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With Jonathan Swain.
Gubaidulina Chaconne
Andreas Haefliger (piano)
7.12 Villa-Lobos Bachiana
Brasileira No 2
Simon Bolivar SO of Venezuela/Eduardo Mata
7.34 Schumann
Fantasiestucke, Op 73 Douglas Boyd (oboe d'amore)
Maria-Joao Pires (piano)
7.46 Brahms Variations in F sharp minor on a Theme by Schumann, Op 9 Mikhail Rudy (piano)
8.07 Haydn Trumpet Concerto in E flat
Maurice Andre (trumpet) Franz Liszt Chamber
Orchestra, Budapest, conductor Janos Rolla
8.24 Resplghi
Concerto gregoriano Pierre Amoyal (violin)
French National Orchestra, conductor Charles Dutoit

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Swain.
Piano:
Andreas Haefliger
Oboe:
Douglas Boyd
Piano:
Maria-Joao Pires
Piano:
Mikhail Rudy
Unknown:
Maurice Andre
Conductor:
Janos Rolla
Violin:
Pierre Amoyal
Conductor:
Charles Dutoit

Weber Konzertstuck in F minor, Op 79
Melvyn Tan (fortepiano)
London Classical Players, conductor Roger Norrington
10.33 Schubert Symphony No 8 in B minor (Unfinished) Orchestra of the 18th
Century/Frans Briiggen
11.01 Strauss Horn
Concerto No 2 in E flat
David Pyatt (horn)
Britten Sinfonia , conductor
Nicholas Cleobury
11.23 Holmboe Symphony No 8 (Sinfonia boreale) Aarhus Symphony
Orchestra, conductor
Owain Arwel Hughes
Producers Clive Portbury and Patrick Lambert
Discs

Contributors

Unknown:
Weber Konzertstuck
Unknown:
Melvyn Tan
Conductor:
Roger Norrington
Horn:
David Pyatt
Conductor:
Britten Sinfonia
Conductor:
Nicholas Cleobury
Conductor:
Owain Arwel Hughes
Producers:
Clive Portbury
Producers:
Patrick Lambert

Simon Jenkins , former editor of and now columnist for The Times, shares his musical tastes with Michael Berkeley
. His selection includes Scott Joplin , Satie and Schubert.
A Ladbroke Radio production

Contributors

Unknown:
Simon Jenkins
Unknown:
Michael Berkeley
Unknown:
Scott Joplin

Five programmes in which Bernard Keeffe introduces recordings by violinist Itzhak Perlman.
4: Once More, with Feeling Including contributions from William Pleeth ,
Kenneth Sillito and record producer John Fraser.
Elgar Salut d'amour
Dvorak Romance in F minor
LPO/Daniel
Barenboim Brahms Hungarian Dances Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) Elgar Violin Concerto in B minor
Chicago SO, conductor Daniel Barenboim

Contributors

Introduces:
Bernard Keeffe
Violinist:
Itzhak Perlman.
Unknown:
William Pleeth
Unknown:
Kenneth Sillito
Producer:
John Fraser.
Unknown:
Barenboim Brahms
Piano:
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Conductor:
Daniel Barenboim

A second chance to hear the young French pianist who made a big impression at the last Leeds Piano Competition.

Liszt Funerailles (Harmonies poetiques et religieuses)
Brahms Klavierstucke, Op 119
Shostakovich Prelude and Fugue in D minor, Op 87 No 24
Wagner, transcr Liszt Liebestod (Tristan und Isolde)

(Rpt)

Contributors

Pianist:
Francois-Frederic Guy

Rolfe Johnson on Mozart
In the second of four masterclasses, the distinguished tenor Anthony Rolfe Johnson passes on his knowledge and experience of singing the operatic roles of Mozart to a young generation of singers at the Britten-Pears School in Snape. Natalie Wheen reports.
Producer Adam Gatehouse

Contributors

Unknown:
Rolfe Johnson
Tenor:
Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Producer:
Adam Gatehouse

Presented by Ivan Hewett. This week, a new book about music's 'master of bewilderment and deception' - Erik Satie.
And there's a look at this year's Almeida Opera Festival in London.
Producer Fiona Shelmerdine
Repeated tomorrow at 12.15pm

Contributors

Presented By:
Ivan Hewett.
Unknown:
Erik Satie.
Producer:
Fiona Shelmerdine

Harpsichordist Timothy Roberts introduces and performs music by some of Bach's older north German contemporaries.
Matthias Weckmann Suite in B minor
Pachelbel Variations on 'Werde munter mein
Gemuthe'
Froberger Méditation sur ma morte future
Rpt

Contributors

Harpsichordist:
Timothy Roberts
Unknown:
Matthias Weckmann Suite

Stiffelio
The second of five broadcasts this month.
Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. Sung in Italian.
Presented by Piers Burton -Page and Michael Oliver.
Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, conductor Edward Downes
Act
9.00 Verdi and Religion
Roger Parker considers the place of religion in Verdi's life and operas. Rpt
9.20 Acts 2 and 3 Simon Boccanegra (original 1857 version) is on 18 July at 7.30pm
FAIREST ISLE

Contributors

Unknown:
Francesco Maria
Presented By:
Piers Burton
Presented By:
Michael Oliver.
Conductor:
Edward Downes
Unknown:
Roger Parker
Unknown:
Simon Boccanegra
Stiffelio:
Placido Domingo (tenor)
Lina:
Catherine Malfitano (soprano)
Stankar:
Gregory Yurisich (baritone)
Raffaele:
Robin Leggate(tenor)
Jorg:
Gwynne Howell(bass)
Federico di Frengel:
Timothy Robinson(tenor)
Dorotea:
Leah-Marian Jones(mezzo)

Transformations in British
Culture
Has British Culture Ever
Existed?
Historian Linda Colley delivers the fourth of six
Radio 3/RSA lectures at the Royal Society of Arts. She considers such questions as whether British culture is any more than the sum of those of the different countries and regions that make up the United Kingdom. With John Tusa.
Producer Abigail Appleton

Contributors

Unknown:
Linda Colley
Unknown:
John Tusa.
Producer:
Abigail Appleton

Jez Nelson introduces a concert featuring Brazilian singer Flora Purim and percussionist Airto Moreira , with their six-piece band. Fourth World 2, recorded last January at Ronnie Scott 's in London.
A Mentorn Radio production

Contributors

Introduces:
Jez Nelson
Singer:
Flora Purim
Unknown:
Airto Moreira
Unknown:
Ronnie Scott

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