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With Anthony Burton.
Fesch Concerto in G minor, Op 5 No 2 Musica ad Rhenum, director Jed Wentz (flute)
7.13 Part Seven Magnificat Antiphons BBC Singers, conductor Bo Holten
7.29 Buxtehude Wir Danken Dir, Jesu Christ, BuxWV224; Komm, Heiliger Geist , Herre Gott , BuxWV199;
In DulciJubilo, BuxWV197
Enzio Forsblom (organ)
7.40 Parry Symphonic Variations Royal Scottish NO, conductor Andrew Penny
7.55 Bach Harpsichord Concerto in F minor, BWV1056
Robert Woolley , Purcell Quartet, Jane Rogers (viola), Jonathan Manson (cello)
8.06 Le Jeune Revecy Venir du
Printans; Voice le Verd et Beau May; D'un Coeur Rer le Refus Cruel
Huelgas Ensemble, conductor Paul Van Nevel
8.18 Beethoven Six Bagatelles, Op 126 Stephen Kovacevich (piano)
8.37 Roy Harris Symphony No 3
Detroit SO, conductor Neeme Jarvi

Contributors

Unknown:
Anthony Burton.
Flute:
Jed Wentz
Conductor:
Bo Holten
Unknown:
Heiliger Geist
Unknown:
Herre Gott
Unknown:
Enzio Forsblom
Conductor:
Andrew Penny
Unknown:
Robert Woolley
Viola:
Jane Rogers
Viola:
Jonathan Manson
Conductor:
Paul van Nevel
Piano:
Stephen Kovacevich
Piano:
Roy Harris
Conductor:
Neeme Jarvi

Richard Wigmore surveys available recordings of music by CPE Bach. John Warrack's new discs of vocal music include Tchaikovsky from Nina Rautio and Sergei Leiferkus, Musorgsky from Marjana Lipovsek, Britten's Canticles, and four volumes of lieder and ballads by Carl Loewe.

(Revised repeat tomorrow 12 midnight)

Contributors

Reviewer:
Richard Wigmore
Reviewer:
John Warrack

Tchaikovsky He Loved Me So Much; Do Not Leave Me; The Canary; Zemfira's Song
Nina Rautio (soprano), Semyon Skigin (piano), Sergei Leiferkus (speaker)
10.28 Grainger Six Settings of Rudyard Kipling
Stephen Varcoe (baritone), Penelope Thwaites (piano)
10.46 Musorgsky Hebrew Song ;
Mephistopheles' Song in Auerbach's Cellar; Hopak
Marjana Lipovsek (mezzo), Graham Johnson (piano)
10.57 Britten Canticle
Abraham and Isaac
Jean Rigby (contralto), Philip Langridge (tenor), Steuart Bedford (piano)

Contributors

Soprano:
Nina Rautio
Soprano:
Semyon Skigin
Piano:
Sergei Leiferkus
Unknown:
Rudyard Kipling
Baritone:
Stephen Varcoe
Piano:
Penelope Thwaites
Piano:
Musorgsky Hebrew Song
Piano:
Graham Johnson
Piano:
Britten Canticle
Contralto:
Jean Rigby
Contralto:
Philip Langridge

Jan Smaczny samples Sony Classical's new reissue series Masterworks
Heritage. The first batch includes recordings new to CD: the Schumann symphonies from George Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra, Shostakovich and Bartok from Fritz Reiner and the Pittsburgh Symphony, Bach from
Stokowski and the Philadelphia, and Usrt from Claudio Arrau.
Producers Clive Portbury and Patrick Lambert Discs
E-MAIL: record.review@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
George Szell
Unknown:
Fritz Reiner
Unknown:
Claudio Arrau.
Producers:
Clive Portbury
Producers:
Patrick Lambert

Michael Berkeley 's guest is Hermione Lee , Professor of English Literature at the University of York, critic, broadcaster and biographer of Willa Cather and Virginia Woolf. Her choices range from operatic and choral music by Haydn, Mozart, Verdi and Britten to a Schubert piano sonata and string quartets by Beethoven and Janacek. Executive producer Wendy Thompson

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Berkeley
Unknown:
Hermione Lee
Unknown:
Willa Cather
Producer:
Wendy Thompson

An eight-part series exploring Simon Rattle 's work with orchestras other than the CBSO.
6: Los Angeles Philharmonic
Rattle first conducted the LAPO in 1979, and it is the American orchestra with which he has had the closest relationship. Michael Birkett introduces a concert from 1986 in which they perform Haydn's Symphony No 90, Ravel's Sheherazade with Maria Ewing and Mozart's Mass in C minor (Great) with the Los Angeles
Master Chorale and soloists Barbara
Hendricks, Maria Ewing , Jerry Hadley and David Thomas. With comments from players, Simon Rattle , Maria Ewing and Ernest Fleischmann.
The Simon Rattle series Leaving Home is on Sundays at 9.00pm on Channel 4

Contributors

Unknown:
Simon Rattle
Introduces:
Michael Birkett
Unknown:
Maria Ewing
Unknown:
Maria Ewing
Unknown:
Jerry Hadley
Unknown:
David Thomas.
Unknown:
Simon Rattle
Unknown:
Maria Ewing
Unknown:
Ernest Fleischmann.
Unknown:
Simon Rattle

