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Presented by Penny Gore . Including a chance for listeners to win tickets for a Mahler Prom, and at approximately
7.05 Lalo Overture: Le Roi d'Ys
Suisse Romande
Orchestra, conductor
Ernest Ansermet
7.32 Nicolas Gombert In te
Domine speravi
Huelgas Ensemble, director Paul van Nevel
7.47 Shostakovich Festive
Overture, Op 96
Royal Scottish Orchestra, conductor Neeme Jarvi
8.05 Mendelssohn
Variations concertantes, Op 17
Lynn Harrell (cello)
Bruno Canino (piano)
8.23 John Blow Septimnius and Acme
Red Byrd
Parley of Instruments
8.37 Elgar Overture: In the South (Alassio)
La Scala Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor
Riccardo Muti
Discs

Contributors

Presented By:
Penny Gore
Conductor:
Ernest Ansermet
Director:
Paul van Nevel
Cello:
Lynn Harrell
Piano:
Bruno Canino
Piano:
John Blow
Conductor:
Riccardo Muti

2: Inspired fluency, 1885-1893
Presented by Colin Lawson.
Stenka Razin , Op 13
Royal Scottish Orchestra, conductor Neeme Jarvi
String Quartet No 3 in G (Slavonic)
Shostakovich Quartet
Grande Valse de Concert,
Op 41
Tatjana Franova (piano) Discs

Contributors

Presented By:
Colin Lawson.
Presented By:
Stenka Razin
Piano:
Tatjana Franova

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The second of two recitals of American piano music, played by Philip Martin. Introduced by Rodney Slatford.
Roy Harris Sonata
Copland Piano Fantasy Barber Nocturne
Repeated from yesterday
11.30pm

Contributors

Played By:
Philip Martin.
Introduced By:
Rodney Slatford.

BBC National Orchestra of Wales conductor Richard Hickox
Lynne Dawson (soprano) Jean Rigby (mezzo)
John Mark Ainsley (tenor) BBC Welsh Chorus
Joyful Company of Singers Monmouth School Choir
Boys of Bath Abbey Choir
Beethoven Symphony No 6 in F (Pastoral)
Britten Spring Symphony Concert given in St David 's Hall, Cardiff, and sponsored by the Principality Building Society

Contributors

Conductor:
Richard Hickox
Soprano:
Lynne Dawson
Soprano:
Jean Rigby
Tenor:
John Mark Ainsley
Unknown:
St David

conductors Thomas Ades and John Nelson
Lynn Harrell (cello)
Ades The Origin of the Harp (first performance)
Schumann Symphony No 1 in B flat (Spring)
Dvorak Cello Concerto in B minor

Contributors

Conductors:
Thomas Ades
Conductors:
John Nelson
Cello:
Lynn Harrell

The Body of Music
Today's programme explores our emotional reactions to music - whether it be a song from our childhood, a Mozart opera or a familiar film theme, we all feel something. Kati Whitaker reveals the tricks of the trade.

Contributors

Unknown:
Kati Whitaker

Sean Rafferty presents music and arts news from
Belfast and talks to
Martin Adams , author of a recent book on Purcell. Including at approximately
5.30 Bruckner Overture in G minor
6.03 Boccherinl Cello
Concerto in D (G476) Producer David Byers

Contributors

Unknown:
Sean Rafferty
Unknown:
Martin Adams
Producer:
David Byers

From the Royal
Albert Hall , London.
Stephen Hough (piano) Bruce Gremo (xen)
Jeremy White (bass) BBC Scottish SO. conductors
Jerzy Maksymiuk and Tan Dun Tchaikovsky Fantasy overture: Romeo and Juliet
Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
7.50 A Chinese in New York and Glasgow
A profile of the Chinese-born but now New York-based composer, Tan Dun. Plus a look at his special musical relationship with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
8.10 Tan Dun Orchestral
Theatre I: Xun; Orchestral Theatre II: Re (first UK performance)
9.05 Interval
Conrad Russell reflects on some of the things he learned from historian Dame
Veronica Wedgwood - most importantly, that an historian's job is to tell a story.
9.25 Shostakovich
Symphony No 9
FAIREST ISLE

Contributors

Unknown:
Albert Hall
Piano:
Stephen Hough
Piano:
Bruce Gremo
Bass:
Jeremy White
Conductors:
Jerzy Maksymiuk
Conductors:
Tan Dun
Unknown:
Tan Dun.
Unknown:
Tan Dun
Unknown:
Conrad Russell
Unknown:
Veronica Wedgwood

Robert Harre-Jones (organ) Gabrieli Consort , director Paul McCreesh
Mark Rowlinson presents a concert of anthems by Samuel Sebastian Wesley recorded at the Brinkburn
Summer Music Festival.
The Wilderness; Cast me not away from Thy presence; Larghetto in F sharp minor; Blessed be the God and Father;
Andante in G; Thou wilt keep Him in perfect peace; Ascribe unto the Lord
Repeated tomorrow 12 noon

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Harre-Jones
Unknown:
Gabrieli Consort
Director:
Paul McCreesh
Director:
Mark Rowlinson
Unknown:
Samuel Sebastian Wesley

BBC Radio 3

About BBC Radio 3

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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