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With Penny Gore.
Mendelssohn Piano Concerto No 1 in G minor. Elisabeth Leonskaya , Salzburg Camerata Academia, conductor Sandor Vegh
6.25 Lutoslawski Symphony No 3 BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor Tadaaki Otaka
7.05 Rachmaninov The Rock
Philadelphia Orchestra, conductor Charles Dutoit
7.43 Smetana Bagatelles and Impromptus (1844)
Radoslav Kvapil (piano)
8.05 Malcolm Arnold Little Suite No 1
City of London Sinfonia, conductor Richard Hickox
8.39 Gounod Petite Symphonie in B flat. Athena Ensemble

Contributors

Unknown:
Elisabeth Leonskaya
Conductor:
Sandor Vegh
Conductor:
Tadaaki Otaka
Conductor:
Charles Dutoit
Piano:
Radoslav Kvapil
Conductor:
Richard Hickox

With Peter Hobday.
Faure Masques et Bergamasques Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
9.15 Turina Circulo. Beaux Arts Trio
9.26 Musorgsky Entr 'acte
(Khovanshchina, Act 4 Scene 2)
Russian State Symphony Orchestra, conductor Yevgeni Svetlanov
9.31 Beethoven Symphony No 8 in F NBC SO, conductor Arturo Toscanini Discs

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Hobday.
Unknown:
Turina Circulo.
Unknown:
Musorgsky Entr
Conductor:
Yevgeni Svetlanov
Conductor:
Arturo Toscanini

With Mairi Nicolson.
Rameau Overture: Les Indes Galantes
Les Arts Florissants, director William Christie
10.06 Mozart Piano Sonata in F, K533
Mitsuko Uchida
10.34 Stravinsky Concerto
(Dumbarton Oaks). Orpheus CO
11.00 Artist of the Week:
Olivier Charlier (violin)
Ravel Violin Sonata in G
Brigitte Engerer (piano)
11.18 Faure Requiem
Catherine Bott (soprano),
Gilles Cachemaille (baritone), Monteverdi Choir, Salisbury
Cathedral Boy Choristers, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, conductor John Eliot Gardiner

Contributors

Unknown:
Mairi Nicolson.
Director:
William Christie
Unknown:
Mitsuko Uchida
Soprano:
Catherine Bott
Baritone:
Gilles Cachemaille
Conductor:
John Eliot Gardiner

2: Modernism and Ultramodernism
David Nicholls introduces music from the 1920s by Cowell and his contemporaries. With contributions from Carol Oja and Kyle Gann. Cowell The Aeolian Harp; Tiger; The Banshee
The Composer (piano) Carl Ruggles Portals Buffalo Philharmonic, conductor Michael Tilson Thomas
Charles Ives Lincoln the Great
Commoner
Gregg Smith Singers, American SO, conductor Leopold Stokowski
Ruth Crawford String Quartet (3rd mvt) Composers Quartet
Schoenberg Klavierstuck , Op 33b Glenn Gould (piano)
Cowell Piano Concerto
Anthony de Mare, Essen Philharmonic, conductor Jacques van Steen Repeated next Tuesday 11.30pm

Contributors

Introduces:
David Nicholls
Introduces:
Kyle Gann.
Conductor:
Michael Tilson Thomas
Conductor:
Charles Ives Lincoln
Singers:
Gregg Smith
Conductor:
Leopold Stokowski
Conductor:
Ruth Crawford
Unknown:
Schoenberg Klavierstuck
Piano:
Glenn Gould

Purcell described his trio sonatas as "a just imitation of the most fam'd Italian masters". In the first of three programmes, Richard Boothby explores this influence with the Purcell Quartet. Purcell Sonata a 3 No 5 in A minor,
Z794
Colista Sonata a 3 in D
Purcell Sonata a 3 No 7 in E minor,
Z796
Colista Simfonia in D minor
Lonati Simfonia in C
Purcell Sonata a 3 No 4 in D, Z793 Producer Kate Bolton

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Boothby
Unknown:
Lonati Simfonia
Producer:
Kate Bolton

BBC Philharmonic
Conductor Odaline de la Martinez , Sophie Langdon (violin), Richard Watkins (horn)
Ethel Smyth Serenade in D;
Concerto for Violin and Horn Repeat
SOUNDING THE CENTURY

Contributors

Conductor:
Odaline de la Martinez
Violin:
Sophie Langdon
Horn:
Richard Watkins
Horn:
Ethel Smyth Serenade

Towards the Millennium: the Sixties
In the sixties, pop music in Britain reflected many of the trends of the day. Tommy Pearson and John Savage look at how pop groups responded to the politics of the decade.

