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With Jonathan Swain.
Rossini Overture: William Tell
World Orchestra for Peace, conductor Georg Solti
7.15 Liszt Les Préludes
Leslie Howard (piano)
7.33 Strauss Sonatina No 2 in E flat (Happy Workshop) Orpheus CO
8.13 Spanish music from the time of Columbus
Geraldine McGreevy (soprano)
Harvey Brough (tenor)
Jacob Heringman (vihuela/ lute/guitar)
Musica Antiqua London, conductor Philip Thorby
8.33 Poulenc Organ Concerto
Kalevi Kiviniemi (organ) Moscow CO, conductor Constantine Orbelian

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Swain.
Conductor:
Georg Solti
Piano:
Leslie Howard
Soprano:
Geraldine McGreevy
Tenor:
Harvey Brough
Tenor:
Jacob Heringman
Conductor:
Philip Thorby
Unknown:
Kalevi Kiviniemi
Conductor:
Constantine Orbelian

Schubert's Winterreise by Alan Blyth. Stephen Walsh on new Sibelius releases including the first recording of the original version of his fifth symphony, a rediscovered symphonic poem and songs from Karita Mattila and Anne Sofie von Otter.
Revised repeat tomorrow 11.45pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Alan Blyth.
Unknown:
Stephen Walsh
Unknown:
Anne Sofie von Otter.

Sibelius Luonnotar
Soile Isokovski (soprano)
Gothenburg SO/Neeme Jarvi
10.25 Sibelius Skogsraet ; Likhet; En visa
Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo) Bengt Forsberg (piano)
10.37 Sibelius Symphony
No 5 (original 1915 version) Lahti SO/Osmo Vanska

Contributors

Unknown:
Sibelius Luonnotar
Soprano:
Soile Isokovski
Unknown:
Sibelius Skogsraet
Unknown:
Anne Sofie von Otter
Piano:
Bengt Forsberg

Martin Cotton explores recent reissues of Beethoven, Berlioz and Bruckner conducted by Willem Mengelberg , Eduard van Beinum , Karl Bbhm and Leopold Stokowski.
Producers Clive Portbury and Patrick Lambert Discs
E MAIL: record.review@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
Martin Cotton
Conducted By:
Willem Mengelberg
Conducted By:
Eduard van Beinum
Conducted By:
Karl Bbhm
Conducted By:
Leopold Stokowski.
Producers:
Clive Portbury
Producers:
Patrick Lambert

Michael Berkeley talks to
Sir Ernst Gombrich , scholar, cultural thinker and author of The Story of Art. Born in Vienna, the professor reveals a deep love of the original Viennese school of composers by his choice of music, with excerpts from works by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert. A Classic Arts production

Contributors

Talks:
Michael Berkeley
Unknown:
Sir Ernst Gombrich

The fourth of six radio portraits presented by David Mellor. In February 1945, the beautiful baroque buildings of Dresden were incinerated by Allied bombs. Five months later, the city's 400-year-old orchestra gave its first concert as the Dresden Staatskapelle in a dance hall in the suburbs. '
From 1975 to 1985, the Danish conductor
Herbert Blomstedt was music director: today he looks back over the orchestra's rich history. Including Wagner Overture: Tannhauser
Reger Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Mozart
Dvorak Rusalka (excerpt) Strauss An Alpine
Symphony (excerpt)
Weber Der Freischutz
(excerpt)
Bruckner Symphony No 7 in E Discs

Contributors

Presented By:
David Mellor.
Conductor:
Herbert Blomstedt
Unknown:
Dvorak Rusalka
Unknown:
Weber Der Freischutz

From the newly reopened Palais Garnier, Paris, a performance of Rossini's bittersweet comedy with a libretto by Jacopo Ferretti.
Chorus and Orchestra of the Paris National Opera, conductor Maurizio Benini
Actl

Contributors

Unknown:
Jacopo Ferretti.
Conductor:
Maurizio Benini
Cenerentola:
Jennifer Larmore (mezzo)
Don Ramiro:
Rockwell Blake (tenor)
Dandini:
Alessandro Corbelli (bass)
Don Magnifico:
Carlos Chausson (bass)
Clorinda:
Jeannette Fischer (sop)
Tisbe:
Claire Larcher (mezzo)
Alidoro:
Pietro Spagnoli (bass)

A Question of Taste
David Mendel looks at the life of one of the most successful Italian ice-cream makers and confectioners,
Federico Peliti. Born in 1844, he numbered Kipling and the Prince of Wales among his customers.

Contributors

Unknown:
David Mendel
Unknown:
Federico Peliti.

By Steve May.
Remplisson is an island filled with sound, but composer Edward Ledyard and his estranged daughter Caramel discover sounds with entirely different meanings. The 16-year-old girl quickly finds herself in tune with the music of the island but Edward, struggling to make sense of his own composition, feels his daughter slip inexorably from his grasp.
With Robert Harper. Patience Tomlinson, Elaine Pyke. Alex Lowe and Jonathan Adams.
Music by Will Menter performed by Sianed Jones (voice/fiddle) Chartwell Dutiro
(voice/percussion), Julian Dale
(double bass) and the Composer (ersatzophone/zenzanzonga) Director Eoin O'Callaghan

Contributors

Unknown:
Steve May.
Unknown:
Edward Ledyard
Unknown:
Robert Harper.
Unknown:
Elaine Pyke.
Unknown:
Alex Lowe
Unknown:
Jonathan Adams.
Music By:
Will Menter
Unknown:
Sianed Jones
Unknown:
Julian Dale
Director:
Eoin O'Callaghan
Edward:
Tim McInnery
Caramel:
Jacqui O'Hanlon
Sabine:
Helen Cooper

Chris Parker introduces highlights from concerts given by vocalists Aziza Mustafa Zadeh and Cassandra Wilson earlier this year in the Queen Elizabeth Hall , London.
Zadeh - who was born in Azerbaijan - gave a solo piano recital. Wilson was accompanied by Brandon Ross and Kevin Breit
(guitars), Loanie Plaxico
(bass guitar), Alfredo Alias (drums) and Jeff Haynes (percussion). Her programme included songs by Neil Young , Son House, Hank Williams and some of her own compositions.
Chris Parker talks to both singers about their careers. Producer Derek Drescher

Contributors

Introduces:
Chris Parker
Unknown:
Aziza Mustafa Zadeh
Unknown:
Cassandra Wilson
Unknown:
Elizabeth Hall
Accompanied By:
Brandon Ross
Accompanied By:
Kevin Breit
Guitars:
Loanie Plaxico
Guitar:
Alfredo Alias
Guitar:
Jeff Haynes
Songs By:
Neil Young
Unknown:
Hank Williams
Talks:
Chris Parker
Producer:
Derek Drescher

Radio 3 goes 24 hours with the first of its new nightly programmes, presented by Donald Macleod.
1.00 Euro-Concert by the Rotterdam PO Elgar Cello Concerto;
Musorgsky, orch Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition;
Shostakovich Symphony No 10
3.15 Chamber Music
Piano music by Schumann and Schubert
5.00 Sequence
Including Smetana Vysehrad (Ma vlast)

Contributors

Presented By:
Donald MacLeod.

BBC Radio 3

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