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Presented by Paul Guinery. Sheppard Motet: Audivi vocem de caelo
BBC Singers, conductor Bo Holten
7.08 Paul Ben-Halm Three
Songs without Words Coenraad Bloemendal
(cello)
Valerie Tryon (piano)
7.18 Gorecki Miserere
Swedish Radio Choir
Eric Ericson Chamber Choir, conductor Tonu Kaijuste
7.51 Cabanilles Tiento de falsas de octavo tono
John Butt (organ)
8.00 Shalom Aleicheml
A seven-part celebration of Jewish religious music with Alex Knapp.
5: The Sabbath
Music for the Friday evening and Saturday morning services, including works by Leonard Bernstein and Kurt
Weill, and Schubert's
Hebrew setting of Psalm 92, D953.
8.25 Haydn Symphony No 101 in D (Clock)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales/Grant Llewellyn Producer Antony Pitts

Contributors

Presented By:
Paul Guinery.
Conductor:
Bo Holten
Cello:
Coenraad Bloemendal
Piano:
Valerie Tryon
Conductor:
Tonu Kaijuste
Unknown:
John Butt
Unknown:
Shalom Aleicheml
Unknown:
Alex Knapp.
Unknown:
Leonard Bernstein
Producer:
Antony Pitts

Reznicek Overture: Donna Diana

9.08 Vivaldi Concerto in D for four violins, Op 3 No 1 (L'Estro anvonico)

9.18 Ravel Pavane pour une infante defunte

9.25 Tchaikovsky, arr Stravinsky Three Pieces from "Sleeping Beauty"

9.39 Artists of the Week: Juilliard Quartet
Dvorak Two Bagatelles, Nos 4 and 5 Op 47

9.49 Howells Two Madrigals

9.58 Composers of the Week: The Court of Frederick the Great
Bach Ricerar a 6 (Musical Offering, BWV 1079)

10.07 Ireland, arr Mackerras Suite: The Overlanders

10.30 Adolfo Berio Polka; La Primavera; Maria Isabella

10.40 Mendelssohn Mitten wir im Leben sind, Op 23 No

10.50 Bach Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV 1043

11.08 Liszt Mephisto Waltz No 2

11.20 Glazunov Valse de salon, Op 43

11.28 Mozart Les Petits riens, K299b (excerpts)

11.45 Barber Dover Beach

11.53 Bridge Suite: The Sea

(Discs)

Contributors

Presenter:
Brian Kay
Producer:
Piers Burton-Page

Shudi and Broadwood - an 18th-century firm of harpsichord makers - provided instruments for
Haydn, Frederick the Great, Gainsborough, Empress Maria Theresa and many other distinguished clients. George Pratt 's guest Gerald Gifford demonstrates one of their finest instruments and compares it with other keyboards of the period in music by Handel, Haydn, Greene and Krebs.
Producer Kate Bolton

Contributors

Unknown:
Maria Theresa
Unknown:
George Pratt
Unknown:
Gerald Gifford
Producer:
Kate Bolton

A recital by the festival ensemble in residence, recorded last June at the Bath International Festival, introduced by Penny Gore. Pascal Devoyon and Jon Kimura Parker (pianos)
Pamela Frank and Joshua
Bell (violins)
Tabea Zimmermann (viola) Steven Isserlis (cello) Schubert Fantasy in F minor for piano duet, D940 Mendelssohn String Quartet in F minor, Op 80
Elgar Piano Quintet in A minor, Op 84
A Classic Arts production

Contributors

Pianos:
Jon Kimura Parker
Pianos:
Pamela Frank
Viola:
Tabea Zimmermann
Cello:
Steven Isserlis

Nobel Prize-winner Seamus
Heaney reads his poem Station Island in its first complete broadcast.
Modelled on Dante's Divine
Comedy, it is the account of a poet's pilgrimage to St Patrick's Purgatory in Donegal, in search of illumination about his relationship with language, politics and faith.
Producer Denis Nowlan

Contributors

Producer:
Denis Nowlan

Jim Morris 's dramatisation of a neglected James Hanley novel of the thirties which follows the young life of a Liverpool lad, Arthur Fearon. Forced to leave school at
13 to work on the docks, he stows away aboard a merchant ship bound for
Alexandria but is exploited by other crew members.
Music by Stephen Warbeck performed by the Composer,
John Pamcelli , Nick Cooper , Sara Homer and Tim Garside Director Kate Rowland

Contributors

Unknown:
Jim Morris
Unknown:
James Hanley
Unknown:
Arthur Fearon.
Music By:
Stephen Warbeck
Unknown:
John PamcElli
Unknown:
Nick Cooper
Unknown:
Sara Homer
Unknown:
Tim Garside
Director:
Kate Rowland
Arthur Fearon:
Russell Parry
Mr Fearon/Captain:
John McArdle
Mrs Fearon/Egyptian woman:
Ayse Owens
Bosun:
Ricky Tomlinson
Donagon:
Colum Convey
Steward:
Dave Hill
Cook:
Rod Arthur
First Officer:
Mickey Poppins
Boss Scaler:
James McMartin
Freckles:
Paul Kirkham
Other boys at Docks:
Jay French
Other boys at Docks:
Anthony Wall
Other boys at Docks:
John Gannon
Other boys at Docks:
Dean Pendleton

Brian Wright introduces one of Handel's finest celebratory oratorios and talks to conductor
Nicholas McGegan. The story follows the career of Judas Maccabaeus , leader of the Jews.
Handel Judas Maccabaeus
Lisa Saffer (soprano)
Patricia Spence (mezzo)
Brian Asawa (countertenor) Guy de Mey (tenor)
Leroy Kromm (baritone) David Thomas (bass) University California,
Berkeley Chamber Chorus Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, conductor
Nicholas McGegan Rpt

Contributors

Introduces:
Brian Wright
Conductor:
Nicholas McGegan.
Leader:
Judas MacCabaeus
Unknown:
Handel Judas MacCabaeus
Soprano:
Lisa Saffer
Soprano:
Patricia Spence
Unknown:
Brian Asawa
Tenor:
Guy de Mey
Baritone:
Leroy Kromm
Bass:
David Thomas
Conductor:
Nicholas McGegan Rpt

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