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Presented by Paul Guinery.
7.03 C P E Bach Sinfonia in D (H585)
7.10 Mozart Oboe
Concerto in C (K314)
7.35 Purcell Praise the Lord, 0 my soul (Z47)
7.47 Boyce Symphony in B flat, Op 2 No 7
8.00 The Great Thanksgiving In the first of seven visits to churches in London representing the diversity of Eucharistic worship in our century, Paul Guinery joins the Rev Alan Walker at the Armenian Apostolic Church.
8.35 Lefebure-Wely March in E flat
8.40 Purcell Awake, awake, put on thy strength (11) Producer Piers Burton-Page

Contributors

Presented By:
Paul Guinery.
Unknown:
Paul Guinery
Unknown:
Alan Walker
Producer:
Piers Burton-Page

Rossini Overture: The Thieving Magpie - Academy of St Martin, conductor Neville Marriner

9.16 Handel I know that my Redeemer liveth (The Messiah) - Ernest Lough (treble) George Thalben-Ball (organ)

9.23 Janacek Moravian Dances - Slovak PO/Libor Pesek

9.37 Anon Non sofre Santa Maria (The Pilgrimage to Santiago) - New London Consort, director Philip Pickett

9.43 Mendelssohn Ehre sei Gott in der Hohe - Corydon Singers, conductor Matthew Best

9.49 Handel, arr Beecham Ballet: Love in Bath (excerpts) - RPO/Thomas Beecham

10.03 Tchaikovsky Tatiana's letter scene (Eugene Onegin) - Lucia Popp (soprano) Munich Radio Orchestra, conductor Stefan Soltesz

10.16 Torelli Concerto grosso in D, Op 8 No 12 - Mariana Sirbu (violin) I Musici

10.26 Strauss Serenade, Op 7 - London Winds, director Michael Collins (clarinet)

10.36 Shostakovich Piano Concerto No 2 - New York PO, director Leonard Bernstein (piano)

10.56 Moeran Songs of Springtime - Finzi Singers/Paul Spicer

11.10 Composer of the Week: Bach
Pastorale in F (BWV 590) - Peter Hurford (organ)

11.33 Artist of the Week: Nobuko Imai (viola)
Rubinstein Nocturne, Op 11 - Roland Pontinen (piano)

11.42 Haydn Spring (The Seasons) - Arleen Auger (soprano) John Aler (tenor) Hakan Hagegard (baritone) Minnesota Chorale, St Paul CO/Joel Revzen

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Contributors

Presenter:
Brian Kay
Producer:
Edward Blakeman

Renaissance Renaissance
The 20th-century revival of Tudor music has had a profound influence on British composers from Elgar, Vaughan Williams and Hoist to the present day. Stephen Johnson looks at how and why, with contributions from Andrew
Parrott, Harry Christophers , Ivan Moody and the composers themselves, including Peter Maxwell Davies, James MacMillan and the late Herbert Howells.
Producer David Gallagher

Contributors

Unknown:
Vaughan Williams
Unknown:
Stephen Johnson
Unknown:
Harry Christophers
Unknown:
Ivan Moody
Unknown:
Peter Maxwell
Unknown:
James MacMillan
Unknown:
Herbert Howells.
Producer:
David Gallagher

The word "holiday" is a prism through which one can see a vanished world of religious celebration and rejoicing.
Christopher Page and Eamon Duffy explore holy feasts, fasts and festivities in the Middle Ages.
Producer Kate Bolton

Contributors

Unknown:
Eamon Duffy
Producer:
Kate Bolton

The city of Odessa, on the shores of the Black Sea, has always been host to a cosmopolitan collection of people. David Vaughan traces its colourful history through the present inhabitants and through the eyes of its famous writer,
Isaac Babel , whose stories range from the humour of the Jewish community and the activities of local gangsters, to later and bleaker accounts of the 1917 revolution. With readings by Peter Firth. Producer Richard Bannerman

Contributors

Unknown:
David Vaughan
Unknown:
Isaac Babel
Unknown:
Peter Firth.
Producer:
Richard Bannerman

A recital of 20th-century piano music.
Janacek In the Mists
Simon Holt Nigredo James Dillon Spleen
Messiaen Canteyodjaya Last Monday's Lunchtime Concert

Contributors

Unknown:
Simon Holt Nigredo
Unknown:
James Dillon Spleen
Unknown:
Messiaen Canteyodjaya

by William Shakespeare. Robert Hardy stars as Sir John Falstaff ,
Shakespeare's greatest comic creation, who latches on to Hal, the young Prince of Wales, and educates him in the vices of the tavern.
When Hotspur leads a rebellion against the King, Henry despairs of his son's degradation and neglect of duty. The time has come for Hal to redeem himself.
Music by Paddy Cuneen Director Michael Fox
Henry IV Part 2 next Sunday 7.3Opm

Contributors

Unknown:
William Shakespeare.
Unknown:
Robert Hardy
Unknown:
John Falstaff
Music By:
Paddy Cuneen
Hal:
Robert Glenister
Henry IV:
Barrie Rutter
Glendower:
Ian Meredith
Hotspur:
Bill Fellows
Northumberland:
James Tomlinson
Worcester:
Russell Dixon
Prince John:
Antony Byrne
Lady Percy:
Geraldine Alexander
Sir Walter Blunt:
Colin Prockter
Mistress Quickly:
Jane Cox
Bardolph:
Robert Whelan
Poins:
John Lloyd-Fillingham
Peto:
Andy Wear
Gadshill:
Cliff Howells
Scroop:
Rob Pickavance
Douglas:
Malcolm Raeburn
Vemon:
Stefan Escreet
Mortimer:
Simon Green
Lady Mortimer:
Vanessa Woodfine

Brian Wright introduces a classic performance from 1965 of Bach's seasonal masterpiece, the Easter Oratorio.
Choir of Vienna Academy Stuttgart CO, conductor Karl Munchinger Discs

Contributors

Introduces:
Brian Wright
Conductor:
Karl Munchinger Discs
Mary:
Elly Ameling (soprano)
Mary Magdalene:
Helen Watts (contralto)
St Peter:
Werner Krenn (tenor)
St John:
Tom Krause (bass)

with Anthony Burton. Building a Library
The first part of a Gilbert and Sullivan survey by Rodney Milnes. And new releases of baroque music discussed by Tess Knighton and Roderick Swanston.
Rev'd rpt from yesterday 9.00am

Contributors

Unknown:
Anthony Burton.
Unknown:
Rodney Milnes.
Unknown:
Tess Knighton
Unknown:
Roderick Swanston.

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