Contributors

Unknown:
Tommy Pearson
Unknown:
John Savage

With Humphrey Carpenter , including
5.30 Telemann Concerto in G
(Crickets Symphony)
Collegium Musicum 90, director Simon Standage
6.05 Beethoven Variations on a Russian Dance from Wranitzky's "Das Waldmadchen", WoO 71
Wolfgang Schulz (piano)
6.18 Janacek Capriccio for Piano Left Hand and Wind Ensemble
Viktoria Postnikova, Maurice Pruvot
(flute), Roger Boufferet and Andre Demarle (trumpets), Yves Demarle and Bernard Hulot (trombones), Philippe Fritsch (tuba), conductor Gennadi Rozhdestvensky Producer Jeremy Hayes

Contributors

Unknown:
Humphrey Carpenter
Unknown:
Collegium Musicum
Director:
Simon Standage
Piano:
Wolfgang Schulz
Piano:
Janacek Capriccio
Flute:
Maurice Pruvot
Flute:
Roger Boufferet
Flute:
Andre Demarle
Unknown:
Yves Demarle
Unknown:
Bernard Hulot
Unknown:
Philippe Fritsch
Producer:
Jeremy Hayes

From Studio One, the third of four concerts. Introduced by Chris Wines .
Philippa Davies (flute),
Maggie Cole (harpsichord)
Bach Flute Sonata in E flat, BWV1031 Steven Dodgson Three Inventions for Harpsichord (Set 5)
CPE Bach Flute Sonata in E, Wq84
8.00 The Curves of Clio
Four short plays by David Pownall. 3: A View from Genesis
When Hitler sends Eva Braun to visit
Albert Schweitzer in West Africa, he inadvertently introduces her to
Einstein, Epstein and Eisenstein.
Director Eoin O'Callaghan
8.20 Bach Rute Sonata in B minor, BWV1030
Reich Vermont Counterpoint Marais Les Folies d'Espagne

Contributors

Introduced By:
Chris Wines
Flute:
Philippa Davies
Unknown:
Steven Dodgson
Unknown:
David Pownall.
Unknown:
Eva Braun
Unknown:
Albert Schweitzer
Director:
Eoin O'Callaghan
Eva Braun:
Matilda Ziegler
Boatman:
Wil Johnson
Schweitzer:
Hugh Dickson
Epstein:
Christopher Scott
Einstein:
David Graham
Eisenstein:
Sean Baker
Chief Give-A-Dam:
Brian Bovell

Towards the Millennium: the Sixties
The second of five programmes which attempt to identify the essence of the sixties book. Andy Martin chairs a discussion with Tariq Ali , Arthur Marwick , Sheila Rowbotham , Malcolm Bradbury and Richard Neville.
Next programme tomorrow 9.05pm
SOUNDING THE CENTURY

Contributors

Unknown:
Andy Martin
Unknown:
Tariq Ali
Unknown:
Arthur Marwick
Unknown:
Sheila Rowbotham
Unknown:
Malcolm Bradbury
Unknown:
Richard Neville.

Sir John Drummond introduces the third of five programmes of music associated with Diaghilev ballets.
Georges Auric's Les Fâcheux has not been staged for 50 years. And it would be impossible to re-create
Liadov's Russian Tales, as part of the score is lost. The remaining music has a separate life in the concert hall. Uadov Contes Russes (excerpts); Baba Yaga; Kikimora; Orchestral Songs. Op 58
Auric Les Fâcheux
BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Barry Wordsworth

Contributors

Introduces:
Sir John Drummond
Conductor:
Barry Wordsworth

Critic and cultural commentator Homi
K Bhabha talks to Patrick Wright about his project Reinventing Britain, part of an initiative to explore the implications of a multicultural approach to the arts. Tom Whitehouse reports from Georgia on local reactions to the international success of A Chef in Love.
Producer Edwina Wolstencroft

Contributors

Unknown:
Patrick Wright
Unknown:
Tom Whitehouse
Producer:
Edwina Wolstencroft

With Donald Macleod.
1.00 Young Artists' Forum.
Fiirsteneau Fantasy. Op 67 Hendrik Andriessen Intermezzo Jolivet Alia
Rustica Samantha Rutherford (flute), Helen Cole (harp) Mozart Serenade in C minor, K388 Collegiate Wind
Ensemble Jongen Introduction and Dance Roslavets Viola Sonata No 1
Lawrence Power (viola), Simon Crawford Phillips (piano) Repeat
2.30 Michael Kendrick (guitar) plays Albeniz, Barrios-Mangore and Tarrega
3.00 Schools
3.00 Music Box 3.15 Something to Think About 3.30 The Song Tree
3.45 Stories and Rhymes 3.55 Together Stories 4.10 Singing Together 4.30 Hopscotch 4.45 Scottish Resources 7-9
5.00 Sequence

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod.
Harp:
Helen Cole
Harp:
Mozart Serenade
Viola:
Simon Crawford Phillips
Guitar:
Michael Kendrick

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