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With Andrew McGregor.
Bach Brandenburg Concerto No 2 in F, BWV1048
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, director Ton Koopman
6.16 Strauss Symphonia Domestica German Symphony Orchestra, conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy
7.05 Shostakovich Prelude and Fugue, Op 87 No 10
Tatiana Nikolaeva (piano)
7.46 Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue (original version)
The Composer (1925 piano roll), Columbia Jazz Band, director Michael Tilson Thomas
8.05 Building a Library - Best of the Bunch: Vierne Organ works chosen by Jerrold Northrop Moore
8.29 Elgar Cello Concerto
Jacqueline du Pre , London Symphony Orchestra, conductor John Barbirolli

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew McGregor.
Director:
Ton Koopman
Director:
Strauss Symphonia
Conductor:
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Piano:
Tatiana Nikolaeva
Piano:
Gershwin Rhapsody
Director:
Michael Tilson Thomas
Unknown:
Jerrold Northrop Moore
Unknown:
Jacqueline du Pre
Conductor:
John Barbirolli

With Penny Gore.
Mozart Overture: The Magic Flute English Baroque Soloists, conductor John Eliot Gardiner
9.06 Haydn Piano Trio in E flat minor, H XV 31. Yuuko Shiokawa (violin), Boris Pergamenschikov (cello), Andras Schiff (piano)
9.20 Mendelssohn Concerto in D minor for Violin, Piano and Strings Gidon Kremer , Martha Argerich , Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Discs

Contributors

Conductor:
John Eliot Gardiner
Violin:
Yuuko Shiokawa
Violin:
Boris Pergamenschikov
Cello:
Andras Schiff
Unknown:
Gidon Kremer
Unknown:
Martha Argerich

With Chris de Souza
Weber Overture: Oberon
South German Symphony Orchestra, conductor Yuri Ahronovich
10.10 Shostakovich Kreutzer Sonata
(Five Satires)
Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano), Mstislav Rostropovich (piano)
10.15 Bach, transcr Mortensen Partita in A minor, BWV1004
Lars-Ulrik Mortensen (harpsichord)
10.40 Howells Agnus Dei (Missa Sabrinensis)
Janice Watson (soprano),
Della Jones (mezzo), Martyn Hill (tenor), Donald Maxwell (baritone), London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
10.50 Schubert Five Minuets with Six Trios. Oriol Ensemble, conductor Sebastian Gottschick
11.10 Beethoven Piano Sonata in E minor, Op 90. Rudolf Firkusny
11.20 Brahms Double Concerto in A minor. David Oistrakh (violin), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Cleveland Orchestra, conductor George Szell

Contributors

Conductor:
Yuri Ahronovich
Conductor:
Shostakovich Kreutzer
Soprano:
Galina Vishnevskaya
Piano:
Mstislav Rostropovich
Unknown:
Mortensen Partita
Harpsichord:
Lars-Ulrik Mortensen
Harpsichord:
Howells Agnus Dei
Soprano:
Janice Watson
Soprano:
Della Jones
Baritone:
Donald Maxwell
Conductor:
Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
Conductor:
Sebastian Gottschick
Unknown:
Rudolf Firkusny
Violin:
David Oistrakh
Cello:
Mstislav Rostropovich
Conductor:
George Szell

The Horace of Composers
To many 18th-century ears, Niccolo Jommelli was one of the greatest composers of his time. Paul Guinery introduces highlights from Jommelli's spectacular drama
Armida Abbandonata. Christophe Rousset conducts Les Talens Lyriques with soprano Ewa Malas-Godlewska in the role of the eponymous sorceress heading a cast which includes
Claire Brua , Veronique Gens and Gilles Ragon.
Repeated next Friday 11.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Niccolo Jommelli
Introduces:
Paul Guinery
Unknown:
Armida Abbandonata.
Unknown:
Christophe Rousset
Soprano:
Ewa Malas-Godlewska
Unknown:
Claire Brua
Unknown:
Veronique Gens
Unknown:
Gilles Ragon.

French Connect/on Chris de Souza introduces a concert by I Fagiolini given in February in St George 's, Brandon Hill. Travellers in Style
A programme exploring connections between early Renaissance French chansons and Italian madrigals, featuring works by Josquin, Lassus, Arcadelt, Willaert and Janequln.

Contributors

Introduces:
Chris de Souza
Unknown:
St George
Unknown:
Brandon Hill.

Antal Dorati
Sandy Burnett presents a concert from the 1966 season of BBC
Promenade Concerts. Antal Dorati conducts choral works by Mozart and Beethoven.
Mozart Masonic Funeral Music,
K477; Ave Verum Corpus, K618; Kyrie in D minor, K341
Beethoven Missa Solemnis
Heather Harper (soprano),
Martha Hoffgen (contralto), Alexander Young (tenor), Ernst Wiemann (bass), BBC Symphony Orchestra,
BBC Chorus, BBC Choral Society, conductor Antal Dorati
Producer Tim Thorne

Contributors

Unknown:
Antal Dorati
Unknown:
Sandy Burnett
Unknown:
Antal Dorati
Soprano:
Heather Harper
Soprano:
Martha Hoffgen
Contralto:
Alexander Young
Tenor:
Ernst Wiemann
Conductor:
Antal Dorati
Producer:
Tim Thorne

