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With Penny Gore.
Brahms Variations on a Theme by Haydn (St Antoni Chorale) Rotterdam PO, conductor Valery Gergiev
7.05 Francois Couperln Troisi ème Leçon de
Tenebre Patricia Petibon and Sophie Daneman (sopranos), Les Arts
Florissants, director William Christie
7.32 Beethoven, transcr Liszt Symphony No 6 in F (Pastoral) (1st mvt) Glenn Gould (piano)
8.05 Boyce Trio Sonata No 8 in E flat Parley of Instruments, director Peter Holman
8.18 Bridge An Irish Melody
(Londonderry Air) Maggini Quartet
8.35 Mozart String Quartet in B flat, K458 (Hunt) Amadeus Quartet

Contributors

Conductor:
Valery Gergiev
Conductor:
Francois Couperln Troisi
Unknown:
Tenebre Patricia Petibon
Sopranos:
Sophie Daneman
Director:
William Christie
Piano:
Glenn Gould
Director:
Peter Holman

With Catriona Young.
Mendelssohn Overture: The Fair
Melusine Berlin Philharmonic, conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt
9.13 Mozart Piano Sonata in B flat,
K281 Emil Gilels (piano)
9.35 Strauss Liebeshymnus ; Nachtgang;
Waldseligkeit Simon Keenlyside (baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano)
9.44 Smetana Tabor (Ma Vlast) Czech PO, conductor Rafael Kubelik Discs

Contributors

Unknown:
Catriona Young.
Conductor:
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Piano:
Emil Gilels
Piano:
Strauss Liebeshymnus
Baritone:
Waldseligkeit Simon Keenlyside
Piano:
Malcolm Martineau
Conductor:
Rafael Kubelik

With Mark Rowlinson.
Artist of the Week: Libor Pesek (conductor)
Strauss Don Juan
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic
10.15 Anon, attrib Guerrero Si la Noche Haze Escura
La Capella Reial de Catalunya
10.20 Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez Craig Ogden (guitar), BBC Philharmonic, conductor Yan Pascal Tortelier
10.45 Juan Cabanilles/Johann Kaspar Kerll Batalla Imperial Hesperion XX
11.00 Liszt Reminiscences of Don Juan
Ignaz Friedman (piano)
11.20 Playford Childgrove; Mr Lane's Minuet: Up With Aily: Cheshire Rounds: Hunt the Squirrel Broadside Band
11.30 Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf
Mairi Nicolson (narrator), BBC Philharmonic, conductor Jerzy Maksymiuk

Contributors

Artist:
Mark Rowlinson.
Conductor:
Strauss Don Juan
Guitar:
Craig Ogden
Conductor:
Yan Pascal Tortelier

With Brendan Carroll.
Die Tote Stadt (Act 3, Prelude) Munich Radio Orchestra, conductor Erich Leinsdorf
Marietta's Lied (Die Tote Stadt) Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Hamburg Radio Orchestra, conductor Wilhelm Schuchter
Piano Quintet (finale) Scot Woolley (piano), Korngold Quartet
An Aben Schmerz ; Versuchung Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), Bengt Forsberg (piano)
Piano Concerto Howard Shelley , BBC Philharmonic, conductor Matthias Bambert
Repeated next Wednesday 11.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Brendan Carroll.
Conductor:
Erich Leinsdorf
Soprano:
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Conductor:
Wilhelm Schuchter
Unknown:
Aben Schmerz
Piano:
Bengt Forsberg
Unknown:
Howard Shelley
Conductor:
Matthias Bambert

With Susan Sharpe , including
Bach Prelude and Fugue in E minor, BWV548 (Wedge)
Fernando Germani (organ)
Purcell Incidental music: Timon of Athens Anne Monoyios and Nancy Argenta (sopranos), Paul Agnew
(tenor), Brian Bannatyne-Scott and Christopher Foster (basses), Choir of the English Concert, director Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord)
Poulenc Concerto for Two Pianos
Jean-Bernard Pommier and Anne Queffelec
, City of London Sinfonia, conductor Richard Hickox Producer Peter Thresh Discs

Contributors

Unknown:
Susan Sharpe
Unknown:
Fernando Germani
Sopranos:
Nancy Argenta
Sopranos:
Paul Agnew
Tenor:
Brian Bannatyne-Scott
Basses:
Christopher Foster
Harpsichord:
Trevor Pinnock
Harpsichord:
Anne Queffelec
Conductor:
Richard Hickox

St Augustine Week
From the Monastery of San Gregorio al Celio, Rome, a broadcast to mark the 1,400th anniversary of St Augustine's mission to England, with the choir of Canterbury Cathedral. Introduced by Denis Nowlan.
Introit: Sacerdotes Eius Induam
(plainsong)
Responses: Smith
Psalms 65, 66 and 67 First Lesson: Exodus 14, w5-18
Canticles: Weelkes for five voices
Second Lesson: Luke 7, wll-17
Anthem: 0 Clap Your Hands (Gibbons) Address: The Very Rev
John Simpson , Dean of Canterbury Beati Quorum Via (Stanford) Voluntary (Tomkins)
Master of the choristers David Flood.
Assistant organist Timothy Noon. Repeated tomorrow lam

Contributors

Introduced By:
Denis Nowlan.
Unknown:
John Simpson
Unknown:
David Flood.
Organist:
Timothy Noon.

