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With Paul Guinery.
Bach Contrapunctus I (The Art of Fugue, BWV1080)
Johannes-Ernst Kohler (organ)
7.08 Stravinsky Orpheus
USSR Symphony Orchestra, conducted by the composer
7.42 Bach Contrapunctus VIII (The Art of Fugue, BWV1080) Hakan Wikman (organ)
7.51 Bach Church Cantatas:
Bach Cantata No 92: Ich Hab in Gottes Herz und Sinn
Erika Burkhardt (soprano), Gerda Schriever (alto), Gert Lutze (alto), Hans Hauptmann (bass),
Thomanerchor, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, conductor Gunther Ramin
8.26 Reich Proverb
Theatre of Voices, conductor Paul Hillier
8.41 Bach Contrapunctus XIV (The Art of Fugue, BWV1080)
Ars Rediva , director Milan Munclinger

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Guinery.
Unknown:
Bach Contrapunctus
Unknown:
Johannes-Ernst Kohler
Unknown:
Bach Contrapunctus Viii
Unknown:
Hakan Wikman
Soprano:
Gerda Schriever
Unknown:
Gert Lutze
Bass:
Hans Hauptmann
Conductor:
Gunther Ramin
Conductor:
Paul Hillier
Unknown:
Ars Rediva

Gluck Overture: Orfeo ed Euridice
Tafelmusik, director Frieder Bernius
9.07 Schubert Two Choruses from
"Rosamunde"
Netherlands Radio Chorus,
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, conductor Bernard Haitink
9.14 Mozart, arr Heidenreich The Magic Flute (excerpts)
Budapest Wind Ensemble, conductor Kalman Berkes
9.31 Bizet Carmen: Suite No 1
Philharmonia, conductor Herbert von Karajan
9.48 Bach Orchestral Suite No 4 in D, BWV1069
English Concert, director Trevor Pinnock
10.07 Hoist Ave Maria
Cambridge Singers, conductor John Rutter
10.12 Francaix Concertino Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano),
Montreal Symphony Orchestra, conductor Charles Dutoit
10.30 Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Colin Davis
11.04 Tippett Songs for Ariel Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), Graham Johnson (piano)
11.09 Chausson La Tempête (excerpts) RTBF Symphony Orchestra, conductor Jose Serebrier
11.18 Composers of the Week: The London Piano School:
Mendelssohn/Moscheles Variations on a March from Weber's "Preciosa"
Anthony Goldstone and Caroline Clemmow (pianos)
11.31 Artist of the Week:
Gillian Weir (organ)
Messiaen Prière apres la Communion (Livre du Saint Sacrement)
11.45 Schubert Symphony No 4 in C minor (Tragic)
Vienna Philharmonic, conductor Rafael Kubelik
Producer Piers Burton Page

Contributors

Director:
Frieder Bernius
Conductor:
Bernard Haitink
Conductor:
Kalman Berkes
Director:
Trevor Pinnock
Conductor:
John Rutter
Conductor:
Charles Dutoit
Conductor:
Tchaikovsky Serenade
Conductor:
Colin Davis
Piano:
Graham Johnson
Conductor:
Jose Serebrier
Unknown:
Anthony Goldstone
Pianos:
Caroline Clemmow
Unknown:
Gillian Weir
Conductor:
Rafael Kubelik
Producer:
Piers Burton

"You squander your thoughts without really thinking them through." Tough words to the 29-year-old Schubert from Michael Vogl , an experienced singer of the composer's songs. In this programme, Gordon Stewart looks at some Schubert songs from the singer's point of view, what it takes to interpret them, and recounts what Vogl thought, as well as what others thought of him. Producer Adam Gatehouse

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Vogl
Unknown:
Gordon Stewart
Producer:
Adam Gatehouse

West Meets East
The Benedictine monks of Chetevogne make it their job to pray for the unity of the church and, as a practical gesture, celebrate the liturgy according to the Orthodox rite. George Pratt and the Reverend Alan Walker visit the monastery in southern Belgium to experience this unusual ecumenical experiment.
Producer Antony Pitts

Contributors

Unknown:
George Pratt
Unknown:
Alan Walker
Producer:
Antony Pitts

From the Royal Festival Hall, London. Chilingirian Quartet,
Simon Rowland-Jones (viola), Andrew Marriner (clarinet), Leon McCawley (piano)
Mozart String Quartet in C, K465 (Dissonance);
Piano Quartet in G minor, K478
4.15 Mozart's Vienna
HC Robbins Landon is our guide to the musical scene in the city towards the end of the 18th century. Repeat
4.35 Mozart Trio for Clarinet,
Viola and Piano in E flat, K498 (Kegelstatt);
String Quintet in E flat, K614

Contributors

Viola:
Simon Rowland-Jones
Clarinet:
Andrew Marriner
Piano:
Leon McCawley
Unknown:
Robbins Landon

Boredom is a recent invention.
Julia Eisner talks to historians, composers, biographers and poets about this peculiar modern state. With Michael Holroyd , John Wells , Denise Riley , Kevin Volans and Jonathan Keates.
Producer Elizabeth Burke