With Jeremy Nicholas , including Sullivan Overture: The Mikado
Royal Philharmonic, conductor Royston Nash
6.05 Sterndale Bennett Three
Musical Sketches, Op 10 Ilya Prunyi (piano)
6.30 Strauss Burleske
Martha Argerich (piano), Berlin Philharmonic , conductor Claudio Abbado
Producer Ray Abbott

Contributors

Unknown:
Jeremy Nicholas
Conductor:
Royston Nash
Conductor:
Sterndale Bennett
Piano:
Ilya Prunyi
Piano:
Strauss Burleske
Piano:
Martha Argerich
Conductor:
Berlin Philharmonic
Conductor:
Claudio Abbado
Producer:
Ray Abbott

Geoffrey Baskerville introduces tonight's concert from the Music Hall, Aberdeen. Conductor Osmo Vanska ,
Jennifer Koh (violin)
Britten Four Sea Interludes
(Peter Grimes )
Nielsen Violin Concerto
8.25 The Mystery of Sabina Vasiliev By Chris Dolan.
In 1989, when political unrest is simmering in Czechoslovakia, the beautiful Sabina arrives in Glasgow and advertises for a lover in a lonely hearts column. Her exotic looks, not to mention her passion for making love in public places, soon excite and beguile her new boyfriend. But is Sabina a political refugee, or has she fled Prague for another reason? Read by Kenneth Glenaan. Repeat
8.45 Beethoven Symphony No 7 in A

Contributors

Conductor:
Osmo Vanska
Violin:
Jennifer Koh
Unknown:
Peter Grimes
Unknown:
Sabina Vasiliev
Unknown:
Chris Dolan.
Read By:
Kenneth Glenaan.

Tom Paulin introduces the last part of Arthur Hugh Clough 's satirical verse novel, in which Claude decides whether to relinquish his chance of a relationship with Mary. Readers
Nicholas Boulton and Samantha Bond.

Contributors

Introduces:
Tom Paulin
Unknown:
Arthur Hugh Clough
Readers:
Nicholas Boulton
Readers:
Samantha Bond.

Sarah Walker is joined by Andrew Hugill , composer of a new night piece. Kagel Phantasiestuck
Jonathan Harvey Song Offering Berio Sequenza III
Valdine Anderson (soprano), Sinfonia 21. conductor Martyn Brabbins
11.00 Hugill Nocturne (BBC commission)
Andrew Ball and Suzanne Cheetham
(piano), Simon Allen (percussion) Producer Alan Hall

Contributors

Unknown:
Sarah Walker
Unknown:
Andrew Hugill
Unknown:
Kagel Phantasiestuck
Unknown:
Jonathan Harvey
Soprano:
Valdine Anderson
Conductor:
Martyn Brabbins
Unknown:
Andrew Ball
Piano:
Suzanne Cheetham
Piano:
Simon Allen
Producer:
Alan Hall

With
Roderic Dunnett. Providence (excerpts)
Albert Dominguez (piano)
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
(excerpts)
Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra, conductor Elmer Bernstein
Piano Concerto
Leonard Pennario , Bavarian Radio
Symphony Orchestra, conductor Wilfried Bottcher
Suite: The Jungle Book (excerpts) Sabu (narrator), NBC Symphony
Orchestra, conducted by the Composer Repeated from last Friday

Contributors

Unknown:
Roderic Dunnett. Providence
Piano:
Albert Dominguez
Unknown:
Sherlock Holmes
Conductor:
Elmer Bernstein
Unknown:
Leonard Pennario
Conductor:
Wilfried Bottcher

A six-part series in which
Russell Davies traces the picaresque career of jazz saxophonist and clarinettist Sidney Bechet , born 100 years ago in New Orleans.
2: Wild Cat Blues
After being deported from London for assault, Bechet landed back in New
York where, in 1923, he made his first recording. In the same city two years later he shared a recording session with Louis Armstrong. Repeated from Monday 3.45pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Russell Davies
Clarinettist:
Sidney Bechet
Unknown:
Louis Armstrong.

With Donald Macleod.
1.00 Choral Concert. The Polish
Chamber Choir and the Schola
Cantorum, Gdansk, conducted by Jan Lukaszewski , perform Polish choral music old and new
2.15 Maria Manuela (piano), Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Cristobal Halffter Rossini
Overture: The Barber of Seville
Halffter Memento a Dresden Gerhard
Piano Concerto Halffter Tiento del
Primer Tono y Ballata Imperial
3.30 Chamber Recital
Ib Hausmann (clarinet), Paul Guida (piano), Clemens Hagen (cello) Berg Four Pieces for Clarinet and Piano,
Op 5 Schumann Fantasiestucke for Cello and Piano, Op 73 Brahms Clarinet Trio in A minor, Op 114
Beethoven Trio in B flat for Clarinet,
Cello and Piano, Op 11
4.25 Jouko Harjanne (trumpet), Thomas Murray (organ), Moscow CO/Constantine Orbelian (piano)
Shostakovich Piano Concerto No I
Shostakovich, arr Barshai Chamber Symphony, Op 110a Poulenc Organ Concerto Haydn Symphony No 49 in F minor (La Passione)
6.00 Sequence

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod.
Conducted By:
Jan Lukaszewski
Piano:
Maria Manuela
Conductor:
Cristobal Halffter Rossini
Clarinet:
Paul Guida
Piano:
Clemens Hagen
Unknown:
Jouko Harjanne
Unknown:
Thomas Murray

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