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With Andrew McGregor.
Vivaldi Violin Concerto in E,
Op 8 No 1 (Spring, Four Seasons)
6.22 Schubert Piano
Quintet in A, D667 (Trout)
7.05 Mendelssohn Organ Sonata in A, Op 65 No 3
7.45 Vaughan Williams
Violin Concerto in D minor
(Concerto accademico)
8.05 Glinka Overture:
Ruslan and Ludmilla
8.32 Allegri Miserere Editor Andrew Lyle

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew McGregor.
Editor:
Andrew Lyle

This week,
Edward Blakeman celebrates the 90th birthday of patron and conductor Paul Sacher and explores Bach played on the piano.
Artist of the Week:
Paul Sacher (conductor) Stravinsky Concerto in D
10.15 Rachmaninov
Vespers (excerpts)
10.20 Bach Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 894
11.30 Brahms Ballade in G minor, Op 118 No 3
11.35 Martlnu Toccata e due canzoni
Producer Edward Blakeman

Contributors

Unknown:
Edward Blakeman
Conductor:
Paul Sacher
Conductor:
Paul Sacher
Unknown:
Brahms Ballade
Unknown:
Martlnu Toccata
Producer:
Edward Blakeman

(1809-1847)
David Huckvale explores five facets of Mendelssohn's genius.
1: Mendelssohn at Home
"If you feel like singing his praise, please do so moderato - so far I have managed to keep him from being too conceited and bigheaded: those damnable enemies of all artistic progress." - Karl Zelter , Mendelssohn's teacher.
Song without Words in C, Op 67 No 4 (The Bee's Wedding)
Daniel Barenboim (piano) Song without Words in A flat, Op 38 No 6 (Duetto) Livia Rev (piano)
String Symphony No 3 in E minor
Leipzig Gewandhaus
Orchestra/Kurt Masur
Children's Pieces, Op 72 Martin Jones (piano) Octet in E flat, Op 20 Academy of St Martin Chamber Ensemble, director lona Brown (violin) Producer John Thomley
Repeated next Monday 11.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
David Huckvale
Unknown:
Karl Zelter
Piano:
Daniel Barenboim
Piano:
Martin Jones
Violin:
Lona Brown
Producer:
John Thomley

With Susan Sharpe.
1.00 BBC Lunchtime
Concert
From St John's,
Smith Square,
London.
Volger Quartet
Purcell Pavan in G minor,
Z752; Chacony in G minor, Z30
Beethoven String Quartet in E flat, Op 127
Repeated next Sunday at 6.30pm
2.00 Schools
2.00 The Song Tree 2.15 Storybox 2.25 Let's Move
2.45 First Steps in Drama
3.00 Ulster Orchestra
Conductor Grant Llewellyn
Katarina Karneus (soprano) Dvorak The Wild Dove
Glass Company
Mahler Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
Glass Dance (Akhnaten)
Berwald Symphony No 4 in E flat (Sinfonie naive) See also 6.30pm
4.30 Hoagy's Jazz
Was Hoagy Carmichael a racist? In the second of four programmes, Mel Hill listens to Hoagy's own comments and plays a range of his compositions before reaching an intriguing conclusion.

Contributors

Unknown:
Susan Sharpe.
Unknown:
Purcell Pavan
Conductor:
Grant Llewellyn
Soprano:
Katarina Karneus
Unknown:
Hoagy Carmichael

With Jeremy Nicholas , including
Goetz Spring Overture
6.03 Haydn Piano Trio in G, H XV 25 (Gypsy Rondo)
6.30 Berwald Symphony No 3 in C minor (Sinfonie singuliere)
Producer Patrick Lambert

Contributors

Unknown:
Jeremy Nicholas
Producer:
Patrick Lambert

Conductor Tadaaki Otaka
Janice Watson (soprano) Della Jones (mezzo)
Paul Charles Clarke (tenor) Michael George (bass) BBC National Chorus of Wales
BBC Symphony Chorus Lutoslawski Symphony No 3
Beethoven Symphony No 9 in D minor (Choral)

Contributors

Conductor:
Tadaaki Otaka
Soprano:
Janice Watson
Soprano:
Della Jones
Tenor:
Paul Charles Clarke
Bass:
Michael George

Five programmes championing neglected poetry by the Romantic writer Samuel Taylor
Coleridge. Presented by Coleridge biographer Richard Holmes with readings by Simon Callow. 1: The Pains of Sleep
Producers Tim Dee and Erin Riley

Contributors

Unknown:
Samuel Taylor
Unknown:
Richard Holmes
Unknown:
Simon Callow.
Producers:
Tim Dee
Producers:
Erin Riley

Frederic Chiu (piano) Bach, transcr
Rachmaninov Partita in E minor, BWV 830
Bach, transcr Busoni Nun komm' der Heiden Heiland ,
BWV 660a Johann Strauss (son), transcr Schulz-Evler Blue
Danube
Discs

Contributors

Piano:
Frederic Chiu
Unknown:
Heiden Heiland
Unknown:
Johann Strauss

(1882-1937) At the time of Szymanowski's birth, Polish music was backward and insular. Paul Guinery presents a week of programmes featuring the output of the man responsible for dragging it into the 20th century. Young Poland in Music
Examining the influences of Chopin and the German late Romantics on Szymanowski's early music. Prelude, Op 1 No 2
John Bingham (piano) Etude, Op 4 No 1
Martin Roscoe (piano) orch Frtelberg Etude, Op 4 No
Polish State Philharmonic, conductor Karol Stryja Violin Sonata
Lydia Mordkovitch (violin)
Mariana Gusak-Grin (piano) Concert Overture
Polish Radio National
Symphony Orchestra, conductor Jacek Kasprzyk Repeated from last Monday

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Guinery
Piano:
John Bingham
Piano:
Martin Roscoe
Conductor:
Karol Stryja
Violin:
Lydia Mordkovitch
Piano:
Mariana Gusak-Grin
Conductor:
Jacek Kasprzyk

With Digby Fairweather.
Martin Taylor - now one of the "great guitarists" - recorded at St George's, Brandon Hill.
Producer Terry Carter Part 2 tomorrow

Contributors

Unknown:
Digby Fairweather.
Unknown:
Martin Taylor
Unknown:
Brandon Hill.
Producer:
Terry Carter

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