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With Andrew McGregor.
Haydn Symphony No 6 in D (Le Matin) English Concert, director Trevor Pinnock
6.24 Mozart Piano Concerto No 19 in A, K459
Salzburg Chamber Philharmonic, director Paul Badura-Skoda (piano)
7.05 Vivaldi Cello Concerto in G, RV413
Lynn Harrell ,
English Chamber Orchestra, conductor Pinchas Zukerman
7.44 Liszt Les Preludes
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, conductor Kurt Masur
8.05 Johann Strauss (son) Overture: The Gypsy Baron Berlin Philharmonic, conductor Herbert von Karajan
8.33 Beethoven Symphony No 8 in F Berlin Symphony Orchestra, conductor Hans-Peter Frank
Editor Andrew Lyle

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew McGregor.
Director:
Trevor Pinnock
Piano:
Paul Badura-Skoda
Unknown:
Lynn Harrell
Conductor:
Pinchas Zukerman
Conductor:
Kurt Masur
Conductor:
Johann Strauss
Conductor:
Herbert von Karajan
Conductor:
Hans-Peter Frank
Editor:
Andrew Lyle

With Peter Hobday.
Weber Overture: Der Freischutz
Dresden Staatskapelle, conductor Giuseppe Sinopoli
9.10 Chopin Two Nocturnes, Op 48 Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
9.24 Copland Billy the Kid
St Louis Symphony Orchestra, conductor Leonard Slatkin
Producer Tony Cheevers Discs

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Hobday.
Conductor:
Giuseppe Sinopoli
Conductor:
Leonard Slatkin

With Mary Miiier.
Artists of the Week:
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra
Mozart Divertimento in D, K125a director Ton Koopman
10.17 Capiet Septet for Three Voices and String Quartet
Sharon Coste , Sandrine Piau and Sylvie Deguy (sopranos),
Ensemble Musique Oblique
10.32 Bach Orchestral Suite No 1 in C, BWV1066
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, director Ton Koopman
10.55 Bo Holten Orfeo-Fragmenter 1 Ars Nova, conducted by the Composer
11.00 Sibelius Symphony No 1
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor Osmo Vanska
11.44 Rameau Suite: Les Indes
Galantes
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, conductor Ton Koopman Producer David McGuinness
SOUNDING THE CENTURY

Contributors

Artists:
Mary Miiier.
Director:
Ton Koopman
Unknown:
Sharon Coste
Unknown:
Sandrine Piau
Sopranos:
Sylvie Deguy
Director:
Ton Koopman
Director:
Bo Holten Orfeo-Fragmenter
Conductor:
Osmo Vanska
Producer:
David McGuinness

(1869-1949)
Leo Black surveys the work of this leading German composer, whose greatest opera Palestrina is broadcast Wednesday at 5.50pm on Radio 3.
1: The Song Shall Shudder and Tremble Pfitzner 's lyrical gift was ever-present through the six decades of his composing career.
Der Verspatete Wanderer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Karl Engel (piano) Venus Mater
Lucia Popp (soprano),
Irwin Gage (piano)
Singt Mein Schatz wie ein Fink Erna Berger (soprano),
Michael Raucheisen (piano) Im Herbst
Robert Titze (baritone), Paul Hamburger (piano) Cello Sonata
Christoph Henkel ,
Georges Pludermacher (piano) Melodie (Five Piano Pieces) Erika Frieser (piano)
Producer Edward Blakeman
Repeated next Monday 11.30pm See also Wednesday 5.50pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Leo Black
Unknown:
Tremble Pfitzner
Baritone:
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Piano:
Karl Engel
Piano:
Venus Mater
Soprano:
Lucia Popp
Piano:
Irwin Gage
Piano:
Singt Mein Schatz
Soprano:
Fink Erna Berger
Piano:
Michael Raucheisen
Baritone:
Robert Titze
Piano:
Paul Hamburger
Unknown:
Christoph Henkel
Piano:
Georges PludermacHer
Producer:
Edward Blakeman

From St John 's,
Smith Square, London.
Borodin Quartet:
Ruben Aharonian and Andrei
Abramenkov (violins), Igor Naidin (viola), Valentin Berlinksy (cello)
Schubert String Quartet in D minor, D810 (Death and the Maiden) Stravinsky Three Pieces Repeated Sunday 6.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
St John
Unknown:
Ruben Aharonian
Violins:
Igor Naidin
Viola:
Valentin Berlinksy

The seventh of 13 programmes from the 1996 season at London's Royal Albert Hall.
Thomas Stacy (cor anglais), New York Philharmonic, conductor Kurt Masur
Strauss Till Eulenspiegel
Ned Rorem Cor Anglais Concerto
Tchaikovsky Symphony No 5 in E minor Repeat

