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Diego Ortiz
Divisions on Paradetas
Andrew Lawrence-King (harp)
7.07 Locatelli
Concerto in C, Op 3 No 5 Elizabeth Wallfisch (violin) Raglan Baroque Players, director Nicholas Kraemer
7.24 Paganini
Caprice No 10 in G minor Itzhak Perlman (violin)
7.27 Respighi
Trittico Botticelliano City of London Sinfonia, conductor Richard Hickox
7.48 Giovanni Gabrielli
Sonata a 22 Taverner Players, director Andrew Parrott
7.56 Brahms
Fest- und Gedenkspruche, Op 109
Corydon Singers, conductor Matthew Best
8.07 Mozart
Flute Quartet in D (K285) William Bennett (flute) Grumiaux Trio
8.21 Schubert
Fantasia in F minor (D940) Murray Perahia and Radu Lupu (pianos)
8.41 Elgar
Introduction and Allegro London Philharmonic
Orchestra, conductor Adrian Boult Producer Susan Kenyon Discs

Contributors

Violin:
Elizabeth Wallfisch
Director:
Nicholas Kraemer
Violin:
Itzhak Perlman
Conductor:
Richard Hickox
Conductor:
Giovanni Gabrielli
Director:
Andrew Parrott
Flute:
William Bennett
Unknown:
Murray Perahia
Pianos:
Radu Lupu
Conductor:
Adrian Boult
Producer:
Susan Kenyon

Jeremy J Beadle looks ahead to the last week of this year's Proms season and talks to performers including Bryn Terfel and Andrew Davis.
And David Attenborough selects his pick of the week's concerts.
Series producer Gwen Hughes

Contributors

Unknown:
Jeremy J Beadle
Unknown:
Andrew Davis.
Unknown:
David Attenborough
Producer:
Gwen Hughes

With Richard Osborne.
Bach
Cantata No 199: Mein Herz schwimmt im Blut
Nancy Argenta (soprano) Ensemble Sonnerie. director Monica Huggett
9.55 Brahms
Violin Concerto in D
Johanna Martzy (violin) Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Paul Kletzki
10.38 Britten
Les Illuminations
Barbara Hendricks (sop)
English Chamber Orchestra, conductor Colin Davis
11.01 Rachmaninov
Symphony No 2 in E minor St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor
Mariss Jansons
Producer Clive Portbury Discs

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Osborne.
Soprano:
Nancy Argenta
Director:
Monica Huggett
Violin:
Johanna Martzy
Conductor:
Paul Kletzki
Unknown:
Barbara Hendricks
Conductor:
Colin Davis
Conductor:
Mariss Jansons
Producer:
Clive Portbury

Beyond Life and Death
Lim Poh Sim shows how a sword may be more than an instrument of war. With contributions from Togo Igawa, Neville Jason , Jim Norton and Nina Wadia.
Producer Piers Plowright

Contributors

Unknown:
Neville Jason
Unknown:
Jim Norton
Unknown:
Nina Wadia.
Producer:
Piers Plowright

Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro is the eighth of nine programmes of operatic performances by the great soprano, presented by Gordon Stewart in conversation with her.
It is a four-act opera to a libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte. Sung in Italian.
CHRISTINA CLARKE (sops)
John Constable (harpsichord) BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Colin Davis Discs

Contributors

Presented By:
Gordon Stewart
Unknown:
Christina Clarke
Harpsichord:
John Constable
Conductor:
Colin Davis
Susanna:
Mirella Freni (sop)
Figaro:
Wladimiro Ganzarolli (bar)
Count Almaviva:
Ingvar Wixell (bar)
Countess Almaviva:
Jessye Norman (sop)
Cherubino:
Yvonne Minton (mezzo)
Marcellina:
Maria Casula (sop)
Or Bartolo:
Clifford Grant (bass)
Don Basilio:
Robert Tear (tenor)
Don Curzio:
David Lennox (tenor)
Barbarina:
Lillian Watson (sop)
Antonio:
Paul Hudson (bass)
Young girls:
Felicity Palmer

The last of the series of music forum programmes recorded in Edinburgh earlier this week. Howard
Goodall puts questions on all aspects of music from listeners and members of the audience to cellist
Julian Lloyd-Webber , conductor Gregory Rose , and composer Sally Beamish. A Ladbroke Radio production

Contributors

Conductor:
Julian Lloyd-Webber
Conductor:
Gregory Rose
Unknown:
Sally Beamish.

from the Royal Albert Hall, London.
The 100th season celebrations continue with a tribute to one of the greatest British conductors, Sir Adrian Boult

BBC SO/Gunter Wand

Schubert Symphony No 8 in B minor (Unfinished)

8.00 Interval
Jonathan Swain looks back over Sir Adrian Boult's years at the Proms, and plunders the archives for the conductor's own recollections.

8.20 Schubert Symphony No 9 in C (Great)

See This Week page 41

Contributors

Unknown:
Royal Albert Hall
Conductors:
Sir Adrian Boult
Unknown:
Jonathan Swain
Unknown:
Sir Adrian Boult

In August 1955, London was gripped by "Godot
Fever" following the British premiere of Samuel Beckett 's controversial play Waiting for Godot.
Timothy Bateson , Peter Hall and Paul Daneman recall the extraordinary events surrounding the opening, as well as the subsequent influence of this
20th-century masterpiece. The programme includes performance extracts, and features the voices of Peter Bull , Hugh Burden , Leonard Cracknell and Peter Woodthorpe. Producer Martin Jenkins

Contributors

Unknown:
Samuel Beckett
Unknown:
Timothy Bateson
Unknown:
Peter Hall
Unknown:
Paul Daneman
Unknown:
Peter Bull
Unknown:
Hugh Burden
Unknown:
Leonard Cracknell
Unknown:
Peter Woodthorpe.
Producer:
Martin Jenkins

As part of French
Challenge, a rare French-language recording of Samuel Beckett 's play
Waiting for Godot, featuring the original cast in a historic production recorded at the Theatre de Babylone shortly after the play received its Paris premiere on 5 January, 1953.
A new recording of the play, in English, can be heard tomorow at 9.50pm.
Director Roger Blin

Contributors

Unknown:
Samuel Beckett
Director:
Roger Blin
Vladimir:
Lucien Raimbourg
Estragon:
Pierre Latour
Pozzo:
Roger Bun
Lucky:
Jean Martin
Boy:
Serge Lecointe

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