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with Andrew McGregor.
7.05 Advent Chant:
0 Sapientia
Pro Cantione Antiqua , conductor James O'Donnell
7.10 J C Bach Sinfonia in E flat, Op 18 No 1
Collegium Aureum
7.32 Quartet Collection: Haydn Quartet in F minor, Op 20 No 5 (Sun) Salomon Quartet
8.05 Wagner Prelude (Die
Meistersinger von Niirnberg) Concertgebouw Orchestra, conductor Bernard Haitink
8.23 Mendelssohn
Winterlied, Op 19 No 3; Erster Lust, Op 99 No 1
Barbara Bonney (soprano) Geoffrey Parsons (piano)
8.34 Respighi Feste Romane
NYPO/Giuseppe Sinopoli Producer Andrew McGregor Discs

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew McGregor.
Conductor:
Cantione Antiqua
Conductor:
James O'Donnell
Conductor:
Bernard Haitink
Soprano:
Barbara Bonney
Piano:
Geoffrey Parsons
Piano:
Respighi Feste

(1875-1937)
Ravel and the Orchestra
Paul Guinery presents three works that are something of a rarity among the composer's output - they all appeared originally in orchestral form.
Rapsodie espagnole Montreal Symphony Orchestra, conductor
Charles Dutoit La Valse
New York PO/Pierre Boulez Bolero
CBSO/Simon Rattle
Producer Christina Pritchard
Discs

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Guinery
Conductor:
Charles Dutoit
Unknown:
Boulez Bolero
Producer:
Christina Pritchard

with Chris de Souza including Elgar Introduction and Allegro BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Andrew Davis
10.15 Artist of the Week:
Tasmin Little (violin)
Mozart Violin Sonata in B flat (K454)
Piers Lane (piano)
10.40 Haydn
Symphony No 1 in D
Hanover Band, director Roy Goodman
10.50 Brahms Three
Motets, Op 110
BBC Singers/Simon Joly
11.00 Arnold Cooke
Clarinet Quintet
Thea King (clarinet) Britten Quartet
11.20 Schubert, trans Liszt Gute Nacht; Die
Nebensonnen (Winterreise) David Owen Norris (piano)
11.40 Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending Tasmin Little (violin)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Andrew Davis
Producer Chris de Souza

Contributors

Unknown:
Chris de Souza
Conductor:
Andrew Davis
Violin:
Tasmin Little
Director:
Roy Goodman

In this third programme, composer, pianist and band-leader Carla Bley talks to Alan Plater about her large-scale opera Escalator over the Hill, with a libretto by poet Paul Haines , which she completed in 1973. Repeated Thursday 10.15pm

Contributors

Talks:
Carla Bley
Unknown:
Alan Plater
Unknown:
Paul Haines

with Andrew Green.
Bach Fugue in G (BWV 577)
6.03 Schumann Hymn of the Spirits of Arimanes (Manfred)
6.45 Parry Symphonic Variations
7.03 Moszkowski
Nouvelles danses espagnoles
Producer Andrew Mussett

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew Green.
Producer:
Andrew Mussett

Barbara Hendricks joins the Scottish Chamber
Orchestra, conductor
Ion Marin , for a programme of Mozart and Mendelssohn.
Mozart Overture:
Idomeneo; Padre, germani addio; Zeffiretti lusinghieri (Idomeneo);
Symphony No 29 in A;
Or sai chi I'onore; Non mi dir (Don Giovanni )
Mendelssohn Symphony No 4 in A (Italian)
Sponsored by the Royal Bank of Scotland
See also Thursday 7.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Barbara Hendricks
Conductor:
Ion Marin
Unknown:
Don Giovanni

The first of a short series in which Stephen Plaistow introduces music by Birtwistle along with pieces which have influenced the composer's style.
1: Down by the Greenwood Side
Today's context is not perhaps the first to spring to mind: the English Pastoral Tradition.
Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a theme of Thomas
Tallis
BBC SO, conductor Andrew Davis
Birtwistle Melencolia I
Antony Pay (clarinet) London Sinfonietta, conductor Oliver Knussen
Hoist Egdon Heath BBC SO, conductor
Andrew Davis
Birtwistle Silbury Air London Sinfonietta, conductor Elgar Howarth

Contributors

Conductor:
Andrew Davis
Conductor:
Birtwistle Melencolia
Conductor:
Oliver Knussen
Conductor:
Hoist Egdon Heath
Conductor:
Andrew Davis
Conductor:
Elgar Howarth

Robert Sandall and Mark Russell present a unique mix of musical styles and influences, including an . interview with guitarist Bill Frisell about his blend of jazz, rock and avant-garde styles and his latest project, Go West, a soundtrack for Buster Keaton silent films.
Producer Philip Tagney

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Sandall
Unknown:
Mark Russell
Guitarist:
Bill Frisell
Unknown:
Buster Keaton
Producer:
Philip Tagney

Chris de Souza presents the last in the current season of Radio 3 early music invitation concerts.
The Beethoven String Trio perform Beethoven's Trio in D, Op 9 No 2 and are joined by fortepianist Olga Tverskaya for a rare performance of a contemporary piano quartet arrangement of Mozart's
Quintet for piano and winds (K452).
Repeated tomorrow 12 noon

Contributors

Unknown:
Chris de Souza
Unknown:
Olga Tverskaya

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