Contributors

Talks:
Julia Eisner
Unknown:
Michael Holroyd
Unknown:
John Wells
Unknown:
Denise Riley
Unknown:
Kevin Volans
Unknown:
Jonathan Keates.
Producer:
Elizabeth Burke

Lucy Gould (violin), Martin Storey (cello), Gretel Dowdeswell (piano)
Beethoven Variations on "Ich Bin der
Schneider Kakadu"
Mendelssohn Piano Trio No 2 in C minor, Op 66
Last Monday's BBC Lunchtime Concert

Contributors

Violin:
Lucy Gould
Violin:
Martin Storey
Cello:
Gretel Dowdeswell

Myth, music and an all-star cast combine to tell the story of Ajax and Cassandra in Craig Warner 's new musical set in the Trojan War.
Singers Peter Straker , Jeff Leyton.
Alison Jiear , Debby Bishop , Grania Renihan , David Timson , Miles Anderson. Cormac Dorrian , Kieran Creggan and David Bardsley
Music, lyrics, arrangements and musical direction by Craig Warner. Piano and supplementary arrangements by Cormac Dorrian. Director Andy Jordan

Contributors

Unknown:
Craig Warner
Singers:
Peter Straker
Singers:
Jeff Leyton.
Singers:
Alison Jiear
Singers:
Debby Bishop
Singers:
Grania Renihan
Singers:
David Timson
Singers:
Miles Anderson.
Singers:
Cormac Dorrian
Singers:
Kieran Creggan
Singers:
David Bardsley
Piano:
Craig Warner.
Arrangements By:
Cormac Dorrian.
Director:
Andy Jordan
Ajax:
Anton Lesser
Cassandra:
Clare Holman
Odysseus:
Miles Anderson
Achilles:
Hugh Quarshie
Athena:
Josette Simon
Calchas:
Clifford Rose
Epeius:
David Timson
Tecmessa:
Debby Bishop
Polyxena:
Alison Jiear
Poseidon:
Sean Baker
Agamemnon:
Ioan Meredith

Masses of Bach
Brian Wright introduces one of Bach's short Lutheran masses, a motet and a cantata inspired by the Mass, and his setting of the Magnificat in its original E flat version, interspersed with Bach's organ music for the Mass from part 3 of his Clavier-Ubung. Recorded at Montreal University, Canada.
Bach Missa Brews in G minor,
BWV235; Kyrie Christe , Du Lamm
Gottes, BWV233a; Gloria in Excelsis
Deo, BWV191; Magnificat, BWV243a Christine Brandes (soprano), Daniel Taylor (countertenor), Gregory Cross (tenor), Brett Polegato (baritone), La Chapelle de Quebec, Les Violons du Roy, director Bernard Labadie

Contributors

Introduces:
Brian Wright
Unknown:
Kyrie Christe
Unknown:
Du Lamm
Soprano:
Christine Brandes
Soprano:
Daniel Taylor
Tenor:
Gregory Cross
Tenor:
Brett Polegato
Director:
Bernard Labadie

Eight programmes in which Richard Widdess explores the wide range of traditional music of faith and festival on the Indian subcontinent.
3: The Sacred Word
Sung and recited holy texts such as the 3000-year-old Rig Veda and Sama Veda , as well as the 12th-century Gitagovinda, which describes the passion of the god Krishna and the milkmaid Radha; koranic recitation and devotional song from Islamic communities of India and Palistand; songs of Guru Nanak , the founder of the Sikh religion, recorded in the Bargra Sahib temple in Delhi; and a reading from the Torah sung by a descendant of the Jewish traders who settled in South and West India in the middle ages.

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Widdess
Unknown:
Sama Veda
Unknown:
Guru Nanak

Building a Ubrary
Nicholas Anderson compares the available recordings of Couperin's Trois Leçons de Tenebres. Edward Greenfield and David Huckvale discuss new releases of 20th-century orchestral music, including Komgold's Symphony from Franz Welser-Most , Hindemith's Kamnjermusik from
Claudio Abbado , Pfltzner and Strauss from Christian Thielemann , and some rarities by the Swiss/Polish composer Czeslaw Marek.
Revised repeat from yesterday 9.00am

Contributors

Unknown:
Nicholas Anderson
Unknown:
David Huckvale
Unknown:
Franz Welser-Most
Unknown:
Claudio Abbado
Unknown:
Christian Thielemann
Unknown:
Czeslaw Marek.

With Donald Macleod.
1.00 Handel Riccardo Primo
Les Talens Lyriques/ Christophe Rousset
5.00 Sequence

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod.
Unknown:
Handel Riccardo Primo
Unknown:
Christophe Rousset
Riccardo Primo:
Sara Mingardo (contralto)
Costanza:
Sandrine Piau (soprano)
Berado:
Olivier Lallouette (bass)
Isacio:
Roberto Scaltriti (baritone)
Pulcheria:
Claire Brua (soprano)
Oronto:
Pascal Bertin (countertenor)

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