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Music, news and weather with Catriona Young , including at approximately
7.05 Handel
The King shall rejoice Choir of New College,
Oxford/Edward Higginbottom
7.15 Poulenc Trois
Novelettes
Pascal Roge (piano)
7.40 Rosetti Horn Concerto in E flat (K III 39)
English Chamber Orchestra, conductor Barry Tuckwell (horn)
8.05 Tchaikovsky Overture: Hamlet
London Symphony
Orchestra, conductor Geoffrey Simon
8.20 Sarasate Navarra
Alfredo Campoli and Brenda Blunt (violins) Daphne Ibbott (piano)
8.30 Elgar, orch Gordon Jacob Organ Sonata Royal Liverpool PO, conductor Vernon Handley Discs

Contributors

Unknown:
Catriona Young

The Indian Summer
Presented by Michael Kennedy.
"I am in despair. My lovely Dresden - Weimar -
Munich - all gone." Oboe Concerto in D
Leon Goossens (oboe) Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Alceo Galliera
Metamorphosen
Members of the New Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor John Barbirolli
Discs

Contributors

Presented By:
Michael Kennedy.
Oboe:
Leon Goossens
Conductor:
Alceo Galliera
Conductor:
John Barbirolli

with Edward Blakeman , including
10.00 Artist of the Week:
John Williams (guitar) Astor Piazzolla Tango; Verano porteno
10.05 Mozart Piano
Concerto No 23 in A (K488) Artur Pizarro (piano)
West German Sinfonia, conductor Dirk Joeres
11.05 Nigel Westlake Suite: Antartica
John Williams (guitar) London Symphony
Orchestra, conductor Paul Daniel
11.25 Philippe Gaubert Trois aquarelles
Leslie Newman (flute) Paul Marleyn (cello)
Scott Mitchell (piano)
11.40 Sibelius The
Oceanides
BBC Scottish SO, conductor Jerzy Maksymiuk

Contributors

Unknown:
Edward Blakeman
Guitar:
John Williams
Piano:
Artur Pizarro
Conductor:
Dirk Joeres
Conductor:
Nigel Westlake
Guitar:
John Williams
Conductor:
Paul Daniel
Conductor:
Philippe Gaubert
Flute:
Leslie Newman
Cello:
Paul Marleyn
Piano:
Scott Mitchell
Conductor:
Jerzy Maksymiuk

How did the brass band start? What sort of music was played? What did it sound like? In the first of four programmes
Paul Hindmarsh investigates, with the help of the American Quintet Brass Band and the London
Gabrieli Brass Ensemble.
Music includes marches by Cherubini, a nonet by Felicien-Cesar David , and works from the time of the American Civil War.
Producer Paul Hindmarsh

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Hindmarsh
Unknown:
Felicien-Cesar David
Producer:
Paul Hindmarsh

BBC Philharmonic conductors Gunther Herbig and Sachio Fujioka
Dong Suk Kang (violin)
Yoshimatsu Threnody for
Toki (first UK performance) Brucn Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor
Beethoven Symphony No 3 in E flat (Eroica)

Contributors

Conductors:
Gunther Herbig
Conductors:
Sachio Fujioka
Violin:
Dong Suk Kang

Andrew Green explores the best of Britain's amateur choirs as heard at the Choir of the Year competition.
2: Young and Old featuring the Fair City Singers, the Berkshire
Youth Choir and the Colne
Valley Male Voice Choir.

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew Green

Lots of music relies on performers being able to elaborate on the notes of a particular chord or chord sequence. Perhaps the best-known type of music calling for this skill is jazz - but there are many more, including baroque music.
Tommy Pearson investigates.

Contributors

Music:
Tommy Pearson

David Owen Norris reports from Bristol, where members of the public are welcome at St George's,
Brandon Hill , for this mix of live and recorded music with members of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment at the beginning of their residency. Including:
6.03 Beethoven Piano
Sonata in C minor, Op 13 (Pathetique)
6.30 Schubert Adagio (String Quartet in D minor, D810)
7.15 Stravinsky Symphony in C (first movement) Producer Jeremy Hayes
See also tomorrow 7.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
David Owen Norris
Unknown:
Brandon Hill
Unknown:
Stravinsky Symphony
Producer:
Jeremy Hayes

from the Free Trade
Hall, Manchester. Yvonne Loriod (piano) conductor George Benjamin Ravel
Alborado del gracioso Messiaen
Réveil des oiseaux
Benjamin Sudden Time
8.15 Andriessen on Stravinsky
Michael Oliver talks to the Dutch composer
Louis Andriessen about his view of Igor Stravinsky , the man and his music.
Rpt
8.35 Stravinsky Petrushka (1911)
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Contributors

Piano:
Yvonne Loriod
Conductor:
George Benjamin
Talks:
Michael Oliver
Unknown:
Louis Andriessen
Unknown:
Igor Stravinsky

In this second programme, Professor Harry Oster talks to Francis Wilford-Smith about three more bluesmen he recorded in the Louisiana State Penitentiary -
Robert Pete Williams , Otis Webster and Charles Roosevelt - and introduces their blues.
Repeated from Monday 4.30pm

Contributors

Talks:
Professor Harry Oster
Unknown:
Francis Wilford-Smith
Unknown:
Robert Pete Williams
Unknown:
Otis Webster
Unknown:
Charles Roosevelt

Place your bets, please, ladies and gentlemen ... Prompted by Patrick Marber 's new play about poker, Dealer's Choice, which opens tonight at the National Theatre, Christopher Cook investigates why writers and artists find gambling such an attractive theme. Producer John Goudie

Contributors

Unknown:
Patrick Marber
Unknown:
Christopher Cook
Producer:
John Goudie

Des Knaben Wunderhorn lain Burnside presents a programme of songs from Mahler's song-cycle, drawing on recordings by some of the great Mahler singers.
Producer Adam Gatehouse
Repeated tomorrow at 12 noon

Contributors

Producer:
Adam Gatehouse

BBC Radio 3

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Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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