Young Composers' Workshop
Andrew Higgs has written a piece under the guidance of Bill Connor. It was performed by members of the BBC Philharmonic on Sunday evening in the Bridgewater Hall. Verity Sharp followed Higgs's fortunes through the project. The piece can be heard during In Tune.

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew Higgs
Unknown:
Bill Connor.

With Andrew Green , including
Mendelssohn Song Without Words in A minor, Op 53 No 5
Daniel Barenbiom (piano)
5.40 Faure Sicilienne (Suite: Pelleas and Melisande)
French NO, conductor Charles Munch Producer Andrew Lyle

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew Green
Piano:
Daniel Barenbiom
Piano:
Faure Sicilienne
Conductor:
Charles Munch
Producer:
Andrew Lyle

I Fiona Talkington presents I the first of eight concerts from the Wigmore Hall, London.
Bernard d'Ascoli (piano), Parisii Quartet Chopin Polonaise in C minor, Op 40 No 2; Nocturne in G minor, Op 37 No 1; Scherzo No 2 in B flat minor, Op 31 Schumann Piano Quintet in E Hat, Op 44

Contributors

Unknown:
Fiona Talkington
Piano:
Bernard D'Ascoli
Unknown:
Chopin Polonaise

Seven programmes of dance-band recordings from Europe and America from 1920 to 1945.
1: Shall We Dance? From London, the Savoy Orpheans, led by Debroy Somers and Caroll Gibbons , and the bands of Jack Hylton , Ambrose and Brian Lawrence : from New York, Duke
Ellington and the Harlem Footwarmers, and the Casa Loma Band directed by Glen Gray ; and, from Hollywood, the voice and feet of Fred Astaire.
Producer John Thornley

Contributors

Unknown:
Debroy Somers
Unknown:
Caroll Gibbons
Unknown:
Jack Hylton
Unknown:
Brian Lawrence
Directed By:
Glen Gray
Unknown:
Fred Astaire.
Producer:
John Thornley

Susan Sharpe introduces the last of the series of concerts, given yesterday at Turner Sims Hall , Southampton. Maggini Quartet and Coull Quartet
Haydn String Quartet in B flat Op 33 No 4 Maggini Quartet
Mozart String Quartet in C, K465 (Dissonance) Coull Quartet
8.20 The Music
The last of five stories from the collection by James Hamilton-Paterson . Sidonie Kleist. Read by Lorelei King.
8.40 Mendelssohn String Octet in E flat, Op 20 Coull and Maggini Quartets

Contributors

Introduces:
Susan Sharpe
Unknown:
Turner Sims Hall
Unknown:
James Hamilton-Paterson
Unknown:
Sidonie Kleist.
Read By:
Lorelei King.

Michele Roberts talks to Sherwin Nuland about his new book, Wisdom of the Body. And first-night news of Biyi Bandele's adaptation of Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart for the West Yorkshire Playhouse.

Contributors

Interviewer:
Michele Roberts
Interviewee:
Sherwin Nuland
Producer:
Lore Windemuth

With Donald Macleod.
1.00 Stuttgart Radio Symphony
Orchestra Conductor Gerd Albrecht
Josef Bohuslav Foers Suite: Cyrano de Bergerac Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet: Suites 1-3 (excerpts)
2.00 Beethoven Clarinet Trio in B flat, Op 11 Brahms Clarinet Trio in A minor, Op 114 Kalman Berkes (clarinet), Miklos Perenyi (cello), Zoltan Kocsis (piano)
3.00 European CO/Heinz Holliger,
Andras Schiff (piano) Haydn Symphony No 70 in D Sandor Veress Concerto for Piano, Strings and Percussion
Schumann Introduction and Allegro in D minor Shostakovich, arr Barshai Chamber Symphony Op 83a
5.00 Sequence

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod.
Conductor:
Gerd Albrecht
Conductor:
Josef Bohuslav Foers
Clarinet:
Kalman Berkes
Clarinet:
Miklos Perenyi
Piano:
Zoltan Kocsis
Piano:
Andras Schiff

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