The third of six programmes showcasing musical talents, presented by Sandy Burnett.
Ravel Chants Populaires
Falla Seven Popular Spanish Songs Jeanette Ager (mezzo),
Simon Crawford Phillips (piano) Ralph Martino Fantasy
Flnnlssy Violet , Slingsby, Guy and Lionel Waller , arr Forbes Ain't Misbehavin' Tubulate
Brahms Violin Sonata No 3 in D minor, Op 108
Brigitte Lang , Yvonne Lang (piano)
During the interval, excerpts from an early music coaching session at the Royal College of Music in London.
A concert given last Sunday in the National Portrait Gallery, London. For details of remaining concerts, phone (0171) [number removed]

Contributors

Presented By:
Sandy Burnett.
Songs:
Jeanette Ager
Piano:
Simon Crawford Phillips
Piano:
Ralph Martino
Unknown:
Flnnlssy Violet
Unknown:
Lionel Waller
Unknown:
Brigitte Lang
Piano:
Yvonne Lang

Ivan Hewett looks at the American
Independents Festival at London's
South Bank and finds out how to write new music for brass bands. The programme also includes an interview with the father of minimalism, Terry Riley.
Producer Jessica Isaacs
Repeated tomorrow 12.15pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Ivan Hewett
Unknown:
Terry Riley.
Producer:
Jessica Isaacs

Die Walkure
The second opera in Wagner's cycle contains some of his greatest music - from The Ride of the Valkyries to Wotan's Farewell. Richard Jones 's reworked production for the Royal Opera is conducted by Bernard Haitink. The first humans - Siegmund and Sieglinde - appear, fall in love and discover that they are brother and sister. But the power of love seems unstoppable, at least for Wotan's daughter Brunnhilde - Die Walkure herself. Introduced by Piers Burton-Page . The Valkyries - Brunhildes sisters:
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, conductor Bernard Haitink
Act 1
7.40 Interval
Director Richard Jones talks to Piers
Burton-Page.
7.50 Act 2
9.30 Surviving Wagner
The first of three fantasies in which characters reflect on the Ring and their role in its action.
1: Fricka. With Geraldine McEwan.
9.55 Act 3
Siegfried is broadcast Monday 4.55pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Jones
Conducted By:
Bernard Haitink.
Introduced By:
Piers Burton-Page
Conductor:
Bernard Haitink
Talks:
Richard Jones
Unknown:
Geraldine McEwan.
Brunnhilde:
Anne Evans (soprano)
Siegmund:
Poul Elming (baritone)
Sieglinde:
Ulla Gustafsson (soprano)
Wotan, leader of the Gods:
John Tomlinson (bass)
Fricka:
Jane Henschel (contralto)
Hunding:
Matthias Holle (bass)
Helmwige:
Rita Cullis (soprano)
Gerhilde:
Penelope Chalmers (soprano)
Ortlinde:
Virginia Kerr (soprano)
Waltraute:
Anne Wilkens (mezzo)
Siegaine:
Jane Irwin (mezzo)
Grimgerde:
Gillian Knight (mezzo)
Rossweisse:
Penelope Walker (contralto)
Schwerleite:
Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo)

Sir John Drummond hosts a six-part series in which he meets leading architects in the field of the arts.
4: Changing the Text
Are libraries for books or for people? Architects are resolving this question using glass, stainless steel and stone. With Michael Wilford on the Cambridge Faculty of History Library, Spencer de Grey on the Cambridge Law Library, and Colin St John Wilson on the new
British Library.

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir John Drummond
Unknown:
Michael Wilford
Unknown:
Spencer de Grey
Unknown:
Colin St John Wilson

Brian Morton reviews recent jazz releases, including the album Naked by trombonist Annie Whitehead ,
Secret Island by saxophonist
Theo Travis , and Jazz Africa by flautist Gail Thompson. Plus a major reissue set
— six compaGt disc.s of the complete Columbia studio recordings made by trumpeter Miles Davis , including classic albums like Miles Ahead and Sketches of Spain.
1.00am Misterioso
In the third of eight programmes about pianist and composer Thelonious
Monk, Ian Carr moves on to the early 50s. Monk is still desperately short of work but a new contract with the Prestige label leads to some of Monk's finest trio recordings and also to sessions with saxophonist Sonny Rollins and a crucial all-star recording with Miles Davis.
Repeat
Impressions producer Derek Drescher

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Morton
Unknown:
Annie Whitehead
Unknown:
Theo Travis
Unknown:
Gail Thompson.
Unknown:
Miles Davis
Unknown:
Ian Carr
Unknown:
Sonny Rollins
Unknown:
Miles Davis.
Producer:
Derek Drescher

With Donald Macleod.

1.30 BST A jazz concert from Gothenburg given by Jon Balke (keyboards) and the Magnetic North Orchestra

2.45 GMT Havard Gimse (piano), Oslo Philharmonic
Grieg Piano Concerto in A minor Conductor Terje Tonnesen
Shostakovich Symphony No 10 Conductor Mark Wigglesworth

4.15 Pascal Devoyon and Christian Ivaldi (pianos)
Liszt A Faust Symphony

5.15 Chansons and motets by Dufay and basses danses from the 15th century, performed by students at the Baroque performance class, Malmo Music University

6.30 Sequence

Contributors

Presenter:
Donald Macleod

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