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With Richard Osborne.
Wagner Prelude: Act 1 (Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg)
London Classical Players, conductor Roger Norrington
7.12 Richard Davy In honore summae matris
The Sixteen, conductor Harry Christophers
7.29 Verdi String Quartet in E minor
Hagen Quartet
7.54 Trad 'Tis the last rose of summer; Girls, have you seen George?; Fly not yet
Invocation/Timothy Roberts
8.02 Schubert Symphony No 9 in C (Great)
Berlin PO/Giinter Wand

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Osborne.
Conductor:
Roger Norrington
Conductor:
Richard Davy
Conductor:
Harry Christophers

Strauss's Salome by Rodney Milnes. Jonathan Keates on new releases of keyboard works by J S Bach and his son Wilhelm Friedemann , including
Christophe Rousset 's recording of the Goldberg Variations.
Revised repeat tomorrow 10.30pm
10.15 Record Release
J S Bach Fantasia and Fugue in G minor (BWV 542)
Ton Koopman (organ)
10.29 J S Bach Chorale
Prelude: 0 Lamm Gottes unschuldig (BWV 656) Ton Koopman (organ)
Chorale: 0 Lamm Gottes unschuldig (BWV 401)
Amsterdam Baroque Choir, conductor Ton Koopman
10.42 J S Bach Prelude and Fugue in E flat
(St Anne) (BWV 552) Douglas Amrine
(pedal harpsichord)
10.59 W F Bach Keyboard Concerto in D (F41)
Richard Egarr (harpsichord) London Baroque, conductor Charles Medlam

Contributors

Unknown:
Rodney Milnes.
Unknown:
Jonathan Keates
Unknown:
Wilhelm Friedemann
Unknown:
Christophe Rousset
Unknown:
Lamm Gottes
Unknown:
Lamm Gottes
Conductor:
Ton Koopman
Unknown:
Douglas Amrine
Harpsichord:
Richard Egarr
Conductor:
Charles Medlam

Record producer Andrew Keener talks to Richard
Osborne about his restoration of a 1968 Jacqueline du Pre recording of Strauss's Don Quixote. Producers Clive Portbury and Patrick Lambert Discs

Contributors

Talks:
Andrew Keener
Unknown:
Don Quixote.
Producers:
Clive Portbury
Producers:
Patrick Lambert

Michael Berkeley meets writer and historian Noel Annan, one of the architects of the postwar reconstruction of Germany. His choices range from Purcell and Bach to Mozart, Schubert and Tchaikovsky.

(A Classic Arts production)

Contributors

Presenter:
Michael Berkeley
Writer/Historian:
Noel Annan

In the second of three programmes recalling the American pianist, Annette Morreau introduces rare performances with viola player William Primrose and unreleased archive recordings of Schubert lieder with Maria Stader.

Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

Brahms Viola Sonata in F minor, Op 120 No 1

Schubert Impromptu in A flat (D935 No 2) Im Fruhling; Du bist de Ruh; Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt; Die Forelle

Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor

A Morreau production

Contributors

Unknown:
William Kapell
Pianist:
Annette Morreau
Violaist:
William Primrose
Unknown:
Maria Stader

In the second of six programmes,
Anna Markland introduces cellist
Betsy Taylor and pianist
Steven Osborne in works by Debussy, Rachmaninov and John Casken , the Quartz Saxophone Quartet playing Handel, Richard Rodney Bennett and Francalx, and the Lithuanian pianist Polina Chersonskaya in Beethoven's Sonata in D,
Op 10 No 3.
During the interval, Andrew Sparling asks if specialisation can enhance a pianist's career.
Given last month in the National
Portrait Gallery
For details of remaining concerts. ring (0171) [number removed]
JAZZ WEEK

Contributors

Introduces:
Anna Markland
Unknown:
Betsy Taylor
Pianist:
Steven Osborne
Pianist:
John Casken
Unknown:
Richard Rodney Bennett
Pianist:
Polina Chersonskaya
Unknown:
Andrew Sparling

From the foyer of the Queen
Elizabeth Hall ,
Geoffrey Smith presents a special selection of celebrity and listeners' requests as part of the London International
Jazz Festival.
Producer Alan Hall Discs ADDRESS: Jazz Record Requests, BBC Radio 3. Broadcasting House, London W1A 4WW
Fax: (0171) [number removed]
JAZZ WEEK

Contributors

Unknown:
Elizabeth Hall
Unknown:
Geoffrey Smith
Producer:
Alan Hall

Presented by Ivan Hewett. This week, a new production of Hlndemrth's s opera Mathis der Maler at the Royal Opera House,
London; the musical taste of Bonnie Prince Charlie ; and the growth of jazz courses at music colleges. Producer Anthony Sellors
Repeated tomorrow at 12.15pm

Contributors

Presented By:
Ivan Hewett.
Unknown:
Bonnie Prince Charlie
Producer:
Anthony Sellors

The last of Rossini's operas composed for
Naples is a tale of war, intrigue and regal deceit on the island of Lesbos, in two acts, written in 1822. This performance was given during the summer at the festival in Rossini's birthplace, Pesaro. Sung in Italian.
Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Communale, Bologna, conductor Roger Norrington
FAIREST ISLE

Contributors

Conductor:
Roger Norrington
Zelmira, Princess of Lesbos:
Mariella Devia (sop)
Ho, her husband:
Paul Austin Kelly (tenor)
Polidoro, her father:
Giorgio Surjan (bass)
Emma, her maidservant:
Sonia Ganassi (mezzo-Sop)
Antenore, pretender to the throne of Mytilene:
Bruce Ford (tenor)
Leucippo, his friend:
Simone Alberghini (bass)
Eacide, llo's friend:
Cesare Zambarino (tenor)
High Priest:
Danilo Rigosa (bass)

Transformations in British
Culture
Extravagant Strangers
In the last of six Radio 3/ RSA lectures given before an invited audience at the Royal Society of Arts, West Indian born British writer
Caryl Phillips talks about "other voices" in British literature.
Producer Beaty Rubens
JAZZ WEEK

Contributors

Talks:
Caryl Phillips
Producer:
Beaty Rubens

Brian Morton introduces a specially recorded session featuring musicians appearing at the festival, including Dangerous
Kitchen, bass player Barry Guy and saxophonist Mats Gustafsson. There is music on disc from composer and saxophonist Barbara Thompson , the Art
Ensemble of Chicago, the Moscow Art Trio and saxophonist Wayne Shorter. Producer Derek Drescher See also Friday 7.30pm Followed by: 12.30-1.00am
Sinatra's Jazz
Mel Hill traces the part played by jazz in the evolution of Frank Sinatra 's highly distinctive vocal style. In the third of four programmes, he examines Frank Sinatra 's fruitful relationship with arranger and conductor Nelson
Riddle. Plus the beginning of a long association with Harry "Sweets" Edison, whose muted trumpet added a distinctive flavour to many of Sinatra's records.
Rpt

Contributors

Introduces:
Brian Morton
Unknown:
Barry Guy
Unknown:
Mats Gustafsson.
Unknown:
Barbara Thompson
Unknown:
Wayne Shorter.
Producer:
Derek Drescher
Unknown:
Frank Sinatra
Unknown:
Frank Sinatra

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