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Music, news and weather with Andrew McGregor , including at approximately
7.05 Takemitsu
To the Island
Shin-Yu Kai Choir, conductor Shin Sekiya
7.09 Tchaikovsky
Variations on a Rococo
Theme
Janos Starker (cello)
LSO, conductor Antal Dorati
7.32 Strauss Three
Ophelia Songs, Op 67 Lucia Popp (soprano) Irwin Gage (piano)
8.05 Stravinsky Scherzo fantastiqiie
CBC Symphony
Orchestra/The Composer
8.24 Bliss Pastoral
Emma Johnson (clarinet)
Malcolm Martineau (piano)
8.44 Keyboard Compendium: Bach English Suite No 5 in E minor (BWV 810) Mieczyslaw Horszowski (piano). Discs

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew McGregor
Conductor:
Antal Dorati
Soprano:
Lucia Popp
Piano:
Irwin Gage
Piano:
Stravinsky Scherzo
Clarinet:
Emma Johnson
Piano:
Malcolm Martineau
Piano:
Mieczyslaw Horszowski

5: Abroad and Home Again Introduced by Mark Elder Biblical Songs, Op 99 Philip Langridge (tenor) Radoslav Kvapil (piano) Rusalka's Song to the Moon (Rusalka)
Armida's vision aria
(Armida)
Lucia Popp (soprano)
Munich Radio Orchestra, conductor Stefan Soltesz
String Quartet in A flat, Op
Prague Quartet

Contributors

Introduced By:
Mark Elder
Tenor:
Philip Langridge
Piano:
Radoslav Kvapil
Soprano:
Lucia Popp
Conductor:
Stefan Soltesz

with Mairi Nicholson , including at approximately
10.01 Guy Klucevsek Samba D Hiccup The Composer
10.07 Emesto Nazareth
Apanhei- te- cavaquinho Waldir Azevedo Delicado
Os Ingenuos
10.16 Durufte Lux aeterna (Requiem, Op 9) Choir of King's College, Cambridge
Peter Barley (organ)
English Chamber Orchestra, conductor Stephen Cleobury
11.39 Artist of the Week: Philip Pickett (director) Bach Brandenburg
Concerto No 6 in B flat
(BWV 1051)
New London Consort
11.56 Durufle In
Paradisum
(Requiem, Op 9)

Contributors

Unknown:
Mairi Nicholson
Unknown:
Waldir Azevedo Delicado
Unknown:
Os Ingenuos
Unknown:
Durufte Lux
Conductor:
Stephen Cleobury
Unknown:
Philip Pickett
Director:
Bach Brandenburg

Iceland Youth Orchestra
"Hark, all ye holy kin, high and low offspring of Heimdal,
I tell ye at the order of Odin the sacred rites as I remember best."
The Iceland Youth Orchestra with the Reykjavik
Philharmonia Choral
Society, conductor
Paul Zukovsky , perform Baldr, an epic "music drama without words" by the Icelandic composer Jon Leifs (1899-1968). It tells of the death of the god Baldr from the Norse myths.
Discs

Contributors

Conductor:
Paul Zukovsky

A recital by the young Polish pianist.
Bach, transcr Buson! Nun komm ' der
Heiden Heiland (BWV 659) Bach, transcr Siloti
Prelude in B minor
(BWV923)
Liszt Sposalizio (Annies de pelerinage)
Brahms Intermezzo in E flat, Op 117 No 1
Paderewski Nocturne in B flat, Op 16 No 4
Chopin Ballade No 4 in F minor, Op 52;
Polonaise in A flat, Op 53

Contributors

Unknown:
Heiden Heiland
Unknown:
Liszt Sposalizio
Unknown:
Brahms Intermezzo

Richard Baker looks forward to events this weekend and plays music including:
5.15 Mozart Overture:
The Magic Flute
6.03 Pieces from The
Gershwin Songbook
6.30 Vaughan Williams
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Producer Susan Kenyon

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Baker
Unknown:
Thomas Tallis
Producer:
Susan Kenyon

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.
The first of tonight's two Proms is a tribute to Sir John Barbirolli, the conductor who brought the Halle Orchestra to many Proms in the 1950s and 60s.
Hakan Hagegard (baritone) Susan Gritton (soprano)
Halle Choir (ladies' voices) Halle Orchestra, conductor Kent Nagano

Elgar Introduction and Allegro
Berg Three Orchestral Pieces, Op 6
Mahler Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
8.00 Interval
Anthony Burton talks to Kent Nagano about his first two years with the Halle and about the future.
8.20 Vaughan Williams Symphony No 7 (Sinfonia antartica)

Contributors

Baritone:
Hakan Hagegard
Soprano:
Susan Gritton
Singers:
Halle Choir (ladies' voices)
Musicians:
Halle Orchestra
Conductor/Interviewee:
Kent Nagano
Presenter (Interval):
Anthony Burton

A memoir by Anita Lasker -Wallfisch, cellist in the orchestra at Auschwitz.
5: England Eventually
"All applications to the Home Office had been refused. We were a new species - displaced persons."
Anita and her sister wanted to join their third sister, who had reached England before the war, but the immigration laws prevented them from doing so.

Contributors

Unknown:
Anita Lasker

from the Royal Albert Hall , London.
A Prom revival for one of the most ambitious scores ever written for unaccompanied voices. BBC Singers, conductor Simon Joly
Giles Swayne Cry

Contributors

Unknown:
Royal Albert Hall
Conductor:
Simon Joly
Conductor:
Giles Swayne

Standing Alone
A sequence of instrumental solos by James Dillon , Salvatore Sciarrino ,
Atwynne Pritchard. Richard Barrett , Kaija Saariaho , Roger Redgate ,
James Clapperton and Shinuh Lee. Introduced by Sarah Walker. Producer Alan Hall

Contributors

Solos By:
James Dillon
Solos By:
Salvatore Sciarrino
Solos By:
Atwynne Pritchard.
Unknown:
Richard Barrett
Unknown:
Kaija Saariaho
Unknown:
Roger Redgate
Unknown:
James Clapperton
Unknown:
Shinuh Lee.
Introduced By:
Sarah Walker.
Producer:
Alan Hall

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