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With Andrew McGregor. Spohr Nonet in F
6.36 Haydn Symphony No 102 in B flat
7.05 Moeran Three Piano
Pieces (1919)
7.34 Mozart Violin
Concerto No 4 in D, K218
8.05 Beethoven Five
Variations in D on "Rule,
Britannia"
8.38 Shostakovich Concerto for piano, trumpet and strings

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew McGregor.

With Catriona Young.
Tchaikovsky April (The Seasons)
Victoria Postnikova (piano)
9.03 Grainger Mock Morris Light Music Society
Orchestra/Vivian Dunn
9.07 Chopin Polonaise in F minor, Op 71 No 3
Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
9.15 Bmch Romance
Gerard Causse (viola) Lyon Opera Orchestra, conductor Kent Nagano
9.22 Haydn Symphony No 31 in D (Hornsignal) St Luke's Orchestra/ Charles Mackerras
Discs

Contributors

Unknown:
Catriona Young.
Piano:
Victoria Postnikova
Unknown:
Chopin Polonaise
Piano:
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Viola:
Gerard Causse
Unknown:
Charles MacKerras

With Piers Burton-Page . Artist of the Week:
Charles Groves (conductor) Dellus Eventyr (Once upon a Time)
Royal Liverpool PO
10.17 Charpentier Medee (Act 2) Soloists
Les Arts Florissants, conductor William Christie
10.55 Haydn String Quartet in C, Op 54 No 2 Juilliard Quartet
11.16 Bach Trio Sonata in D minor, BWV 527 The King's Consort, director Robert King
11.32 Sibelius
Lemminkainen in Tuonela; The Return of Lemminkainen (Legends) Royal Liverpool PO/ Charles Groves

Contributors

Artist:
Piers Burton-Page
Conductor:
William Christie
Director:
Robert King
Unknown:
Charles Groves

Including extracts from
Debussy's letters read by Derek Jacobi.
Chansons de
Bilitis Regine Crespin (soprano) John Wustman (piano)
Estampes Ivan Moravec (piano) LaMer
Cleveland Orchestra, conductor Pierre Boulez
Repeated next Tuesday 11.30pm

Contributors

Read By:
Derek Jacobi.
Soprano:
Bilitis Regine Crespin
Piano:
John Wustman
Piano:
Estampes Ivan Moravec
Conductor:
Pierre Boulez

With Susan Sharpe.
1.00 BBC Festival of Brass 1996
The third programme in the series celebrating the finest brass bands across the world, introduced by Paul Hindmarsh. Today, the BNFL Band - directed by Richard Evans - revives the music of one of the forgotten composers for brass band, Henry Gheel. Russell Gray (cornet)
Gheel Scena sinfonica
Darrol Barry Phantasy for cornet and brass band (first performance)
Bliss Belmont Variations
Gheel Threnody for Fred Mortimer
Sparke Variations on an Enigma
2.00 Schools
Playtime 2.15 Time to Move 2.35 Listen!
3.00 The BBC
Orchestras
BBC Philharmonic
Conductor Manfred Honeck
Leon McCawley (piano) Schubert Overture:
Rosamunde
Mozart Piano Concerto
No 9 in E flat, K271
3.45 Memories of the Youthful Mahler
A selection of readings reflecting the impressions which the young composer made on Ethel Smyth and Max Steinitzer.
3.50 Mahler Symphony No 1

Contributors

Unknown:
Susan Sharpe.
Introduced By:
Paul Hindmarsh.
Directed By:
Richard Evans
Unknown:
Henry Gheel.
Unknown:
Gheel Scena
Unknown:
Darrol Barry Phantasy
Unknown:
Fred Mortimer
Conductor:
Manfred Honeck
Piano:
Leon McCawley
Unknown:
Ethel Smyth
Unknown:
Max Steinitzer.

Women in Charge
In many of Mozart's operas, it seems that the men hold all the power - but are they really wearing the trousers? And what about Beethoven's
Fidelio? Janice Forsyth talks to opera directors Graham Vick and David Leveaux.

Contributors

Talks:
Janice Forsyth
Directors:
Graham Vick
Directors:
David Leveaux.

Mairi Nicolson with news, travel, weather and a selection of music. Tonight, her special guest is conductor Frans Bruggen. Including
5.20 Alkan Chants for piano (Set 1)
5.50 Rossini Overture: II signor Bruschino
6.04 Haydn Piano Trio in D, H XV 16
Producer Paul Hindmarsh

Contributors

Unknown:
Mairi Nicolson
Conductor:
Frans Bruggen.
Producer:
Paul Hindmarsh

From Studio One.
Juilliard Quartet
Mozart String Quartet in G, K387
Roger Sessions String Quartet No 2
8.30 Robert Mann discuses his career with the Juilliard
Quartet.
8.50 Beethoven String
Quartet in C sharp minor, Op 131

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Mann

By Wim Wenders , dramatised by Neil Cargill. 2: Silly Asses, Irritations, Lydia
A road movie for radio.
"Films about America should be composed entirely of long and wide shots, as music about America already is."
Conductor/Bruno DAVID RYALL

Contributors

Unknown:
Wim Wenders
Dramatised By:
Neil Cargill.
Unknown:
David Ryall
Wenders:
Peter Capaldi
Hanna:
Gina McKee
Lydia:
Saskia Reeves

Talk of the Devil
Theologians may have turned their backs on traditional representations of the Devil with forked tail and cloven hoof, but does society still need him to interpret the idea of evil?
Michele Roberts investigates the ultimate personification of evil with the Devil's biographer Peter Stanford. The programme also includes the first review of tonight's world premiere of Robin Holloway 's Third Concerto for Orchestra.
Producer Helen Garrison

Contributors

Unknown:
Michele Roberts
Unknown:
Peter Stanford.
Unknown:
Robin Holloway
Producer:
Helen Garrison

With David McGuinness.
Muffat the Organist
In his dauntingly titled Apparatus musicoorganistus of 1690, Muffat included the first organ toccatas to be published for 50 years and an example of a rare genre - blacksmith music.
Concerto Grosso No 6 in A minor (Quis hic?)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, conductor Gustav Leonhardt
Nova cyclopeas harmonica Herbert Tachezi (organ) Sonata No 2 in G minor
(Armonico tributo)
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra Consort
Toccata No 12 in B flat
(Apparatus musicoorganisticus)
Herbert Tachezi (organ) Gottlieb Muffat Fugue in G minor
Gustav Leonhardt (organ) Repeated from last Tuesday

Contributors

Unknown:
David McGuinness.
Conductor:
Gustav Leonhardt
Unknown:
Herbert Tachezi
Organisticus:
Herbert Tachezi
Unknown:
Gottlieb Muffat

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