Contributors

Unknown:
Albert Hall.
Unknown:
Thomas Stacy
Conductor:
Kurt Masur
Conductor:
Strauss Till Eulenspiegel
Conductor:
Ned Rorem

Francis Poulenc 's Song Diary
The second of two programmes of Poulenc's songs. Tom Watson , in the guise of the composer, explores two of the most profound influences on Poulenc's song writing - the poems of Paul Eluard and the singing of Pierre Bernac.
Repeated from Wednesday

Contributors

Unknown:
Francis Poulenc
Songs:
Tom Watson
Unknown:
Paul Eluard

The third of a four-part series focusing on jazz pianist and songwriter Hoagy Carmichael , who reported that he found his melodies while improvising at the piano. Mel Hill introduces Hoagy Carmichael 's own description of his creative process and presents a range of musical interpretations on disc, from Louis Armstrong to Frank Sinatra. Repeat

Contributors

Songwriter:
Hoagy Carmichael
Piano:
Mel Hill
Unknown:
Hoagy Carmichael
Unknown:
Louis Armstrong
Unknown:
Frank Sinatra.

Music Therapy 1: History
Tommy Pearson finds out why music is the oldest and most powerfully therapeutic art. With Leslie Bunt ,
Sarah Hoskyns and Helen Odell-Miller . Producer James Webb
HELPLINE: [number removed] (open 24 hours) WEB SITE: http://www.bbcnc.org.uk/music_machine/

Contributors

Unknown:
Tommy Pearson
Unknown:
Leslie Bunt
Unknown:
Sarah Hoskyns
Unknown:
Helen Odell-Miller
Producer:
James Webb

With Natalie Wheen, whose guest at 7.00 is pianist Mitsuko Uchida.
Poulenc L'Embarquement pour Cythere
Pascal Roge and Jean-Philippe Collard (pianos)
6.05 Mozart Piano Concerto No 21 in C, K467
Mitsuko Uchida, English Chamber Orchestra, conductor Jeffrey Tate
6.40 Bernard Herrmann Film music: Fahrenheit 451
Los Angeles Philharmonic, conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen

E-MAIL: [Email address removed]

Contributors

Presenter:
Natalie Wheen
Producer:
Andrew Mussett
Pianist/Interviewee:
Mitsuko Uchida
Pianist:
Pascal Roge
Pianist:
Jean-Philippe Collard
Musicians:
English Chamber Orchestra
Conductor:
Jeffrey Tate
Musicians:
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Conductor:
Esa-Pekka Salonen

From St John's, Smith
Square, the first of three chamber orchestra concerts celebrating the art of song in the 20th century. Eileen Hulse (soprano), Sinfonia 21, conductor Martyn Brabbins Stravinsky Ragtime
Szymanowski Songs of a Fairy-Tale Princess
Milhaud La Création du Monde
8.10 Postmark: the State of the Art
Sir John Drummond writes an imaginary letter about the role of the media in the nineties to the late Lord
Clark, author and presenter of the sixties TV series Civilisation.
8.30 Vivier Lonely Child Varese Intégrales

Contributors

Soprano:
Eileen Hulse
Conductor:
Martyn Brabbins
Conductor:
Stravinsky Ragtime
Unknown:
Sir John Drummond

Five generous helpings of the food of the southern states of America, served nightly by Russell Davies. 1: The Whole Hog
Nothing is more characteristic of the American South than its cooking, and nothing is more basic to that cooking than the pig. Dry ribs in Memphis, chopped pork barbecue and country ham in North Carolina, and spicy boudin in Louisiana, where the Boudin King can claim that "hog lard killed my grandfather". Producer John Goudie
Next programme tomorrow 9.20pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Russell Davies.
Producer:
John Goudie

Penny Gore introduces a programme of Russian music for two pianos played by Claire and Antoinette Cann. Arensky Suite No 2 (Silhouettes) Rachmaninov Suite No 1 Producer Nigel Wilkinson
Repeated tomorrow 2.30pm

Contributors

Introduces:
Penny Gore
Introduces:
Antoinette Cann.
Producer:
Nigel Wilkinson

With John Shea.

1.00 Francesco Cavalli Vespro della Beata Vergine - Concerto Palatino/Bruce Dickey

2.10 Schubert Piano Quintet in A, D667 (Trout) - Anton Kamper (violin), Erich Weiss (viola), Franz Kvarda (cello), Josef Hermann (double bass), Edith Farnadi (piano).

Plus Liszt transcriptions of Schubert lieder performed by Vladimir Sofronitsky (piano)

3.20 Steinar Hannevold (oboe), Bergen Philharmonic/Dmitri Kitaenko

Norholm Symphony No 3 (Day's Nightmare)

Kvemdokk Oboe Concerto

Franck Symphony in D minor

5.00 Sequence

Contributors

Presenter:
John Shea

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