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With Jonathan Swain.
Steiner Overture: King Kong Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, conductor John Mauceri
7.07 Poulenc Oboe Sonata
Francois Leleux (oboe)
Emmanuel Strosser (piano)
7.23 Vivaldi Concerto in E flat (RV253) (La tempesta di mare)
Enrico Onofri (violin) II Giardino Armonico , director Giovanni Antonini
7.32 Vaughan Williams
Three Shakespeare Songs Holst Singers, conductor Stephen Layton
7.39 Brahms Cello Sonata in E minor, Op 38
Anner Bylsma (cello) Lambert Orkis (piano)
8.07 Alfonso X (El Sablo) Cantigas de Santa Maria Ensemble Unicorn, Vienna
8.25 Schumann Piano
Concerto in A minor
Helene Grimaud (piano)
German SO/David Zinman

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Swain.
Conductor:
John Mauceri
Oboe:
Francois Leleux
Piano:
Emmanuel Strosser
Violin:
Enrico Onofri
Unknown:
Giardino Armonico
Director:
Giovanni Antonini
Conductor:
Stephen Layton
Cello:
Anner Bylsma
Piano:
Lambert Orkis
Piano:
Helene Grimaud

Haydn String Quartet in E flat, Op 33 No 2 (Joke) Lindsay Quartet
10.37 Spohr Septet in A minor, Op 147
Pascal Roge (piano) Chantal Juillet (violin)
Christopher van Kampen (cello)
Philippa Davies (flute)
Michael Collins (clarinet) Robin O'Neill (bassoon) Richard Watkins (horn)

Contributors

Piano:
Pascal Roge
Cello:
Christopher van Kampen
Flute:
Philippa Davies
Clarinet:
Michael Collins
Bassoon:
Robin O'Neill
Horn:
Richard Watkins

Patrick O'Connor reports on reissues of great French popular singers from the thirties- including
Tino Rossi , Jean Sablon , Charles Trenet and Yvonne
Printemps - on ASV's Living Era series and Pearl's
Flapper label.
Producers Clive Portbury and Patrick Lambert Discs
E-MAIL: record.review@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
Patrick O'Connor
Unknown:
Tino Rossi
Unknown:
Jean Sablon
Unknown:
Charles Trenet
Producers:
Clive Portbury
Producers:
Patrick Lambert

Actress Sian Phillips reveals her musical tastes to Michael Berkeley. Vocal music features strongly among her choices, which include Gershwin's Porgy and Bess, Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro,
Bernstein's Candide and Pergolesi's Stabat Mater. A Ladbroke Radio production

Contributors

Unknown:
Sian Phillips
Unknown:
Michael Berkeley.
Unknown:
Stabat Mater.

Kirsteen McCue introduces two contrasting groups from last year's Aberdeen
International Youth Festival.
Victory March Bizarre
Edward McGuire Scirocco
Bedford Sun Paints
Rainbows on the Vast Waves
John Barnes Chance
Incantation and Dance
Vaughan Williams English Folk Song Suite
A J Potter Finnegan 's Wake Irish Youth Wind Ensemble, conductor James Cavanagh Michael Norris Waltz for strings
Dvorak Serenade in E for strings
Netherlands Youth String Orchestra/Roland Kieft Producer David McGuinness

Contributors

Unknown:
John Barnes
Unknown:
Potter Finnegan
Conductor:
James Cavanagh
Conductor:
Michael Norris Waltz
Unknown:
Dvorak Serenade
Producer:
David McGuinness

The first of two concerts this weekend given last spring in Harewood House, Yorkshire, and introduced by the Earl of Harewood himself.
Ernst Kovacic (violin)
David Owen Norris (piano) Ravel Violin Sonata
Brahms Violin Sonata in A, Op 100
Kreisler Praeludium and Allegro in the style of Pugnani; Liebesleid; Gypsy Romance; Tambourin chinois; Syncopation;
Berceuse romantique; La gitana; Chanson Louis XIII and Pavane in the style of Couperin; La Chasse in the style ofCartier; Old German Shepherd's Madrigal;
Marche miniature viennoise
Given last March
A Philip Titcombe production
Next programme tomorrow 3.30pm

Contributors

Violin:
Ernst Kovacic
Piano:
David Owen Norris
Unknown:
Kreisler Praeludium
Unknown:
Chanson Louis Xiii
Unknown:
La Chasse
Unknown:
Philip Titcombe

Ivan Hewett and guests discuss the current issues in music. This week, a ' preview of a major exhibition focusing on the work of impresario Sergei Diaghilev , creator of the Ballets
Russes, and the world theatre premiere of Virtuoso, about British pianist John Ogdon. Plus an update on the Arts Council's recent allocation of funds. Producer Jessica Isaacs
Repeated tomorrow 12.15pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Ivan Hewett
Unknown:
Sergei Diaghilev
Pianist:
John Ogdon.
Producer:
Jessica Isaacs

I Rossini's comedy about the exploits of Figaro, opera's favourite barber, whose tricks and travails help his master secure the hand of the fair
Rosina. The work is based on the first part of the Figaro trilogy by Beaumarchais, which also provided the source for operas by Mozart and Milhaud. Sung in Italian.
Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, conductor Adam Fischer
Act
8.05 The Met Open Quiz
8.35 Act 2
Texaco supports the Metropolitan Opera Radio Network, which is broadcast on R3 through the EBU

Contributors

Conductor:
Adam Fischer
Rosina:
Ruth Ann Swenson(soprano)
Almaviva:
Raul Gimenez(tenor)
Figaro:
Mark Oswald(baritone)
Dr Bartolo:
John Del Carlo(baritone)
Don Basilio:
Simone Alaimo(bass)
Berta:
Jane Shaulis(mezzo)
Fiorello:
Christopher Schaldenbrand (bass)
Sergeant:
Charles Anthony(baritone)
Ambrogio:
Ross Crolius(bass)

With Michael Rosen.
This month, Scottish poet
Robert Crawford talks about his collection Masculinity, and American Mark Doty reads his latest work. Producer Fiona McLean

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Rosen.
Talks:
Robert Crawford
Unknown:
Mark Doty
Producer:
Fiona McLean

Alyn Shipton introduces highlights of two sets recorded at Ronnie Scott's club in London last summer.
Saxophonist and flautist James Moody was joined by a British rhythm section: John Critchinson (piano), Andy Kleyndirt (bass) and Mark Retcher (drums).
Pianist Cedar Walton brought his own quartet from America: Vincent Herring (saxophones), David Williams (bass) and Billy Higgins (drums).
Between the sets, Cedar Walton talks about his earlier work with J J Johnson, Art Farmer and Art Blakey.
Producer Derek Drescher

Contributors

Presenter:
Alyn Shipton
Saxophonist/Flautist:
James Moody
Pianist:
John Critchinson
Bassist:
Andy Kleyndirt
Drummer:
Mark Retcher
Pianist/Speaker:
Cedar Walton
Saxophonist:
Vincent Herring
Bassist:
David Williams
Drummer:
Billy Higgins
Producer:
Derek Drescher

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