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with Andrew McGregor.
7.05 Lawes Consort Sett a 5 in F
7.19 Vivaldi Flute Concerto in D, Op 10 No 3 (II gardellino)
7.38 Walton Facade
8.05 Ives
Country Band March
8.09 Songbook Series: Wolf Italienisches
Liederbuch Nos 25-28
8.32 Quartet Collection:
Haydn String Quartet in D, Op 64 No 5 Discs
FAIREST ISLE

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew McGregor.

Presented by Geraint Lewis. 4: Alun Hoddinott (bl929) Noctis Equi
Mstislav Rostropovich (cello)
London Symphony
Orchestra, conductor Kent Nagano
Piano Sonata No 10
Martin Jones (piano) Sinfonia Fidei
Jill Gomez (soprano)
Stuart Burrows (tenor)
Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Charles Groves

Contributors

Presented By:
Geraint Lewis.
Presented By:
Alun Hoddinott
Unknown:
Noctis Equi
Cello:
Mstislav Rostropovich
Piano:
Martin Jones
Soprano:
Jill Gomez
Tenor:
Stuart Burrows
Tenor:
Philharmonia Chorus
Conductor:
Charles Groves

from Cardiff with Nicola
Heywood-Thomas, including at approximately
10.00 Artist of the Week:
Della Jones (mezzo) Handel Sibillando , ululando, fulminate, la rival (Teseo)
Les Musiciens du Louvre, conductor Marc Minkowski
10.10 Faure Barcarolle No
12 in E flat, Op 106a Kathryn Stott (piano)
10.25 Elgar Sea Pictures Della Jones (mezzo)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor
David Atherton
11.15 Sullivan Climbing over rocky mountains (Pirates of Penzance)
Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, conductor Charles
Mackerras
11.20 Falla Nights in the Gardens of Spain
Hugh Tinney (piano)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor Adrian Leaper
11.50 Rossini Assisa a pie d'un salice (Otello) Della Jones (mezzo)
City of London Sinfonia, conductor Richard Hickox

Contributors

Unknown:
Della Jones
Unknown:
Handel Sibillando
Conductor:
Marc Minkowski
Piano:
Kathryn Stott
Unknown:
Della Jones
Conductor:
David Atherton
Conductor:
Adrian Leaper
Conductor:
Rossini Assisa
Unknown:
Della Jones
Conductor:
Richard Hickox

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The Knot Garden
Natalie Wheen introduces
Tippett's third opera, which was probably the first opera to put an openly gay couple on stage.
Orchestra of the Royal
Opera House/Colin Davis Discs

Contributors

Introduces:
Natalie Wheen
Faber:
Raymond Herincx (bar)
Thea:
Yvonne Minton (mezzo)
Flora:
Jill Gomez (sop)
Denise:
Josephine Barstow (sop)
Mel:
Thomas Carey (baritone)
Dov:
Robert Tear (tenor)
Mangus:
Thomas Hemsley (bar)

from Birmingham with Humphrey Carpenter.
6.03 Handel Concerto grosso in G minor, Op 6 No 6
6.30 Wndemrth Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber Producer Jeremy Hayes
FAIREST ISLE

Contributors

Unknown:
Humphrey Carpenter.
Unknown:
Carl Maria von Weber
Producer:
Jeremy Hayes

from the Royal College of Music, London.
Graham Sheen (bassoon) Piers Lane (piano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Elgar Severn Suite, Op 87a Chopin, orch Elgar Funeral March (Piano Sonata No 2 in B flat minor)
Elgar Romance in D, Op 62 conductor Andrew Davis
8.15 Interval
Stephen Johnson investigates the revival of Parry's piano concerto, which has been called the first major romantic British piano concerto, with Jeremy Dibble and pianist Piers Lane.
8.35 Parry Piano Concerto in F sharp conductor Charles Peebles Sponsored by Landrover
THE FORTIES

Contributors

Bassoon:
Graham Sheen
Conductor:
Andrew Davis
Unknown:
Stephen Johnson
Unknown:
Jeremy Dibble
Pianist:
Piers Lane.
Conductor:
Charles Peebles

Robert Wistrich introduces the third of four excerpts from the unpublished autobiography of his father, a Polish Jewish doctor who in August 1939 fled with his family to the Soviet Union to escape the Germans. Reader Lee Montague. Final programme tomorrow
9.40pm

Contributors

Introduces:
Robert Wistrich
Reader:
Lee Montague.

The English musician, mathematician and astronomer who died in 1453 still dominates our view of English music in the early 15th century. Margaret Bent presents a new perspective on the composer, with music performed by the Orlando Consort.
See also tomorrow 10.00pm

Sanford Sylvan, the American baritone well-known from Peter Sellars' controversial opera productions, gives his first Radio 3 recital.
With David Breitman (piano)

Faure Trois melodies, Op 85

Schumann Liederkreis, Op 24

Ravel Don Quichotte a Dulcinee

Brahms Deutsche Volkslieder

(Repeated tomorrow at 12 noon)

Contributors

Unknown:
Sanford Sylvan
Unknown:
Peter Sellars
Piano:
David Breitman
Piano:
Faure Trois
Unknown:
Schumann Uederkreis

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