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Including at approximately
7.05 Brahms Ballade in B minor, Op 10 No 3 Arturo Benedetti
Michelangeli (piano)
7.09 Trad, arr Glinka Let my prayer be set forth Nicolai Gedda (tenor) Choir of the Russian
Orthodox Cathedral,
London, director the Rev
Michael Fortounatto
7.32 Boccherinl Sinfonia in D minor (G506) (La casa del diavolo)
Academy of Ancient Music, director Christopher Hogwood
8.05 Wagner Ride of the Valkyries (Die Walkure) Vienna Philharmonic
Orchestra/Georg Solti
8.11 Purcell Portfolio:
Purcell A selection of songs
8.32 Bantock Celtic
Symphony
Royal Philharmonic
Orchestra/Vernon Handley Discs
Introduced by Mark Rowlinson.
Sonata in B flat for piano duet (D61 7)
Peter Noke and Helen Krizos (piano)
An den Mond in einer
Herbstnacht (D614)
Sarah Walker (mezzo)
Graham Johnson (piano)
Overture in E minor (D648) London Philharmonic
Orchestra, conductor
Raymond Leppard
Piano Sonata in A (D664) Martin Roscoe (piano) Rpt
With Paul Guinery, including:
Debussy, orch Ravel Tarantelle styrienne - BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor Barry Wordsworth
10.05 Artist of the Week: Ian Partridge (tenor)
Gagliano La Dafne (Scene 5) - Camerata Accademica Hamburg, conductor Jurgen Jurgens
10.15 Richard Rodgers Victory at Sea (excerpt) - RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra, conductor Robert Russell Bennett
10.30 Gordon Jacob Chaconne on a Theme of Vaughan Williams - BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Vernon Handley
11.30 Saint-Saens Piano Concerto No 4 in C minor - Pascal Roge (piano) Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Charles Dutoit
Repeated from yesterday
11.30pm
With Susan Sharpe.
1.00 The BBC Orchestras
BBC National Orchestra of Wales conductor Mark Wigglesworth
Stephen Hough (piano)
Mahler Adagio (Symphony No 10)
Mozart Piano Concerto No 9 in E flat (K271)
Wagner Suite: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg
2.20 Aldeburgh Festival 1995
Wolfgang Holzmair (baritone)
Gerard Wyss (piano)
Schubert Die Taubenpost; Im Freien; Am Fegster; Sehnsucht; Irdisches Gluck; Bei dir allein
Hindemith O nun heb du an, dort in deinem Moor; Vor dir schein' ich aufgewacht; Abendphantasie; Sonnenuntergang; The Moon; Envoy
Faure Trois poemes d'un jour, Op 21; Chanson et madrigal de Shylock, Op 57; Prison, Op 83 No 1; En sourdine, Op 58 No 2; Serenade du bourgeois gentilhomme
Ravel Cinq melodies populaires grecques
3.40 The BBC Orchestras: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Conductor Jerzy Maksymiuk
Paul Meyer (clarinet)
Tchaikovsky Fantasy Overture: Romeo and Juliet
Copland Clarinet Concerto
Rachmaninov Vocalise
Borodin Symphony No 2 in B minor
Presented by Julian Gregory.
From Cardiff, presented by Geraint Lewis.
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5.15 Chabrier Overture: Gwendoline
5.55 Part Festina lente
6.03 Chopin Mazurka in C sharp minor, Op 50 No 3
6.25 Schumann Symphony No 3 in E flat (Rhenish) Producer Gwawr Owen
I Due Foscari
Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, after Byron's play
The Two Foscari. Recorded earlier this month at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Sung in Italian. Presented by Donald MacLeod with Michael Oliver.
Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, conductor Daniele Gatti
Acts 1 and 2 8.55 Verdi and Byron Julian Budden talks about
Byron's influence on opera. Rpt
9.15 Act 3
Performance sponsored by the Jean Sainsbury Royal Opera House Fund
4: Orfeo ed Euridice
Che faro senza Euridice is a beautiful lament for the tragic loss of a beloved wife. It was written by Gluck for a castrato, famously performed by Kathleen Ferrier in the postwar era and is now sung by mezzo-sopranos or countertenors. Dame Janet Baker ,
James Bowman and Michael Chance follow Orfeo's journey through hell to arrive at this sublime musical moment.
For details see Monday
Final programme tomorrow 10pm
The last of four programmes.
Jean-Jacques Kantorow (violin)
Anthea Gifford (guitar) Diabelli Potpourri on themes of Beethoven
High winds, heavy rain and still the show goes on ... Humphrey Carpenter reports on the pleasures and pitfalls of theatre in the open air, with firsthand advice from an actor who is currently braving the English summer, Brian Cox. Producer Erika Wright
BBC Concert Orchestra conductor
Laurent Petitgirard
Harumi Hanafusa (piano) Liszt Totentanz
Gounod Symphony No 2 in E flat
Repeated tomorrow at 12 noon
