Programme Index

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With Andrew McGregor.
Music, news and weather, including
Monteverdi Confitebor tibi, domine (Psalm 110)
6.09 Schubert Symphony No 4 in C minor (Tragic)
7.05 Debussy La Cathédrale engloutie (Preludes, Bk I)
7.32 Bax In the Faery Hills
8.05 Adam Le Chanson du canari (Les Pantins de violette)
8.32 J C Bach Symphony in G, Op 3 No 6

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew McGregor.
Unknown:
Adam Le Chanson

With Catriona Young.

Handel Music for the Royal Fireworks (HWV 351) - The King's Consort, director Robert King

9.21 Liszt Apres une lecture du Dante (Annees de pelerinage) - Alfred Brendel (piano)

9.37 Vleuxtemps Violin Concerto No 5 in A minor - Sarah Chang (violin) Philharmonia, conductor Charles Dutoit

(Discs)

Contributors

Presenter:
Catriona Young

With Edward Blakeman.
10.05 Mahler Adagietto (Symphony No 5) German Chamber
Orchestra, conductor Stefan Sanderling
10.15 Artist of the Week:
Nicholas Daniel (oboe) Tippett, arr Bowen Autumn
Maxwell Davies First Grace of Light
Julius Drake (piano)
11.00 Gounod Petite
Symphonie
Haffner Wind Ensemble
11.20 Beethoven Sonata in E flat, Op 27 No 1 Ursula Deutschler
(fortepiano)
11.40 Copland Clarinet Concerto
Richard Stolzman (clarinet) German Chamber
Orchestra, conductor Stefan Sanderling

Contributors

Unknown:
Edward Blakeman.
Artist:
Stefan Sanderling
Oboe:
Nicholas Daniel
Piano:
Julius Drake
Unknown:
Beethoven Sonata
Clarinet:
Richard Stolzman
Conductor:
Stefan Sanderling

Presented by Susan Sharpe.
1.00 The BBC
Orchestras
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Conductor Thomas
Sanderling
Piers Lane (piano)
Liszt St Francis of Paola
Walking on the Water (Legend No 2)
D'Albert Piano Concerto
No 1 in B minor
Rpt
2.00 Schools
Radio Showcase 2.05 In the News 2.25 Something to Think About 2.40 Music
Workshop
3.00 Billy Mayed The second of two programmes this week of music composed by the popular pianist Billy Mayeri. Peter Dickinson introduces recordings of the pianist playing his own compositions, including
Railroad Rhythms, The Jazz Mistress and Sweet
William, as well as his piano transcription of Limehouse Blues.
3.25 Ulster Orchestra
Conductor En Shao
Artur Pizarro (piano)
Michael Torke Green
(Verdant Music)
Scrlabin Piano Concerto in F sharp minor
Bruckner Symphony No 0 in D minor (Die Nullte)

Contributors

Presented By:
Susan Sharpe.
Piano:
Liszt St Francis
Unknown:
Billy Mayed
Pianist:
Billy Mayeri.
Introduces:
Peter Dickinson
Piano:
Artur Pizarro
Piano:
Michael Torke Green

Five Working Composers
Sarah Walker continues her exploration of composers' working lives. Far from the madding crowd, experimental composer Frank Denyer seeks inspiration and instruments in the countryside surrounding his home in Devon.
See also tomorrow 9.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Sarah Walker
Unknown:
Frank Denyer

From the Festival of American Music and Arts in Glasgow, with Brian Morton. A transatlantic special, including
6.00 Komgold Theme and Variations
6.30 Adams Shaker Loops performed by the B.BC Scottish SO, conductor William Conway. Producer Svend Brown
See also tomorrow 7.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Morton.
Conductor:
William Conway.
Producer:
Svend Brown

A concert from the Bournemouth orchestras' summer weekend in London last June, including the first performance of David Sawer 's work The
Memory of Water revised for chamber orchestra.
Conductor Tamas Vasary (piano)
Mozart Piano Concerto
No 21 in C (K467)
Dutilleux Myst ère de l'instant
Sawer The Memory of Water (revised version; first performance)
Conductor Nicolae
Moldoveanu
Mozart Symphony No 41 in C (Jupiter)

Contributors

Unknown:
David Sawer
Conductor:
Tamas Vasary
Unknown:
Dutilleux Myst

Daily composer profiles focusing on tradition and innovation.
Comelius Cardew and a Music of Your Own
Cardew was a founding member of the avant-garde Scratch Orchestra, but this was only one stage in his quest to connect music with its performers, its audience and, ultimately, the world at large.

Contributors

Unknown:
Comelius Cardew

Continuing the series tracing the work of Argentinian composer Alberto Ginastera , well known in the USA but still considered obscure in Britain. The second of three programmes explores the creative evolution of the composer, the presence of Argentinian milonga folk themes in his early music, and his second string quartet, a turning point in the compositional style which he described as neo-expressionism. Presented by Geoffrey Norris. A Rewind production
Next programme Wednesday
9.35pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Alberto Ginastera
Presented By:
Geoffrey Norris.

The arts after dark, with reviews straight from the stalls. Gogol burnt the manuscripts of much of his late work just days before he died, but what survives secures him a place among Russia's literary greats. Humphrey Carpenter discusses his work and reviews the opening night of Gogol's The Government Inspector at the West Yorkshire Playhouse.
Producer Edwina Wotstencroft

Contributors

Unknown:
Humphrey Carpenter
Producer:
Edwina Wotstencroft

BBC Philharmonic Town
Hall Prom
Conductor Jiri Belohlavek
Marios Argiros (oboe)
Suk Scherzo fantastique Martinu Oboe Concerto
Dvorak Suite in A (American) Concert given last October at Manchester Town Hall

Contributors

Conductor:
Jiri Belohlavek
Oboe:
Marios Argiros
Oboe:
Suk Scherzo

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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