul Spicer
10.47 Ireland
The Salley Gardens; Her Song;
The Trellis;
My True Love Hath My Heart
Sarah Leonard (soprano)
Malcolm Martineau (piano)
10.58 Hoist
Double Concerto, Op 49 Andrew Watkinson and Nicholas Ward (violins) City of London Sinfonia conductor Richard Hickox
11.15 Reissues
Jeremy J Beadle has been listening to the first batch of Double Decca, the latest of the popular two-for-the-price-of-one formats.
11.38 Kodaly
Concerto for Orchestra
Philharmonia Hungarica, conductor Antal Dorati Producers Patrick Lambert and Clive Portbury. Discs

Contributors

Presented By:
Anthony Burton.
Flute:
Jed Wentz
Unknown:
Dmitri Alexeev
Director:
Konrad Junghanel
Unknown:
Jan SmacZny.
Unknown:
Edward Greenfield
Unknown:
Howells Peacock Pie
Baritone:
Benjamin Luxon
Piano:
Julius Drake
Conductor:
Paul Spicer
Soprano:
Sarah Leonard
Piano:
Malcolm Martineau
Unknown:
Andrew Watkinson
Conductor:
Richard Hickox
Unknown:
Jeremy J Beadle
Conductor:
Antal Dorati
Producers:
Patrick Lambert
Producers:
Clive Portbury.

Richard Osborne presents a nine-part series to celebrate the conductor's
80th birthday.
2: La Scala and Collas
With reminiscences from
Carlo Maria Giulini himself as well as Graziella Sciutti ,
Peter Diamand and others.
Rossini
L'Italiana in Algeri:
(Overture and excerpts from Act 1);
Una voce poco fa
(Il barbiere di Siviglia) Verdi La Traviata
(Acts 2 and 3, excerpts) Producer Jeremy Hayes

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Osborne
Unknown:
Carlo Maria Giulini
Unknown:
Graziella Sciutti
Unknown:
Peter Diamand
Producer:
Jeremy Hayes

Presented by Ivan Hewett. This week, new biographies of Leonard Bernstein and Peter Warlock , a preview of Benedict Mason's new opera Playing Away, and a report from the Glasgow Mayfest. Producer Fiona Shelmerdine

Contributors

Presented By:
Ivan Hewett.
Unknown:
Leonard Bernstein
Unknown:
Peter Warlock
Producer:
Fiona Shelmerdine

from the Royal Festival Hall,
London.
La Vera Storia
The final concert in the South Bank's Berio:
Renderings Festival is the British premiere of Berio's opera to a text by Italo Calvino , one of the most acclaimed operas of the last 15 years. Ballad singer............................ MILVA
BBC Singers, Symphony
Chorus and SO, conducted by The Composer Act
8.30 During the interval, David Osmond-Smith takes a look at the relationship between Berio's music and Calvino's text.
8.50 Act 2

Contributors

Unknown:
Italo Calvino
Unknown:
David Osmond-Smith
Leonora:
Sue Patchell(sop)
Passer-by III:
Luisa Castellani(soprano)
Ada:
Felicity Palmer(mezzo)
Luca:
Michael Myers(tenor)
Ugo, priest:
Peter Hall(tenor)
IvolCommander:
David Wilson Johnson(baritone)
Condemned man:
Jeremy White(bass)

Brian Morton introduces a live concert recording from the Adrian Bourt Hall in Birmingham last year. The new 18-piece band play tracks from their album
Summer Fruits (and unrest), including "Sad Afrika" and "Discovering Metal". During the interval, Django talks to Brian Morton about the art of writing for a big band, and the legacy of his previous group, Loose Tubes. Producer Tim Thome

Contributors

Introduces:
Brian Morton
Unknown:
Adrian Bourt Hall
Unknown:
Brian Morton
Producer:
Tim Thome

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