Learning through Life: A Question of Minorities

With Andrew MacGregor , including a chance to win tickets for a Mahler Prom and at approximately
7.05 Handel Handbook:
Handel Sonata in G minor
(HWV 364b)
Lynn Harrell (cello)
Igor Kipnis (harpsichord)
7.32 Sibelius Rnlandia
Scottish National
Orchestra, conductor
Alexander Gibson
7.42 Mendelssohn Organ Sonata in B flat, Op 65 No 4
John Scott (organ)
8.05 Bartok Two Romanian
Dances, Op 8a Zoltan Kocsis (piano)
8.20 Byrd Magnificat (Great Service)
Tallis Scholars , director
Peter Phillips
8.40 Saint-Saens Cello
Concerto No 1 in A minor
Yo-Yo Ma (cello)
French National Orchestra, conductor Lorin Maazel
Discs

Stephen Johnson finds Enescu at home in the Romanian plains and mountains.
Carillon Nocturne (Piano Suite No 3)
Cristian Petrescu (piano) Orchestral Suite No 3
(Suite villageoise)
Romanian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra, conductor
Constantin Silvestri
Violin Sonata No 3
(Dans le caractere populaire roumain)
Yehudi Menuhin (violin)
Hephzibah Menuhin (piano)

Presented by Mairi Nicolson.

10.01 Artists of the Week: Katia and Marielle Labeque (pianos)
Billy Mayerl Honky Tonk

10.05 A selection of songs

10.11 Faure Violin Sonata in A, Op 13

10.45 Gliere The Bronze Horseman (excerpt)

11.00 Ravel Suite: Ma mere l'oye

11.20 Saint-Saens Symphony No 3 in C minor (Organ)

Repeated from yesterday 11.30pm

With Susan Sharpe.
1.00 Manchester Summer Recitals
Series recorded in the Concert Hall of New Broadcasting House, Manchester, presented by Rodney Slatford.
Schubert Ensemble of London
Bridge Phantasy in F sharp minor
Dohnanyi Piano Quintet in C minor, Op 1
2.00 The BBC Orchestras: BBC Philharmonic
conductor Jiri Belohlavek
Novak Eternal Longing
Martinu Symphony No 4
3.00 Midweek Choice
With Susan Sharpe. [number removed]
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Schubert Notturno in E flat (D897)
Nash Ensemble
Medtner Russian songs
Oda Slobodskaya (soprano) The Composer (piano)
Tchaikovsky Pezzo capriccioso, Op 62
Raphael Wallfisch (cello)
English Chamber Orchestra, conductor Geoffrey Simon

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Fairest Isle
4.00 Choral Evensong
From the Chapel of St John's College, Cambridge. Featuring a verse anthem by Henry Purcell with string accompaniment, in a special series for the tercentenary of Purcell's death.
Introit: O pray for the peace of Jerusalem (Blow)
Responses (Smith)
O Lord God of hosts (Psalm 80) (Purcell)
First Lesson: Nehemiah 8, vv 1-12
Canticles: Short Service in F (Blow)
Second Lesson: Romans 12, vv 1-8
Anthem: Praise the Lord O my soul (Purcell)
Hymn: Rejoice O land (Wareham)
Organ Voluntary: Fantasia and Fugue in G minor (BWV 542) (Bach)

Director of music Christopher Robinson.
Organ student Allan Walker.

(Performance sponsored by the Arts Council of England)

The Distorting Mirror
Bryan Beattie goes in search of the real Scottish song.

Presented by Natalie Wheen.
Schubert Quartettsatz in C minor (D703)
6.03 Chopin Rondo in C minor, Op 1
6.40 Schoenberg Chamber Symphony No 2
Producer Jessica Isaacs

From the Royal
Albert Hall, London.
Dmitri Sitkovetsky (violin) BBC Philharmonic/ Yan Pascal Tortelier
Haydn Symphony No 83 in G minor (Hen)
John Casken Violin
Concerto (BBC commission, first performance)
8.30 Interval
Lynne Walker celebrates 60 years of music-making by the BBC Philharmonic.
8.50 Stravinsky Petrushka (1911)

3: Sustainable Architecture
In his third lecture,
Richard Rogers , who designed the remarkable Pompidou
Centre in Paris, explains his approach to architecture, describing the importance of quality building but also urging greater consideration for public spaces and environmental friendliness.
First broadcast on Radio 4
Next programme tomorrow
9.10pm

Lisa Beznosiuk (flute)
Pavlo Beznosiuk (violin)
Richard Tunnicliffe (cello) Maggie Cole (harpsichord) C P E Bach Trio Sonata in B minor (Wq 143)
J C Bach Cello Sonata in A
J S Bach Violin Sonata in C minor (BWV 1017)
See also next Monday 10.00pm

The second of two programmes which explore the psychology of music. The Art of the Few?
Are Mozarts born or made?
What influences musical development? Is being a fine musician a gift or just hard graft? Peter Evans investigates the psychology of making music. Rpt

Brahms and the High Romantic
Roger Vignoles introduces a programme of Brahms's settings of Daumer and Heine.
Marie McLaughlin (soprano) Jamie MacDougall (tenor) Roger Vignoles (piano) Repeated tomorrow 12 noon