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With Andrew McGregor.
Rachmaninov Hail, O Virgin Mother of God; Glory to God in the Highest (Vespers)
6.10 Rebel Suite: Les Siemens
7.05 Dvorak Nocturne in B, Op 40
7.40 Weber Symphony No 2 in C
8.05 Trad, arr Koutev Todora
8.35 Tchaikovsky Francesca da Rimini
Bach Orchestral Suite No 4 in D (BWV 1069) English Concert, director Trevor Pinnock
9.19 Part Fratres
Kronos Quartet
9.29 Poulenc Gloria
Barbara Hendricks
(soprano)
French Radio Choir
French National Orchestra, conductor Georges Pretre Discs
Presented by Chris Wines in Birmingham.
Debussy Suite: Pour le piano
Angela Brownridge (piano)
10.14 Artist of the Week:
Andre Previn (conductor) Walton Improvisations on an Impromptu of Benjamin Britten
10.31 Britten The Salley Gardens; Little Sir William; The trees they grow so high; Come you not from Newcastle?
John Mark Ainsley (tenor) Julius Drake (piano)
10.41 Avlson Concerto
Grosso after Scarlatti No
10 in D
Brandenburg Consort, conductor Roy Goodman
10.49 Cabezon Diferencias sobre "La dama le demanda"
Sophie Yates (harpsichord)
10.52 Brahms Alto
Rhapsody Jessye Norman (soprano) Philadelphia Choral Arts Society
Philadelphia Orchestra, conductor Riccardo Muti
11.05 Varese Density 21.5 Patrick Gallois (flute)
11.09 Haydn Symphony No 39 in G minor
English Concert, conductor Trevor Pinnock
11.30 Mendelssohn String Quartet No 2 in A minor, Op 13
Carmina Quartet
With Penny Gore.
Moths and Butterflies
(Wand of Youth Suite No 2) Le drapeau beige
Piano Quintet in A minor (1st mvt)
The Wind at Dawn
Violin Sonata in E minor Discs Revised rpt
With Paul Guinery.
1.00 Opera Matinee: Der Freischutz
Weber's singspiel in three acts, to a text by Kind, recorded at last year's
Florence Maggio Musicale. A huntsman sells his soul to the Devil in exchange for magic bullets but has to forfeit his life unless a substitute victim can be found. Sung in German.
Rorence Maggio Musicale Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch
3.15 Brindisi Quartet Anthony Pleeth (cello)
Janacek String Quartet No 1 (Kreutzer Sonata) Colin Matthews String Quartet No 3 (first performance)
Schubert String Quintet in C (D956)
Performance given in 1994, in association with Gerrard Vivian Gray Ltd
See How the Fading Glories of the Year
Every note by Henry Purcell was broadcast in 1995, but Jeremy Summerly thinks that we'll have lost some of them by 2045.
Four Weddings and No Funeral
Wedding bells are ringing in lain Burnside's selection of songs. Rpt
Andrew Motion goes mystical in his continuing search for the Englishness of English music and poetry in the 20th century. In this programme, he looks at the Celtic twilight, the transcendental and occult, the lure of the East. and Christian mysticism, with music by Vaughan Williams , Bax, Ireland, Tippett,
Tavener, Foulds, Hoist and Delius and poetry from
Whitman to R S Thomas.
Rpt
The festival featuring all
Mahler's symphonies and songs ends in spectacular fashion with Mahler's most extravagant symphony, known as the Symphony of a Thousand.
Alessandra Marc ,
Julia Faulkner and Cyndia Sieden (sopranos)
Jard van Nes and Birgit Remmert (mezzos) Gary Lakes (tenor)
Andreas Schmidt (baritone) Robert Holl (bass)
Prague Philharmonic Choir Kiihn Mixed Choir
Boys' Chorus of St Bavo, Haarlem
Sacrement Chorus of Breda
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, conductor
Riccardo Chailly
Mahler Symphony No 8
Series producer Adam Gatehouse
A 20-part exploration of the history, significance and connotations of 20 cultural phenomena.
From the Ottoman Empire to the couch potato, class and the couch, the chat-show settee.
A recital given last year at the Lower Machen Festival.
Schubert Quartettsatz in C minor (D703)
Luminlta Spinu Isihie (first performance)
Bartok String Quartet No 2
Jeremy Nicholas introduces a final selection of music from the age of 78rpm records, including works by Bach, Senaille and Verdi, with performances by Walter Rummel ,
Archie Camden and Toscanini.
Series producer Andrew Mussett
City of London Sinfonia, conductor Richard Hickox
Mozart Serenata Notturna
(K239)
Colin Matthews Night Music
Faure Nocturne (Shylock)
John Woolrich The Theatre
Represents a Garden (first broadcast)
Producer Nigel Wilkinson
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